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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Kobayashi, Machida Tokyo, JP;
Norimitsu Abe, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Ide, Kunitachi Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Shirota, Hachioji Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Takeuchi, Fuchu Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, an ultraviolet (UV) irradiation apparatus includes a treatment tank, a UV irradiation member, a UV sensor, and an air outlet unit. The air outlet unit is connected to an air outlet hole provided at a position higher than a horizontal plane that passes through the UV sensor, and is provided to release, to the outside of the treatment tank, through the air outlet hole, air that accumulates inside the treatment tank when the treated waterlasses through the inside of the treatment tank.