A smart charging device having a charging module and a UV lamp set mounted in the main body thereof is disclosed. The charging module includes power supply circuit, a power input unit connected to the power supply circuit for power, and a charging area connected to the power supply circuit for charging mobile devices. The UV lamp set includes a drive control circuit connected to the power supply circuit, a start unit and at least one UV lamp connected to the drive control circuit through the start unit. In addition to the charging function, the smart charging device also provides an ultraviolet sterilization function.

A temperature controlled delivery appliance and a method of operating the same are provided. The temperature-controlled delivery appliance includes a storage container, a climate control system, a sanitization assembly, and a locking mechanism. The sanitization assembly may include an ultraviolet light assembly or an ozone generator that may be selectively activated after a delivery to sanitize the delivered items. The locking mechanism locks the door of the temperature-controlled delivery appliance to prevent user access during a sanitization cycle, as well as to prevent other unauthorized access.

A bristle ring diffuser for diffusing UV light is described herein. In one example, the radiation diffuser cone comprises a base and a plurality of bristles. The base has an interface which is coupleable to an object having an ultraviolet (UV) light source. The base also has an aperture which aligns with the UV light source when the interface is coupled to the UV light source. The plurality of bristles is arranged about the aperture and extend from the base. The plurality of bristles is opaque to UV light and is angled away from a central axis of the aperture.

A sanitizer using radiation comprises a hollow housing with an aperture, the housing being generally opaque to the radiation utilized. Mounted to the interior surfaces of the housing are radiation sources that produce radiation when powered. In operation, multiple objects to be sanitized are placed within the interior and the radiation sources powered, thereby sanitizing by radiation any pathogens present on the objects be irradiated. An easily adjustable shelving system that is substantially non-opaque to the radiation utilized, such as wire shelving with minimal opaque surfaces, may be used to support the objects to be sanitized. Depending on size, the portable box allows for multiple objects to be sanitized at the same time. The sanitizer in certain embodiments includes a plurality of UVC radiation sources mounted in the interior of the housing so as to surround the object to be sanitized on multiple sides.

Methods and apparatus for the sanitization, detoxification, disinfection, high level disinfection, or sterilization of both the interior and exterior surfaces of at least one object.

The present invention provides a sterilization apparatus and a sterilization method. The sterilization method includes: an operation in which a sterilant injection block for containing a sterilant and providing a sterilant injection path for injecting the sterilant or a vacuum packaging pouch having the sterilant injection block is mounted inside a vacuum chamber; and an operation in which the vacuum chamber is operated in a chamber mode in which the vacuum chamber is used as a sterilization container when only the sterilant injection block is mounted and the vacuum packaging pouch is operated in a pouch mode in which the vacuum packaging pouch is used as a sterilization container when the vacuum packaging pouch is mounted.

A system and method for providing an electrostatic sprayer nozzle assembly for dispensing a fluid in a stream of charged particles. The nozzle assembly includes an interior chamber, a nozzle opening on the rear side for receiving a nozzle therethrough, an electrode within the interior chamber for providing a charge to the fluid particles, and a visor connected to an outer surface configured to redirect lost fluid that collects on the outer surface of the assembly back into the fluid stream.

A collapsible and assemblable container for sterilization, including but not limited to UV sterilization, of objected placed in the container. The container includes moveable panels with an electronic circuit board including one or more actuating elements such as UV LEDs. The electronic circuit board further includes sensors that prohibit the actuating elements from being activated unless the collapsible container is fully and correctly deployed, preventing any harmful exposure to the actuating elements that can lead to eye damage, skin cancer, etc. to the user. The electronic circuit board cooperates with switch elements that activate the actuating elements only when the collapsible container is fully and correctly deployed.

A card cleaning device, including a cleaning body, the cleaning body including a rectangular housing, including a first aide and a second side, the second side opposite the first side, a third side and a fourth side, the fourth side opposite the third side, and a fifth side and a sixth side, the sixth side opposite the fifth side, wherein the first side, the third side, and the fifth side are non-coplanar, a slot through the rectangular housing and which only intersects the first and second sides, and a scrubber disposed within the slot, the card cleaning device also including a cover shaped to friction fit about, and cover a majority of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sides of the rectangular housing and slidably coupled thereto.

An apparatus may include one or more light components that are configured to emit light to sanitize and disinfect one or more objects included within the apparatus. The apparatus may have an interior cavity at which the light components are located, where the interior cavity is accessible via one or more doors, an opening, a lid, etc. The apparatus may have a conveyor that transports objects from a first end of the apparatus to a second end of the apparatus, where the objects are sanitized during transport. The apparatus may be transitioned from an expanded configuration to an unexpanded/collapsed configuration, and vice versa. The apparatus may be stationary or include wheels or other mechanisms that allow the apparatus to be moved between different locations. Objects that are sanitized by the light components of the apparatus will be free of pathogens (e.g., viruses, bacteria, etc.) that are potentially harmful to humans.