Patent ID: 9192191
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A23L,A61L,B67D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for disinfecting a nozzle of a beverage dispensing handle, the apparatus comprising: a drip collection member, comprising: a lamp mount; an outer wall installed over and around the drip collection member to adjoin the base and encase the dividing wall, such that the outer wall, base of the drip collection member, and a first side of the dividing wall define a first chamber for enclosing the nozzle of the beverage dispensing handle when the nozzle is inserted into the first chamber, and the outer wall, lamp mount and a second side of the dividing wall define a second chamber; a cover coupled to the mounting plate of the drip collection member and further defining the first and second chambers, the cover having a nozzle opening aligned with the first chamber and configured to hold the nozzle of the beverage dispensing handle such that only the nozzle extends into the first chamber; and, an ultraviolet light generator installed within the second chamber, the ultraviolet light generator being separated from the first chamber by the dividing wall, the ultraviolet light generator configured to generate and emit germicidal ultraviolet light through the aperture and into the first chamber, wherein, when assembled, the mounting plate attaches to an underside of the cover, the underside being the side defining the first and second chambers, wherein the aperture connects an interior of the first chamber with an interior of the second chamber.