Ozone generating system

• US 4,049,552 A
• Filed: 11/17/1975
• Issued: 09/20/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Orpat Oregon Patent Development Company An Oregon Copartnership Consisting of Stanley Miller John H ARFF Michael S Muzikant and JH Hamer
• Original Assignee: Oregon Patent Development Company
• Inventors: Arff, John H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wyse, Thomas G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Castel, Benoit
• Application Number:
  US05/632,383
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: 210/63 Z, 210/64, 210/192, 210/50, 210/194, 210/195 R, 210/198 R, 210/200-202, 210/252, 210/254, 210/257 R, 210/205, 21/74 A, 261/DIG. 42, 261/DIG. 75, 250/532-541
• US Class Current: 210/192
• CPC Class Codes: C01B 13/11 by electric discharge
• CPC Class Codes: C01B 2201/74 by liquid
• CPC Class Codes: C01B 2201/76 Water
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/78 with ozone C02F1/4672 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 210/904 -CN containing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 210/912 Heavy metal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 261/42 Ozonizers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 261/75 Flowing liquid aspirates gas

Abstract

A housing has an interior casing receiving a coolant. This casing is associated with a forced cooling system and has open ended tubular portions therethrough formed of electrically conducting metal. Glass ozone generating tubes are removably supported in the tubular portions by axial movement and are held in spaced ozone generating position by spacers on the tubes. The tubes have an electrically conducting silver coating on the interior surface and have an interior band engageable with the coating for admitting high voltage to the tube from a conductor leading into the tube. A treatment tank associated with the ozone generating system has a recirculating conduit operably connected with the housing for the ozone generating tubes. An additional conduit extends from the treatment tank to a storage tank and a filter for filtering out coagulated material is provided in this conduit.

Claims

1. An ozone generating system comprising a housing having a closed interior with a removable end wall, a hollow casing in said housing including means to receive a coolant, the interior of said casing being isolated in sealed relation from the interior of said housing, a forced cooling system associated with said inner casing for circulating a coolant therethrough, at least one open-ended tubular portion extending through said inner casing, said tubular portion being formed of electrically conducting metal, at least one glass ozone generating tube having a diameter smaller than said tubular portion, an electrically conducting silver coating on the interior surface of said tube, a conductor leading into said tube for admitting high voltage into said tube, an electrically conducting band secured to said conductor and engageable with the coating around the interior of said tube, said ozone generating tube being removably supported in said tubular portion by axial movement thereof, spacer means holding said ozone generating tube centered in said tubular portion in circumferentially spaced relation thereto whereby said ozone generating tube upon a high voltage input being applied thereto operates with the metal in said tubular portion to provide ozone, the space between said ozone generating tube and said tubular portion communicating with the interior of said housing, and inlet and outlet means in said housing for receiving inlet air and discharging generated ozone, respectively.

2. The ozone generating system of claim 1 wherein said spacer means comprises glass beads projecting from the outer surface of said tube.

3. The ozone generating system of claim 1 wherein said electrically conducting band comprises a spring band.

4. The ozone generating system of claim 1 comprising a treatment tank, means connecting said tank to a source of liquid to be treated with ozone, first conduit means located outside of said treatment tank extending from a bottom portion of said tank to a top portion thereof, pump means in said conduit for pressured pumping of water in said conduit, and second conduit means connecting the outlet means of said housing with said first conduit means whereby ozone from said housing is drawn into said first conduit means and admixed with the liquid by the pressure flow of water past the point of entry of the ozone into said first conduit means,

5. The ozone generating system of claim 4 including a storage tank, third conduit means extending from said treatment tank to said storage tank, and filter means in said conduit between said treatment tank and said storage tank, said filter means comprising a 5 to 7 micron size filter.