An apparatus for sanitizing is provided. The apparatus includes a housing having a reservoir for retaining sanitizing fluid. The apparatus also includes a holder disposed beneath the housing. The apparatus further includes an applicator pad received by the holder and adapted to be in selective fluid communication with the reservoir. The applicator pad includes a dome-shaped portion having a substantially hemi-spherical shape configured to extend into an interior region of a bell of a stethoscope head when the bell is placed over the dome-shaped portion.

An apparatus for sanitizing is provided. The apparatus includes a housing having a reservoir for retaining sanitizing fluid. The apparatus also includes a holder disposed beneath the housing. The apparatus further includes an applicator pad received by the holder and adapted to be in selective fluid communication with the reservoir. The applicator pad includes a dome-shaped portion having a substantially hemi-spherical shape configured to extend into an interior region of a bell of a stethoscope head when the bell is placed over the dome-shaped portion.

Systems and methods for dissolving ozone gas in a liquid. An embodiment can comprise a tank having an upper region, a lower region, and a discharge outlet, all disposed in a specified geometry. A pump can be coupled with a liquid inlet in order to receive a liquid therefrom and to deliver the liquid via a pipe to the upper region of the tank. The pump can be coupled with the lower region of the tank in order to receive the liquid from the tank and to recirculate the liquid to the upper region of the tank. The apparatus can include an ozone inlet to receive ozone into the tank. The ozone inlet can comprise a venturi inlet disposed on the pipe downstream of the pump. The liquid can be released from the tank and depressurized, thereby providing for the ozone to emerge from the liquid as gas bubbles. The released liquid can be selected for a two-stage gas and aqueous cleaning process.

A method of cleaning and sterilizing a drink filling apparatus that includes drink supply piping that feeds a drink sterilized in a heating sterilization part into a filling machine includes performing a cleaning in place (CIP), in which a cleaner is circulated in the drink supply piping to remove a drink residue or the like on an interior of the drink supply piping, raising a temperature of the cleaner to a temperature required for a sterilizing in place (SIP), which is performed in succession to the CIP to sterilize the interior of the drink supply piping, from an early stage or middle stage of the CIP, then performing the SIP for the interior of the drink supply piping, and washing the cleaner away with aseptic water heated and sterilized in the heating sterilization part.

A blow molding machine is subjected to a sterilizing treatment in a simple manner. A liquid sterilizer is filled into preforms of at least the same number as the number of spindles. In a heating unit that heats the preforms to a molding temperature, some of the liquid sterilizer is caused to diffuse, and blow air is blasted into preforms in which the liquid sterilizer remains to cause the liquid sterilizer to diffuse in a molding unit, and molded bottles are discharged.

A blow molding machine is subjected to a sterilizing treatment in a simple manner. A liquid sterilizer is filled into preforms of at least the same number as the number of spindles. In a heating unit that heats the preforms to a molding temperature, some of the liquid sterilizer is caused to diffuse, and blow air is blasted into preforms in which the liquid sterilizer remains to cause the liquid sterilizer to diffuse in a molding unit, and molded bottles are discharged.

An improved vaporizer part, such as an evaporator element of a disinfection device is for an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide. The evaporator element includes one, and/or a branching, meandering structure, in which the straight sections of the groove are joined by 180-degree meanders near edges of the evaporator element. An end pit with an overflow guard is for overflown liquid. Heating elements are used both in connection with the evaporator element to enhance evaporation and on the inner surfaces of the device to prevent condensation. An air blower creates desired vortices near the surface of the evaporator element. The air control element also makes the air flow more laminar. The actual travel of the liquid on the evaporator element functions gravitationally on an inclined surface, and the capillary effect increases the evaporating area of the liquid. A disinfection device includes the vaporizer part.

The present invention relates to systems and methods for cleaning materials, such as flooring and upholstery. In some cases, the systems and methods use an electrolytic cell to electrolyze a solution comprising sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium acetate, sodium percarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, and/or any other suitable chemical to generate electrolyzed alkaline water and/or electrolyzed oxidizing water. In some cases, the cell comprises a recirculation loop that recirculates anolyte through an anode compartment of the cell. In some cases, the cell further comprises a senor and a processor, where the processor is configured to automatically change an operation of the cell, based on a reading from the sensor. In some cases, a fluid flows past a magnet before entering the cell.

In some additional cases, fluid from the cell is conditioned by being split into multiple conduits that run in proximity to each other. Additional implementations are described.

The present invention relates to systems and methods for cleaning materials, such as flooring and upholstery. In some cases, the systems and methods use an electrolytic cell to electrolyze a solution comprising sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium acetate, sodium percarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, and/or any other suitable chemical to generate electrolyzed alkaline water and/or electrolyzed oxidizing water. In some cases, the cell comprises a recirculation loop that recirculates anolyte through an anode compartment of the cell. In some cases, the cell further comprises a senor and a processor, where the processor is configured to automatically change an operation of the cell, based on a reading from the sensor. In some cases, a fluid flows past a magnet before entering the cell.

In some additional cases, fluid from the cell is conditioned by being split into multiple conduits that run in proximity to each other. Additional implementations are described.

A device for irrigation of an oral cavity in a patient includes a suction element configured to be disposed in the oral cavity and configured to suction a fluid out of the oral cavity. The suction element also has one or more irrigation outlets configured to irrigate the oral cavity with the fluid. A suction line is fluidly coupled with the suction element and is configured to be fluidly coupled with a vacuum source. An irrigation line is fluidly coupled with the one or more irrigation outlets and is fluidly coupled with a source of the fluid.