公开(公告)号：US07265253B2

公开(公告)日：2007-09-04

申请号：US10280950

申请日：2002-10-25

申请人： Thaddeus J. Mielnik ,  David A. Karle ,  Alex D. Biggie ,  William John Thomas Biebesheimer ,  Peter A. Burke ,  Gerald E. McDonnell ,  Chad Rhodes ,  Elaine M. Kopis

发明人： Thaddeus J. Mielnik ,  David A. Karle ,  Alex D. Biggie ,  William John Thomas Biebesheimer ,  Peter A. Burke ,  Gerald E. McDonnell ,  Chad Rhodes ,  Elaine M. Kopis

IPC分类号： A62D3/00

CPC分类号： A61L2/208 ,  A61L2/206 ,  A61L2202/23 ,  G01N2001/025

摘要： Mail which may be contaminated with a biotoxin, such as Anthrax, is received in a preliminary sorting area (16) including a dirty side sorting room (40) that is sealed to the ambient environment. The mail is loaded into a pass-through decontamination system (22) in which the mail is sterilized or otherwise decontaminated. The mail is removed from the pass-through system in a second or clean room (18) which is isolated from the first. The mail is then sorted and processed in the lean room (18). In the event that the sorting room (40) becomes contaminated or is suspected of being contaminated by pathogenic biological or chemical agents, a spray system (86) supplies a decontamination gas into the preliminary sorting area (16) to decontaminate the dirty side sorting room (40), any equipment (42, 44) in the room, and any mail located in the room.

摘要翻译： 可能被生物毒素（例如炭疽）污染的邮件被接收在初步分拣区域（16）中，该初步分拣区域包括被密封到周围环境的脏侧分拣室（40）。 邮件被加载到通行去污系统（22）中，邮件被消毒或以其他方式去污染。 邮件从与第一个隔离的第二个或洁净室（18）中的直通系统中移除。 然后邮件在瘦室（18）中进行排序和处理。 如果分拣室（40）被污染或怀疑被病原生物或化学试剂污染，则喷雾系统（86）将净化气体供应到初步分拣区域（16）中以净化脏侧分拣室 （40），房间中的任何设备（42,44）以及位于房间中的任何邮件。