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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US);
Steven D. Leight, Brunswick, OH (US);
Cameron J. Pedersen, Painsville, OH (US);
Francis J. Zelina, Lake City, PA (US);
AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANY, Mentor, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for decontaminating a region within an enclosure. The apparatus comprises a conduit having a passageway therethrough that defines a path for a carrier gas. A plurality of tube sections, each of the tube sections having an opening extending therethrough, is selectively movable into and out of a gap in the conduit. A heating element is disposed in one of the tube sections and is operable to heat the carrier gas flowing therethrough. A destroyer is disposed in another of the tube sections and is operable to destroy sterilant in the carrier gas. A controller controls movement of the tube sections into and out of the gap.