Patent ID: 9107538
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A47J,A61L,B08B,B67D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a dispensing system in combination with a sanitizing system, the combination having a dispensing mode and sanitizing mode, the dispensing system comprising a first valve and at least one component, the at least one component having an interior surface, the first valve having an open position to send a free-flowing material to the at least one component when the combination is in the dispensing mode, the first valve having a closed position when the combination is in the sanitizing mode, the sanitizing system comprising a processing unit, the processing unit comprising a discharge cell, a high voltage driver, and a tank, the high voltage driver configured to control the discharge cell, the discharge cell configured to initiate a cold plasma discharge in an air flow, the tank configured to receive the air flow from the discharge cell and expose water in the tank to the air flow for a time sufficient to provide dissolution of ozone from the air flow into the water and form ozone-containing water, the sanitizing system further comprising a second valve, the second valve having an open position to send the ozone-containing water from the tank to the at least one component when the combination is the sanitizing mode, the second valve having a closed position when the combination is the dispensing mode, the apparatus further comprising at least one pump, the pump configured to send the ozone-containing water across the interior surface of the component when the combination is in the sanitizing mode.