Ecolab USA Inc.

Gina McDowell

Paul R Kraus

Amani Babekir

Teresa C Podtburg

Daniel Davis Anderson

Kenneth Thomas Dobizl

Paul Dominic Christian

Emily Gaynor

Daniel R Wald

Anna Starobin

Tracy Graham

Amber Langley

Elaine Money

Shravan Prasad

Benjamin Schaefer

Daniel August Gentilini

A lighting array including one or more antimicrobial light segments, each light segments including one or more antimicrobial light sources, is configured to emit light sufficient to inactivate one or more microorganisms on a touch screen display surface. The lighting array may individually control activation of the one or more antimicrobial light segments based on user presence information, time of day information, and/or touch screen display usage information. A touch screen display assembly includes a housing, a touch screen display and a lighting array including one or more antimicrobial light segments.

Touch screen display surface sanitization using antimicrobial light

A strainer basket system may include a reservoir in which a strainer basket is positioned and a chemical dispensing docking station. The chemical dispensing docking station may have a cavity that receives a container of chemical to be dispensed and a retention mechanism that is configured to mechanically engage and retain the container of chemical, when inserted into the cavity. The docking station may also include a piercing member positioned to pierce the container of chemical as the container of chemical is inserted into the cavity, thereby releasing chemical into the reservoir and/or strainer basket.

Dispensing system for transferring chemical into a strainer basket assembly

A lighting array including one or more antimicrobial light segments configured to emit light sufficient to inactivate one or more microorganisms at a target surface may be installed within identified contamination zones of food or beverage preparation, processing, storing or packaging equipment or machinery. In an ice machine, for example, an array controller is configured for communication with an ice machine controller to receive ice machine status information signals. The status information signals are usable by the array controller to determine cycle, state, and/or usage information associated with the ice machine. The array controller may individually control activation of the one or more antimicrobial light segments based on the status information signals received from the machine controller to achieve inactivation of one or more microorganisms on target surfaces within the machine.

Reducing microbial growth on food preparation, storage, or processing apparatus

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Greensboro, NC, United States of America

Gina McDowell