Apparatus for irradiating media with UV-light

• US 4,948,980 A
• Filed: 07/20/1989
• Issued: 08/14/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wedeco Gesellschaft Fur
• Original Assignee: Wedeco Gesellschaft Fur Entkeimungsanlagen mbH
• Inventors: Wedekamp, Horst
• Primary Examiner(s): Howell, Janice A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kiet T.
• Application Number:
  US07/383,322
• Time in Patent Office: 390 Days
• Field of Search: 250/504 R, 250/432 R, 250/435, 250/492.1, 250/455.1, 422/24
• US Class Current: 250/504.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/10 Ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 19/123 Ultraviolet light
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/325 Irradiation devices or lamp constructions
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2201/3227 Units with two or more lamps
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2201/3228 Units having reflectors, e.g. coatings, baffles, plates, mirrors

Abstract

Apparatus is provided for irradiating liquid or gases by means of UV-light, consisting of a tubular body through which the medium to be irradiated flows, and at lest two UV-light sources with reflectors arranged externally to the tubular body and having parallel axes. The UV-light sources are flat radiators facing the tubular body with their narrow sides.

Claims

1. Apparatus for irradiating media with UV-light, comprising a tubular body formed of UV-permeable material, the medium to be irradiated passing through said tubular body, and at least two flat UV-radiators with reflectors arranged externally to said tubular body and having parallel axes, said UV-radiators having oblong, flat oval cross-sections with wide and narrow sides.

2. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the main axis of the UV-radiators are directed at the axis of the tubular body.

3. The apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein said UV-radiators, having their narrow sides facing the tubular body, abut against said tubular body.

4. The apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein each said reflector is formed having two reflector legs whose ends averted from the tubular body are in contact with the respective flat UV-radiator.

5. The apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein said reflector legs, with their ends facing the tubular body, abut against said tubular body.

6. The apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein said reflectors have a parabolic shape.

7. The apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein said reflectors are in the form of a conic section.

8. The apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein said reflectors have a planar shape.

9. Apparatus for irradiating media with UV-light, comprising a plurality of UV-light sources arranged adjacent to each other in series, said UV-light sources each being formed by a flat UV-radiator having an oblong, flat cross section with wide and narrow sides and a main axis, said main axis of each flat UV-radiator being arranged perpendicular to the surface of the medium, and a reflector directing the UV-radiation vertically at the medium is associated with each flat UV-radiator.