Ultraviolet light treatment chamber
AssigneeULTRAVIOLET SCIENCES, INC.,a California corporation
InventorsJames Randall Cooper, Richard May
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Abstract
An apparatus for the treatment of a liquid comprising includes a chamber having at least one inner surface. The chamber is at least 80 percent enclosed. The apparatus also includes an ultraviolet (UV) transmissive tube and the UV transmissive tube disposed within the chamber and adapted for the passage of the liquid therethrough. The apparatus further includes an UV lamp and the UV lamp being disposed within the UV transmissive tube. A reflective material is interspersed between the chamber and the transmissive tube, and the reflective material is adapted so as to reflect at least a portion of light emitted by the UV lamp. Additionally, the reflective material is at least 80 percent reflective.
Claims23
An apparatus for the treatment of a liquid comprising:
- a chamber having at least one inner surface, wherein the chamber is at least 80 percent enclosed;
- an ultraviolet (UV) transmissive tube, the UV transmissive tube disposed within the chamber and adapted for the passage of the liquid therethrough;
- a UV lamp, the UV lamp being disposed within the UV transmissive tube;
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- a reflective material interspersed between the chamber and the transmissive tube, the reflective material adapted so as to reflect at least a portion of light emitted by the UV lamp, wherein the reflective material is at least 80 percent reflective.
An apparatus for the treatment of a liquid comprising:
- a chamber having at least one inner surface, wherein the chamber is at least 80 percent enclosed;
- an ultraviolet (UV) transmissive tube, the UV transmissive tube disposed within the chamber and adapted for the passage of the liquid therethrough;
- a UV lamp, the UV lamp being disposed within a transmissive protective sleeve disposed within the UV transmissive tube;
- a reflective material interspersed between the chamber and the transmissive tube, the reflective material adapted so as to reflect at least a portion of light emitted by the UV lamp, wherein the reflective material is at least 80 percent reflective;
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- wherein the confluence of the first light from the UV lamp and second light and subsequent light reflected from the reflective material produce an unexpectedly generally uniform light distribution to occur within a volume of the liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.