Tool decontamination unit for the removal of radioactive, chemical and biological contaminants
CA 1237378 A · Owner: Quadrex Hps, Inc. · Inventors: Fowler, David E.
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Tools, equipment and weapons contaminated with radioactive, toxin, biological and/or chemical contaminants are deposited in a cleaning chamber and are sprayed with a solvent under high pressure. The solvent dislodges particulate contaminants and dissolves chemical agent contaminants and the solvent so sprayed containing both suspended and dissolved contaminants is drained to a distillation means. Within the distillation means there is a neutralizing agent which deactivated the biological and toxin contaminants and chemically oxidized the chemical contaminants removed from the item being decontaminated in the cleaning chamber. Pure solvent vapor generated in the distillation means is …
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- Granted May 31, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 31, 2005.
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