ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,176, issued on Nov. 18.
"Device for sanitizing the handrail of an escalator" was invented by Roberto Allievi (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention in question relates to a sanitizing device for sanitizing the handrail of a movable person conveyor, for example an escalator or a moving walkway, the device comprising: A tank for containing a sanitizing substance, for example a sanitizing liquid; Means for connecting said sanitizing device to a part of the movable conveyor; A dispensing element of the sanitizing substance; And wherein a feeding path is included for feeding said sanitizing substance from the tank to the disp...