Apparatus for retaining and heat sanitizing articles
CA 2438196 A1 · Owner: Germ Terminator Corporation · Inventors: Song, James; Berens, H. Bart
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An article 100 and realted methods for reducing a microbial population on an article 168, wherein apparatus 100 includes a chamber in an article-holding basket 164 retains article 168 in an upright position within the cahbmer an enclosing article 168. A heating system 172 introduces dry heat moist heat, and, if desired, a combination of moist heat and dry heat into the chamber. A fluid supply system delivers a predetermine amount of fluid to a heating reservoir 174, which is disposed above heating system 172 to provide the moist heat.
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- Filed February 26, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 26, 2022.
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