IT202000026125A1 - DEVICE FOR SANITATION OF PEOPLE AND THINGS - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION

of the invention having for TITLE:

?DEVICE FOR SANITATION OF PEOPLE AND THINGS?

The present invention relates to an integrated system for sanitizing people and things, in particular from COVID 19, for users who access places that allow the simultaneous presence of more than one person. people such as, by way of example but not limited to, industrial environments, public and private offices, recreational, sports, school, etc. and for things such as, always by way of example and not limited to, luggage, wardrobes, air conditioners, etc.

Pi? in particular, the invention concerns a system to be used to control people who have access to places where gatherings of people can be created, and where it is necessary to identify and regulate, with absolute safety, that access is strictly linked to the regulations in force for the fight against COVID 19.

Currently one of the systems for controlling people entering the premises, ? carried out by personnel to detect body temperature using a manually operated laser thermometer. The same employees check the presence of the mask on the face of the people entering.

Is such a system characterized by poor reliability? of the controls and for the lack of sanitization of those who access the premises. It also does not allow control of the number of inputs.

In other existing systems, although equipped with a thermal scanner for detecting the temperature, a video camera for checking the presence of the mask and a dispenser for the dispensing of hand sanitizing gel, the sanitization of the entrants takes place by dispensing liquid products sprayed with spray nozzles. This involves using a pump, with sufficient pressure to allow delivery through the spray nozzles. With this system, not all of the nebulised product deposits on people's clothes and uncovered parts, and consequently a part deposits on the floor, causing stagnation of liquid, with consequent danger of slipping for people and accumulation of dirt which is transported into the premises through footfall. A similar system consequently also determines a high consumption of sanitizing product.

Other embodiments provide for tunnel sanitization systems consisting of an extendable metal structure with a pantograph system, covered with a waterproof sheet. Significant quantities pass through the tunnel. of people all hit by sanitizing product sprayed through spray nozzles. Also in this configuration the sanitizing product is distributed by nebulization, and in large quantities. for the high transit of people.

As with the previous system, not all of the nebulised product settles on the people who pass through it, but a part settles on the ground, causing stagnation of liquid, with the consequences described above for the previous system illustrated.

Other similar systems on the market still provide for sanitization through the delivery of nebulised product.

Devices such as those mentioned above are characterized by the possibility? what s? verify deposits of sanitizing liquid on the floor and in any case do not guarantee the necessary reliability? sanitation along the way. In particular, considering that the sanitizing liquid can be deposited on the flooring and from this, through foot traffic, can be transferred elsewhere, in addition to the accumulation of dirt, there can also be the risk of slipping for the people who cross it. Furthermore, the nebulization system involves a significant consumption of sanitizing product.

Further systems available on the market, after sanitizing by spraying liquid, provide for the application of a polyethylene film on the footwear. This, in addition to involving an increase in the size of the sanitization system, constitutes a further cost element and does not eliminate the downstream transport of trampled dirt, due to the deposit of liquid on the floor, and eliminates the risk of slipping for people who they pass through it.

For the realization of sanitizing systems as indicated above, devices are ultimately obtained that are considerably bulky, with high production costs, high consumption of sanitizing product and ultimately unreliable due to the dispersion of liquid on the ground which makes them even more? of dubious reliability? as a whole.

Main purpose of the following invention ? that of providing a new sanitization system, in particular for COVID 19, which guarantees an efficient, rapid and controlled process along the entire route, without presenting the drawbacks of cost, size, product consumption and liquid dispersion on the ground of known devices.

To this end, it is envisaged to use a system such as the one proposed, which carries out checks in cascade for each of the phases, which does not release the consent to carry out the following operation without the previous one having been successfully carried out, and which does not allow the spreading of sanitizing product on the ground.

Thereby ? Is the control of each input guaranteed with precision and reliability? at each stage of the process. The device detects the successful operation on each of the control equipment, warning, where appropriate, with an acoustic (buzzer), vocal and visual (lamps) signal of any error or failure to perform the operation. a phase, signaling also? any person with high temperature, which will? denied access.

Such a device can also be used as access control. In this case ? equipped with a printer which, for each entrant, issues a receipt with the following indications;

? tag number;

? temperature detected;

? name and surname (to be filled in by the user);

? degree of kinship (to be completed by the user in case of access by family groups).

This completed receipt is delivered to the service personnel in case of meeting access, for traceability. The sanitizing device, equipped with a badge, allows traceability? of entrances for people who usually access premises for work, study or other purposes.

Furthermore, the system, contrary to those currently on the market, in which the sanitization takes place by nebulizing the sanitizing product, envisages that the same takes place by dispensing the sanitizing product in the form of dry steam, obtained by means of ultrasound equipment.

The steam is supplied through a series of 08+ 08 nozzles placed on each of the internal sides of the portal, and 02 02 nozzles placed under the walkway base. Through the series of 08 nozzles placed on the right side and 08 nozzles placed on the left side inside the portal, the steam is emitted for the sanitization of the upper part of the person. Through a series of holes placed on the base of the walkway, through the 02 02 nozzles placed under the base of the portal, the steam is dispensed for the sanitization of the lower part of the shoes. In this way the person is totally sanitized without liquid particles being deposited on them and without liquid particles being able to deposit on the flooring.

This device, used for the passage of people in both directions, can it can also be advantageously applied for counting the people present in the room as it detects passages in both directions.

Reached the number of entries allowed, the system stops and no longer allows? access. When a person leaves the room, the device automatically prepares to accept the possibility? of a new entry.

In this configuration? foreseen the ?family programme? which allows you to avoid waiting times between two sanitization operations. This program prepares the continuous jet of dry steam while the members of the family undergo the previous checks individually. All the control phases take place in this way? as described in the first configuration. In this configuration, to guarantee traceability, in case of use of the equipment in recreational or sports venues and in any case in all parts that require it, the sanitization device is ? equipped with a printer which, at the exit of the sanitization tunnel, issues a receipt with the recorded temperature and mask presence data of each person, on this receipt the person will register? the name, surname and possible degree of kinship in the event of group entry, the receipt, collected by the service personnel, will be handwritten. kept for the time necessary to ensure traceability? of the person, according to the rules in force, in case of need.

Therefore, a specific object of the present invention is a sanitization device comprising a system for detecting body temperature: a system for controlling the presence of a mask on the face; an automatic hand sanitizing gel dispensing system; a sanitizing product emission system in the form of dry steam, obtained by means of ultrasound equipment which transforms the sanitizing product introduced into the equipment in a liquid state into steam. This procedure allows the total sanitization of the person including the lower part of the shoes, without the need for further protection of the same.

In a first embodiment of the device according to the invention, the whole is consisting of a metal portal with an access and exit ramp designed to remove barriers and also allow access to the handicapped. Frontally, on the left side, the following are positioned at a height of 1500:

the thermo scanner for detecting the temperature:

the mask presence video detector.

In the event of high temperatures or the absence of a mask on the face, a red lamp turns on to signal the anomaly and a voice signal invites the person not to access the portal for subsequent sanitization operations.

Always frontally, on the right side? positioned a second thermal scanner at a height of 1 m to detect the temperature, where both children and the handicapped, with their companions, will be able to access through the portal, for the remaining sanitization operations.

In the internal part of the portal, on the left side, ? positioned the automatic gel dispenser for hand sanitization.

On the floor of the portal structure there are two areas with holes, on which the person stops for sanitization.

In this position, the person is subjected to sanitization for a pre-established time for the operation by issuing a certificate. dry steam delivered through 08 nozzles on the left wall of the portal, 08 nozzles on the right wall of the portal and through the holes in the floor, fed by 02 02 nozzles under the flooring for sanitizing the lower part of the footwear. In this way the person is completely enveloped by the jet of dry steam for his sanitization.

During the sanitization operation with dry steam, an air barrier, emitted by a blower placed on the upper crosspiece of the portal, isolates the person from the rest of the room. The blower stops automatically at the end of the sanitization.

At the exit of the portal, and downstream of the blower, ? installed an automatic opening door.

At the end of the operations, a luminous signal (green) and a vocal (sanitization finished; please exit), give consent to the automatic opening of the door to allow the person access to the room.

Externally, on the left side of the portal? a compartment has been obtained, inside which the tanks for the gel, the sanitizing liquid and the ultrasound equipment for the emission of dry steam are housed.

The quantity? of product inserted in the tanks for sanitization (gel and liquid to be transformed into dry steam) ? sufficient for the sanitization of 2500 people in a time of 10 hours with a continuous process.

In a second embodiment, the system for controlling the temperature and presence of the mask ? consisting of a single piece of equipment (thermovideoscanner). All the remaining equipment for dispensing the gel and dry steam remain identical to those described in the first embodiment as well as the control and sanitization cycle.

In a third embodiment, the device ? equipped, in addition to the systems already? described for the first configuration, of a badge reader which allows the identification of the person entering. The system ? indicated for access to premises where the user systematically goes to carry out his activities.

In a fourth form of realization of the device, the equipment ? made using a steel tunnel structure. The tunnel ? composed of a series of portals as described in the first embodiment, connected in series to each other, so as to form a single tunnel through which the person enters and is subjected to the jet of dry steam during his movement towards the exit of the tunnel . The first element of the tunnel ? consists of a portal cos? as described in the first embodiment and provides for the control of body temperature, the presence of the mask and the gel dispenser. Each of the subsequent elements of the tunnel ? composed only of the dry steam delivery part, emitted from the side vents and from the floor. The last element of the tunnel in addition to the dry steam delivery system? equipped with a blower for the emission of an air barrier. This isolates the person from the room and ? placed upstream of the automatic door that opens after sanitization has taken place.

In a fifth embodiment, the apparatus ? made by means of a small-sized column steel structure. This embodiment allows you to carry out everything described for the previous configurations in relation to:

the detection of the temperature using a thermal scanner, the detection of the presence of a mask on the face using a video camera,

the dispensing of sanitizing gel via dispenser.

In this embodiment, the delivery of the jet of dry steam takes place laterally to the column, through 08 nozzles located on the vertical wall of the column itself. The person is sanitized by exposing himself to the jet of dry steam with a 360? rotation on himself, while the sanitization of the shoes takes place by exposing them in front of one of the dry steam outlets. This configuration makes it suitable for use in small rooms, where few units have access, such as homes, and / or offices with few units? workplaces, or other premises that cannot accommodate a large number of people. The application of wheels at the base of the column makes it self-propelled and transportable by hand by just one person. In this embodiment, the apparatus, only for the dry steam delivery part, as described above, can be otherwise? used for sanitizing domestic environments, wardrobes, and small environments in general and, where air conditioners are present, to sanitize their filters. The system according to this embodiment ? equipped with a control device that enables only the dry steam delivery function where only the rooms and not people must be sanitized.

Still according to the invention, a sixth embodiment of the device is proposed in which the construction can be made using materials alternative to metallic ones. By way of illustration but not of limitation, fibreglass, plastic or other materials, worked both mechanically and with molding technology.

In a seventh embodiment, the system is configured with a tunnel construction formed by a bellows structure in transparent polyethylene sheet, or equivalent material, The bellows configuration, without prejudice to all the components illustrated for the first configuration for the operations of sanitation, makes it extensible and adaptable to multi-purpose solutions.

This invention will come now described for illustrative but not limiting purposes, according to some of its preferred embodiments, with specific reference to the figures of the attached drawings in which:

figure 1 ? a front view of a first embodiment of the device according to the invention;

figure 2 ? a side view of the device of figure 1;

figure 3 ? a sectional view, along the line IV - IV of figure 1; figure 4 ? a sectional view along the line V - V of figure 1; figure 5 ? a sectional view along the line VI - VI of figure 1 ; figure 6 ? a front view of a fifth embodiment of the device according to the invention;

figure 7 ? a side view of a fifth embodiment of the device according to the invention;

the figure 8 ? a plan view of a fifth embodiment of the device according to the invention.

Figure 1, on the left side of the equipment, shows the laser thermometer (01), the video camera for detecting the presence of the mask (02), placed at a height of 1.5 meters from the ground, the device for dispensing sanitizing gel for the hands (03), the badge reader (04). On the right side of the device at a height of 1 m, ? positioned the thermal scanner (05) for detecting body temperature for children and/or the handicapped, in addition to the lamps, red (14) for alarm, and green (15) for permitted access.

Figure 2 shows the access and descent ramps (06), the blower for the air curtain (07) and the automatic door (08).

Figure 3 shows the holes (09) arranged on the ground on the walking surface, from which dry steam comes out to sanitize the lower part of the shoes, and the printer (10) for recording data and the access ramps (06 ).

Figure 4 shows the side vents (12), located on the right wall and below the walking surface (13), through which dry steam comes out for sanitation. Also note the blower for the air curtain (07), the automatic door (08), the up and down ramps (06) of the device and the red light (14), for alarm.

Figure 5 shows the side vents (11), located on the left wall and below the walking surface (13), through which dry steam comes out for sanitization. Also note the blower for the air curtain (07), the automatic door (08) and the up and down ramps (06), the green lamp (15) for access allowed, and the gel dispensing device ( 03).

Figure 6 ? a front view according to the fifth embodiment; on the right side of the column (16), the thermal scanner (20) for temperature control is positioned at a height of 1.5 meters from the ground; the video camera (18) for detecting the presence of the mask; the hand sanitizing gel dispenser (17).

Figure 7 ? a side view of a fifth embodiment of the device according to the invention. The side vents (19) are visible, placed on the left wall of the device from which the dry steam comes out for the sanitization of the person who rotates on itself by 360?.

Figure 8, still according to the fifth embodiment, is a plan view of the device.

In all the embodiments indicated above, the automatic control systems shown in the above configurations remain; these can be positioned on the device either as described in the first embodiment, or in an inverted position with respect to what is described above. In both cases the correct control and sanitization operations remain guaranteed.

The present invention ? been described according to its preferred embodiments, but ? it should be understood that variations and/or modifications may be made by experts in the field, keeping the inventive concept unchanged, what about it? at the base, each detail being able to be replaced with another technically equivalent one, without thereby leaving the relative scope of protection.

Claims (4)

1. Sanitization device for things and people, (in particular for COVID 19) characterized by the fact that it includes: ? A first element having a portal structure (fig. 1-2-3) with an entrance and an exit; ? A second element for detecting the temperature (fig.1 pos.01) fixed frontally on the entrance wall; ? A third element for detecting the presence of the mask (fig.1 pos.02) fixed frontally on the entrance wall; ? A fourth element for automatic dispensing of sanitizing gel fixed laterally on an internal wall (fig.5 pos.03) of the portal; ? A fifth element for the production of dry steam, which does not release humidity, placed inside the inside one of the columns. ? Dry steam distribution system allocated to the inside the two columns of the portal and under the transit platform, fed by the steam production element located in one of the columns and with diffusion through the vents (f?g.4-5 pos.1 1-12-13); ? Recovery system for liquid micro-residue resulting from the transformation of the sanitizing product into dry steam. 2. Sanitizing device for things and people (in particular for COVID 19) according to claim 1 characterized in that the system consists of a tunnel consisting of: ? A first element having a portal structure (fig. 1-2-3) with an entrance; ? Series of intermediate portals connected in series to form a tunnel (of variable length) to the exit portal; ? An element for detecting the temperature (fig.1 pos.01) fixed frontally on the entrance wall; ? An element for detecting the presence of the mask (fig.1 pos.02) fixed frontally on the entrance wall; ? An element for automatic dispensing of sanitizing gel fixed laterally on an internal wall (fig.5 pos.03) of the portal; ? Element for the production of dry steam, which does not release humidity, placed inside the interior of each of the columns, according to claim 1; ? steam distribution system inside each of the columns and on the relative platforms and with diffusion through the vents (fig.4-5 pos. 11-12-13). 3. Sanitization device for things and people (in particular for COVID 19) according to claim 1 and so characterized: ? Structure with a self-propelled column (fig.6 pos. 16); ? A first element for detecting the temperature (fig.6 pos. 18) frontally fixed on the wall of the self-propelled column; ? A second element for detecting the temperature for disabled people fixed frontally on the part of the self-propelled column (fig.6 pos.20); ? An element for automatic dispensing of sanitizing gel fixed to the front wall of the self-propelled column (fig.6 pos. 17); ? An element for the production of dry steam, which does not release humidity, placed inside the interior of the self-propelled column; ? Dry steam distribution system located inside the self-propelled column and with diffusion through the vents (fig.7 pos. 19). 4. Sanitizing device for things and people (in particular from COVID 19) according to any one of the preceding claims which includes a dry steam production and distribution system which does not release humidity? about people and things.