US20230126491A1 - Aqueous ozone generator cartridge - Google Patents
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a device for adding ozone to water, and particularly, to a device to ozonate a water supply stream to a desired concentration.
- Ozone (O 3 ) is known to be a highly effective disinfectant. Ozone is produced when water (H 2 O) or oxygen (O 2 ) is energized, producing monatomic (O 1 ) molecules that collide with oxygen (O 2 ) molecules to for ozone (O 3 ). The third oxygen atom in ozone is loosely bonded and is therefore highly reactive and readily attaches to and oxidizes other molecules. When used to sterilize, exposure to ozone has been demonstrated to be very effective at killing microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and spores.
- Aqueous ozone a solution of water (H 2 O) and ozone (O 3 ), has also been demonstrated to be effective at sanitizing, i.e., killing microorganisms, when applied at a sufficient combination of ozone concentration and exposure time.
- Example applications for sanitizing using aqueous ozone include hand sanitizing in place of a soap or other disinfectant wash, the clinical treatment of infected tissue, sanitizing food, and sanitizing medical, food processing, and other instruments and work surfaces.
- ozone for hand and other tissue sanitizing is the potential adverse effect to human or animal cells if applied at too high of an ozone concentration or for an exposure that is too prolonged, e.g., the ‘dosage.’ It is known that very high doses of ozone can cause lung and other tissue damage. On the other hand, mild to moderate oxidative cell stress caused by low doses of ozone appears to be suggest a therapeutic effect that benefits and aids tissue healing.
- gaseous ozone once gaseous ozone is produced, it must be uniformly distributed and dissolve, which is difficult and inefficient, requiring a number of controlled process steps and often producing excess ozone off-gas and non-uniform distribution of dissolved ozone in the water stream.
- gaseous generation and mixing effective and efficient for an industrial or municipal scale is not practically applied from a cost, technological, or effectiveness perspective.
- a high level of assurance must be incorporated into generating and delivering the desired level of aqueous ozone concentration and exposure time that is effective at killing targeted microorganisms while not inducing undue oxidative stress to the hands (dermis cells) or other tissues being sanitized.
- the present disclosure is a result of the recognition of and response to the need for improved generation and delivery systems for aqueous ozone sanitizing.
- the present invention may comprise one or more of the features recited in the attached claims, and/or one or more of the following features and combinations thereof.
- An illustrative expendable or reconstructable ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device 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.
- 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.
- Embodiments according to the present disclosure advantageous produce aqueous ozone directly by electrolytic action within a water stream, thereby cost and process efficiently and effectively producing uniformly dissolved ozone in water (aqueous ozone) with minimal off-gassing.
- the embodiments used with illustrative devices disclosed herein further produce and deliver the aqueous ozone in a small compact space, minimizing ozone decay in application, and maximizing the rinsing and sanitizing effects of both chemical and mechanical action with a high surface area provided by small uniform particles of aqueous ozone with a high spin rate, applied by direct irrigation to the entire surface of the hands, efficiently loosening and lessening the microbe load.
- embodiments used with an illustrative sanitizing device disclosed herein may be used to sanitize a user's hands with a 0.8 ppm concentration of aqueous ozone at a flowrate of about 3.0 gallons per minute for a duration of 7 seconds, which has been demonstrated with the illustrative embodiment to have a antimicrobial effect of providing at least a minimum of a 3 log reduction in the broad spectrum of microorganisms that typical sanitization systems kill (for example, Tentative Final Monograph (TFM) 24), including for example, Clostridioides difficile ( C. diff ).
- TFM Tentative Final Monograph
- embodiments disclosed herein can provide up to a 4.0 ppm concentration of aqueous ozone over different periods of time and different flowrates to meet the needs of various applications and uses.
- the ozone generator cartridge and sanitizer may be configured and used to operate as a wellness rinse without specific healthcare or medical disinfection performance criteria standards or approvals
- the sanitizer may be configured and used to operate as a medical device in a healthcare environment, including for example, for treatment and/or sterilization, with appropriate governmental and/or industry approvals and performance criteria standards, including, for example, with other body parts, tissue, or objects, including instruments.
- An illustrative embodiment of an ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device comprises: 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; and 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; and at least one 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 one ozone generator cell; and wherein the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis are parallel, whereby the water inlet connector and the aqueous ozone
- 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; wherein portions of at least one pair of the water inlet connector and a corresponding water supply connector of the delivery device, and the aqueous ozone outlet connector and a corresponding ozonated water inlet connector of the delivery device, define the releasable locking mechanism; wherein the releasable locking mechanism is auto-locking upon engagement of at least one pair of the water inlet connectors to the water supply connector and the aqueous ozone outlet connector to the ozonated water inlet connector; wherein the water inlet connector and the aqueous ozone outlet connector each include a spring actuated valve to prevent fluid flow there
- any subcombination further comprising a housing enclosing at least one of the water ozonating manifold and the at least one ozone generating cell; and wherein 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; further comprising an electrical connector coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the at least one ozone generating cell; wherein the electrical connector defines a connection axis parallel with the first and second longitudinal axes; where the housing defines a splash guard for shielding the electrical connector from water from at least one of the water inlet connector and aqueous ozone outlet connector upon engagement or disengagement of the ozone generator cartridge from the aqueous water delivery device.
- any subcombination further comprising 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; wherein the electrical connector defines the orientation feature; wherein the housing defines the orientation feature; wherein at least one of the water inlet connector and the aqueous ozone outlet connector define the orientation feature.
- any subcombination further comprising a memory device enclosed by the housing and electrically coupled with the electrical connector; and wherein the memory device enables at least one of cartridge usage data logging and storage of cartridge identity data; further comprising a security device electrically coupled with the electrical connector and enabling the aqueous water delivery device too authenticate at least one of a manufacturer and a reconstructor of the cartridge; wherein the security device comprises a digital device.
- an ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device comprises: 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; and 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; and an electrical connector coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the at least one ozone generating cells, the
- an ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device comprises: 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; and 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; and an electrical connector coupled to the housing at the first side and electrically coupled to the at
- FIG. 1 is a perspective assembly view of a first embodiment of an ozone generator cartridge according to the present disclosure
- FIG. 2 A is a front view of an aqueous ozone sanitizing device including a pair of ozone generator cartridges according to FIG. 1 A ;
- FIG. 2 B is a side view of the aqueous ozone sanitizing device of FIG. 2 A ;
- FIG. 3 is the ozone generator cartridge of FIG. 1 illustrated with one side housing removed;
- FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the ozone generator cartridge of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the ozone generator cartridge of FIG. 1 taken along lines 5 - 5 shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 6 is a portion of the ozone generator cartridge as illustrated in cross-section in FIG. 4 illustrating waterflow through the cartridge;
- FIG. 7 is an exploded cross-sectional view of the manifold portion of the ozone generator cartridge as illustrated in cross-sectional view in FIG. 4 ;
- FIG. 8 A is a perspective assembly view of the manifold portion of the ozone generator cartridge of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 8 B is a perspective view of the inner conduit portion of the manifold portion of FIG. 8 A ;
- FIG. 8 C is a perspective view of the coaxial central manifold portion of the ozone generator cartridge of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 8 D is an end view of the coaxial central manifold portion of FIG. 8 C ;
- FIG. 9 illustrates installation/removal of the ozone generator cartridge of FIG. 1 with a docking station of the ozone sanitizing device of FIGS. 2 A and 2 B ;
- FIG. 10 illustrates a release mechanism of the docking station of ozone sanitizing device of FIGS. 2 A and 2 B that is associated with the ozone generator cartridge of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 11 illustrates a release mechanism of a second embodiment of an ozone generator cartridge according to the present disclosure.
- FIGS. 12 A and 12 b are perspective assembly views of a third embodiment of an ozone generator cartridge according to the present disclosure.
- the ozone generator cartridge 100 includes features described below that enable it to be plugged into a docking receptacle 20 , also referred to as a docking station, of an ozone sanitation device 10 , also referred to as an ozone dispensing device, in a single movement along a single axis. For example, not requiring rotation or twisting of the generator cartridge 100 or other components to fluidly and electrically engage and mechanically lock the cartridge 100 with the docking receptacle 20 .
- generator cartridge 100 advantageously can provide one or more generator cells 210 , sensors, and other electronic and mechanical devices discussed below in a single housing 102 and pluggable, docking form that can be removed and replaced with exposing sensitive surfaces of the components to potential damage upon removal or installation as in prior art systems.
- the ozone sanitation device 10 for which cartridge 100 is designed to provide aqueous ozone may be, for example, a hand sanitizing unit or other sanitizing device, wherein sanitizing is understood to include simply rinsing or to include treatment.
- sanitizing systems suitable for sanitizing other body parts, for example, hands and forearms or feet, and for sanitizing other objects, for example, including tools or instruments such as medical devices, so it is under stood that an object or a different body part or tissue can be substituted for all occurrences of the disclosure reciting ‘a hand.’
- the ozone generator cartridge 100 receives untreated water supply 23 at a water inlet connector 120 and provides ozonated waterflow 25 at a water outlet connector 130 .
- An electrical connector 250 connects power signals 260 , sensor data signals 262 , security data signals 264 , and data logging signals 266 , as will be described further below, with the ozone sanitation device 10 .
- the connectors 120 , 130 , and 250 may be, for example, plastic and/or metal quick-disconnect connectors to facilitate the pluggable aspect of the cartridge 100 , including auto-locking of mechanical features to retain the engaged position.
- the housing 102 of the cartridge 100 may be formed from two or more releasable housing components, for example, housing sides 104 a and 104 b .
- the housing 102 provides structure to support the components of cartridge 100 , and also secures sensitive internal components from damage and tampering that could inhibit safety and performance.
- the housing sides 104 a and 104 b may be formed from PVC or another molded or non-molded rigid material.
- the cartridge 100 is shown with the housing side 104 a removed to better illustrate the internal components of the cartridge 100 , and the water connectors 120 and 130 are also removed.
- the cartridge 100 is shown in exploded perspective view.
- the cartridge 100 a includes a manifold 140 that forms a water passageway 300 ( FIG. 6 ) for waterflow and treatment between an inlet opening 192 , at which the connector 120 may be attached, and an outlet opening 202 , at which the connector 130 may be attached.
- the manifold 140 also mounts and fluidly couples with the water passageway 300 several water treatment devices 110 , 230 , and 240 .
- the manifold 140 and the water passageway 300 include a central water passageway portion 150 that is fluidly coupled between an inlet waterway passage portion 190 and an outlet water passageway portion 200 .
- ozone generating cells 210 a - 210 d are mounted upon and fluidly coupled with the central water passageway portion 150
- an inlet sensor 230 is mounted upon and fluidly couples with inlet water passageway portion 190
- outlet sensors 240 a and 240 b are mounted upon and fluidly coupled with the outlet water passageways portion 200 .
- the operably fixed water passageway 300 includes a series of parallel water passageways 302 a - d that are enabled in part by a coaxial feature of the central water passageway portion 150 .
- an electrical connector 250 is accessible from outside of the housing 102 and can be electrically coupled to or mounted to a circuit board 252 .
- the circuit board 252 may include, for example, a memory device 254 and related electrical components, and a security device 256 , which may be separate from or a function of the memory device 254 .
- control circuits and power supplies for the electrical components of the cartridge 100 are provided by the ozone sanitation device 10 via power signals 260 and sensor data signals 262 ; however, in an alternative embodiment, circuit board 252 may comprise these elements.
- the circuit board 252 includes a processor to perform functions discussed herein that are described as performed by either of the cartridge 100 or the ozone sanitation device 10 .
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional assembly view taken along cross-section lines 5 - 5 illustrated in FIG. 1 B . While the below discussion will primarily reference FIGS. 6 - 8 D , which are partial assembly perspective and cross-sectional views, FIG. 5 can be referred to for additional illustration of the arrangement of cartridge 100 .
- An inlet sensor 230 is in fluid communication with water passageway 300 within the inlet water passageway 190 of manifold 140 .
- the inlet sensor 230 sensor provided measurement of an attribute, e.g. including a property or parameter, of the untreated supply waterflow 23 that will be altered by the ozone generating cells 210 effecting an increase in ozone concentration in the waterflow through the water passageway 300 .
- inlet sensor 230 may be an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) sensor that provides a baseline measurement that can be compared to a measurement of the ozonated waterflow 25 flow out of water passageway portion 150 of the manifold 140 .
- ORP oxidation reduction potential
- a change in oxidation-reduction potential can be attributed to an increase in the ozone concentration in the water.
- An ozone concentration level can be determined by measuring the ORP downstream of the ozone generating cells 210 a - d , and taking into account the ORP of the untreated water supply if known and consistent, or by actually measuring and taking into account the ORP upstream of the ozone generating cells 210 a - d .
- the ozone concentration added to the water by the ozone generating cells 210 a - d can be calculated as a function of the differential in upstream and downstream ORP measurements.
- the inlet sensor 230 can comprise at least a pair of electrodes, a working electrode and a reference electrode, or alternatively, a set of three electrodes, a counter electrode, a working electrode, and a reference electrode, carried by one or more non-conductive substrates, such as silicone or glass, supported by a housing and exposed to the waterflow.
- the reference electrode uses an inert metal, for example, gold, platinum, silver or a chloride molecule thereof, which resist chemical action and corrosion, but will lose electrons to an oxidant such as ozone until its potential reaches that of the ORP level of the water.
- the sensor 230 and sensor 240 a - b discussed below may be, for example, one of the sensor configurations disclosed by US Patent Publication 2016/0209346 published Jul. 21, 2016, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, or the commercially available electrode sensor part numbers such as RRPX020AU and RREFX103 or RRPE100XC and RRPEAGCL from Pine Research of Durham, N.C.
- sensors 230 and 240 a - b may additionally or alternative include other quality sensing elements on a single or multiple substrates for temperature, flow, conductivity, acidity, and other such attributes (e.g. parameters and properties) of water or of the devices operating with the cartridge 100 .
- attributes e.g. parameters and properties
- various of these other listed attributes in most municipal water supplies do not appear to have a significant bearing on the amount of ozone produced, or the amount of decay in a brief distance and time for the typical applications, so it is contemplated that measure or control is not required for many of the applications and uses discussed here.
- the water passageway 300 extends through inlet opening 164 and into a flow separation chamber 142 defined by the central water passageway portion 150 .
- the waterway passageway portion 150 includes an internal conduit 180 located coaxially within outer conduit 160 , thereby defining a coaxial arrangement and parallel flow feature of manifold 140 .
- the functions of the central water passageway portion 150 include exposing the waterflow through water passageway 300 to the ozone generating cells 210 a - d , thereby increasing the ozone concentration of the waterflow, and minimizing the length of water passageway 300 and minimizing changes in water pressure, velocity, vortices, and other flow disturbances, all of which all to the reduce ozone concentration of the waterflow.
- Each ozone generating cell 210 a - d includes a generating portion 212 a - d as well as a housing, fluid pathways, and/or other support structure.
- An exemplary generating portion 212 a - d includes a pair of electrode plates (an anode and a cathode) having slots defined therethrough for the flow of water, hydrogen, oxygen, and ozone.
- the electrodes can be constructed of boron-doped silicone and coated with boron-doped diamond, for example, using chemical vapor deposition. Power can be applied from all edges of the electrodes to maximize ozone production.
- the electrodes can be separated by a thin membrane that allows proton exchange therethrough, and for example a solid polymer electrolyte such as a polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE)/perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) copolymer membrane, which is commercially available from The Chemours Company of Wilmington, Del. as NAFION (trademark of The Chemours Company FC, LLC).
- PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
- PFSA perfluorosulfonic acid
- each of the parallel water passageways 302 a - d of the present disclosure can provide a waterflow across each oppositely charged electrode plate, for example, across the electrode surface on the side opposite the separation membrane, resulting in the production of ozone within the water.
- the thin separation membrane located between electrode plates for example, 20-30 microns thick, may also allow for some cross-diffusion of water, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules.
- the concentration of ozone developed by the generating cell is a function of the level of power supplied to the electrolytic generating cell.
- the concentration of ozone can be controlled.
- the concentration of ozone controlled by ozone sanitation device 10 via the individual power signals 260 received by the electrical connector 250 and connected through to each respective ozone generating cell 210 a - d.
- An example of an ozone generating cell 210 suitable for use in cartridge 100 for generating aqueous ozone is an electrolytic cell, for example, as disclosed by U.S. Pat. No. 10,640,878 issued on May 5, 2020, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
- Alternative or improved electrolytic cells known in the art are also contemplated for ozone generating cell 210 for use with cartridge 100 .
- Exemplary electrolytic ozone generating cells 210 provide a mechanical structure to guide a water flow across the surfaces of a perforated pair of electrodes, an anode and a cathode each framed by a current spreader, and separated by a proton exchange membrane (PEM) designed to conduct protons between the anode and cathode.
- PEM proton exchange membrane
- An exemplary electrode can be constructed of boron-doped silicon or another suitable material.
- the boron doped silicon material serves as a conductor to pass current between the current spreader and boron doped.
- the doped silicon material may be about 200-800 microns thick, such as about 500 microns thick.
- the front side each electrode may have a boron-doped diamond coating or another suitable coating.
- the coating may be about 2-10 microns thick.
- the coating may be applied to the underlying silicon material by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or another suitable deposition technique.
- the illustrative electrodes can be rectangular in shape, for example, having a width of about 8 millimeters and a length of about 10 millimeters, although the size and shape of the electrodes may vary, and are available from Neocoat SA of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
- the coaxial arrangement defines an annulus 176 between the inner conduit 180 and the outer conduit 160 .
- a first end 181 of the inner conduit 180 is closed off, which forcing the flow through water passageway 130 upon passing through the opening 164 of the outer conduit 160 and entering into a flow separation chamber 142 to separate into flows around the inner conduit and into annulus 176 defined between the exterior surface of the inner conduit and an interior surface of the outer conduit 160 .
- each ozone generating cell 210 a - d define a cell inlet 214 in fluid communication with the annulus 176 and a cell outlet 216 in fluid communication with opening 182 of the inner conduit 180 .
- the waterflow entering each cell inlet 214 becomes a separate parallel water passageway 302 a - d portion of water passageway 300 , each passing through the respective cell generating portion 212 of the respective one of ozone generating cells 210 a - d and exiting cell outlet 216 , through opening 182 and into inner conduit 180 .
- the generating portions 212 a - d of the ozone generating cells 210 a - d are fluidly sealed with a sealing surface 184 a - d defined by the inner conduit 180 , and optionally by a seal 185 , for example a gasket, such that the only flow path out of annulus 176 for the water flow is through one of the generating portions 212 a - d of the ozone generating cells 210 a - d , as shown in FIG. 6 for parallel water passageways 302 a - d.
- This arrangement of the various components of central water passageway portion 150 and ozone generating cells 210 a - d divides the waterflow through the water passageway 300 into a number of water passageways 302 a - d that is that same as the number ozone generating cells 210 installed with manifold 140 .
- Each of the parallel water passageways 302 a - d enter the inner conduit 180 through the respective cell opening 182 defined by the inner conduit.
- Another function of the parallel water passageways 302 a - d arrangement is that by operating the parallel pathways and their associated ozone generating cells 210 a - d simultaneously, a higher ozone concentration can be achieved for a given flowrate through the water passageway 300 than if the same number of ozone generating cells 210 a - d were arranged in a serial water pathway arrangement, or than if ozone generating cells where operated alternately.
- each ozone generating cell 210 a - d is divided by the number of cells/parallel water passageways 302 a - d , for example, by four in the illustrative embodiment.
- the waterflow through each parallel water passageway is provided with a much higher ozone concentration for the same ozone generating cell output capacity and/or power level. If each parallel ozone generating cell 210 a - d is controlled to deliver the same ozone concentration, no dilution will occur upon confluence and the water passageway 300 ozone concentration level will therefore be equally elevated.
- the parallel water passageways 302 a - d arrangement can lengthen the duty life of the ozone generating cells 210 a - d as each may be operated at a lower power to achieve the desired ozone concentration than if fewer cells were used, or if the cells were arranged serially. And if the desired ozone concentration can be achieved by powering a subset of the ozone generating cells, the duty life can be lengthened by alternating selectively powering only a subset of the cells.
- the latter may also be used to keep a cartridge in service that has suffered a degradation or failure of one of the ozone generating cells 210 a - d as the load can be picked up by the remaining fully functional cells without changes to the hardware or water passageway 300 .
- the ozone generator cells 210 can be driven by a range of at least 0-1.2 amps each, and with four ozone generator cells 210 each driven by a constant current of 410 milliamps, for example a buck-boost switching regulator, each aqueous ozone generator 100 produces a concentration of 0.8 ppm of aqueous ozone, with an observed typical voltage of 9-12 volts indicating normal ozone generator cell 210 operation. An elevated observed voltage, for example, 20-25 volts, or above 22 volts indicated degraded generator cell 210 operation.
- operation of ozone generator 100 and device 10 may optionally continue by removing a degrading or degraded cell form operation and using only the non-faulted cells. Additionally, and optionally, a controller may store and/or communicate an alert message, for example, to a remote server, that an impending change of ozone generator 100 will be required.
- the inner conduit 180 includes a baffle 152 , which may partially or fully divide the interior of the inner conduit radially along at least a portion of its length.
- the baffle 152 defines a divider defining a first flow chamber 188 a and a second flow chamber 188 b , both extending along the entire length of the inner conduit 180 .
- the waterflow from parallel water passageways 302 a and 302 c is directed to the first flow chamber 188 a
- the waterflow from parallel water passageways 302 b and 302 d is directed to the second flow chamber 188 b .
- the waterflow separation provided by the baffle 152 significantly reduces the vortices and other flow disruptions within the interior chamber 180 that would otherwise be present from the confluence of opposite direction waterflows from water passageways 302 a and 302 b and from water passageways 302 c and 302 d , thereby reducing the loss of ozone concentration that would otherwise be induced.
- the baffle 152 can be oriented to an angle 154 that is nonorthogonal to the waterflow path entering from the ozone generating cells 210 a - d , i.e., the longitudinal axis of the ozone generating cells.
- the baffle 152 may be coupled with the inner conduit 160 via baffle guides 187 , for example, rails, or, baffle 152 may be molded integrally with the inner conduit.
- a flow confluence chamber 144 is defined adjacent a second end 187 of the inner conduit 180 and the inlet opening 206 of the outlet water passageway portion 200 , approximately where baffle 152 terminates.
- the waterflows from the first and second flow chambers 188 a - b , (separate parallel water passageway flows 302 a - d ) are recombined again into a single waterflow through water passageway 300 in the outlet water passageway portion 200 .
- the ozonate waterflow 25 through the outlet water passageways portion 200 passes over the surfaces of sensors 240 a - b , for example oxidation reduction potential sensors as is disclosed above.
- sensors 240 a - b for example oxidation reduction potential sensors as is disclosed above.
- ORP of ozonated waterflow 25 as measured by sensors 240 a and 240 b with the untreated supply waterflow 23 as measured by sensor 230 , the ozone concentration added to the water passageway 300 waterflow by the ozone generating cells 210 can be determined and ozone generating cells 210 can be individually and collectively controlled accordingly via power signals 260 to achieve a desired ozone concentration.
- the inlet sensor 230 could be eliminated and untreated supply waterflow 23 by sensor 240 a with waterflow provided without energizing ozone generator cells 210 to baseline ORP for later comparison with ORP of ozonated water 52 measured by sensor 240 a when the ozone generator cells 210 are energized.
- Yet another alternative is to for gall all ORP sensors 230 and 240 a/b and to control the desired aqueous ozone concentration by setting the current level know to produce the specific concentration desired for the configuration of the generator 100 for a given flow rate, for example, 410 milliamps, for 3 gph, to provide 0.8 ppm aqueous ozone for the illustrative embodiment.
- the inlet water passageway portion 190 defines a connector mount 194 for coupling the inlet connector 120 to the manifold 140 .
- the connector mount 194 may be a threaded coupling, compression coupling, adhesive joint, or other known standard or non-standard fluid coupling known in the art and suitable for the selected type of the water inlet connector 120 .
- the outlet water passageway portion 200 defines a corresponding connector mount 204 at outlet opening 202 for the water outlet connector 130 .
- an exploded cross-sectional view of the manifold 140 illustrates additional aspects of the illustrative embodiment.
- the inlet passageway portion 190 defines a sensor coupling 198 between the inlet opening 192 and the outlet opening 196 through which the sensor 230 can be releasably and sealingly coupled such that an electrode element 231 of the sensor 230 is disposed within the water passageway 300 .
- the sensor coupling 198 can be interoperable with a mount coupling 232 to provide releasable coupling of the sensor 230 with the inlet water passageway portion 190 .
- the mount coupling 232 is a mounting ring positionable over and around the sensor 230 to fasten with sensor coupling 198 , for example using releasable fasteners, such as threaded fasteners. With releasable fasteners, the sensor 230 can be later detached for replacement if reconstruction of the cartridge 100 is later desired.
- the interface of the sensor 230 , mount coupling 232 , and the sensor coupling 198 may include sealing surfaces and/or sealing devices, for example gaskets or O-rings.
- the sensor coupling 198 or another portion of inlet passageway portion 190 may also define a sensor alignment feature 199 that interacts with an alignment feature (not shown) of the sensor 230 to provide alignment of the electrode element 231 within the water passageway 300 .
- a sensor alignment feature 199 that interacts with an alignment feature (not shown) of the sensor 230 to provide alignment of the electrode element 231 within the water passageway 300 .
- the outlet water passageway portion 200 defines structures corresponding to those of inlet water passageway portion 190 discussed above, including connector mount 204 coupling water outlet connector 130 at outlet opening 202 , sensor couplings 208 a and 208 b and engagement features 209 a (not shown) and 209 b , for respectively coupling outlet sensor 240 a and 240 b and orienting elements to 241 a and 241 b parallel to the water passageway 300 waterflow direction.
- Minimizing of disturbances to waterflow is important for the ozonate waterflow 25 as it passes by sensor elements 241 a and 241 b , to provide a reliable differential measurement and therefore determination of ozone concentration provided by the ozone generating cells 210 , and to reduce disturbances in waterflow that would reduce the ozone concentration. Therefore same orientation of the sensor elements 140 a and 140 b as for sensor element 231 a is desired.
- the inlet water passageway portion 190 is coupled to the outer conduit 160 providing a fluid connection between the outlet opening 196 and the inlet opening 164 .
- An outlet coupling 197 and inlet coupling 162 which join portion 190 and conduit 160 together may provide a releasable coupling, for example, by using threaded fasteners or other releasable devices.
- the outlet coupling 197 and inlet coupling 162 may define ceiling surfaces using with or with sealing devices such as gaskets or O-rings, and may provide a support structure for the first end 181 of the inner conduit 180 , as is illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7 .
- the outlet water passageway portion 200 is coupled to the outer conduit 160 and optionally to the inner conduit 180 , providing a fluid connection between the flow confluence chamber 144 and the inlet opening 206 .
- features of the outlet coupling 166 and the inlet coupling 207 which join portion 200 and conduits 160 and 180 may provide a releasable coupling, for example, by using threaded fasteners or other releasable devices.
- the outlet coupling 166 and the inlet coupling 207 may define ceiling surfaces using with or with sealing devices such as gaskets or O-rings, and may provide a support structure for the second end 187 of the inner conduit 180 which also closes off and seals the annulus 176 adjacent the second end of the inner and outer conduits 160 and 180 , as is best illustrated in FIG. 6 .
- each of the ozone generating cells 210 a - d are releasably coupled with the central water passageway portion 150 , for example with a cell mount coupling 170 defined by the outer conduit 160 and corresponding mount coupling 220 of the ozone generating cell 210 a - d .
- the cell mount couplings 170 a - d of the outer conduit 160 are threaded pipe nipples extending about each of the coupling openings 172 a - d .
- the corresponding mount couplings 220 a - d in the illustrated embodiment comprises a corresponding threaded cap that with the mount couplings 170 a - d , provide releasable coupling of the ozone generating cells 210 a - d to the manifold 140 .
- a portion of the ozone generating cells 210 a - d when secured, each fluidly seals with the respective cell opening 182 a - d of the inner conduit 180 , for example against sealing surfaces 184 a - d , and may use a seal 185 a - d , for example, a gasket or O-ring.
- An advantage of the cartridge 100 according to the present disclosure is how compactly ozone generating cells 210 and sensors 230 and 240 can be housed and coupled with the water passageway 300 for ozonating the waterflow. For example, by minimizing the length of the water passageway 300 , losses in ozone concentration is minimized.
- One aspect of minimizing the length of the water passageway 300 is the coaxial arrangement of the central water passageway portion 150 , including the parallel water passageways 302 a - d arrangement that the coaxial arrangement enables.
- Another aspect of minimizing the length is locating more than one ozone generating cell 210 along the same circumferential arc 158 (defined by axes 156 a - b ), as illustrated in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 C .
- cell mount coupling 170 a is located at an angular axis 156 a of +90 degrees along the circumferential arc 158
- cell mount coupling 170 b is located at an angular axis 156 b of ⁇ 90 degrees along the circumferential arc 158
- additional ozone generating cells 210 can be located along the same circumferential arc 158 , or alternatively or additional along the circumferential arc on which cell mount couplings 170 c - d are located.
- the various components of the manifold 140 may be constructed, for example molded from rigid materials not susceptible to breakdown from water and ozone, for example, polysulfone (PSU), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), or 40% glass fiber reinforced polyphenylene sulphide (PPS).
- PSU polysulfone
- PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride
- PPS 40% glass fiber reinforced polyphenylene sulphide
- the manifold 140 may be comprised of a unitary structure or a structure divided into portions or subcomponents differently than is described herein for the illustrative embodiment and as may be desirable for manufacturing, assembly, operational or reconstruction.
- the electrical connector 250 can be electrically coupled to or mounted directly to a circuit board 252 and is coupled to an electrical connector 26 of the electrical system (not shown) of the ozone sanitation device 10 .
- the circuit board 252 may include a memory device, for example for identification data for the cartridge 100 and/or the associated ozone sanitation device 10 , or both, including for example a serial and/or model number and/or compatibility information between generators 100 and dispensing device 10 , and pairing of a specific serial number generator with a specific serial number dispensing device. Additionally, the memory device 254 may enable data logging of usage, including lifespan, error detection, and information concerning individual instances of use.
- Lifespan data may include calibration information, specifications, elapsed or remaining usage of individual ozone generating cells 210 and/or the generator 100 , including based on, for example, hours, gallons of water, ozone volume, total power, and the like.
- Data logging may include transmission of usage information through electrical connector 250 , for example to a personal computing device and/or remote server, and/or for local storage in the memory device 254 .
- a security device 256 be included as a separate device, or as a feature of the memory device 254 .
- Security device 256 may include encryption, blockchain, or other secure feature to authenticate the source of manufacturing, or reconstruction of the cartridge 100 , or the pairing of cartridge 100 with a particular ozone sanitation device 10 or other connected devices.
- the electrical connector 250 and circuit board 252 receive power signals 260 for driving the ozone generating cells 210 a - d and powering for the sensors 230 and 240 a - b , send sensor data signals 262 from the sensors, and send and/or receive security data signals 264 and logging data signals 266 .
- circuit board 252 includes a processor for providing control, security, data logging, or other functionality recited herein or otherwise known to a person of ordinary skill in the art for manufacturing, operating, repairing, and reconstructing the cartridge 100 .
- An illustrative electrical connector and receptacle are the ET60S/ET60T signal and power combined series available from Samtec of New Albany, Ind.
- reconstruction of an expended generator cartridge 100 can include, for example, separating housing 102 , removing and replacing all degraded components, for example, generator cells 210 and/or sensors 230 and 240 , cleaning those and other remaining components that can be reused, replacing remaining components as required, reassembly and closing housing 102 , rewriting memory and security devices 252 , 254 , 256 , and calibration and/or testing, for example, verifying that the reconstructed generator 100 provides the desired aqueous ozone 25 concentration for water 23 provided at a given flowrate with the expected current and voltages levels for each of the generator cells 120 , including proper operation of any sensors 230 and 240 .
- plug-in coupling of the cartridge 100 into a corresponding docking receptacle 20 of the ozone sanitation device 10 requires proper orientation to ensure that the electrical connector 250 and the water inlet connector 120 and water outlet connector 130 are not reversed with the corresponding connectors of the docking receptacle.
- One or both of cartridge 100 and the docking receptacle 20 can include orientation features that prevent coupling if the orientation is incorrect.
- an guidance or orientation feature 110 at a first end of the housing 102 in this example a recess or a protrusion, is located in the middle and the orientation features defined at an opposite end of the housing 102 (not shown) are located away from the middle.
- Corresponding guidance and/or orientation features 28 of the docketing receptacle 20 are interoperable with orientation features 110 to prevent plugging of the cartridge 100 into the docking receptacle 20 unless oriented and/or positioned correctly to result in proper water connections.
- housing 102 may also define recesses and/or protrusions, for example orientation features 110 d to additionally or alternative operate with features of the docking station 20 to prevent improper orientation and reversed connections.
- a splash guard 107 as illustrated in FIG. 12 B may be defined by the housing 102 to the protect connector 250 from any water splashes resulting from plugging in or unplugging the cartridge 100 with the ozone sanitation device 10 .
- the water inlet connector 120 defines a longitudinal axis 128 that is oriented parallel with a longitudinal axis 138 of the water outlet connector 130 .
- the corresponding fixed water supply connector 22 and ozonated water connector 24 similarly are aligned and are properly spaced to engage connectors 120 and 130 .
- a connection axis 258 of the electrical connector 250 is also farewell to the longitudinal axes 128 in 138 of the water connectors 120 and 130 .
- each of the three pair of connectors, 22 and 120 , 24 and 130 , and 250 and 26 are selected to enable pluggable engagement using a singular direction of motion, for example, along longitudinal axis 128 , 138 , and 258 , to engage all of the corresponding connectors simultaneously and without further action other than moving the cartridge manually into position in the direction along the referenced parallel axes.
- a locking mechanism 116 of the cartridge 100 can operably cooperate with a locking mechanism 30 of the docking receptacle 20 so that cartridge 100 auto-locks into position relative to the docking receptacle 20 , ensuring corresponding connectors 120 and 22 , 130 and 24 , and 250 and 26 remain engaged.
- a release mechanism 32 associated with the docking receptacle or a release mechanism 118 associated with the cartridge 100 can be manually actuated to disengage locking mechanisms 30 and 100 .
- the connector pairs used for 120 and 22 and/or 130 and 24 can be selected to be valved auto-locking fluid connectors as are known in the art.
- the water connector 22 may include locking clips that automatically spring into position when engaged and engagingly interfere with an engagement feature 126 of the water inlet connector 120 , thereby fluidly coupling the connectors 22 and 122 until manually released by the release mechanism 32 or 118 .
- the release mechanism 32 or 118 can move the locking clips to a disengaged position, allowing the cartridge 100 to be pulled along axes 128 , 258 , and 138 , disengaging the connector pairs and allowing the cartridge 100 to be removed from the docking receptacle 30 , for example, to be replaced with a new or reconstructed cartridge 100 .
- commercially available connectors such as valved coupling insert part number HFCD261235BSPP and valved panel mount coupling body part number HFCD16835V, both available from Colder Product Company of Saint Paul, Minn.
- the opening 122 of the water connector 120 can be sealed by a spring biased valve 124 when connector 120 is disengage from the water supply connector 22 , thereby retaining water within the manifold 140 .
- the opening 132 of the water connector 130 can be sealed by a spring biased valve 134 when connector 130 is disengaged from corresponding connector 24 , thereby retaining water within the manifold 140 .
- the sealing by valves to retain water within manifold 140 can be advantageous when one or more sensors must remain wetted to avoid degrading.
- the housing 102 may define recesses or other features to aid in grasping and holding cartridge 100 , for example, with a single hand.
- housing 102 defines a finger hold 108 a on a first side and a thumb hold 108 b on an adjacent side, thereby facilitating the plugging and unplugging of cartridge 100 with docking receptacle 20 .
- the housing 102 may be secured together by various means known in the art, including releasably with securing feature 112 , for example, threaded fasteners, or permanently secured, for example using an adhesive, via molding, or the like.
- a tampering device 114 may be associated with the housing 102 .
- the housing 102 or contents therein may include a frangible portion.
- a tamper evident label may be positioned over one or more of security features 112 that must be accessed to open the housing 102 .
- a digital device for example the security device 256 of the circuit board 252 , shown in FIG. 3 , may be configured to electromechanically or electrooptically detect tampering, particularly the separating of the housing sides 104 a and 104 b .
- the security device 256 can prevent use with the ozone sanitation device 10 after lifetime usage or an error is detected and stored, or if tampering is detected and stored.
- the security device 256 may prevent the cartridge 100 from by used with a device 10 different than the one for which it was prepared.
- the mount in the absence of a sensor 130 and 240 a - b populating one or more of the sensor mounts 198 and 208 a - b , the mount is populated with a sealing plug 228 to fluidly seal the manifold 140 .
- one or more of the cell mount couplings 170 a - d is populated with a sealing plug 228 , which provides a seal across opening 172 a - d and 182 a - d , thereby closing off one or more of the parallel water passageways 302 a - d and ensuring a waterflow through the water passageway 300 flow through one of the ozone generating cells 210 a - d.
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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, an aqueous ozone outlet, and an electrical connector of the ozone generator cartridge are simultaneously 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.
Description
- This is a continuation patent application of U.S. Nonprovisional patent application Ser. No. 17/384,671, filed Jul. 23, 2021, and titled Docking Ozone Generator Cartridge for Ozonating Water; and also is a continuation patent application of U.S. Nonprovisional patent application Ser. No. 17/384,685, filed Jul. 23, 2021, and titled Aqueous Ozone Generator Cartridge with a Water Treatment Manifold; and also is a continuation patent application of U.S. Nonprovisional patent application Ser. No. 17/384,721, filed Jul. 24, 2021, and titled Aqueous Ozone Generator Controller and Methods; each of which claim priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/056,299, filed Jul. 24, 2020, and titled Aqueous Ozone Sanitizing System; and to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/056,538, filed Jul. 24, 2020, and titled Ozone Generator Cartridge for Ozonating Water; all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
- The present invention relates to a device for adding ozone to water, and particularly, to a device to ozonate a water supply stream to a desired concentration.
- Ozone (O3) is known to be a highly effective disinfectant. Ozone is produced when water (H2O) or oxygen (O2) is energized, producing monatomic (O1) molecules that collide with oxygen (O2) molecules to for ozone (O3). The third oxygen atom in ozone is loosely bonded and is therefore highly reactive and readily attaches to and oxidizes other molecules. When used to sterilize, exposure to ozone has been demonstrated to be very effective at killing microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and spores.
- Aqueous ozone, a solution of water (H2O) and ozone (O3), has also been demonstrated to be effective at sanitizing, i.e., killing microorganisms, when applied at a sufficient combination of ozone concentration and exposure time. Example applications for sanitizing using aqueous ozone include hand sanitizing in place of a soap or other disinfectant wash, the clinical treatment of infected tissue, sanitizing food, and sanitizing medical, food processing, and other instruments and work surfaces.
- A concern noted regarding the use of ozone for hand and other tissue sanitizing is the potential adverse effect to human or animal cells if applied at too high of an ozone concentration or for an exposure that is too prolonged, e.g., the ‘dosage.’ It is known that very high doses of ozone can cause lung and other tissue damage. On the other hand, mild to moderate oxidative cell stress caused by low doses of ozone appears to be suggest a therapeutic effect that benefits and aids tissue healing. While it remains unclear how high a level of exposure would lead to unintended cellular damage or clinically relevant skin pathologies, safety warrants using only the ozone dosage required to achieve the desired logarithmic level of reduction of the targeted microorganisms, which is also expected to be proven to be of little risk and likely therapeutic benefit to human tissue. Many prior art systems provide aqueous ozone by generating ozone gas from air, which has lower concentrations of oxygen molecules than water, or from liquid oxygen, which is expensive and difficult to handle logistically and in the process. Further, once gaseous ozone is produced, it must be uniformly distributed and dissolve, which is difficult and inefficient, requiring a number of controlled process steps and often producing excess ozone off-gas and non-uniform distribution of dissolved ozone in the water stream. For the smaller scale of a device or other appliance, for example, for a single user, gaseous generation and mixing effective and efficient for an industrial or municipal scale is not practically applied from a cost, technological, or effectiveness perspective.
- In light of the need for well-regulated dosage, a high level of assurance must be incorporated into generating and delivering the desired level of aqueous ozone concentration and exposure time that is effective at killing targeted microorganisms while not inducing undue oxidative stress to the hands (dermis cells) or other tissues being sanitized. The present disclosure is a result of the recognition of and response to the need for improved generation and delivery systems for aqueous ozone sanitizing.
- The present invention may comprise one or more of the features recited in the attached claims, and/or one or more of the following features and combinations thereof.
- 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.
- Embodiments according to the present disclosure advantageous produce aqueous ozone directly by electrolytic action within a water stream, thereby cost and process efficiently and effectively producing uniformly dissolved ozone in water (aqueous ozone) with minimal off-gassing. The embodiments used with illustrative devices disclosed herein further produce and deliver the aqueous ozone in a small compact space, minimizing ozone decay in application, and maximizing the rinsing and sanitizing effects of both chemical and mechanical action with a high surface area provided by small uniform particles of aqueous ozone with a high spin rate, applied by direct irrigation to the entire surface of the hands, efficiently loosening and lessening the microbe load.
- While not limited to this application and concentration or kill rate, embodiments used with an illustrative sanitizing device disclosed herein may be used to sanitize a user's hands with a 0.8 ppm concentration of aqueous ozone at a flowrate of about 3.0 gallons per minute for a duration of 7 seconds, which has been demonstrated with the illustrative embodiment to have a antimicrobial effect of providing at least a minimum of a 3 log reduction in the broad spectrum of microorganisms that typical sanitization systems kill (for example, Tentative Final Monograph (TFM) 24), including for example, Clostridioides difficile (C. diff).
- Additionally, embodiments disclosed herein can provide up to a 4.0 ppm concentration of aqueous ozone over different periods of time and different flowrates to meet the needs of various applications and uses. In some embodiments the ozone generator cartridge and sanitizer may be configured and used to operate as a wellness rinse without specific healthcare or medical disinfection performance criteria standards or approvals, and in other embodiments the sanitizer may be configured and used to operate as a medical device in a healthcare environment, including for example, for treatment and/or sterilization, with appropriate governmental and/or industry approvals and performance criteria standards, including, for example, with other body parts, tissue, or objects, including instruments.
- An illustrative embodiment of an ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device, comprises: 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; and 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; and at least one 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 one ozone generator cell; 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.
- Additionally or alternatively, in any subcombination, wherein 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; wherein portions of at least one pair of the water inlet connector and a corresponding water supply connector of the delivery device, and the aqueous ozone outlet connector and a corresponding ozonated water inlet connector of the delivery device, define the releasable locking mechanism; wherein the releasable locking mechanism is auto-locking upon engagement of at least one pair of the water inlet connectors to the water supply connector and the aqueous ozone outlet connector to the ozonated water inlet connector; wherein the water inlet connector and the aqueous ozone outlet connector each include a spring actuated valve to prevent fluid flow therethrough when uncoupled from corresponding connectors of the aqueous ozone delivery device; wherein the water inlet connector and aqueous ozone outlet connector are located non-coaxially; wherein the water inlet connector and aqueous ozone outlet connector form a single connector body engageable respectively with a water supply connector and an ozonated water inlet connector of the delivery device.
- Additionally or alternatively, in any subcombination, further comprising a housing enclosing at least one of the water ozonating manifold and the at least one ozone generating cell; and wherein 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; further comprising an electrical connector coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the at least one ozone generating cell; wherein the electrical connector defines a connection axis parallel with the first and second longitudinal axes; where the housing defines a splash guard for shielding the electrical connector from water from at least one of the water inlet connector and aqueous ozone outlet connector upon engagement or disengagement of the ozone generator cartridge from the aqueous water delivery device.
- Additionally or alternatively, in any subcombination, further comprising 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; wherein the electrical connector defines the orientation feature; wherein the housing defines the orientation feature; wherein at least one of the water inlet connector and the aqueous ozone outlet connector define the orientation feature.
- Additionally or alternatively, in any subcombination, further comprising a memory device enclosed by the housing and electrically coupled with the electrical connector; and wherein the memory device enables at least one of cartridge usage data logging and storage of cartridge identity data; further comprising a security device electrically coupled with the electrical connector and enabling the aqueous water delivery device too authenticate at least one of a manufacturer and a reconstructor of the cartridge; wherein the security device comprises a digital device.
- Another illustrative embodiment of an ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device, comprises: 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; and 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; and 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; and wherein the connection axis, the first longitudinal axes, 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.
- And yet another illustrative embodiment of an ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device, comprises: 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; and 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; and 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; and wherein: the connection axis, the first longitudinal axes, 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; and 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.
- For purposes of this disclosure, including the claims, the term ‘about’ is defined as within a definite range of +/−10% of the referenced value. Additional features of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the following detailed description of the illustrative embodiment.
- The detailed description particularly refers to the accompanying Figs. in which:
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FIG. 1 is a perspective assembly view of a first embodiment of an ozone generator cartridge according to the present disclosure; -
FIG. 2A is a front view of an aqueous ozone sanitizing device including a pair of ozone generator cartridges according toFIG. 1A ; -
FIG. 2B is a side view of the aqueous ozone sanitizing device ofFIG. 2A ; -
FIG. 3 is the ozone generator cartridge ofFIG. 1 illustrated with one side housing removed; -
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the ozone generator cartridge ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the ozone generator cartridge ofFIG. 1 taken along lines 5-5 shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 6 is a portion of the ozone generator cartridge as illustrated in cross-section inFIG. 4 illustrating waterflow through the cartridge; -
FIG. 7 is an exploded cross-sectional view of the manifold portion of the ozone generator cartridge as illustrated in cross-sectional view inFIG. 4 ; -
FIG. 8A is a perspective assembly view of the manifold portion of the ozone generator cartridge ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 8B is a perspective view of the inner conduit portion of the manifold portion ofFIG. 8A ; -
FIG. 8C is a perspective view of the coaxial central manifold portion of the ozone generator cartridge ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 8D is an end view of the coaxial central manifold portion ofFIG. 8C ; -
FIG. 9 illustrates installation/removal of the ozone generator cartridge ofFIG. 1 with a docking station of the ozone sanitizing device ofFIGS. 2A and 2B ; -
FIG. 10 illustrates a release mechanism of the docking station of ozone sanitizing device ofFIGS. 2A and 2B that is associated with the ozone generator cartridge ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 11 illustrates a release mechanism of a second embodiment of an ozone generator cartridge according to the present disclosure; and -
FIGS. 12A and 12 b are perspective assembly views of a third embodiment of an ozone generator cartridge according to the present disclosure. - For the purposes of promoting and understanding the principals of the invention, reference will now be made to one or more illustrative embodiments shown in the drawings and specific language will be used to describe the same.
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FIGS. 2A and 2B , an illustrativeozone generator cartridge 100 according to the present disclosure is illustrated. Referring toFIGS. 2A and 2B , theozone generator cartridge 100 includes features described below that enable it to be plugged into adocking receptacle 20, also referred to as a docking station, of anozone sanitation device 10, also referred to as an ozone dispensing device, in a single movement along a single axis. For example, not requiring rotation or twisting of thegenerator cartridge 100 or other components to fluidly and electrically engage and mechanically lock thecartridge 100 with thedocking receptacle 20. While some prior art designs disclose individual generator cells and individual sensors capable of being unscrewed and replaced from a prior art system,generator cartridge 100 advantageously can provide one or more generator cells 210, sensors, and other electronic and mechanical devices discussed below in asingle housing 102 and pluggable, docking form that can be removed and replaced with exposing sensitive surfaces of the components to potential damage upon removal or installation as in prior art systems. - The
ozone sanitation device 10 for whichcartridge 100 is designed to provide aqueous ozone may be, for example, a hand sanitizing unit or other sanitizing device, wherein sanitizing is understood to include simply rinsing or to include treatment. - While the illustrative embodiment discusses sanitizing of a user's hands, other embodiments within the scope of the claimed invention include sanitizing systems suitable for sanitizing other body parts, for example, hands and forearms or feet, and for sanitizing other objects, for example, including tools or instruments such as medical devices, so it is under stood that an object or a different body part or tissue can be substituted for all occurrences of the disclosure reciting ‘a hand.’
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FIG. 1 , theozone generator cartridge 100 receivesuntreated water supply 23 at awater inlet connector 120 and providesozonated waterflow 25 at awater outlet connector 130. Anelectrical connector 250 connects power signals 260, sensor data signals 262, security data signals 264, and data logging signals 266, as will be described further below, with theozone sanitation device 10. Theconnectors cartridge 100, including auto-locking of mechanical features to retain the engaged position. - Referring to
FIG. 4 , thehousing 102 of thecartridge 100 may be formed from two or more releasable housing components, for example,housing sides housing 102 provides structure to support the components ofcartridge 100, and also secures sensitive internal components from damage and tampering that could inhibit safety and performance. Thehousing sides - Referring to
FIG. 3 , thecartridge 100 is shown with thehousing side 104 a removed to better illustrate the internal components of thecartridge 100, and thewater connectors FIG. 4 , thecartridge 100 is shown in exploded perspective view. Referring now toFIGS. 3 and 4 , the cartridge 100 a includes a manifold 140 that forms a water passageway 300 (FIG. 6 ) for waterflow and treatment between aninlet opening 192, at which theconnector 120 may be attached, and anoutlet opening 202, at which theconnector 130 may be attached. The manifold 140 also mounts and fluidly couples with thewater passageway 300 severalwater treatment devices - In the illustrative embodiment the manifold 140 and the
water passageway 300 include a centralwater passageway portion 150 that is fluidly coupled between an inletwaterway passage portion 190 and an outletwater passageway portion 200. In the illustrated embodiment of thecartridge 100, ozone generating cells 210 a-210 d are mounted upon and fluidly coupled with the centralwater passageway portion 150, aninlet sensor 230 is mounted upon and fluidly couples with inletwater passageway portion 190, andoutlet sensors water passageways portion 200. - Referring to
FIG. 6 , in the illustrative embodiment, an untreated supply waterflow 23 provided to thecartridge 100 at aninlet opening 192 of the inlet waterpassage way portion 190 flows through an operably fixed (i.e., continuous, without valves or other actuators that operably change the flow)water passageway 300 formed bymanifold 140, ultimately existing asozonated waterflow 25 at anoutlet opening 202 of the outletwater passageway portion 200. As will be further discussed below, the operably fixedwater passageway 300 includes a series of parallel water passageways 302 a-d that are enabled in part by a coaxial feature of the centralwater passageway portion 150. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , anelectrical connector 250 is accessible from outside of thehousing 102 and can be electrically coupled to or mounted to acircuit board 252. Thecircuit board 252 may include, for example, a memory device 254 and related electrical components, and a security device 256, which may be separate from or a function of the memory device 254. In the illustrative embodiment, control circuits and power supplies for the electrical components of thecartridge 100 are provided by theozone sanitation device 10 via power signals 260 and sensor data signals 262; however, in an alternative embodiment,circuit board 252 may comprise these elements. For example, in one embodiment, thecircuit board 252 includes a processor to perform functions discussed herein that are described as performed by either of thecartridge 100 or theozone sanitation device 10. -
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional assembly view taken along cross-section lines 5-5 illustrated inFIG. 1B . While the below discussion will primarily referenceFIGS. 6-8D , which are partial assembly perspective and cross-sectional views,FIG. 5 can be referred to for additional illustration of the arrangement ofcartridge 100. - An
inlet sensor 230 is in fluid communication withwater passageway 300 within theinlet water passageway 190 ofmanifold 140. Theinlet sensor 230 sensor provided measurement of an attribute, e.g. including a property or parameter, of the untreated supply waterflow 23 that will be altered by the ozone generating cells 210 effecting an increase in ozone concentration in the waterflow through thewater passageway 300. For example,inlet sensor 230 may be an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) sensor that provides a baseline measurement that can be compared to a measurement of theozonated waterflow 25 flow out ofwater passageway portion 150 of themanifold 140. - A change in oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) can be attributed to an increase in the ozone concentration in the water. An ozone concentration level can be determined by measuring the ORP downstream of the ozone generating cells 210 a-d, and taking into account the ORP of the untreated water supply if known and consistent, or by actually measuring and taking into account the ORP upstream of the ozone generating cells 210 a-d. The ozone concentration added to the water by the ozone generating cells 210 a-d can be calculated as a function of the differential in upstream and downstream ORP measurements.
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inlet sensor 230 can comprise at least a pair of electrodes, a working electrode and a reference electrode, or alternatively, a set of three electrodes, a counter electrode, a working electrode, and a reference electrode, carried by one or more non-conductive substrates, such as silicone or glass, supported by a housing and exposed to the waterflow. The reference electrode uses an inert metal, for example, gold, platinum, silver or a chloride molecule thereof, which resist chemical action and corrosion, but will lose electrons to an oxidant such as ozone until its potential reaches that of the ORP level of the water. By comparing a constant potential established between the working electrode and counter electrode pair, which is not affected by change in ORP, with the potential of the reference electrode, which is, the ORP of the water is determined. The conversion from difference in potential to the concentration of ozone can be made based on a calibration factor or look up table for the electrode set developed using a solution of known ozone concentration. - The
sensor 230 and sensor 240 a-b discussed below may be, for example, one of the sensor configurations disclosed by US Patent Publication 2016/0209346 published Jul. 21, 2016, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, or the commercially available electrode sensor part numbers such as RRPX020AU and RREFX103 or RRPE100XC and RRPEAGCL from Pine Research of Durham, N.C. - In some embodiments,
sensors 230 and 240 a-b may additionally or alternative include other quality sensing elements on a single or multiple substrates for temperature, flow, conductivity, acidity, and other such attributes (e.g. parameters and properties) of water or of the devices operating with thecartridge 100. Of note, for typical applications discussed herein, various of these other listed attributes in most municipal water supplies do not appear to have a significant bearing on the amount of ozone produced, or the amount of decay in a brief distance and time for the typical applications, so it is contemplated that measure or control is not required for many of the applications and uses discussed here. - Referring to
FIGS. 6 and 7 , from outlet opening 196 of the inletwater passageway portion 190 ofmanifold 140, thewater passageway 300 extends through inlet opening 164 and into aflow separation chamber 142 defined by the centralwater passageway portion 150. In the illustrated embodiment, thewaterway passageway portion 150 includes aninternal conduit 180 located coaxially withinouter conduit 160, thereby defining a coaxial arrangement and parallel flow feature ofmanifold 140. The functions of the centralwater passageway portion 150 include exposing the waterflow throughwater passageway 300 to the ozone generating cells 210 a-d, thereby increasing the ozone concentration of the waterflow, and minimizing the length ofwater passageway 300 and minimizing changes in water pressure, velocity, vortices, and other flow disturbances, all of which all to the reduce ozone concentration of the waterflow. - Each ozone generating cell 210 a-d includes a generating portion 212 a-d as well as a housing, fluid pathways, and/or other support structure. An exemplary generating portion 212 a-d includes a pair of electrode plates (an anode and a cathode) having slots defined therethrough for the flow of water, hydrogen, oxygen, and ozone. The electrodes can be constructed of boron-doped silicone and coated with boron-doped diamond, for example, using chemical vapor deposition. Power can be applied from all edges of the electrodes to maximize ozone production. The electrodes can be separated by a thin membrane that allows proton exchange therethrough, and for example a solid polymer electrolyte such as a polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE)/perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) copolymer membrane, which is commercially available from The Chemours Company of Wilmington, Del. as NAFION (trademark of The Chemours Company FC, LLC).
- As is discussed further below, each of the parallel water passageways 302 a-d of the present disclosure can provide a waterflow across each oppositely charged electrode plate, for example, across the electrode surface on the side opposite the separation membrane, resulting in the production of ozone within the water. The thin separation membrane located between electrode plates, for example, 20-30 microns thick, may also allow for some cross-diffusion of water, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules.
- The concentration of ozone developed by the generating cell is a function of the level of power supplied to the electrolytic generating cell. In particular, by controlling the current supplied to each ozone generating cell, the concentration of ozone can be controlled. In the illustrative embodiment, the concentration of ozone controlled by
ozone sanitation device 10 via the individual power signals 260 received by theelectrical connector 250 and connected through to each respective ozone generating cell 210 a-d. - An example of an ozone generating cell 210 suitable for use in
cartridge 100 for generating aqueous ozone is an electrolytic cell, for example, as disclosed by U.S. Pat. No. 10,640,878 issued on May 5, 2020, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. Alternative or improved electrolytic cells known in the art are also contemplated for ozone generating cell 210 for use withcartridge 100. Exemplary electrolytic ozone generating cells 210 provide a mechanical structure to guide a water flow across the surfaces of a perforated pair of electrodes, an anode and a cathode each framed by a current spreader, and separated by a proton exchange membrane (PEM) designed to conduct protons between the anode and cathode. An exemplary electrode can be constructed of boron-doped silicon or another suitable material. The boron doped silicon material serves as a conductor to pass current between the current spreader and boron doped. The doped silicon material may be about 200-800 microns thick, such as about 500 microns thick. The front side each electrode may have a boron-doped diamond coating or another suitable coating. The coating may be about 2-10 microns thick. The coating may be applied to the underlying silicon material by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or another suitable deposition technique. The illustrative electrodes can be rectangular in shape, for example, having a width of about 8 millimeters and a length of about 10 millimeters, although the size and shape of the electrodes may vary, and are available from Neocoat SA of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. - As is illustrated in
FIGS. 6 and 7 , the coaxial arrangement defines anannulus 176 between theinner conduit 180 and theouter conduit 160. As shown inFIG. 8B , afirst end 181 of theinner conduit 180 is closed off, which forcing the flow throughwater passageway 130 upon passing through theopening 164 of theouter conduit 160 and entering into aflow separation chamber 142 to separate into flows around the inner conduit and intoannulus 176 defined between the exterior surface of the inner conduit and an interior surface of theouter conduit 160. - Referring to
FIGS. 6 and 8C , each ozone generating cell 210 a-d define a cell inlet 214 in fluid communication with theannulus 176 and a cell outlet 216 in fluid communication with opening 182 of theinner conduit 180. The waterflow entering each cell inlet 214 becomes a separate parallel water passageway 302 a-d portion ofwater passageway 300, each passing through the respective cell generating portion 212 of the respective one of ozone generating cells 210 a-d and exiting cell outlet 216, through opening 182 and intoinner conduit 180. - The generating portions 212 a-d of the ozone generating cells 210 a-d are fluidly sealed with a sealing surface 184 a-d defined by the
inner conduit 180, and optionally by a seal 185, for example a gasket, such that the only flow path out ofannulus 176 for the water flow is through one of the generating portions 212 a-d of the ozone generating cells 210 a-d, as shown inFIG. 6 for parallel water passageways 302 a-d. - This arrangement of the various components of central
water passageway portion 150 and ozone generating cells 210 a-d divides the waterflow through thewater passageway 300 into a number of water passageways 302 a-d that is that same as the number ozone generating cells 210 installed withmanifold 140. Each of the parallel water passageways 302 a-d enter theinner conduit 180 through the respective cell opening 182 defined by the inner conduit. - Another function of the parallel water passageways 302 a-d arrangement is that by operating the parallel pathways and their associated ozone generating cells 210 a-d simultaneously, a higher ozone concentration can be achieved for a given flowrate through the
water passageway 300 than if the same number of ozone generating cells 210 a-d were arranged in a serial water pathway arrangement, or than if ozone generating cells where operated alternately. - In this parallel arrangement, the water flowrate through each ozone generating cell 210 a-d is divided by the number of cells/parallel water passageways 302 a-d, for example, by four in the illustrative embodiment. By reducing the flow rate through each individual ozone generating cell 210 a-d, in this case by one-quarter, the waterflow through each parallel water passageway is provided with a much higher ozone concentration for the same ozone generating cell output capacity and/or power level. If each parallel ozone generating cell 210 a-d is controlled to deliver the same ozone concentration, no dilution will occur upon confluence and the
water passageway 300 ozone concentration level will therefore be equally elevated. Although a serial arrangement could boost the ozone concentration at each successive ozone generating cells 210 a-d, it has been found that a significant portion of the ozone generated by early cells in the series is lost in flowing through subsequent cells, for example, due to the waterflow experiencing added disturbances to the flow because of the serial flow arrangement, reducing the efficacy of the cumulative serial effect in boosting ozone concentration. - It is also thought that the parallel water passageways 302 a-d arrangement can lengthen the duty life of the ozone generating cells 210 a-d as each may be operated at a lower power to achieve the desired ozone concentration than if fewer cells were used, or if the cells were arranged serially. And if the desired ozone concentration can be achieved by powering a subset of the ozone generating cells, the duty life can be lengthened by alternating selectively powering only a subset of the cells. The latter may also be used to keep a cartridge in service that has suffered a degradation or failure of one of the ozone generating cells 210 a-d as the load can be picked up by the remaining fully functional cells without changes to the hardware or
water passageway 300. - In the illustrative embodiment, the ozone generator cells 210 can be driven by a range of at least 0-1.2 amps each, and with four ozone generator cells 210 each driven by a constant current of 410 milliamps, for example a buck-boost switching regulator, each
aqueous ozone generator 100 produces a concentration of 0.8 ppm of aqueous ozone, with an observed typical voltage of 9-12 volts indicating normal ozone generator cell 210 operation. An elevated observed voltage, for example, 20-25 volts, or above 22 volts indicated degraded generator cell 210 operation. In detecting a degrading or degraded cell 210 in this way, operation ofozone generator 100 anddevice 10 may optionally continue by removing a degrading or degraded cell form operation and using only the non-faulted cells. Additionally, and optionally, a controller may store and/or communicate an alert message, for example, to a remote server, that an impending change ofozone generator 100 will be required. - Referring again to
FIG. 4 , theinner conduit 180 includes abaffle 152, which may partially or fully divide the interior of the inner conduit radially along at least a portion of its length. Referring toFIGS. 6, 8C and 8D , in the illustrated embodiment thebaffle 152 defines a divider defining afirst flow chamber 188 a and asecond flow chamber 188 b, both extending along the entire length of theinner conduit 180. - Advantageously, the waterflow from
parallel water passageways first flow chamber 188 a, and the waterflow fromparallel water passageways second flow chamber 188 b. The waterflow separation provided by thebaffle 152 significantly reduces the vortices and other flow disruptions within theinterior chamber 180 that would otherwise be present from the confluence of opposite direction waterflows fromwater passageways water passageways - Referring to
FIG. 8D , to further reduce the disturbance of the waterflows exiting the ozone generating cells 210 a-d and entering first and second flow chamber 188 a-b, thebaffle 152 can be oriented to anangle 154 that is nonorthogonal to the waterflow path entering from the ozone generating cells 210 a-d, i.e., the longitudinal axis of the ozone generating cells. Thebaffle 152 may be coupled with theinner conduit 160 via baffle guides 187, for example, rails, or, baffle 152 may be molded integrally with the inner conduit. - In the illustrated embodiment of
manifold 140, aflow confluence chamber 144 is defined adjacent asecond end 187 of theinner conduit 180 and the inlet opening 206 of the outletwater passageway portion 200, approximately wherebaffle 152 terminates. Within theflow confluence chamber 144, the waterflows from the first and second flow chambers 188 a-b, (separate parallel water passageway flows 302 a-d) are recombined again into a single waterflow throughwater passageway 300 in the outletwater passageway portion 200. - The ozonate waterflow 25 through the outlet
water passageways portion 200 passes over the surfaces of sensors 240 a-b, for example oxidation reduction potential sensors as is disclosed above. By comparing ORP ofozonated waterflow 25 as measured bysensors sensor 230, the ozone concentration added to thewater passageway 300 waterflow by the ozone generating cells 210 can be determined and ozone generating cells 210 can be individually and collectively controlled accordingly via power signals 260 to achieve a desired ozone concentration. Alternatively, theinlet sensor 230 could be eliminated and untreated supply waterflow 23 bysensor 240 a with waterflow provided without energizing ozone generator cells 210 to baseline ORP for later comparison with ORP of ozonated water 52 measured bysensor 240 a when the ozone generator cells 210 are energized. Yet another alternative is to for gall allORP sensors generator 100 for a given flow rate, for example, 410 milliamps, for 3 gph, to provide 0.8 ppm aqueous ozone for the illustrative embodiment. - With brief reference to
FIGS. 1 and 4 , the inletwater passageway portion 190 defines aconnector mount 194 for coupling theinlet connector 120 to themanifold 140. For example, theconnector mount 194 may be a threaded coupling, compression coupling, adhesive joint, or other known standard or non-standard fluid coupling known in the art and suitable for the selected type of thewater inlet connector 120. The outletwater passageway portion 200 defines acorresponding connector mount 204 at outlet opening 202 for thewater outlet connector 130. - Referring to
FIG. 7 , an exploded cross-sectional view of the manifold 140 illustrates additional aspects of the illustrative embodiment. Theinlet passageway portion 190 defines asensor coupling 198 between theinlet opening 192 and theoutlet opening 196 through which thesensor 230 can be releasably and sealingly coupled such that anelectrode element 231 of thesensor 230 is disposed within thewater passageway 300. - The
sensor coupling 198 can be interoperable with amount coupling 232 to provide releasable coupling of thesensor 230 with the inletwater passageway portion 190. In the illustrated embodiment, themount coupling 232 is a mounting ring positionable over and around thesensor 230 to fasten withsensor coupling 198, for example using releasable fasteners, such as threaded fasteners. With releasable fasteners, thesensor 230 can be later detached for replacement if reconstruction of thecartridge 100 is later desired. The interface of thesensor 230,mount coupling 232, and thesensor coupling 198 may include sealing surfaces and/or sealing devices, for example gaskets or O-rings. - The
sensor coupling 198 or another portion ofinlet passageway portion 190 may also define asensor alignment feature 199 that interacts with an alignment feature (not shown) of thesensor 230 to provide alignment of theelectrode element 231 within thewater passageway 300. For example, it is been found advantageous to align theelement 231 so that the planar surface is parallel to the direction of waterflow within thewater passageway 300, thereby reducing the magnitude of change in pressure, velocity, vortices, and other disturbances to fluid flow that would be induced if installed oblique or perpendicular to the waterflow direction. - The outlet
water passageway portion 200 defines structures corresponding to those of inletwater passageway portion 190 discussed above, includingconnector mount 204 couplingwater outlet connector 130 atoutlet opening 202,sensor couplings outlet sensor water passageway 300 waterflow direction. - Minimizing of disturbances to waterflow is important for the ozonate waterflow 25 as it passes by
sensor elements - In the illustrative embodiment, the inlet
water passageway portion 190 is coupled to theouter conduit 160 providing a fluid connection between theoutlet opening 196 and theinlet opening 164. Features of anoutlet coupling 197 andinlet coupling 162 which joinportion 190 andconduit 160 together may provide a releasable coupling, for example, by using threaded fasteners or other releasable devices. Theoutlet coupling 197 andinlet coupling 162 may define ceiling surfaces using with or with sealing devices such as gaskets or O-rings, and may provide a support structure for thefirst end 181 of theinner conduit 180, as is illustrated inFIGS. 6 and 7 . - In the illustrated embodiment, the outlet
water passageway portion 200 is coupled to theouter conduit 160 and optionally to theinner conduit 180, providing a fluid connection between theflow confluence chamber 144 and theinlet opening 206. Additionally, features of theoutlet coupling 166 and theinlet coupling 207 which joinportion 200 andconduits outlet coupling 166 and theinlet coupling 207 may define ceiling surfaces using with or with sealing devices such as gaskets or O-rings, and may provide a support structure for thesecond end 187 of theinner conduit 180 which also closes off and seals theannulus 176 adjacent the second end of the inner andouter conduits FIG. 6 . - Referring to
FIGS. 4-7 , each of the ozone generating cells 210 a-d are releasably coupled with the centralwater passageway portion 150, for example with a cell mount coupling 170 defined by theouter conduit 160 and corresponding mount coupling 220 of the ozone generating cell 210 a-d. For example, in the illustrated embodiment of the manifold 140, the cell mount couplings 170 a-d of theouter conduit 160 are threaded pipe nipples extending about each of the coupling openings 172 a-d. The corresponding mount couplings 220 a-d in the illustrated embodiment comprises a corresponding threaded cap that with the mount couplings 170 a-d, provide releasable coupling of the ozone generating cells 210 a-d to themanifold 140. Advantageously, when secured, a portion of the ozone generating cells 210 a-d, for example distal end of the generating portions 212 a-d, each fluidly seals with the respective cell opening 182 a-d of theinner conduit 180, for example against sealing surfaces 184 a-d, and may use a seal 185 a-d, for example, a gasket or O-ring. - An advantage of the
cartridge 100 according to the present disclosure is how compactly ozone generating cells 210 andsensors 230 and 240 can be housed and coupled with thewater passageway 300 for ozonating the waterflow. For example, by minimizing the length of thewater passageway 300, losses in ozone concentration is minimized. One aspect of minimizing the length of thewater passageway 300 is the coaxial arrangement of the centralwater passageway portion 150, including the parallel water passageways 302 a-d arrangement that the coaxial arrangement enables. Another aspect of minimizing the length is locating more than one ozone generating cell 210 along the same circumferential arc 158 (defined by axes 156 a-b), as illustrated inFIG. 7 andFIG. 8C . For example,cell mount coupling 170 a is located at anangular axis 156 a of +90 degrees along thecircumferential arc 158, andcell mount coupling 170 b is located at anangular axis 156 b of −90 degrees along thecircumferential arc 158. Optionally, additional ozone generating cells 210 can be located along the samecircumferential arc 158, or alternatively or additional along the circumferential arc on whichcell mount couplings 170 c-d are located. - The various components of the manifold 140 may be constructed, for example molded from rigid materials not susceptible to breakdown from water and ozone, for example, polysulfone (PSU), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), or 40% glass fiber reinforced polyphenylene sulphide (PPS). In other embodiments, the manifold 140 may be comprised of a unitary structure or a structure divided into portions or subcomponents differently than is described herein for the illustrative embodiment and as may be desirable for manufacturing, assembly, operational or reconstruction.
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electrical connector 250 can be electrically coupled to or mounted directly to acircuit board 252 and is coupled to anelectrical connector 26 of the electrical system (not shown) of theozone sanitation device 10. Thecircuit board 252 may include a memory device, for example for identification data for thecartridge 100 and/or the associatedozone sanitation device 10, or both, including for example a serial and/or model number and/or compatibility information betweengenerators 100 and dispensingdevice 10, and pairing of a specific serial number generator with a specific serial number dispensing device. Additionally, the memory device 254 may enable data logging of usage, including lifespan, error detection, and information concerning individual instances of use. Lifespan data may include calibration information, specifications, elapsed or remaining usage of individual ozone generating cells 210 and/or thegenerator 100, including based on, for example, hours, gallons of water, ozone volume, total power, and the like. Data logging may include transmission of usage information throughelectrical connector 250, for example to a personal computing device and/or remote server, and/or for local storage in the memory device 254. Additionally, a security device 256 be included as a separate device, or as a feature of the memory device 254. Security device 256 may include encryption, blockchain, or other secure feature to authenticate the source of manufacturing, or reconstruction of thecartridge 100, or the pairing ofcartridge 100 with a particularozone sanitation device 10 or other connected devices. - The
electrical connector 250 andcircuit board 252 receivepower signals 260 for driving the ozone generating cells 210 a-d and powering for thesensors 230 and 240 a-b, send sensor data signals 262 from the sensors, and send and/or receive security data signals 264 and logging data signals 266. In one embodiment,circuit board 252 includes a processor for providing control, security, data logging, or other functionality recited herein or otherwise known to a person of ordinary skill in the art for manufacturing, operating, repairing, and reconstructing thecartridge 100. An illustrative electrical connector and receptacle are the ET60S/ET60T signal and power combined series available from Samtec of New Albany, Ind. - Referring to
FIG. 4 , reconstruction of an expendedgenerator cartridge 100 can include, for example, separatinghousing 102, removing and replacing all degraded components, for example, generator cells 210 and/orsensors 230 and 240, cleaning those and other remaining components that can be reused, replacing remaining components as required, reassembly and closinghousing 102, rewriting memory andsecurity devices 252, 254, 256, and calibration and/or testing, for example, verifying that the reconstructedgenerator 100 provides the desiredaqueous ozone 25 concentration forwater 23 provided at a given flowrate with the expected current and voltages levels for each of thegenerator cells 120, including proper operation of anysensors 230 and 240. - Referring to
FIGS. 1, 1B and 2B , plug-in coupling of thecartridge 100 into acorresponding docking receptacle 20 of theozone sanitation device 10 requires proper orientation to ensure that theelectrical connector 250 and thewater inlet connector 120 andwater outlet connector 130 are not reversed with the corresponding connectors of the docking receptacle. One or both ofcartridge 100 and thedocking receptacle 20 can include orientation features that prevent coupling if the orientation is incorrect. For example, an guidance or orientation feature 110 at a first end of thehousing 102, in this example a recess or a protrusion, is located in the middle and the orientation features defined at an opposite end of the housing 102 (not shown) are located away from the middle. Corresponding guidance and/or orientation features 28 of thedocketing receptacle 20 are interoperable with orientation features 110 to prevent plugging of thecartridge 100 into thedocking receptacle 20 unless oriented and/or positioned correctly to result in proper water connections. - Alternatively, different size, shape, or other configuration of the
water inlet connector 120 and thewater outlet connector 130 and their associatedconnectors docking receptacle 20 can be used to ensure proper orientation and prevent a reverse connection. Similarly, oriented mechanical features of theelectrical connector 250 or the associatedsplash guard 107 could alternatively be used to ensure correct orientation.Housing 102 may also define recesses and/or protrusions, for example orientation features 110 d to additionally or alternative operate with features of thedocking station 20 to prevent improper orientation and reversed connections. - Advantageously, a
splash guard 107 as illustrated inFIG. 12B may be defined by thehousing 102 to theprotect connector 250 from any water splashes resulting from plugging in or unplugging thecartridge 100 with theozone sanitation device 10. - Referring to
FIG. 1B , to enable plugging and unpluggingcartridge 100 into adocking receptacle 20 using a singular axis motion, thewater inlet connector 120 defines alongitudinal axis 128 that is oriented parallel with alongitudinal axis 138 of thewater outlet connector 130. The corresponding fixedwater supply connector 22 andozonated water connector 24 similarly are aligned and are properly spaced to engageconnectors connection axis 258 of theelectrical connector 250 is also farewell to thelongitudinal axes 128 in 138 of thewater connectors - Advantageously, each of the three pair of connectors, 22 and 120, 24 and 130, and 250 and 26 are selected to enable pluggable engagement using a singular direction of motion, for example, along
longitudinal axis - Additionally, and advantageously, a
locking mechanism 116 of thecartridge 100 can operably cooperate with alocking mechanism 30 of thedocking receptacle 20 so thatcartridge 100 auto-locks into position relative to thedocking receptacle 20, ensuringcorresponding connectors release mechanism 32 associated with the docking receptacle or arelease mechanism 118 associated with thecartridge 100 can be manually actuated to disengagelocking mechanisms - For example, the
water connector 22 may include locking clips that automatically spring into position when engaged and engagingly interfere with anengagement feature 126 of thewater inlet connector 120, thereby fluidly coupling theconnectors release mechanism release mechanism cartridge 100 to be pulled alongaxes cartridge 100 to be removed from thedocking receptacle 30, for example, to be replaced with a new or reconstructedcartridge 100. For example, commercially available connectors such as valved coupling insert part number HFCD261235BSPP and valved panel mount coupling body part number HFCD16835V, both available from Colder Product Company of Saint Paul, Minn. - Advantageously, the
opening 122 of thewater connector 120 can be sealed by a springbiased valve 124 whenconnector 120 is disengage from thewater supply connector 22, thereby retaining water within themanifold 140. Similarly, theopening 132 of thewater connector 130 can be sealed by a springbiased valve 134 whenconnector 130 is disengaged from correspondingconnector 24, thereby retaining water within themanifold 140. The sealing by valves to retain water withinmanifold 140 can be advantageous when one or more sensors must remain wetted to avoid degrading. - Advantageously, as illustrated in
FIGS. 9 and 12A -B, thehousing 102 may define recesses or other features to aid in grasping and holdingcartridge 100, for example, with a single hand. For example,housing 102 defines a finger hold 108 a on a first side and a thumb hold 108 b on an adjacent side, thereby facilitating the plugging and unplugging ofcartridge 100 withdocking receptacle 20. - Relating to ensuring proper ozone concentration is provided, it is important to ensure that components of
cartridge 100 that are manufactured to specification, tested, and calibrated before being put into service are not tampered with or replaced with incompatible, untested or noncalibrated components to would prevent improper ozone concentration from being detected by theozone sanitation device 10cartridge 100 is used with. Therefore, access to thehousing 102 may be limited by or detectable by security features. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , thehousing 102, includinghousing sides feature 112, for example, threaded fasteners, or permanently secured, for example using an adhesive, via molding, or the like. If releasably secured, as is the case for the illustrative embodiment, atampering device 114 may be associated with thehousing 102. For example, thehousing 102 or contents therein may include a frangible portion. Additionally or alternatively, a tamper evident label may be positioned over one or more of security features 112 that must be accessed to open thehousing 102. Additionally or alternatively, a digital device, for example the security device 256 of thecircuit board 252, shown inFIG. 3 , may be configured to electromechanically or electrooptically detect tampering, particularly the separating of thehousing sides ozone sanitation device 10 after lifetime usage or an error is detected and stored, or if tampering is detected and stored. Alternatively or additionally, the security device 256 may prevent thecartridge 100 from by used with adevice 10 different than the one for which it was prepared. - In one embodiment, in the absence of a
sensor 130 and 240 a-b populating one or more of the sensor mounts 198 and 208 a-b, the mount is populated with a sealing plug 228 to fluidly seal themanifold 140. Similarly, in one embodiment, for example embodiments requiring a lower cost or a lower ozone concentration, one or more of the cell mount couplings 170 a-d is populated with a sealing plug 228, which provides a seal across opening 172 a-d and 182 a-d, thereby closing off one or more of the parallel water passageways 302 a-d and ensuring a waterflow through thewater passageway 300 flow through one of the ozone generating cells 210 a-d. - While the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the foregoing drawings and description, the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only illustrative embodiments thereof have been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims and summary are desired to be protected.
Claims (20)
1. 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 one ozone generating 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 one ozone generating cell; 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.
2. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 1 , wherein 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.
3. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 2 , wherein portions of at least one pair of the water inlet connector and a corresponding water supply connector of the delivery device, and the aqueous ozone outlet connector and a corresponding ozonated water inlet connector of the delivery device, define the releasable locking mechanism.
4. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 3 , wherein the releasable locking mechanism is auto-locking upon engagement of at least one pair of the water inlet connectors to the water supply connector and the aqueous ozone outlet connector to the ozonated water inlet connector.
5. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the water inlet connector and the aqueous ozone outlet connector each include a spring actuated valve to prevent fluid flow therethrough when uncoupled from corresponding connectors of the aqueous ozone delivery device.
6. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the water inlet connector and aqueous ozone outlet connector are located non-coaxially.
7. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the water inlet connector and aqueous ozone outlet connector form a single connector body engageable respectively with a water supply connector and an ozonated water inlet connector of the delivery device.
8. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 1 , further comprising an electrical connector electrically coupled to the at least one ozone generating cell and defining a connection axis parallel with the first and second longitudinal axes.
9. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 8 , wherein the water inlet connector, the aqueous ozone outlet connector, and the electrical connector can be simultaneously engaged with the aqueous ozone delivery device by movement of the ozone generating cartridge in the first direction.
10. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 1 , further comprising:
a housing enclosing at least one of the water ozonating manifold and the at least one ozone generating cell;
and wherein the at least one ozone generating cell includes a plurality of ozone generating cells fluidly coupled with the water ozonating manifold to provide a separate waterflow path through a generating portion of each of the plurality of ozone generating cells.
11. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 10 , further comprising an electrical connector; and wherein the housing defines a splash guard for shielding the electrical connector from water from at least one of the water inlet connector and aqueous ozone outlet connector upon engagement or disengagement of the ozone generator cartridge from the aqueous water delivery device.
12. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 10 , further comprising 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.
13. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 12 , wherein the electrical connector defines the orientation feature.
14. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 12 , wherein the housing defines the orientation feature.
15. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the water inlet connector and the aqueous ozone outlet connector define the orientation feature.
16. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 10 , further comprising:
an electrical connector coupled to the housing and defining a separate power supply connection for each of the plurality of ozone generating cells, thereby enabling enable selective control of each of the plurality of ozone generating cells; and
memory device enclosed by the housing and electrically coupled with the electrical connector; and
wherein the memory device enables at least one of cartridge usage data logging and storage of cartridge identity data.
17. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 16 , further comprising a security device electrically coupled with the electrical connector and enabling the aqueous water delivery device to authenticate at least one of a manufacturer and a reconstructor of the cartridge.
18. The ozone generator cartridge of claim 17 , wherein the security device comprises a digital device.
19. 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;
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;
a plurality of ozone generating cells fluidly coupled with the water ozonating manifold to provide waterflow through a generating portion of each of the plurality of ozone generating cells, each of the plurality of ozone generating cells including an anode and a cathode;
an electrical connector coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the plurality of ozone generating cells, the electrical connector defining a connection axis; and
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 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 engaged with the aqueous ozone delivery device by movement of the ozone generating cartridge in the first direction.
20. 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;
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;
a plurality of ozone generating cells fluidly coupled with the water ozonating manifold to provide waterflow through a generating portion of each of the plurality of ozone generating cells, each of the plurality of ozone generating cells including an anode and a cathode; and
an electrical connector coupled to the housing at the first side and electrically coupled to the plurality of ozone generating cells, the electrical connector defining a connection axis; and
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 engaged with the aqueous ozone delivery device by movement of the housing along the connection axis; and
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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