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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Bernard W. Benson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Thomas E. Birchard, Eagan, MN (US);
Matthew S. Nelson, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Bernard W. Benson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Thomas E. Birchard, Eagan, MN (US);
Matthew S. Nelson, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Hussmann Corporation, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Abstract
A system for sanitizing products on a conveyor including a conveyor for moving products along a direction of conveyance. A first generator and a second generator are each operable to generate airborne sanitizing agents. The first generator includes an outlet configured to discharge at least a portion of the airborne sanitizing agents generated therein across the conveyor in a first direction. The second generator includes an outlet configured to discharge at least a portion of the airborne sanitizing agents generated therein across the conveyor in a second direction. The outlet of the first generator is configured to direct the discharged airborne sanitizing agents toward an inlet of the second generator.