Ozone generating apparatus

Claim 1

AN OZONE GENERATING APPARATUS, COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF STACKED RING-SHAPED ELECTRODE, PLATES, A RINGSHAPED INSULATION BODY INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODES ELECTRICALLY SEPARATING THE SAME, THE INNER PERIPHERAL RIM OF SAID ELECTRODES AND SAID INSULATION BODY DEFINING A COMMON INNER DUCT, A METALLIC TUBULAR COOLING JACKET, THE BATTERY FORMED BY SAID ELECTRODES AND SAID INSULATION BODY BEING DISPOSED WITHIN SAID TUBULAR JACKET, ONE ELECTRODE OF SAID PAIR BEING IN INTIMATE HEAT AND CURRENT CONDUCTING CONTACT WITH SAID JACKET, THE OUTER PERIPHERAL RIM OF THE OTHER ELECTRODE AND OF THE INSULATION BODY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INNER WALL OF SAID JACKET DEFINING AN ANNULAR OUTER DUCT, SAID ONE ELECTRODE HAVING A PASSAGE OPENING IN ITS MARGINAL PORTION PROTRUDING INTO THE OUTER DUCT, SAID INSULATION BODY INCLUDING A PASSAGEWAY COMMUNICATING WITH SAID INNER DUCT AND SAID OUTER DUCT WHEREBY SAID DUCTS AND SAID SLOT FORM A CONTINUOUS FLOW PATH FOR GAS TO BE OZONIZED IN WHICH SAID PASSAGEWAY CONSTITUTES A DISCHARGE ZONE, AND CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER ELECTRODE FOR APPLYING A POTENTIAL TO THE ELECTRODES TO EFFECT A CORONA DISCHARGE BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES.