Clothes locker

The clothing locker uses a single processing space with deep ultraviolet LEDs to circulate air for virus inactivation and dust removal, addressing the limitations of existing lockers by enhancing sterilization efficacy and reducing costs.

JP7883094B2Active Publication Date: 2026-07-01BAMBOO CHEM LAB CO LTD +2
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Patent Information

Application Number
JP2022076806
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2022-05-09
Publication Date
2026-07-01
Estimated Expiration
2042-05-09

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Existing clothing lockers fail to effectively sterilize or inactivate highly infectious viruses like the novel coronavirus and are prone to chemical residue on clothing, with complex configurations leading to high implementation costs.

Method used

A clothing locker design featuring a single processing space with deep ultraviolet LEDs that circulates air through multiple storage spaces, sterilizing or inactivating viruses and bacteria, and includes automatic control to ensure safety and reduce manufacturing costs.

Benefits of technology

The design achieves 99.9% virus inactivation and dust removal, prevents bacterial spread, and simplifies equipment configuration for lower costs, ensuring effective and safe operation.

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Abstract

To provide a clothes locker having a function of removing dust and virus adhering to clothes stored after a person changes clothes.SOLUTION: A clothes locker is such that: air in a body base part 1 and a single treatment space 2 is sterilized or inactivated by deep ultraviolet LEDs 3a attached inside followed by passing air in the treatment space 2 through a filter 4; and air in the single treatment space 2 is pressure-fed by a blower fan 5 and is blown from above clothes stored in a plurality of adjacent storage spaces 6. Air sterilized in the treatment space 2 abuts on clothes in the storage space 6 to blow off dust and virus adhering to clothes, comes out of the lower blower fan 5 and is returned again to the treatment space 2. Deep ultraviolet LEDs 3b are attached also to a wall surface of the storage space 6, all doors 7 are closed and a closed state is detected by a door opening / closing sensor 8, and virus is sterilized or inactivated while repeating air circulation in the clothes locker with entire control equipment 9.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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