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Granted Patent B2
US 12,251,485 · App. 17/647,520 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Aerosolized non-toxic disinfectant atmospherics system

Inventor: Thomas Graham Sturge (Maple Valley, WA)
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Patent No.
US 12,251,485
App. No.
17/647,520
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A modular anti-microbial aerosol atmospheric effect delivery system includes an air compressor, a haze solution reservoir, and an artificial snow solution reservoir in a system enclosure and an electronically controlled haze module and artificial snow module mounted above an attendee room. The haze module is connected to the air compressor and the haze solution reservoir by a hose system. The artificial snow module fluidly is connected to the air compressor and the artificial snow solution reservoir by the hose system. The artificial snow solution reservoir contains an artificial snow solution including sodium lauryl sulfate and citric acid. The haze solution reservoir contains a haze solution propylene glycol or tri-ethylene glycol, and at least one anti-microbial component selected from hydrogen peroxide and citric acid. The solutions are safe and antivirally effective to kill aerosol microbes suspended in the air, reducing transmission of undesirable microbes amongst attendees and workers within indoor environments.

Claims (34)

1. A modular anti-microbial aerosol atmospheric effect delivery system, comprising:

an air compressor in a system enclosure;

a haze solution reservoir in the system enclosure;

an artificial snow solution reservoir in the system enclosure;

an electronically controlled haze module mounted above an attendee room; and

an electronically controlled artificial snow module mounted above the attendee room;

wherein said electronically controlled haze module fluidly communicates with the air compressor and the haze solution reservoir by way of a hose system and said electronically controlled artificial snow module fluidly communicates with the air compressor and the artificial snow solution reservoir by way of the hose system.

2. The modular anti-microbial aerosol atmospheric effect delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the electronically controlled haze module is one of a plurality of electronically controlled haze modules and the electronically controlled artificial snow module is one of a plurality of electronically controlled artificial snow modules.

3. The modular anti-microbial aerosol atmospheric effect delivery system of claim 1 , further comprising a reservoir return line fluidly communicating the electronically controlled haze module and the electronically controlled artificial snow module with the system enclosure.

4. The modular anti-microbial aerosol atmospheric effect delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the haze solution reservoir is coupled with the hose system by way of a first pump and the artificial snow solution reservoir is coupled with the hose system by way of a second pump.

5. The modular anti-microbial aerosol atmospheric effect delivery system of claim 4 , further comprising a controller electrically communicating with the air compressor, the first pump, the second pump, the electronically controlled haze module, and the electronically controlled artificial snow module by way of control and power line bundles.

6. The modular anti-microbial aerosol atmospheric effect delivery system of claim 5 , wherein the electronically controlled haze module further comprises:

a housing mounted to a ceiling with mounting hardware, said housing having a baffle on a sidewall thereof and an aperture formed in the sidewall vertically above the baffle;

an electronically controlled valve coupled with a fill tube housed within the housing and fluidly communicating with the haze solution reservoir by way of the hose system;

an air nozzle housed within the housing and fluidly communicating with the air compressor by way of the hose system, said air nozzle extending below a predetermined fluid level;

a fluid level sensor housed within the housing, said fluid level sensor extending below the predetermined fluid level; and

a control and power circuitry assembly housed within the housing and electrically communicating with the fluid level sensor, the electronically controlled valve, and with the controller.

7. The modular anti-microbial aerosol atmospheric effect delivery system of claim 5 , wherein the electronically controlled artificial snow module comprises;

a housing mounted to a ceiling with mounting hardware;

an electronically controlled valve housed within the housing and fluidly communicating with the artificial snow solution reservoir and the air compressor by way of the hose system;

a diffuser mounted on a sidewall of the housing and coupled with the electronically controlled valve; and

a control and power circuitry assembly electrically communicating with the controller and the electronically controlled valve.

8. Aerosol anti-microbial atmospheric effect compositions, comprising:

(a) an artificial snow solution including sodium lauryl sulfate and citric acid; and

(b) a haze solution including an alkene glycol and at least one anti-microbial component selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide and citric acid.

9. The aerosol anti-microbial atmospheric effect compositions of claim 8 , further comprising compressed air, wherein the artificial snow solution and the haze solution are aerosols formed by the compressed air.

10. An atmospheric effect delivery method of disinfecting an inhabited room, comprising:

(a) providing the modular anti-microbial aerosol atmospheric effect delivery system of claim 1 ;

(b) providing an artificial snow solution including sodium lauryl sulfate and citric acid in the artificial snow solution reservoir;

(c) providing a haze solution including an alkene glycol and at least one anti-microbial component selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide and citric acid in the haze solution reservoir;

(d) delivering the haze solution and compressed air to the electronically controlled haze module;

(e) delivering the artificial snow solution and the compressed air to the electronically controlled artificial snow module;

(f) continuously operating the electronically controlled haze module; and

(g) intermittently operating the electronically controlled artificial snow module.

Continuity (2)
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