公开(公告)号：US20030127113A1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-10

申请号：US10378759

申请日：2003-03-04

Applicant: STERIS INC., a Delaware corporation

Inventor： Patrice Lavoie ,  Denis Belanger

IPC: B08B009/093

CPC classification number: A61L2/26 ,  A61L2/18 ,  A61L2202/122 ,  A61L2202/17 ,  B01L99/00

Abstract: A decontamination device (10) includes a washing chamber (12) defined by a series of sidewalls. Upper and lower shelves (30, 32) are horizontally disposed within the washing chamber. The lower shelf is a rigid non-removable structure divided into three washing sections (42, 44, 46). The upper shelf is disposed vertically above the lower shelf and is slidably mounted within the washing chamber. The upper shelf comprises first, second, and third washing sections (82a, 82b, 82c) and a channel (78) operatively connected to the three shelf sections. The channel provides cleaning solutions to the shelf sections. Each of the washing sections and the shelf sections receive a spindle header (50) having a series of spindles (58) over which glassware is placed. A sealing connector, disposed on each washing section and shelf section, registers with and seals around a manifold of the spindle header and provides cleaning solutions from the channel to the spindle header. The second and third shelf sections of the upper shelf are selectively and individually removable from the washing chamber which provides additional height for larger glassware articles on the lower shelf.