Ozone-generating assembly

Claim 1

An improved assembly for generating ozone, of the type comprising ozone generating tubes (6) provided with a rod electrode (6a) mounted inside said tubes and connected to a first terminal (4a) of an electric current supply, said tubes (6) covered by a metal mesh connected to a second terminal (7c) of the power supply, said generating tubes (6) housed within corresponding hermetic receptacles (1) including upper and lower covers (3,10) said receptacles (1) connected to a source of supply (12) of air or oxygen and said lower covers provided with outlet orifices (10a) connected to an ozone discharge conduit (15), characterized by a support (4) connected to said first terminal (4a) of said rod electrode (6a), said support comprising a rigid plastic cylindrical sleeve (4') provided with an outside thread (4"), one end of said support provided with an annular seat, a plastic disc (d) fitted in said seat, said first terminal (4a) inserted in said disc and connected to said rod electrode (6a), a pair of nuts (4"') securing said sleeve (4') to the cover (3) of said hermetic receptacles for said generator tubes (6), the metal mesh of the generator tubes (6) being in turn connected to the wall of said receptacle (1) by means of a helical spring (7b) affixed to the end of a threaded connector (7a) and connected to the second current supply terminal (7c), a distributor (12), riser tubes (16) connecting said distributor to each of said receptacles (1) and demountable couplings (9) connecting the end of each said riser tubes (16) to said receptacles (1) and to the distributor (12).