IT202100028226A1 - SANITIZING EQUIPMENT - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION

of the patent for industrial invention entitled:

?SANITIZING EQUIPMENT?

Technical Sector of Invention

This invention? relating to a sanitizing equipment.

The present invention finds particularly advantageous application in the sector of sanitizing closed environments, in particular hotels, studios, gyms, offices, which the following discussion will cover? explicit reference without losing generality.

State of art

In the sector of sanitizing closed environments, sanitizing equipment of the type described, for example, in WO 2014/006577 A1, WO 2012/011060 A1, US 2018/236117 A1 and US 2013/272929 A1 are known.

In particular, WO 2014/006577 A1 describes a system for the execution, traceability, monitoring and control of a method for reducing the bacterial load in a confined environment. The system includes an environmental identification device designed to contain information relating to the confined environment; a device for the micronization of decontaminating substances dispersed in the air capable of diffusing a decontaminating substance through a diffuser by air and in the form of dry fog, based on the information contained in the environmental identification device; a detection sensor capable of detecting the concentration of the decontaminating substance; an instant bacterial analysis sensor designed to determine the quantitative and qualitative bacterial concentration; and a central server designed to process the data received from the diffuser, from the detection sensor and from the instant bacterial analysis sensor, in order to identify anomalies with respect to a determined quantitative and qualitative bacterial objective and certify the bacterial result obtained following the diffusion of the decontaminating substance.

WO 2012/011060 A1 describes a sanitizing apparatus comprising a device for nebulizing a sanitizing liquid solution. The nebulizing device includes an impeller for sucking air from the external environment and generating a nebulizing air flow, a duct for circulating the nebulizing air flow, and a duct for circulating the air used for cooling the impeller itself.

US 2018/236117 A1 describes a method and a device for disinfecting the internal surfaces, for example, of freezers and the like by producing a microfilm of sanitizing solution on the internal surfaces and on the devices contained in the freezers themselves. The method includes a first phase in which 100% of the internal surface of the internal environment of the freezer is ? completely saturated with a fog of sanitizing solution, which is then condensed, and a second phase in which the air containing this fog is passed through a filter equipped with means that absorb the sanitizing solution. The sanitizing solution mist is produced via piezoelectric elements arranged in a misting tank and excited by a high-frequency generator.

US 2013/272929 A1 describes a sanitization station including a fluid source; at least one plasma generator for generating non-thermal plasma; and at least one nozzle for spraying a stream of fluid through the plasma generated by the plasma generator to activate the fluid.

Object and Summary of the Invention

Purpose of the present invention? to create an alternative sanitizing equipment that is simple and economical to implement.

According to the present invention, a sanitizing apparatus is created as claimed in the attached claims.

Brief Description of the Drawings

Figure 1 ? a schematic perspective view from above, with parts removed for clarity, of a preferred embodiment of the sanitizing apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 2 ? a schematic perspective view from below, with parts removed for clarity, of the sanitizing equipment in Figure 1.

Figure 3 ? a schematic perspective view, with parts removed for clarity, of a detail of the sanitizing equipment in Figures 1 and 2.

Figures 4 and 5 are two exploded schematic perspective views, with parts removed for clarity, of a detail of Figure 3.

Figure 6 schematically illustrates a sanitization system including the sanitizing equipment illustrated in Figures 1-5.

Description of Preferred Embodiments of the Invention

Will this invention come? now described in detail with reference to the attached figures to allow an expert person to create and use it. Various modifications to the embodiments described will be immediately evident to skilled persons and the generic principles described can be applied to other embodiments and applications without departing from the protective scope of the present invention, as defined in the attached claims. Therefore, the present invention must not be considered limited to the embodiments described and illustrated, but must be accorded the most wide protective scope compliant with the characteristics described and claimed.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning commonly used by persons of ordinary experience in the field pertaining to the present invention. In the event of a conflict, this description, including the definitions provided, will binding. Furthermore, the examples are provided for illustrative purposes only and as such should not be considered limiting.

In particular, the block diagrams included in the attached figures and described below are not to be understood as a representation of structural characteristics, or construction limitations, but must be interpreted as a representation of functional characteristics, properties that is? intrinsic to the devices and defined by the effects obtained or functional limitations and which can be implemented in different ways, therefore in order to protect the functionalities? of the same (possibility of functioning).

In order to facilitate the understanding of the embodiments described here, will it be done? reference to some specific embodiments and a specific language will be? used to describe them. The terminology used in this document is intended to describe only particular creations, and not? intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

With reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3, with the number 1 ? indicated, as a whole, a sanitizing equipment for the sanitization, for example, of hotels, studios, gyms, offices.

The sanitizing equipment 1 includes a lower support disc 2 provided with a plurality of of support feet 3 distributed along a perimeter edge of the disk 2 itself; and an upper box-shaped body 4, which has a substantially parallelepiped shape, and is rotatably coupled to the disk 2 to rotate, with respect to the disk 2, around a rotation axis 5 substantially perpendicular to the disk 2 itself.

The body 4? limited by an upper wall 6 substantially perpendicular to the axis 5, and houses within itself, in this case, two containment cylinders 7, which extend parallel to the axis 5, open outwards in correspondence with the wall 6, and are configured to receive respective bottles 8 of sanitizing liquid product.

Each bottle 8 protrudes outside the body 4 through the wall 6, and is equipped with an RFID identification tag (known and not illustrated) capable of being read by an RFID reader (known and not illustrated) mounted at one end? bottom of the relevant cylinder 7.

The bottles 8 define part of a hydraulic circuit 9 also comprising, for each cylinder 7, a respective pumping device 10, in this case a peristaltic pump, which is mounted inside the body 4, and is connected to the relevant bottle 8 via a supply duct 11 (only partially illustrated in Figure 3).

The circuit 9 also includes an intermediate tank 12, which is mounted inside the body 4, ? connected with the devices 10 via respective supply ducts (not shown), and is? equipped with two flotation sensors (not shown) designed to control the level of the sanitizing liquid product inside the tank 12 itself.

The sanitizing equipment 1 also includes a unit 13 pneumatic atomization comprising, in turn, a blower device 14, which is configured to generate a flow of pressurized air, and is connected with a delivery mouth 15 communicating with the external environment.

The mouth 15 includes a supply duct 16, which extends through the wall 6, protrudes outside the body 4, and has a longitudinal axis 17 oriented according to an angle between 0? and 90? compared to wall 6 itself.

As illustrated in Figures 4 and 5, the mouth 15 also includes a cup-shaped body 18, which is fixed inside the end? free of duct 16, ? limited by a bottom wall 19 provided with a central connection 20, and is furthermore limited by a lateral wall 21 extending inside the duct 16 coaxially to the axis 17.

Wall 21 presents a first plurality? of holes 22 and a second plurality? of holes 23 arranged between the holes 22 and the end? free of the duct 16.

The holes 22 are distributed around the axis 17, and have respective longitudinal axes 24 substantially transversal to the axis 17 itself.

The holes 23 are distributed around the axis 17, have a passage cross section smaller than the passage cross section of the holes 22, and have respective longitudinal axes 25 oriented according to an angle between 0? and 90? compared to axis 17 itself.

Finally, the mouth 15 includes a protective cover 26, which is fixed to the wall 6 outside the body 4, and extends around the end free of the duct 16 coaxially to the axis 17.

The sanitizing liquid product is premixed with ambient air in a three-way connection 27 provided with a first inlet 28 connected to the tank 12 to receive the sanitizing liquid product, a second inlet 29 communicating with the external environment to receive ambient air, and an outlet 30 connected to the fitting 20 via a supply duct (not shown) to feed a mixture of ambient air and sanitizing liquid product inside the body 18.

In use, the depression generated by the Venturi effect inside the cup body 18 by the flow of pressurized air fed by the blower device 14 firstly along the supply duct 16 and, then, through the holes 22 and 23 leads to the suction of the sanitizing liquid product through the inlet 28 and of ambient air through the inlet 29 and the feeding of the mixture of ambient air and sanitizing liquid product through the outlet 30, along the fitting 20, and into the cup body 18.

At this point, the mixture of ambient air and liquid sanitizing product is nebulized into the environment to be sanitized by the pressurized air fed by the blower device 14 in the body 18 through the holes 22 and 23.

Regarding the above? it is important to point out that:

the flow of nebulized mixture is directed into the environment to be sanitized by moving the box-shaped body 4 and, therefore, the dispensing mouth 15 around the axis 5; the orientation of the axes 24 of the holes 22 allows the atomized mixture to be given a substantially helical motion along and around the aforementioned axis 17; and the orientation of the axes 25 of the holes 23 allows the generation of a flow of pressurized air with a substantially truncated cone shape configured to contain the helical flow of the nebulized mixture, allow the nebulized mixture to disperse correctly in the environment to be sanitized, and prevent the nebulized mixture from to wet the environment to be sanitized.

Furthermore, since the cross section through which the holes 23 pass is ? smaller than the cross section through which the holes 22 pass, the speed? of the frusto-conical flow of pressurized air generated by the holes 23 ? greater than the speed? of the helical flow of nebulized mixture generated by the holes 22 so as to allow the truncated cone-shaped flow of pressurized air to disperse the helical flow of nebulized mixture in a relatively effective and efficient manner in the environment to be sanitized.

The sanitizing apparatus 1 presents some advantages mainly deriving from the fact that the flow rate of sanitizing liquid product fed to the mouth 15 is controlled in a relatively simple and economical way by selectively controlling the passage cross section of the inlet 29.

In other words, an increase in the passage cross section of the inlet 29 entails a reduction in the flow rate of sanitizing liquid product sucked through the inlet 28 and, on the contrary, a reduction in the passage cross section of the inlet 29 entails an increase in the flow rate of sanitizing liquid product sucked through inlet 28.

Furthermore, since entrance 29 is ? crossed exclusively by air, the sanitizing apparatus 1 also has the further advantage of the fact that the material of the inlet 29 is relatively simple and cheap.

Figure 6 schematically shows a sanitization system 40 comprising the sanitizing equipment 1, a mobile device 41, for example in the form of a smartphone, a tablet, or the like, configured to communicate with the sanitizing equipment 1 to allow a user to interact with the sanitizing equipment 1, and computing and storage resources 42 configured to communicate with the mobile device 41 and the sanitizing equipment 1.

In one embodiment, the computing and storage resources 42 are of a concentrated type, for example in the form of a server, for example a web server, accessible, for example, from computing devices such as computers or mobile devices (for example, from mobile device 41); according to another embodiment of the present invention, the computing and storage resources 42? of a distributed type, for example on the nodes of a network, or ? represented by one or more? server of a network of servers implementing the cloud computing paradigm.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the computing and storage resources 42 are communicatively and operationally coupled to a plurality of of sanitizing equipment 1 and to a plurality? of mobile devices 41; For a better understanding of the present invention and without any loss of generality, reference is made below to a single sanitizing device 1 and a single mobile device 41.

The processing and storage IT resources 42 are designed to receive data for example relating to the sanitizing equipment 1 and/or to the sanitization sessions implemented by the sanitizing equipment 1 and the mobile device 41. In this way, the processing and storage IT resources storage 42 are designed to allow a user, having access to the computing and storage resources 42, to:

consult the history of sanitization sessions performed by sanitizing equipment 1;

highlight malfunctions or errors during the sanitization procedures using the sanitizing equipment 1;

show a statistic for any market analysis or preventive maintenance for sanitizing equipment 1;

check the validity? of the data provided to the processing and storage IT resources 42, the latter being designed to process the aforementioned data received for this purpose from the sanitizing equipment 1 and/or from the mobile device 41; and provide a user interface designed to allow the user to send remote commands to the sanitizing equipment 1 according to the described below.

According to an aspect of the present invention, in addition to the bottles 8 of the sanitizing equipment 1, the sanitizing equipment 1 itself is also identified by means of a respective RFID tag. In particular, the RFID tag contains a corresponding globally unique identifier (UID) which can be exploited by the sanitization system 40 for the identification of the sanitizing equipment 1. By way of example, each component ? labeled with a 13.56MHz frequency RFID tag from the Mifare Classic family. In particular, the RFID tags are applied on the sanitizing equipment 1 and on the bottles 8 as stickers.

Furthermore, RFID tags referring to the environment and to an operator are also provided which allow the correct start of a sanitization session that can be performed by the sanitizing equipment 1; in this case, the RFID tags are respectively affixed in the form of a license plate for the environment and in the form of a badge for the operator.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the RFID tags can be replaced by similar identification labels, such as, for example, QR codes that contain the UID code implemented by a corresponding RFID tag.

In this regard, the computing and storage resources 42 ? designed to associate and record RFID tags, in particular through a control portal, in such a way as to implement a first level of security for operations? of the sanitization system 40.

The computing and storage resource 41 are also designed to extract information from RFID tags, such as, for example:

degree of dilution of the sanitizing liquid in use;

quantity? of sanitization liquid to be used per cubic meter;

quantity? of sanitization liquid remaining in the bottle(s) 8;

size of the environment to be sanitized in cubic metres; And

type of strategy to use for sanitization, for example considering the frequency with which previous sanitization sessions were performed.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the mobile device 41? designed to read RFID tags, in particular of the environment and the operator in order to identify the person and the equipment available for carrying out the sanitization session. Furthermore, the mobile device 41 ? designed to verify, using the app, that the operator, the environment, the sanitizing equipment 1 considered and each bottle 8 can be used together in the same sanitization session and are suitable; in particular, the mobile device 41 ? designed to prevent, for example by sending a corresponding signal to the sanitizing equipment 1, sanitization if the combination of operator, environment, sanitizing equipment 1 and bottles 8 do not satisfy the following requirements:

they must refer to, in particular belong to, the same customer;

the quantity? of liquid remaining in a bottle 8 must be able to cover the sanitization needs; And

there must be no alarm signals (flags) that could inhibit the use of the sanitizing equipment 1.

Once identified and validated through connection to the processing and storage IT resources 42 (for example, exploiting the cloud computing paradigm or, in the absence of connection, to a local cache) the RFID tags on the components of the sanitizing equipment 1, the device mobile 41 ? designed for:

send a plurality to the sanitizing device 1? of operating parameters for the sanitization session to be performed; And

send a command to start the sanitization session.

The mobile device 41 ? equipped with an app, so as to be able to communicate with the sanitizing equipment 1 and with the processing and storage IT resources 42 to carry out various operations which will be described in detail below.

In particular, by means of the app, the mobile device 41? designed to ensure stability? and speed? in communication with the sanitizing equipment 1 and the processing and storage IT resources 42.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the sanitizing apparatus 1 is entirely controlled by a user or an operator, i.e. it operates according to commands and parameters provided by a user or by the operator, for example by means of the app installed on the mobile device 41. According to another aspect of the present invention, the sanitizing equipment 1 ? stand alone type, that is? designed to receive operating parameters from the user or operator through the app and to operate autonomously based on these operating parameters.

In the case of a fully controlled sanitizing equipment 1, the mobile device 41 is designed to operate as a controller device of the corresponding sanitizing equipment 1. In particular, the mobile device 41? designed to determine the following parameters for the execution of each sanitization session:

swing width in degrees, i.e. the quantity that indicates how much the sanitizing equipment 1 must rotate in order to adapt to different environmental conformations;

quantity? of residual sanitization liquid in each bottle 8;

quantity? of sanitization liquid to be dispensed; And

initial waiting time before dispensing the sanitizing liquid in seconds, configurable by the user for example to make sure that the latter can leave the environment to be sanitized before the start of the sanitization session.

In particular, the quantity? of residual liquid in each bottle 8 of the sanitizing equipment 1? acquired as data from computing and storage resources 42.

The mobile device 41 ? designed to determine the quantity? of sanitization liquid to be dispensed based on factors such as:

degree of dilution of the product in use, received as information data from the processing and storage IT resources 42;

quantity? of sanitization liquid per cubic meter, based for example on the frequency of sanitization sessions carried out in the same environment; and size of the environment in cubic meters, received as information data from the computing and storage resources 42.

Once the quantity has been determined? of sanitization liquid to be dispensed, this parameter? transmitted to the sanitizing equipment 1 from the mobile device 41, in particular through the app.

Before performing a sanitization session, the mobile device 41? designed to verify, for example through the app and through communication with the processing and storage IT resources 42, the validity of the device. of the aforementioned parameters.

The mobile device 41 ? also designed to send one or more? commands through the app to the sanitizing equipment 1 to receive data relating to readings of the current status of the sanitizing equipment 1 and the real-time management of the sanitizing session; in the latter case, for example, the mobile device 41? designed to pause or stop the sanitization session.

In the case of a sanitizing device 1 enabled for stand alone operation, the mobile device 41 is, by means of the app, designed to monitor parameters of the sanitizing session and configure the scheduling of one or more sanitization sessions. In other words, the mobile device 41 ? designed to set when and how much sanitization product must be dispensed autonomously by the sanitizing equipment 1. According to one aspect of the present invention, the mobile device 41 is designed to configure at least the following parameters for the execution of a corresponding sanitization session:

date and time of the sanitization to be carried out (i.e., executes a schedule); quantity? of liquid to be dispensed for each schedule;

quantity? of sanitization liquid to be dispensed for the execution of a button-based sanitization session;

type of delivery based on an operating profile of the fans (not shown) of the sanitizing equipment 1;

UID associated with the RFID tag associated with sanitizing equipment 1;

UID associated with the RFID tag relating to the environment in which the sanitizing equipment 1 operates; And

UID associated with the RFID tag associated with the operator who is configuring the sanitizing equipment 1.

The aforementioned parameters are, for example, saved in a non-volatile memory forming part of the sanitizing equipment 1 so that only the first configuration is necessary, unless the values of the aforementioned parameters need to be modified over time.

The stand alone sanitizing equipment 1? therefore designed to operate on the basis of the schedules entered by the operator or on call, using a specific button, using the parameters set by the operator himself.

Furthermore, if the operator does not correctly set the machine with the required RFID tags, the mobile device 41, via the app, or the sanitizing equipment 1 prevent the operator from continuing with the sanitizing session, in particular by verifying that the sanitization session has been carried out according to the manufacturer's specifications and that all the data required to reconstruct the path for defining the sanitization session are present.

Both in the case in which the sanitizing equipment 1 is completely controlled and whether it is of a stand alone type, the mobile device 41 is designed to operate, via the app, as a test device to verify the functionality of the sanitizing equipment 1 so as to be able to identify any faults and/or malfunctions.

The mobile device 41 ? also designed, through the app, to determine a sanitization strategy based on at least the following variables:

quantity? of sanitization liquid to be dispensed; And

type of distribution of the nebulized sanitization liquid.

In particular, the quantity? of liquid to be dispensed can? be determined based on: degree of dilution of the product;

size of the environment; And

frequency with which sanitization sessions are carried out in the environment to be treated.

Note that the type of distribution of the nebulized sanitization liquid in the environment differs from the type of nebulization itself.

In the case of sanitizing equipment 1 with Venturi effect nebulization, ? It is possible to act on the swing angle in order to maximize the diffusion of the product.

In the case of a machine with nebulization due to the piezoelectric effect, ? It is possible to act on the control strategy of the fan used to disperse the fog.

The 40 sanitization system? furthermore designed to carry out checks during and at the end of each sanitisation session in order to guarantee the correct functioning of the sanitisation equipment 1 and, therefore, of each sanitisation session. Note that, depending on the type of sanitizing equipment 1 (controlled or stand alone), the signaling mechanisms are different.

In particular, in the case of sanitizing equipment 1 completely controlled by the user, the execution of the sanitizing session, once the operator has set the operating parameters, ? autonomously controlled by the sanitizing equipment 1 itself. During the sanitization session, the sanitizing equipment 1? designed to monitor the operation of your peripherals using electronics and sensors mounted on board the sanitizing equipment 1.

In case of malfunctions, the sanitization session? interrupted alternatively through the sanitizing equipment 1 or the mobile device 41, when the operator unloads? the data relating to the sanitization session from the sanitizing device 1 via the app, the aforementioned sanitizing device 1 will transmit, in the form of data, the errors detected during the sanitizing session.

In case a sanitization session? correctly completed, the sanitizing equipment 1, at the end of the same sanitizing session, is designed to transmit data, detected by the on-board sensors of the sanitizing equipment 1, to the app; by way of example, the aforementioned data includes:

duration of the sanitization session;

power consumption for carrying out the sanitization session; and quantity? of sanitization liquid actually dispensed at the end of the sanitization session.

In the case of stand alone sanitizing equipment 1, the same sanitizing equipment 1? designed to communicate any malfunctions directly to the computing and storage resources 42.

The 40 sanitization system? furthermore designed to communicate with environmental sensors, for example integrated in the sanitizing equipment 1, for:

allow you to verify, at the end of a sanitization session, the concentration of sanitizing liquid dispensed;

provide the sanitizing equipment 1 with the parameters to be able to act in real time during the sanitizing session; And

allow the association with sensors for the identification of environmental pollutants in order to extend the functionality basis of the sanitization system 40.

The 40 sanitization system? also designed to verify the presence of the sanitizing liquid dispensed in nebulized form in the environment through environmental sensors such as gas detection sensors, for example hydrogen peroxide detection sensors, which allow the sanitizing liquid to be detected in parts per million nebulized.

In detail, the environmental sensors include electronics designed to communicate with the sanitizing equipment 1 and/or the mobile device 41 via wireless communication, for example via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection.

In order to verify, at the end of a sanitization session, the concentration of sanitizing liquid dispensed, the mobile device 41 or the sanitizing equipment 1 are designed to interrogate the environmental sensors at the end of the sanitization session of the sanitizing equipment 1.

The 40 sanitization system? furthermore designed to perform a real-time control of the concentration of sanitizing liquid dispensed by the sanitizing equipment 1 through the use, for example by means of the mobile device app 41, of a predictive algorithm; in particular, this algorithm? based on artificial intelligence and? designed to receive data relating to the current trend of the concentration of sanitizing liquid dispensed by the sanitizing equipment from environmental sensors in order to predict the trend and final values of the concentration of sanitizing liquid dispensed. Note that this algorithm ? previously trained on the basis of data relating to current values of concentration of sanitization liquid during different sanitization sessions, to final values of concentration of sanitization liquid at the end of the different sanitization sessions and to the trend of the aforementioned concentration during the different sessions of disinfection.

Also note that the 40 ? designed to build a detection history by means of the aforementioned algorithm in such a way that, in relation to the desired concentration level of sanitizing liquid and the volume of the environment to be treated, the operating time of the sanitizing equipment 1 is managed in function of the prediction of the algorithm, i.e. that the sanitizing equipment 1 is stopped or paused based on the prediction obtained by means of the algorithm.

The 40 sanitization system? furthermore designed to interface with further sensors that can be associated with the sanitizing equipment 1 and/or the mobile device 41, such as, for example, sensors for the detection of pollutants; in the latter case, the sanitization system 40, in particular the mobile device 41 through the app, is therefore designed to also provide quality statistics? of the air in the treated environment.

Computing and storage computing resources 42 ? designed to communicate with the sanitizing equipment 1 and store data relating to one or more? sanitization sessions, which can then be consulted for example from the mobile device 41.

If the sanitizing equipment 1 is completely controlled by the user, the computing and storage resources 42? designed to acquire data relating to one or more? sanitization sessions using the mobile device 41, in particular the app, which is designed to communicate with the sanitizing equipment 1 for the recovery of the aforementioned data. In particular, the communication of data relating to one or more? Sanitization sessions from the mobile device 41 to the processing and storage IT resources 42 takes place, for example, through a REST API system on the HTTP or HTTPS protocol. On the other hand, any communications from the computing and storage resources 42 to the mobile device 41 take place using, for example, an AMQP protocol.

In the absence of connection, the sanitization system 40? designed to store the data received from the sanitizing device 1 and to transmit them to the app when the connection is restored.

In the case of stand alone sanitizing equipment 1, the same sanitizing equipment 1? designed to communicate with the processing and storage IT resources 42, for example through appropriate communication modules, for the transmission of data relating to one or more sanitization sessions. In this case, the mobile device 41 ? used solely as a parameter configurator for the operation of the sanitizing equipment 1.

In particular, the sanitizing equipment 1? designed to communicate with processing and storage IT resources 42 through a REST API system on http or HTTPS protocol and ? designed to receive any commands from processing and storage IT resources 42 on the AMQP protocol.

In the absence of connection, the sanitizing device 1? designed to store in an internal memory (not shown) the data relating to one or more? sanitization sessions as well as? to any errors or malfunctions. When the connection is restored, the sanitizing device 1 will provide to communicate and therefore synchronize the data relating to the sanitization sessions with the IT processing and storage resources 42.

Furthermore, the sanitizing equipment 1 is designed to transmit 42 additional data to the processing and storage IT resources, such as, for example, data relating to the operating status of the sanitizing equipment 1, or data relating to the software version currently present, IP addresses, switch-on time, temperature and similar.

Once the data is stored in the computing and storage resources 42, the latter is It is also designed to analyze this data and possibly add a second level of security regarding compliance. of the sanitization sessions performed, in order to detect, for example, anomalies in the quantities? of bottle sanitization liquid.

In order to guarantee traceability? of each operation performed in each sanitization session, both internally to the sanitizing equipment 1 and in relation to the operator's work, the sanitizing system 40? designed to implement a blockchain-based system in such a way as to monitor and memorize any state transition internal to the sanitizing equipment 1 and every operation performed by the operator. For example, data storage can take place on computing and storage resources 42.

According to some variants not illustrated:

the support feet 3 are eliminated and replaced with movement wheels; the sanitizing equipment 1 ? provided with a grip handle, preferably telescopic; And

the sanitizing equipment 1 ? equipped with a touch-screen display to allow the operator to selectively control the operation of the sanitizing equipment 1 itself.