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US 11,534,513 B2Granted
Docking ozone generator cartridge for ozonating water
OwnerThomas F. Foust, Christopher Thompson +2inventors
InventorsThomas F. Foust, Christopher Thompson, John Morici, Anthony Casaletto
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Abstract
An illustrative expendable or reconstructable ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device, for example, for antimicrobial sanitizing and/or medical treatment, includes a housing for a water ozonating manifold, at least one ozone generating cell coupled to the manifold, and optionally a data logging and authentication feature. Advantageously, a water inlet and aqueous ozone outlet of the ozone generator cartridge is pluggable into and unpluggable from a docking station of the aqueous ozone delivery device, for example, a hand or implement washing and sanitizing device or a medical treatment device.
Claims20
An ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device, comprising:
- a water ozonating manifold defining a first end and a second end;
- a water inlet connector fixed relative to and fluidly coupled with the first end of the water ozonating manifold, the water inlet connector defining a first longitudinal axis and defining an inlet opening to a first direction;
- an aqueous ozone outlet connector fixed relative to and fluidly coupled with the second end of the water ozonating manifold, the aqueous ozone outlet connector defining a second longitudinal axis and defining an outlet opening to the first direction;
- at least a first ozone generator cell fluidly coupled to the water ozonating manifold between the first end and the second end, to provide waterflow through the generator portion of each of the at least a first ozone generator cell;
- a housing enclosing at least one of the water ozonating manifold and the at least one ozone generating cell;
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- an electrical connector coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the at least one ozone generating cell;
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- wherein:
- the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis are parallel, whereby the water inlet connector and the aqueous ozone outlet connector can be simultaneously fluidly engaged with the aqueous ozone delivery device by movement of the ozone generating cartridge in the first direction;
- the electrical connector defines a connection axis parallel with the first and second longitudinal axes;
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- the at least one ozone generating cell is fluidly coupled with the water ozonating manifold to provide a separate waterflow path through a generating portion of each of the at least one ozone generating cells, each of the at least one ozone generating cells including an anode and a cathode.
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An ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device, comprising:
- a water ozonating manifold defining a first end and a second end;
- a water inlet connector fixed relative to and fluidly coupled with the first end of the water ozonating manifold, the water inlet connector defining a first longitudinal axis and defining an inlet opening to a first direction;
- an aqueous ozone outlet connector fixed relative to and fluidly coupled with the second end of the water ozonating manifold, the aqueous ozone outlet connector defining a second longitudinal axis and defining an outlet opening to the first direction;
- at least a first ozone generator cell fluidly coupled to the water ozonating manifold between the first end and the second end, to provide waterflow through the generator portion of each of the at least a first ozone generator cell;
- a housing enclosing at least one of the water ozonating manifold and the at least one ozone generating cell;
- and
- an electrical connector coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the at least one ozone generating cell;
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- an orientation feature arranged to operate with a corresponding feature of the aqueous ozone delivery device to prevent engagement of the ozone generator cartridge and the aqueous water delivery device with the water inlet connector coupled with an ozonated water inlet connector of the aqueous ozone delivery device and the aqueous ozone outlet connector coupled with a water supply connector of the aqueous ozone delivery device;
- and
- wherein:
- the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis are parallel, whereby the water inlet connector and the aqueous ozone outlet connector can be simultaneously fluidly engaged with the aqueous ozone delivery device by movement of the ozone generating cartridge in the first direction;
- and
- the at least one ozone generating cell is fluidly coupled with the water ozonating manifold to provide a separate waterflow path through a generating portion of each of the at least one ozone generating cells, each of the at least one ozone generating cells including an anode and a cathode.
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An ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a water ozonating manifold coupled to the housing;
- a water inlet connector fixed to the housing and fluidly coupled with the water ozonating manifold, the water inlet connector defining a first longitudinal axis and defining an inlet opening to a first direction;
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- an aqueous ozone outlet connector fixed to the housing and fluidly coupled with the water ozonating manifold, the aqueous ozone outlet connector defining a second longitudinal axis and defining an outlet opening to the first direction;
- at least one ozone generating cell fluidly coupled with the water ozonating manifold to provide waterflow through a generating portion of each of the at least one ozone generating cells, each of the at least one ozone generating cell including an anode and a cathode;
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- an electrical connector coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the at least one ozone generating cells, the electrical connector defining a connection axis;
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- wherein the connection axis, the first longitudinal axis, and the second longitudinal axis are parallel, whereby the water inlet connector, the aqueous ozone outlet connector, and the electrical connector can be simultaneously fluidly engaged with the aqueous ozone delivery device by movement of the ozone generating cartridge in the first direction.
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An ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device, comprising:
- a housing defining a first side;
- a water ozonating manifold coupled to the housing;
- a water inlet connector fixed to the housing and fluidly coupled with the water ozonating manifold, the water inlet connector defining a first longitudinal axis and defining an inlet at the first side;
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- an aqueous ozone outlet connector fixed to the housing and fluidly coupled with the water ozonating manifold, the aqueous ozone outlet connector defining a second longitudinal axis and defining an outlet opening at the first side;
- at least one ozone generating cell fluidly coupled with the water ozonating manifold to provide waterflow through a generating portion of each of the at least one ozone generating cells, each of the at least one ozone generating cell including an anode and a cathode;
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- an electrical connector coupled to the housing at the first side and electrically coupled to the at least one ozone generating cells, the electrical connector defining a connection axis;
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- wherein:
- the connection axis, the first longitudinal axis, and the second longitudinal axis are parallel, whereby the water inlet connector, the aqueous ozone outlet connector, and the electrical connector can be simultaneously fluidly engaged with the aqueous ozone delivery device by movement of the housing along the connection axis;
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- at least one of the ozone generator cartridge and the aqueous ozone delivery device further comprises a releasable locking mechanism to maintain a sealed fluidly coupled state of the water inlet connector with a water supply connector of the delivery device and of the aqueous ozone outlet connector with an ozonated water inlet connector of the delivery device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.