Patent ID: 6342154
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: C02F

Abstract:
An assembly for purifying water, the assembly comprising:(a) a tube for carrying the water, the tube having an upstream end and a downstream end; (b) means for introducing ozone into the tube at an ozone introduction point within the tube for carrying water; (c) ozone dissolving means situated between the ozone introduction point and the downstream end of the tube for carrying water; (d) a bubble separator column having a water input port, a water output port, an upper water level, and a lower water level, the downstream end of the tube for carrying water being positioned so that water emitting therefrom may pass through the water input port; and (e) water level hysteresis inducing means adapted for causing the bubble separator column to continuously alternately fill and purge between the upper and lower water levels.