Patent ID: 8245385

Claim:
An automatic shoe cover stripping system, comprising an apparatus having an opening for receiving a user's shoe having a shoe cover and an electromechanical subsystem to operate the apparatus for stripping said shoe cover from said user's shoe, wherein said electromechanical subsystem includes a shoe cover stripping module, a shoe cover removal module that is connected to said shoe cover stripping module, a shoe cover collecting bin for disposed shoe covers, wherein said collecting bin is connected to said shoe cover removal module, a disinfecting module that is connected to said collecting bin, all modules being under guidance of commands from a micro control unit (MCU) that constitutes a part of the electromechanical subsystem, said MCU comprising embedded software programs having a control algorithm that commands functions for the automatic shoe cover stripping system, and a set of physical and biophysical sensors to provide operational and safety guidance, wherein said sensors include position sensors and thermal-infrared sensors.