Michael Edwin Frantz

US Patent:

20110307107, Dec 15, 2011

Filed:

Jun 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/802699

Inventors:

Howard Jay Frantz - Irvine CA, US
Michael Gideon Frantz - Irvine CA, US
Elan Benjamin Frantz - Irvine CA, US

International Classification:

G05D 7/00

US Classification:

700283

Abstract:

This invention is intended to be a controller for controlling a sanitizing device such as an ozone generator. Microbial populations in waste enclosures such as trash cans, dumpsters, or port-o-potties can cause odor and sanitation issues. As ambient temperature varies by time-of-day or seasonally, the growth rates of the microbial population can vary significantly. This invention modulates the activity of the sanitizing device to apply sanitizing agent when it is needed most to reduce microbial population and/or odor inside a waste enclosure. By varying the amount of sanitizing agent as a function of ambient temperature, this invention minimizes the amount of sanitizing agent required. This also may be intended to reduce energy consumption of the sanitizing devise, allowing for smaller, more cost effective solar panels and/or batteries. It may also extend the lifetime of a sanitizing device by limiting the amount of time that it is active.