ES2677241B1 - Anti-humidity replacement with deodorizing and sanitizing properties - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION

ANTI-HUMIDITY SPARE PARTS WITH DEODORIZING AND HYGIENIZING PROPERTIES.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to the anti-humidity refills with innovative features that will be described in detail below, which suppose an improvement of the state of the art within the anti-humidity products based on hygroscopic and deliquescent salts.

More particularly, the object of the invention is centered on an anti-humidity replacement which is constituted by hygroscopic and deliquescent salts such as calcium chloride or magnesium chloride, to which a colloidal preparation of silver, in the form of nanoparticles that gives it a large dispersion, which allows a high contact surface, providing antibacterial and deodorizing activity.

In an analogous manner, the object of this invention includes the anti-humidity parts constituted by calcium chloride salts to which, in addition to the colloidal preparation of silver, a part of active carbon can be added additionally as it absorbs odors, which makes it an effective product with anti-humidity properties and absorbs odors.

The third object of the invention deals with the different forms for an anti-humidity replacement with silver ions, containing a limited number of holes in the particular case of the anti-humidity parts in tablets, with the aim of increasing the specific operating area and thus increasing the performance

FIELD OF APPLICATION OF THE INVENTION

The field of application of the present invention is part of the sector of the industry dedicated to the manufacture of elements and products for the absorption of moisture in the environment, in particular of replacements of hygroscopic and deliquescent salts, such as calcium chloride or the magnesium chloride.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Bacterial proliferation in the home occurs very quickly and easily. The use of regular cleaners does not eliminate bacteria completely, so it is advisable to disinfect frequently, especially in homes where there may be sources of transmission, such as pets.

Bacterial proliferation is very important, especially in homes with children and the elderly or sick people, since they are more prone to infections.

There are various systems for the application of products for disinfection, sanitization and deodorization of the home, such as those described in patent PCT / IB2015 / 056447 which describes a liquid composition for cleaning and disinfection that uses natural products combined with chemical components that they are currently used to perform effective cleaning in homes, repelling certain insects and killing others.

The invention provides a product that disinfects the areas, is bactericidal, repels certain insects and kills others. It helps in the control against pests such as flies, cockroaches, ants, wasps, presenting natural aromas.

Said patent refers to contact application products, so repeated applications must be made for effective disinfection on the surface to be disinfected.

It is also possible to find patents such as the one having the publication number WO2001021225 A2 which talks about the different absorbing materials of odorous substances. In this patent it can be read about the different malodor absorbents, contemplating various types of said products, and among them is the activated carbon. Said patent does not solve the combined problem of simultaneous malodor and humidity, problem of which the present invention tries to solve.

In the same way, there are different forms of anti-humidity, such as those described in the patent of invention with publication number 2 558 619, where it is spoken of an ultratranspirable anti-humidity tablet pouch, with advantages over the use of the same anti-humidity pouches, such as It is the cleanest and safest use of anti-humidity, as well as the containment of impurities. Similarly, the invention patent with publication number 2399307, refers to another wrapping system that minimizes the dry air chamber so that said special fabric does not resist the process of absorption of environmental humidity, thus working more effectively .

EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention refers to the deodorizing and sanitizing properties that silver ions provide to the anti-humidity parts, as well as to the replacement of other products such as active carbon to expand the range of odors that it is capable of absorbing. In an analogous manner, said anti-humidity spare parts, manufactured in the form of an anti-humidity tablet, are made with holes increasing the contact surface of the air with the tablet and increasing the performance of the same.

The present invention relates to the application of colloidal silver on different anti-humidity parts. Faced with the generalized use of disinfectants direct application on the support to sanitize, the use of this type of formats passive, solve problems of applicability, such as repeated application on the surfaces to be sanitized. So in this way the air passes through the antihumidity that contains silver ions so that it is deodorized and sanitized.

The technology of silver ions (Ag +), in the form of nanoparticles, provides a greater dispersion, providing anti-odor and sanitizing properties, as a consequence of its microbiological activity. Specifically, they attack the respiratory chain of bacteria and fungi, avoiding their reproduction, and consequently conserving the environment and avoiding the formation of unpleasant odors due to the degradation of organic matter.

The application in this case is guaranteed in the anti-humidity products based on hygroscopic salts, where the air of a room passes, moves and circulates through the device itself, purifying said air and dispersing those silver particles, sanitizing the environment, in addition to avoid bad smells.

Another part of the invention relates to the use of active carbon in combination with calcium chloride and silver ions for the manufacture of a moisture-replenishing part on the one hand to eliminate moisture and on the other to eliminate bad odors in a wide range of products. same.

The use of active carbon as an odor eliminator is also widely known. Specifically, active carbon is able to eliminate most of the molecules that generate bad odor, because said active carbon has a large range of pore size, ranging from 10 to 250 Angstrom, corresponding mainly to the group of mesopores , which will make it adsorb molecules of large size, these molecules being retained in the active carbon, and avoiding that these particles that generate the bad smell are dispersed, which in most cases have an ideal size to be adsorbed and therefore retained over active carbon pores.

In this patent it is also intended to increase the surface area of the anti-humidity spare parts in a tablet with silver ions. It is known that the tablet works more efficiently than the salts without compacting due to its layered operation. Therefore, in this patent it is intended to increase the absorption surface of said tablet, making holes in the tablet itself, which allows more surface contact with the environment, and that the anti-humidity refills work more quickly to eliminate excess water. humidity in the shortest time possible, thus increasing the performance.

It is also known that to increase the surface area of a solid body, a limited number of holes can be made that increase said surface area. By increasing the number thereof, that surface area increases.

The holes can have the shape of any geometric body such as a cylinder, a rectangular prism, etc.

The greater the number of holes, the greater the surface area of absorption, so that the holes go from one of the two flat faces of the tablet (base) to the other in a perpendicular manner, so that the surface area is maximized.

These holes can be present in the anti-humidity tablet with silver ions, from a limited number of them, such as 10 holes to 1 single hole, giving the anti-humidity replacement a greater surface area, so it will be a more effective and faster product in its function of elimination of environmental humidity.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention of this patent, this descriptive specification is included as an integral part of the invention. same, of a set of pianos, in which the following has been represented with an illustrative and non-restrictive character:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of an anti-humidity tablet of which this patent consists.

Figure 2 shows a view in the same perspective as figure 1 but showing the different possibilities of holes made to a tablet. Figure 2a shows a tablet with 10 cylindrical holes. Figure 2b shows the same tablet but with a single cylindrical orifice.

Figure 3 again shows a perspective view of an example of an anti-humidity tablet (in this case without holes). In the figure is represented the tablet once incorporated into the device where it is placed for its operation, which has been represented partially sectioned to facilitate the observation of the positioning of the tablet inside.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

In view of the mentioned figures, and in accordance with the numeration adopted, an example of non-limiting realization of part of the invention can be seen in them; which treats of an anti-humidity replacement with silver ions in tablet with holes, and comprises the parts and elements that are indicated and described in detail below.

Referring to Figure 2, it is observed that the anti-humidity tablet (1) is made a limited number of holes (2) that could vary from a limited number of holes such as 10 holes (Figure 2a) to 1 hole (Figure 1). 2b) that give greater surface area to the tablet, specifically and in the case of a cylinder, increases the part that corresponds to the lateral area of the cylinder, ie 2 n Rh multiplied by the number of holes (n): nx 2 nRh , which will have to subtract the area from the n clusters that eliminates in both sides of the tablet 2n (nR2) so that the anti-humidity will be more effective proportionally to the number of holes contained in said anti-humidity tablet (1), where R is the radius of the cylinder and h the height thereof, provided that h is greater than R .

Furthermore, as shown in figure 3, the anti-humidity tablet (1) is used inside a plastic device specially designed to capture moisture. Said device consists of a container comprising a separator (3) located in its middle part that serves to support the tablet, dividing it into an upper part and a lower container (4) that collects the generated brine formed in the process of absorbing the humidity. It also has a top grid (5) that prevents the product from being touched, which has grooves (6) of a considerable size that allow the passage of moisture for its absorption.

The anti-humidity tablet (1) is formed by crystals mostly calcium chloride salts that are hygroscopic and deliquescent as well as silver ions, attracting the water vapor contained in the air and absorbing the moisture to later dissolve in said salts. This tablet absorbs excess moisture from the air by converting the humidity, when it is greater than 55-60%, in a saline solution. The saline solution passes through the orifices of the separator (3) and is deposited in the lower container (4) of the plastic device.

The tablet (1) will have a variable duration, depending on the percentage of environmental humidity and temperature, and can range from 3 months in winter to 2 weeks in summer, in very humid environments. Specifically, a 450-gram moisture tablet subjected to a temperature of 25 ° C and a constant environmental humidity of 70% has a duration of 480 hours.

As seen in Figure 1, the object of the invention is an anti-humidity tablet (1), which contains silver ions in the form of nanoparticles, and may or may not contain active carbon according to the present disclosed patent, so as to provide it deodorizing and sanitizing properties in the case of silver ions, and eliminating properties of bad smells in the case of active carbon, but in both cases can not be reflected in any of the drawings, not because they are not the subject of this invention.

This patent extends to any other format of anti-humidity replacement such as loose salts, bag with loose salts, tablet wrapped in protective fabric, tablet with holes, etc., which have been applied silver ion technology in the form of nanoparticles as a deodorizing and sanitizing agent, giving the same satisfactory result in the deodorization and hygienization of the environment as in the case of the silver-ion anti-humidity tablet.

Also occurs with the replacement of moisture with silver ions and active carbon, this patent extends to any other format of replacement additional moisture to the tablet, either loose salts, bag with loose salts, tablet wrapped in protective fabric, tablet with holes, etc., to which active carbon has been added as an odor eliminator, giving the same satisfactory result in the elimination of bad odors in the environment as for the anti-humidity replacement in a tablet with silver ions and active carbon.

In a characterizing way, the anti-wetness replacement with silver ions is carried out containing a liquid dispersion of silver particles, with a concentration comprised between 1 and 3600 ppm, which allows the elimination of bad odors, thus as the sanitation of the environment thanks to the natural or forced circulation that occurs in the rooms, so the air passes, moves and circulates through the device itself, purifying said air and dispersing those particles of silver in the environment.

More common at that concentration of liquid dispersion of silver particles is between 10 and 1200 ppm, and even more usual it will be between 20 and 200 ppm of said liquid dispersion.

Analogously and in a characterizing manner for the anti-humidity parts with silver ions and active carbon, the mixture is made containing an active carbon concentration comprised between 1% and 50% of active carbon on the weight of the anti-humidity replacement, which allows the adsorption and elimination of bad odors.

More common at that concentration of active carbon would be between 1% and 20% of active carbon on the weight of the anti-humidity replacement, and more usual still be between 1% and 5% of active carbon on the anti-humidity replacement.

Analogously and in a way that characterizes the anti-humidity parts with silver ions, the tablet is made a limited number of holes that can vary between 10 and 1 hole, to increase the surface area and is more effective and faster said anti-humidity replacement .

More common to that number of holes for being between 3 and 1 holes made on the replacement tablet with anti-moisture silver ions.

Such anti-wetness replacement with silver ions, in any of its previous forms could contain between 50 and 2500 g of product.

More common to that grammage of product, it would be that the anti-humidity replacement with silver ions had between 200 and 1000 g of product, being even more usual that it had between 250 and 500 g of product.

As mentioned, the anti-humidity replacement will have a variable duration, depending on the percentage of environmental humidity and temperature, and can range from 3 months in winter to 2 weeks in summer, in very humid environments. In this patent, containing the silver ions or what is the same, the liquid dispersion of silver particles, will not detract any effectiveness to the anti-humidity replacement, it is more, it adds the elimination of bad odors and sanitation of the environment on the part of the Silver ions, but the performance as anti-humidity will be the same. Analogously, containing active carbon does not detract from the anti-humidity replenishment efficacy, but instead adds the property of adsorption and elimination of molecules that generate bad odor.

Claims (16)

1. Anti-humidity replacement, in any of its possible forms, whether loose salts, sachet with loose salts, tablet (1), tablet wrapped in protective fabric, etc., manufactured mainly with calcium chloride or magnesium chloride salts, these being hygroscopic and deliquescent salts, it is characterized in that it additionally contains a liquid dispersion of colloidal silver or silver ions, which allows it to eliminate bad odors and to sanitize the environment in addition to the benefits of the use of anti-humidity products. 2. Anti-humidity replacement according to claim 1, characterized in that it contains a liquid dispersion of silver particles, with a concentration comprised between 1 and 3600 ppm. 3. Anti-humidity replacement according to claim 2, characterized in that it contains a liquid dispersion of silver particles, with a concentration preferably comprised between 10 and 1200 ppm. 4. Anti-humidity replacement according to claim 3, characterized in that it contains a liquid dispersion of silver particles, with a concentration more preferably comprised between 20 and 200 ppm. 5. Anti-humidity replacement, according to any of claims 1-4, characterized in that it can be in the tablet format with holes (2), to increase the active surface of contact with air and so on. increase aeration, with the aim of improving the performance of anti-humidity tablets. 6. Anti-humidity tablet replacement (1), according to claim 5, characterized in that the type of hole (2) can have the shape of any geometric body such as a cylinder (2), a rectangular prism, etc. 7. Anti-humidity tablet replacement (1), according to any of claims 5-6 characterized in that a limited number of holes (2) are made, wherein said number can vary between 10 and 1 holes. 8. Anti-humidity tablet replacement, according to claim 7 characterized in that a limited number of holes (2) are made, where said number is more specifically limited between 3 and 1 holes. 9. Anti-humidity replacement according to any of claims 1-8, characterized in that said refill contains between 50 and 2500 g of product. 10. Anti-humidity replacement according to claim 9, characterized in that said refill preferably contains between 200 and 1000 g of product. 11. Anti-humidity replacement according to claim 10, characterized in that said refill contains more preferably between 250 and 500 g of product. 12. An anti-humidity replacement according to any of claims 1-11, characterized in that it additionally contains active carbon, which allows it to absorb and eliminate odors from the environment in addition to the benefits of the use of anti-humidity products. 13. Anti-humidity replacement according to claim 12, characterized in that it contains active carbon, with a concentration comprised between 1% and 50% of active carbon on the weight of the anti-humidity replacement. 14. Anti-humidity replacement according to claim 13, characterized in that it contains active carbon, with a concentration preferably comprised between 1% and 20% of active carbon on the weight of the anti-humidity replacement. 15. Anti-humidity replacement according to claim 14, characterized in that it contains active carbon, with a concentration more preferably comprised between 1% and 5% of active carbon on the weight of the anti-humidity replacement. 16. Anti-humidity replacement according to any of claims 1-15, characterized in that said refill is incorporated in a plastic device constituted by a separator vessel (3) where the anti-humidity replacement is placed in any of its possible forms, such as a tablet anti-humidity (1), a lower container (4) where the moisture drops in the form of a saline solution, and an upper grate (5) with grooves (6) to allow aeration.