US3902458A - Antiseptic dip tank apparatus - Google Patents

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US3902458A
US3902458A US477867A US47786774A US3902458A US 3902458 A US3902458 A US 3902458A US 477867 A US477867 A US 477867A US 47786774 A US47786774 A US 47786774A US 3902458 A US3902458 A US 3902458A
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    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
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  • ABSTRACT Disclosed is a novel antiseptic dip tank apparatus for [30] Foreign Application Priority Data assisting in the raising of animals in sterile surround- June 16, 1973 Germany 2330747 ings-
  • the apparatus includes a means for Conveying an animal feed container from a non-sterile environment, 52 U5. (:1. 119/15; 128/1 B through a disinfecting bath and into a Sterile environ- 51 lm. c1. A01K 29/00 ment-
  • the apparatus further includes means for [58] Field of Search 119/15, 17; 128/1 R, 1 B veying Said container in an upright manner through the disinfectant bath.
  • packages are placed in a container in an opening above the level of the disinfectant fluid and moved through the disinfectant fluid into the sterile area wherein the disinfectant fluid itself forms a barrier between the sterile and non-sterile areas.
  • the carrier for the packages may comprise a sieve-like basket attached to the pivoted arm.
  • the food-stuff packages are loaded into the basket and the basket is moved through the disinfectant fluid by, for example, a hand driven winch.
  • the disinfectant fluid drips out of the basket and the packages are removed.
  • the packages slide along the bottom surface of the bath.
  • a transport means for the food packages which includes a horizontal platform or tray which lies parallel to the upper surface of the disinfectant fluid.
  • This platform is provided with a parallelogram linkage means for moving it through the disinfectant fluid While maintaining it in horizontal orientation. That is to say, the platform remains parallel to the upper surface of the disinfectant fluid throughout the entire immersion of said platform in the disinfectant fluid.
  • This invention leads to the greatest preservation of the materials sent through the disinfectant lock and prevents harm from mechanical and abrasive shock.
  • One or more packages or containers may be loaded onto the platform on the non-sterile side of the lock, the lock is then closed and the platform moves through the disinfectant fluid suitably by means of an electric motor.
  • the carrier comprises a horizontal platform which is coupled to a parallelogram linkage.
  • This is a simple and reliable construction which may be readily driven by a motor.
  • the axles of the parallelogram coupling are connected to the platform by means of at least one pair of L-shaped connected links or levers. Said levers are rigidly connected to the aforesaid axles and rotably connected to the platform via a bearing means passing between the platform and the links.
  • the principal axes of the said L-shaped links are mutually parallel throughout its travel. It should be noted however that a line joining the bearings connecting said links is not parallel to the principal axis of either of said axles.
  • axles are so oriented that they may be driven at the same speed in the same direction of rotation by a single rotating drive means.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevated view of the entire installation showing in phantom outline aspects of the system not seen from the outside of the apparatus.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross section of' the apparatus of FIG. I viewed in the plane 2-2.
  • FIG. 3 is a downward perspective view of a schematic representation of the drive system for the carrier platform of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 1-3 show different views of the entire installation.
  • a disinfecting dip tank apparatus 1 passing through an isolating wall 2 which separates the sterile and non-sterile areas. Each area may be observed from the other through window 3 which is set in said wall 2 above tank 1.
  • the tank 1 is provided with a charge opening 4 in the non-sterile zone and a discharge opening 5 in the sterile zone. Openings 4 and 5 may be closed off by shutters or doors 6 and 7 respectively, which, in the preferred embodiment, also serve as shelves in their opened position as shown in FIG. 1 upon which the items to be passed through the tank may be placed.
  • an internal partition wall 30 extending downwards to a level slightly below the lowest point of openings 4 and 5.
  • the tank is charged with a disinfecting fluid bath 8 to a level such that the lower end of partition 30 is immersed under the'surface thereof whereby the air of the sterile zone is totally noncommunicating with the air of the non-sterile zone.
  • lnside tank 1 there is provided a movable platform or tray 9 having attached thereto at bearing points 31 and 32 the parallel L-shaped links 10 and 11 respectively.
  • the links are attached to the tray by bearings not shown in the illustrated views.
  • the other ends of links 10 and 11 are attached to parallel axle rods 12 and 13 by clamping means 40 and 41 respectively.
  • Bearing points 31 and 32 are located so as to be nonequidistant from a predetermined edge of tray 9 where said predetermined edge is parallel to the principal axes of axles 12 or 13.
  • Axles 12 and 13 have affixed to one end thereof adjacent but not mutually contacting gear wheels 14 and respectively.
  • Composite gear wheel 35 comprising inner geared section 16 and outer section 36 is located proximate to gear wheels 14 and 15 so that the teeth of wheel portion 16 interact with both gear wheels 14 and 15.
  • the drive means 37 is attached to portion 36 of composite gear 35.
  • the entire drive mechanism comprising gears 14, 15, 35, connecting means 37 and drive means 17, are located in housing 18 which in turn is adjacent to tank 1 on the nonsterile portion of the system.
  • the drive means 17 may be a reversible, electric, vari-speed motor.
  • the combination of links 10 and 11, clamps 40 and 41, axle rods 12 and 13, gear wheels 14 and 15, composite gear 35 and connecting means 37 may be referred to as a transport means.
  • the container 21 comprises, for example, a tray 42 and a lid 43 constructed of wire mesh placed upon said tray 42.
  • Container 21 is optionally equipped with wheels or rollers 22 to facilitate the movement of container 21 from closing means 6 to platform 9.
  • the tray 42 is provided with spring loaded clamps 44 to secure the lid to the tray.
  • Platform 9 is further provided with raised sidewalls 47 and the rim of the tray 42 is also provided with spring loaded pins 45 which will pop into a detent or opening 46 in each sidewall 47 when the container 21 is moved onto platform 9. Pins 45 and openings 46 serve to prevent the container from floating off the platform 9 during the dipping stage. This has a tendency to occur when the container 21 is charged with materials having a propensity to float.
  • the tightly sealable closing means 6 on the contaminated side of the apparatus is opened and the container 21 placed thereupon.
  • Container 21 is then pushed from closing means 6 onto platform 9 whereby the pins 45 engage in detents 46 to anchor container 21 to platform 9.
  • the closing means 6 is closed and motor 17 is activated.
  • Platform 9 then moves downwardly but in a horizontal attitude until container 21 is entirely emerged in the disenfectant fluid.
  • Platform 9 is then raised upwardly towards the sterile side until it comes to rest opposite the sterile opening 5 as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the closing means 7 on the sterile side is then opened; the container 21 is removed; and the disinfectant goods may then be removed therefrom.
  • the linkage means may be provided with an additional link on each side of the tray in order to improve lateral and vertical stability.
  • An antiseptic clip tank apparatus comprising,
  • a tank means having a disinfectant fluid bath located therein.
  • a partition means extending into the surface of said disinfectant fluid bath and dividing said tank into a sterile and a non-sterile area
  • a transport means connected to said platform means and to said tank means, said transport means including a parallelogram-type linkage for maintaining said platform means substantially parallel to the surface of said bath during transport, and
  • actuation of said drive means causes said platform means to travel from the vacinity of one area through the disinfectant bath and into the vacinity of the other area, said platform means maintaining a parallel relationship with respect to the surface of said bath substantially throughout the course of its travel.
  • said level platform means comprises a tray
  • said transport means includes a first and second axle rod, said axle rods being substantially parallel one to the other and free to rotate, and
  • said parallelogram linkage includes a first and second parallel link means pivotably attached to said tray, the other ends of said link means each being connected to one of said first and second axle rods,
  • the plane defined by the tray is substantially parallel to the plane defined by the first and second axle rods, but wherein the line between the two points of pivotal attachment is non-parallel to the axis of either axle rod.
  • said gear means comprising,
  • An antiseptic dip tank apparatus comprising, into a tank means having a disinfectant fluid bath located therein,
  • a partition means extending into the surface of said disinfectant fluid bath and dividing said tank in to a sterile and a non-sterile area, said sterile and said non-sterile area each having associated therewith a hood means for protecting them from the environment, each of said hood means having an opening therein associated with a closing means, said closing means comprising,
  • said apparatus further comprising:
  • a transport means connected to said platform means and to said tank means, said transport means including means for maintaining said platform means substantially parallel to the surface of said bath during transport, and
  • actuation of said drive means causes said platform means to travel from the vicinity of one area through the disinfectant bath and into the vicinity of the other area, said platform means maintaining a parallel relationship with respect to the surface of said bath substantially throughout the course of the travel.
  • At least one container said container including rollers on the bottom thereof,
  • said container may be rolled off said closing means when in the horizontal shelf position and onto said tray with a minimum of effort.
  • said container comprises at least:
  • a wire mesh lid means for covering said tray.
  • said container further comprises spring loaded clamp means attached to said tray means, said clamp means serving to secure said lid means to said tray means.
  • said apparatus further includes at least one locking means for securing said container to said platform means comprising:
  • pin means will pop into said detent and secure the container to said platform means when said container is propelled from said closing means

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