Patents Assigned to GCMG COMPANIES, LLC
  • Patent number: 11819586
    Abstract: A system for disinfecting an enclosed chamber may include a housing, an inlet and an outlet carried by the housing to be connected in an airflow path with the enclosed chamber, a dehumidification chamber carried by the housing, and a blower carried by the housing and connected to the airflow path between the inlet and outlet and configured to circulate air through the airflow path. The system may further include an atomizing nozzle connected to a disinfectant fluid reservoir and an air compressor and configured to atomize disinfectant within the airflow path during a treatment phase, an airflow valve connected in the airflow path between the inlet and dehumidification chamber, and a controller configured to operate the airflow valve to connect the dehumidification chamber into the airflow path during an evacuation phase and disconnect the dehumidification from the airflow path during the treatment phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: GCMG COMPANIES, LLC
    Inventors: Steven T. Grinstead, Corwin A Warner
  • Patent number: 11642427
    Abstract: A system for disinfecting an enclosed area may include a humidity sensor, and a fogging device including a portable housing, an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the portable housing, at least one output circuit carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing. The processor may be configured to determine a humidity level within the enclosed area based upon the humidity sensor, operate a humidity control device via the at least one output circuit responsive to the determined humidity control level being outside of a starting humidity range, cease operating the humidity control device responsive to the humidity level being within the starting humidity range based upon the humidity sensor, and initiate a treatment cycle during which the atomizing disinfectant generator dispenses atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GCMG COMPANIES, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Grinstead, Frances Grinstead
  • Patent number: 11291740
    Abstract: A system for disinfecting an enclosed chamber may include a housing, an inlet and an outlet carried by the housing to be connected in a closed airflow path with the enclosed chamber. A dehumidification chamber, a blower, and an evaporation chamber may be carried by the housing and connected in the airflow path between the inlet and outlet. An atomizing nozzle may be positioned within the evaporation chamber and connected to a disinfectant fluid reservoir and an air compressor and configured to atomize disinfectant within the evaporation chamber. An airflow valve may be connected in the airflow path, and a controller may be configured to, during a treatment phase, operate the compressor to introduce atomized disinfectant into the airflow path, and during an evacuation phase, operate the airflow valve to divert the airflow path through the desiccation chamber to remove atomized disinfectant from the airflow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: GCMG COMPANIES, LLC
    Inventors: Steven T. Grinstead, Corwin A Warner
  • Patent number: 10987444
    Abstract: A system for disinfecting an enclosed area having an access door with an atomized disinfectant fluid may include a fogging device including a housing and an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the housing including an atomizing nozzle in fluid communication with a disinfectant fluid reservoir, and a compressor coupled to the atomizing nozzle. The fogging device may further include a processor, and the system may further include a controller configured to selectively actuate an electronic door lock actuator to lock and unlock the access door. The processor may be configured to communicate with the controller to initiate an automated disinfection treatment cycle during which the compressor dispenses atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area via the atomizing nozzle while the access door is locked, and to not dispense atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area while the access door is unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: GCMG COMPANIES, LLC
    Inventor: Steven T. Grinstead
  • Patent number: 10894107
    Abstract: A system for disinfecting an enclosed area may include at least one ultraviolet (UV) light and a fogging device which may include a portable housing, an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing. The processor may be configured to initiate a treatment cycle during which the atomizing disinfectant generator dispenses atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area, after a first time period activate the at least one UV light while the atomized disinfectant fluid is being dispensed into the enclosed area, and after a second time period later than the first time period deactivate the at least one UV light and prior to completion of the treatment cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: GCMG COMPANIES, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Grinstead, Frances Grinstead