Electronically monitored liquid purification or sterilizing system

Claim 1

AN ELECTRONICALLY MONITORED FLUID PURIFICATION SYSTEM, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CHAMBER, SAID CHAMBER HAVING INLET MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID FLUID FROM A FLUID SOURCE INTO SAID CHAMBER AND OUTLET MEANS FOR PASSAGE OF SAID FLUID THEREFROM, AT LEAST ONE ELONGATED ULTRAVIOLET RAY-EMITTING MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID CHAMBER, SAID RAYEMITTING MEANS HAVING AT LEAST ONE LIGHT-TRANSMITTING HOUSING, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID RAY-EMITTING MEANS WITHIN SAID CHAMBER IN SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE LONGITUDINAL INNER WALL OF SAID CHAMBER PERMITTING SAID FLUID TO FLOW AROUND SAID HOUSING AND IN CONTACT THEREWITH, MEANS FOR WIPING SAID HOUSING, SAID RAY-EMITTING MEANS BEING CONNECTABLE TO AN ELECTRIC POWER SOURCE FOR ACTIVATING SAID RAY-EMITTING MEANS FOR PURIFYING SAID FLUID, A WINDOW IN SAID WALL OF SAID CHAMBER, A METER HAVING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION INTENSITIES PASSING THROUGH SAID WINDOW, SAID METER BEING DISPOSED ON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID CHAMBER ADJACENT SAID WINDOW AND BEING SETTABLE TO A MINIMUM PERMISSIBLE VALUE OF ULTRAVIOLET RAY EMISSION FROM SAID CHAMBER THROUGH SAID WINDOW, ELECTRONIC MONITORING MEANS, SAID METER BEING CONNECTED TO SAID MONITORING MEANS, AND MEANS ENER-