Apparatus for ozonizing oxygen containing gases under pressure

Claim 1

AN OZONE GENERATOR ADAPTED TO OZONIZE AN OXYGEN CONTAINING GAS UNDER PRESSURE, SAID GENERATOR COMPRISING A PRESSURE-RESISTANT EXTERNAL TUBING CLOSED AT ONE END, CONDUIT MEANS ADJACENT THE OTHER END FOR FEEDING THE GAS INTO SAID TUBING UNDER PRESSURE, TWO CONCENTRICALLY ARRANGED GLASS TUBES MOUNTED IN THE EXTERNAL TUBING, AN ANNULAR CHAMBER BEING FORMED BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL TUBING AND THE OUTER ONE OF SAID GLASS TUBES, SAID OUTER GLASS TUBE BEING OPEN AT ITS ONE END ADJACENT THE GAS INLET AND BEING CLOSED AT ITS OTHER END, THE INNER ONE OF SAID GLASS TUBES BEING OPEN AT BOTH ENDS AND CONNUMICATING WITH THE ANNULAR CHAMBER ADJACENT THE CLOSED END OF THE EXTERNAL TUBING AND NEAR ONE OF ITS ENDS, ITS OTHER END EMERGING ROM THE OTHER END OF THE EXTERNAL TUBING AND CONSTITUTING A GAS OUTPUT, PRESSURE-RESISTANT SEALING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE OTHER END OF THE TUBING, FIRST SOLID ELECTRODE MEANS CONSISTING OF TWO ELECTRODES ARRANGED ABOUT AND SEPARATED BY SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER, SECOND SOLID ELECTRODE MEANS CONSISTING OF A CENTRAL ELECTRODE MOUNTED WITHIN AND EXTENDING INTO THE INNER GLASS TUBE AND AN ELECTRODE ARRANGED ABOUT SAID INNER GLASS TUBE FORM A SECOND ANNULAR CHAMBER THEREBETWEEN, THE TWO ANNULAR CHAMBERS BEING SEPARATED BY AN ANNULAR DEAD SPACE FREE OF ANY ELECTRIC DISCHARGE, SAID FIRST-MENTIONED ANNULAR CHAMBER AND SAID DEAD SPACE BEING IN COMMUNICATION AT THE OPEN END OF THE OUTER GLASS TUBE TO EQUALIZE THE PRESSURE IN THE DEAD SPACE AND IN SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER, TWO ELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRODE MEANS TO PROVIDE SILENT ELECTRID DISCHARGES IN SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER, AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION MEANS ARRANGED BETWEEN THE ELECTRICAL ENERGY SOURCES TO PREVENT SHORT-CIRCUITING.