IT202000005389U1 - AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR SANITATION USING OZONE OF CHANGING ROOMS, LOCKERS, ENVIRONMENTS AND EQUIPMENT - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION of the Industrial Invention

entitled: ?AUTOMATIC SYSTEM OF SANITIZATION THROUGH OZONE OF CHANGING ROOMS, CABINET, ENVIRONMENTS AND EQUIPMENT?

Field of invention

[0001] The discovery ? been designed to counter the presence of germs, bacteria and pathogens, including the virus responsible for the pandemic generally known as COVID-19, in the changing rooms frequented by the staff employed, in a preferred but not exclusive configuration nor? limiting, in the sector of the selection of municipal solid waste.

[0002] The very type of work and the mass of waste treated expose the personnel to potential biological risk which the devised system allows to reduce to a minimum.

[0003] The automated treatment of the air present in the environment involves both the changing room itself and the lockers and equipment that the staff must use and provides for a series of specially designed and tested protocols, including with bacteriological laboratory tests , in order to drastically reduce the bacterial - viral load present in these environments.

[0004] These protocols also provide for the reconditioning of the premises after the treatment in order to bring the air present in them back to the usual concentrations of the atmosphere with the usual percentages of the various component gases, eliminating the ozone molecules.

[0005] This system that here ? proposed for a preferred configuration but not exclusive n? limiting, can? also be extended to environments and other types of work (canteens, outpatient clinics, hospital rooms, classrooms, etc.) with levels of sanitation that are more? high that pi? bland.

State of the prior art

[0006] The existing sanitization techniques provide for the use of bactericidal radiation or liquid disinfectant agents, or the combined use of disinfectant substances with marked heating (above 60°C) of the intervention area or the use of ozone solute in water or free in closed containers.

[0007] In this regard, there are several specific patents which, however, are very limited in their uses and confined above all to the sanitization of objects (scalpels, extractors, surgical tools, etc.) or concern support surfaces (tables, beds, etc.) but which do not they concern the room as a whole, complete with hangers, lockers, etc.

[0008] For dutiful reporting, considering that the Covid 19 pandemic? was confirmed in February 2020, and that there are several subjects who have worked hard to counter its diffusion, applications are reported (probably interested in patent protection) which however are not yet cataloged in national, European or global databases.

[0009] As mentioned above, there are sanitization achievements for people waiting to board the plane, sanitization booths for the transit of subjects directed to the subways, sanitization barriers for limiting proximity contacts between person and person.

Technical problem

[0010] The present invention intends to sanitize the changing room environment and everything contained therein at times when this room is not? frequented, without resorting to substances or solvents which would then require further removal or washing and in a totally automatic and programmed way.

Explanation of the invention

[0011] Purpose of the present invention ? therefore that of sanitizing the air and the changing room environment and everything contained therein by exploiting the sanitizing action of the Ozone gas whose virucidal effect occurs when the concentration of this gas rises above certain values, reported in the technical literature, and whose toxic effects, even towards humans, disappear when its concentration returns to the same levels found in the air we normally breathe.

[0012] Further purpose of the invention ? to perform this operation without the need? of the presence of personnel assigned to this activity, in a totally automated way with cadences programmed by the work shifts and by the necessity? of the use of the rooms by the personnel employed in the industrial settlement.

Brief description of the drawings

[0013] In order to improve the sanitizing effect of the gas, in the specific case, as a preferred but not exclusive configuration nor? restrictively, some expedients have been adopted, such as the compartmentalization of the changing room into sub-areas, as well as the modification of the cabinets intended to contain work clothes and which are briefly described in the attached figures.

Detailed description of a preferred embodiment

[0014] The invention in question, called AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR SANITATION USING OZONE OF CHANGING ROOMS, CABINETTS, ENVIRONMENTS AND EQUIPMENT? represented in the view of FIG.1

[0015] Essentially, in the preferred but not exclusive configuration, it ? consisting of a room 1 intended as a changing room in which, if desired, compartmentalisation can be made, possibly kept separate by doors with a spring-loaded self-closing device.

[0016] The environment, or the separate compartments, ? intended as a changing room and in it there are lockers for civilian clothes, for individual protective equipment and for any work equipment.

[0017] In such an environment? installed one or more 5 ozone generators controlled in operation by a programmable logic controller.

[0018] As mentioned, the environment where the staff can deposit civilian clothes and put on work equipment, ? equipped with personal cabinets 7, each equipped with a fan 6 for the circulation of the air (also managed by the controller) and bearing two sleeves 8 perforated on both sides to allow the circulation of the air, intended to support the gloves personal protection.

[0019] The environment, or possibly any compartmentalisation, is then equipped with one or more? powerful aspirators 9 (automatically controlled by the controller) designed to remove the ozone generated inside, helping to restore optimal air conditions once sanitization is complete

[0020] Suitable presence sensors 11 make it possible to monitor, via the controller, the absence of any person in the room; additional electromechanical (stop) and acoustic (siren) safety devices are d? equipment in the locker room or in any of its compartments.

[0021] The important control of the percentage of ozone present in the environments? delegated to specific sensors 10 for detecting Ozone capable of transmitting to the programmable controller the concentration of the gas present at any moment in the locker room.

[0022] As stated in the initial part of the description, the programmable logic controller manages various work protocols (duration of the ozonation time, duration of the settling time, duration of the expulsion time of the ozone and re-entry of the air, duration of short air exchange cycles, etc.) by activating the sanitization cycles when the staff are absent.

[0023] At each start of a sanitization protocol, the programmable logic controller verifies the real absence of personnel, activates acoustic and visual signals designed to warn of the imminent start of operations and, with positive checks, blocks access to prevent entrances during the sanitization cycle.

[0024] At the end of each work protocol, after the subsequent reconditioning of the environment 1 and verification of compliance with the minimum ozone concentration value through the detection sensors 10, the programmable logic controller unlocks the accesses allowing free movement in the ?environment.

[0025] For appropriate detection, the programmable logic controller sends via a dedicated ethernet network, communication of the value of the measurements made to a control station with a Personal Computer; to this unit? there are also any reports of work in the event of alarms and this unit? forwards communication to third party users of the present and past state of the locker room.

[0026] The device ? susceptible to numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the inventive concept expressed in the attached claims.

[0027] All the details may be replaced by other technically equivalent elements, and the materials may be different according to requirements, without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0028] The reference numbers used in the description and in the claims are used to help the understanding of what has been conceived and do not constitute a limitation to the claimed scope of protection.

[0029] What is described is part of a preferred but non-exclusive version, nor? restrictive; the activity? of modification, what is within the reach of a capable technician, not ? permitted as the variations would fall within the inventive concept of the idea. Applicability? industrial

[0030] The present invention ? industrially applicable as it can? be made on an industrial scale and affect those realities? that require the sanitization of rooms also containing cabinets and equipment

Claims (3)

1. Automated ozone sanitization system of changing rooms, lockers, rooms and equipment intended for closed rooms in which there is one or more ozone generators together with one or more? internal mixing systems of the ozonized air and together with one or more? systems for expelling the ozonized wool with the simultaneous introduction of fresh air from the outside 2. Automated sanitization system according to claim 1 characterized by the presence inside the changing rooms of personal lockers for clothes and objects shaped so as to provide for air circulation inside 3. Automated sanitization system according to claim 1 where it is possible by means of a programmable logic processor to activate differentiated sanitation protocols throughout the day/week