IP Library Granted Patent US 9,044,748
Granted Patent B2
US 9,044,748 · App. 13/645,174 · Granted Jun 2, 2015

Cartridge

Inventor: Takashi Koyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA; ELK CORPORATION; KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST
B01L3/00A61L2/186A61L2202/11A61L2202/121A61L2202/15A61L2202/13A61L2202/182
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Patent No.
US 9,044,748
App. No.
13/645,174
Granted
Jun 2, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cartridge capable of storing a chemical solution includes a first container, a second container installed within the first container and configured to store the chemical solution, and an exhaust path configured to exhaust a gas generated by the chemical solution stored in the second container, wherein the exhaust path is disposed between the first container and the second container.

Claims (28)

1. A cartridge capable of storing a chemical solution, comprising:

a first container;

a lid of the first container;

a second container installed within the first container and configured to store the chemical solution;

a first packing provided at an opening of the second container and configured to prevent the chemical solution stored in the second container from leaking, the first packing exhausting a gas generated by the chemical solution stored in the second container therefrom to a space between the second container and the first container and not passing the chemical solution stored in the second container therethrough; and

a second packing positioned directly above the first packing and provided at an interior of the lid of the first container,

wherein an exhaust path for allowing the gas, which has been exhausted from an interior of the second container to the space between the second container and the first container through the first packing, to be exhausted to an exterior of the first container is formed in the lid of the first container and in the second packing.

2. The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust path includes a first exhaust mechanism provided at the second packing and a second exhaust mechanism provided at the lid of the first container,

wherein the first exhaust mechanism is formed in the second packing so as to enable the space between the second container and the first container to be communicated with the second exhaust mechanism, and

wherein the second exhaust mechanism is formed in the lid of the first container so as to enable the first exhaust mechanism to be communicated with the exterior of the first container.

3. The cartridge according to claim 1 , further comprising a cap of the second container, the cap being provided between the first packing and the second packing,

wherein the second packing is pressurized between the lid of the first container and the cap, and

wherein the cap is configured to exhaust the gas, which has been exhausted from an interior of the second container through the first packing, to the space between the second container and the first container through a space between the cap and the second container.

4. The cartridge according to claim 1 , further comprising, in the space between the first container and the second container, an adsorbent for adsorbing a gas of a medical agent included in the chemical solution, the gas being exhausted, through the first packing, from the interior of the second container to the space between the first container and the second container.

5. The cartridge according to claim 1 , further comprising, in the space between the first container and the second container, a decomposition agent for decomposing a gas of a medical agent included in the chemical solution, the gas having been exhausted, through the first packing, from the interior of the second container to the space between the first container and the second container.

6. The cartridge according to claim 3 , wherein the cap is provided at an opening of the second container and configured to exhaust the gas which has been exhausted from the interior of the second container through the first packing to the space between the second container and the first container through the space between the cap and the second container and not to pass the chemical solution stored in the second container therethrough.

7. The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the first packing is a packing having waterproof and moisture permeability properties.

8. The cartridge according to claim 2 , further comprising a cap having an insertion opening for inserting a tube for extracting the chemical solution stored in the second container, the cap being a cap of the second container and is provided at the opening of the second container,

wherein the first exhaust mechanism is formed in the second packing so as to enable the space between the second container and the first container to be communicated with the second exhaust mechanism and not to enable the space between the second container and the first container to be communicated with the insertion opening of the cap.

9. The cartridge according to claim 8 , wherein the second exhaust mechanism is also an insertion opening in which the tube for extracting the chemical solution stored in the second container is inserted.

10. The cartridge according to claim 9 , wherein the insertion opening provided as the second exhaust mechanism is larger than the insertion opening provided in the cap, and

wherein the first exhaust mechanism made in the second packing is in the form of a notch having a length which enables the space between the second container and the first container to be communicated with the second exhaust mechanism and does not enable the space between the second container and the first container to be communicated with the insertion opening of the cap.

11. The cartridge according to claim 2 , further comprising a seal bondable to the lid of the first container, wherein the seal includes a third exhaust mechanism for exhausting a gas exhausted from the second exhaust mechanism of the lid of the first container from an interior of the first container to the exterior of the first container.

12. The cartridge according to claim 11 , wherein the third exhaust mechanism of the seal is a non-bondable portion which is not bonded to the lid of the first container from the second exhaust mechanism to a periphery of the seal.

13. The cartridge according to claim 11 , wherein the third exhaust mechanism of the seal is a non-bondable portion which is in a spiral shape and which is not bonded to the lid of the first container from the second exhaust mechanism to a periphery of the seal.

14. The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical solution is a sterilizing agent for sterilizing a target object for sterilization, and

wherein the cartridge is a cartridge to be used in a sterilization apparatus configured to perform sterilizing processing using the sterilizing agent.

15. The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical solution is a hydrogen peroxide solution.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Dec 15, 2021
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST
To: CANON LIFECARE SOLUTIONS KABUSHIKIKAISHA
Reel/Frame 058401/0302 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2021
From: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: CANON MEDTECH SUPPLY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058401/0489 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 15, 2021
From: ELK CORPORATION
To: CANON LIFECARE SOLUTIONS KABUSHIKIKAISHA
Reel/Frame 058519/0680 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 15, 2021
From: CANON LIFECARE SOLUTIONS KABUSHIKIKAISHA
To: CANON MEDTECH SUPPLY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058520/0107 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2013
From: KOYAMA, TAKASHI
To: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA; ELK CORPORATION; KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST
Reel/Frame 029648/0105 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-222384 · Oct 6, 2011 · national
JP 2012-147388 · Jun 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130095010A1 · Apr 18, 2013