ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,752, issued on March 4.
"Exposure and decontamination carousel" was invented by Robert G. Tegel (Orangeville, Ill.), Turan Erdogan (Kingston, Mass.) and David H. Adams (Chesterfield, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for exposing an article to radiant energy has a rotating carousel having an article support in a support sector defined between a first energy-blocking feature of the rotating carousel and a second energy-blocking feature of the rotating carousel. An actuator is energizable to rotate the carousel and to revolve the article support along a circular transport path. An enclosure has a stationary hood that defi...