Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatuses and methods for reducing ozone creation from ultraviolet (UV) light
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Application No.: US15271349Application Date: 2016-09-21
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Publication No.: US10232954B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Jeff Siegmeth , Karen Hills , Jamie Childress , Douglas Brown
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: B64D47/02
- IPC: B64D47/02 ; A61L2/10 ; A61L2/26 ; B64D11/00

Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods are described for use of an ultraviolet (UV) light source, such as in a cleaning device, in which ozone creation due to reaction of the UV light with oxygen in the air is reduced. An example method includes dispersing, by a gas outlet, oxygen-depleted gas over a UV light source, and directing UV light from the UV light source to pass through the oxygen-depleted gas onto an area. An example apparatus includes a UV light source to direct UV light onto an area, and a gas outlet to disperse oxygen-depleted gas over the UV light source, such that the UV light passes through the oxygen-depleted gas onto the area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180079528A1 Apparatuses and Methods for Reducing Ozone Creation from Ultraviolet (UV) Light Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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