Ozone generator

Claim 1

IN AN AZONE GENERATING APPARATUS OF THE TUBULAR, SILENT DISCHARGE TYPE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A WATER-JACKETED OPEN-END METAL TUBE SERVING AS THE OUTER ELECTRODE AND ARRANGED FOR CONNECTION TO AN ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER SOURCE; A GAS INLET CHAMBER ARRANGED TO RECEIVE FEED GASES AND MOUNTED ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID TUBE, AND A GAS OUTLET CHAMBER SIMILARLY MOUNTED ADJACENT THE OTHER END THEREOF AND ARRANGED TO RECEIVE OZONE-CONTAINING PRODUCT GASES AND TO DISCHARGE THE SAME FROM THE UNIT, SAID TUBE OPENING AT ITS RESPECTIVE ENDS INTO SAID CHAMBERS; THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING AN OPEN-ENDED TUBE, SERVING AS THE DIELECTRIC, CONCENTRICALLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE OUTER ELECTRODE AND SPACED THERFROM TO PROVIDE AN ANNULAR PASSAGEWAY PERMITTING SAID GASES TO PASS FROM THE INLET TO THE OUTLET CHAMBER, AN OPEN-ENDED METAL MEMBER OF TUBULAR SHAPE CONCENTRICALLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID DIELECTRIC TUBE AND SPACED THEREFROM, SAID METAL MEMBER SERVING AS THE INNER ELECTRODE AND BEING ARRANGED FOR CONNECTION TO SAID POWER SOURCE; SAID DIELECTRIC TUBE HAVING AN ORIFICED PLATE CLOSING ONE END THEREOF AND ALSO CLOSING THE ANNULAR AREA BETWEEN SAID DIELECTRIC TUBE AND SAID INNER ELECTRODE AND THE ORIFICE OPENING IN SAID PLATE BEINGSIZED WITH RESPECT TO SAID ANNULAR PASSAGEWAY TO PROVIDE GAS FLOW CONTROL MEANS FOR SO REGULATING THE FLOW OF SAID GASES PASSING FROM THE INLET TO THE OUTLET CHAMBER THAT FROM 30 TO 70% OF SAID GASES TRAVELS THROUGH THE ANNULAR PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN THE DIELECTRIC TUBE AND THE OUTER ELECTRODE, WHILE THE BALANCE THEREOF TRAVELS THROUGH THE OPEN PORTION OF SAID DIELECTRIC TUBE AND THROUGH THE ORIFICE IN SAID PLATE.