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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
James J. Childress, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Mark L. Cloud, Seattle, WA (US);
Karen Lee Hills, Everett, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); B64F 5/30 (2017.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); B64D 11/02 (2006.01); E03D 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); B64D 11/02 (2013.01); B64F 5/30 (2017.01); E03D 9/002 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); H05B 37/0281 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/25 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for disinfecting a lavatory inside a vehicle in response to a set of criteria being met. A determination is made as to whether a set of criteria for activation of a disinfection system that emits far-ultraviolet radiation to perform a disinfection process inside a lavatory has been met. In response to a determination that the set of criteria has been met, the disinfection system is activated to perform the disinfection process inside the lavatory using the far-ultraviolet radiation.