Field sterilizer

Claim 1

A FIELD STERILIZER COMPRISING: (A) A CARRYING CASE INCLUDING A BODY PORTION OPEN AT OPPOSITE ENDS AND AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF AND HAVING A FUME OPENING IN ITS TOP SURFACE AND A PAIR OF END COVERS, EACH COVER HINGEDLY ATTACHED TO SAID BODY PORTION AT THE BOTTOM EDGE OF ONE OF THE OPEN ENDS, THE SAID END COVERS BEING PIVOTABLE THROUGH AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 180* BETWEEN THEIR CLOSED POSITIONS AND THEIR OPEN POSITIONS IN WHICH THEY SERVE AS A STAND FOR THE STERILIZER; (B) A CHAMBER UNIT MOUNTED WITHIN THE BODY PORTION OF SAID CARRYING CASE INCLUDING A STERILIZER CHAMBER HAVING AN ACCESS OPENING AT ONE END AND A SEALING DOOR FOR SELECTIVELY CLOSING SAID ACCESS OPENING AND A STEAM GENERATOR CHAMBER AFFIXED TO THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF SAID STERILIZER CHAMBER; (C) HEATING MEANS COMPRISING A BURNER UNIT DISPOSED IN HEAT TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID STEAM GENERATOR CHAMBER FOR PRODUCING STEAM THEREIN; (D) A FLUE-LIKE FUME HOOD INTERMEDIATE SAID CHAMBER UNIT AND SAID CARRYING CASE SUBSTANTIALLY ENCASING THE SIDES AND TOP OF SAID CHAMBER UNIT AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE OPENING IN THE TOP OF THE BODY PORTION OF SAID CARRYING CASE; (E) MEANS INCLUDING A VALVE, INTERCONNECTING SAID GENERATOR CHAMBER AND SAID STERILIZER CHAMBER, FOR SELECTIVELY ADMITTING STEAM FROM SAID GENERATOR CHAMBER INTO SAID STERILIZER CHAMBER; (F) A TRAP CONNECTED TO SAID STERILIZER CHAMBER FOR ALLOWING AIR AND CONDENSATE TO ESCAPE FROM SAID STERILIZER CHAMBER WHEN STEAM IS ADMITTED THERETO; AND (G) A VALE CONNECTED TO SAID STERILIZER CHAMBER FOR SELECTIVELY PERMITTING STEAM TO ESCAPE FROM SAID STERILIZER CHAMBER.