Patent ID: 8114358

Claim:
An apparatus for at least one of sanitizing, decontaminating, deodorizing, conditioning and drying a contaminated atmosphere exposed to a material within a container, the apparatus comprising: a cleaning unit positioned within the container, an air mover mounted with respect to the cleaning unit and circulating the contaminated atmosphere within the container through the cleaning unit and creating a circulated atmosphere within the cleaning unit, a structure of the cleaning unit forming a first zone, within the first zone an ozone generator generating an ozone within the circulated atmosphere, the structure forming a second zone in which the generated ozone is mixed with the circulated atmosphere, the structure forming a third zone, within the third zone an ozone remover removing at least a portion of the generated ozone from the mixed circulated atmosphere within the cleaning unit, and an outlet of the cleaning unit forming communication between the third zone and the contaminated atmosphere within the container.