Patents by Inventor Ted H. Toch

Ted H. Toch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pulsed light sterilization of drinking water and drinking water containers
    Patent number: 6433344
    Abstract: An approach for sterilizing microorganisms at a drinking water container employs a flashlamp system including means for generating pulses of light, and for deactivating microorganisms within the drinking water container by illuminating the drinking water container with the pulses of light having been generated; a photo-sensitive detector positioned so as to receive a portion of each of the pulses of light as a measure of an amount of light illuminating the drinking water container, for generating an output signal in response thereto; and a control system, coupled to the flashlamp system and the photo-sensitive detector, for determining, in response to the output signal, whether the pulses of light are sufficient to effect a prescribed level of deactivation of microorganisms in the drinking water container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Purepulse Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenton J. Salisbury, Ted H. Toch