Apparatus and method for producing a controlled ozone content in oxygen

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A CONTROLLED CONTENT OF OZONE AND HIGHER OXYGEN POLYMERS IN OXYGEN COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE NON-METALLIC HOUSING ENCLOSING A CHAMBER, A PLURALITY OF COILED QUARTZ TUBES ARRANGED SERIALLY IN EACH CHAMBER, EACH TUBE HAVING ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT EMISSIVE GASES SEALED THEREIN PROPORTIONED TO EMIT ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT IN A WAVE LENGTH RANGE OF 2485 TO 2537 ANGSTROM UNITS WHEN ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZED, MEANS FOR INDEPENDENTLY ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZING EACH TUBE TO GENERATE ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT IN CONTROLLED QUANTITY FROM SEVERAL TUBES IN COMBINATION TO IMPART TO EACH CHAMBER A CONTROLLED EMISSION OF ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT AND MEANS COMPRISING A DUCT LEADING TO ONE END OF SAID HOUSING COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHAMBER AND A DUCT LEADING FROM AN OPPOSITE END OF SAID HOUSING COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHAMBER FOR PASSING PURIFIED OXYGENE GAS THROUGH SAID CHAMBER IN SERIAL EXPOSURE TO THE ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT GENERATED FROM SAID TUBES FOR SERIAL GENERATION OF A CONTROLLED CONTENT IN THE RANGE OF 5 TO 500 PARTS PER MILLION OF OZONE AND POLYMERIC OXYGEN IN THE PURIFIED OXYGEN.