Improvements in and applicable to Means for Electrically Obtain- ing Ozone and Employing-the-same for Curative and other Purposes."
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Nov., 1897-Accepted, 11th Dec., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and applicable to Means for Electrically Obtain-
ing Ozone and Employing-the-same for Curative and other
Purposes."
I ERNEST BÖHM of 5, Boxworth Grove, Barnsbury, London N. Electrician, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in and applicable to means for
electrically obtaining ozone and employing the same for curative and other
purposes.
In carrying this invention into practice I employ a glass vacuum tube and
internally thereof I enclose a gauze or woven sheet (rolled round to cylindrical
form) of electrically conductive metal which is connected with a contact wire or
loop of wire, serving as an electric connection, and the same being "blown in "
and carried out through the end of the glass tube in ordinary manner for such
connecting wires thus constituting one electrode of the electrical circuit within
the tube and affording large area of surface for the electric action.
According to a modification of this, interwoven or twisted spirals or a spiral
of conductive metal wire may be employed inside the tube to constitute this
electrode of the electric current.
Outside the said tube I apply a gauze or woven wire cylinder or sleeve which
will accommodate itself in its points of contact with the outer surface of the glass
tube, whatever inequalities or irregularities thereof may exist, and thus the
requisite contact will be secured at the same time that a greatly increased area of
electric action is obtained. To this external casing will be connected the opposite
pole of the electrical circuit.
In further employing this improved construction of azone tube I enclose the
same in a secondary glass container having openings or holes for plugs or a
mouth piece or union tube extensions so that the electric current wires may be
carried out through corks or plugs inserted in the holes, as provided, leaving, for
instance a mouth piece as the outlet for use for inhalation purposes, or otherwise
a union may be made with a discharge orifice of the secondary container tube and
a jet or spray-piece or a cup so that the ozone generated may be controlled,
discharged or utilized directly for the purposes required whether for therapeutic,
curative or other purposes.
The difficulty of the expansion and contraction of the through wire of azone
tubes heretofore used and causing fracture thereof is entirely avoided.

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Improvements in and applicable to Means for Electrically Obtain -
ing Ozone and Employing the same for Curative and other
Purposes."
I, ERNEST BÖHM of 5, Boxworth Grove, Barnsbury, London, N. Electrician, da
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in and applicable to means for
electrically obtaining ozone and employing the same for curative and other
purposes.
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In carrying this invention into practice I employ a glass vacuum tube and
internally thereof I enclose a gauze or woven sheet of electrically conductive metal
which is connected with a contact wire or loop of wire serving as an electric con-
nection and the same being blown-in" and carried out through the end of the
glass tube, in ordinary manner for such connecting wires, thus constituting ono
electrode of the electric circuit within the tube, and affording a large area of
surface for the electric action.
or
According to a modification of this invention interwoven or twisted spirals
a spiral of conductive metal wire may be employed inside the tube to constitute
this electrode of the electrical current.
Outside the said tube I apply a gauze or woven wire cylinder or sleeve which
will accomodate itself in its points of contact with the outer surface of the glass
tube whatever irregularities or inequalities thereof may exist and thus the requisite
contact will be secured at the same time that a greatly increased area of electrio
action is obtained.
To this external electrode will be connected the opposite pole of the electrical
circuit.
In further employing this improved construction of ozone tube I enclose the
same in a secondary glass container having openings or holes for plugs, or a
mouth-piece or union-tube-extensions so that the electric current wires, may be
carried out through corks or plugs inserted in the holes as provided leaving, for
instance, a mouth-piece as the outlet for use for inhalation purposes; or, otherwise
a union may be made with a discharge orifice of the secondary container tube and
a jet or spray-piece so that the ozone generated may be controlled, discharged, or
utilized directly for the purposes required whether for therapeutic, curative or
other purposes.
The ordinary difficulty of expansion and contraction of the through wire of
ozone tubes heretofore used and causing fracture thereof is entirely avoided.
In order that the said Invention may be well understood there is annexed hereto
a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof and the same will be referred to in the
following description by figures and letters, like letters denoting corresponding
parts.
Fig. 1. is a side view of a tube according to this invention, mounted simply
upon a stand, the electrical connections and circuit wires being shown but without
connection with the source of electric supply.
Fig. 2, is an end view from right of Fig. 1.
Fig, 3, is a cross section of the ozone tube.
Fig. 4, represents a tube mounted on a box or cabinet case, fitted with battery
cells, induction coil and connected up in circuit suitable for chamber use or
transport.

page_text: air supply ball and valve is shown applied. It may be remarked here that in
cases where the ozone tubes are not enclosed the electric action takes effect upon,
the circumambient atmosphere, as is well understood.
It has not been thought necessary to illustrate the employment of twisted spirals
or a spiral electrode within the tube as before described as the expansion and
contraction of the enclosed electrode is amply provided for between the meshes
of the wire gauze as shown, and before described.
In some cases, for more powerful effects two or more of the improved tubes
may be mounted side by side or in "tier", so as to form a battery the respective
electrodes being properly connected up in circuit; and, if such battery be enclosed
in a container or chamber proper provision must be made for admission or forcing
in of air as required and for drawing off or discharging the ozone or ozonised air.
Referring to the drawings, a, is the glass vacuum tube. b, the internal electrode,
connected with the contact wire c. carried outside the tube a, at _cl_to_the-circuit-
wires ².
_d,_is_the-external electrode, consisting of the gauze cylinder substantially as
shown, and, indicate the points of connection with the circuit wires d
In Figs. 1 and 2, and in Fig. 4, the tubes a are held at their ends by pressure
between the spring fingers c³, d³; the holding piece ³, having a contact piece d',
serving to make contact with or between the outer electrode d, and the circuit
wire.
Referring to Fig. 5, the ozone tube is enclosed in a blown glass-container e,
in which it is seated and supported, said container, e, being shown fitted with a
stom e', for holding purposes. is a stopper through which the wire 2, is carried.
3, is a further neck and stopper through which the wire c², is carried. This
stopper e, also receives and accomodates the air supply tube f. et, is a discharge
opening for the ozone or ozonized-air; but, obviously, the detail of the enclosing
chamber may be modified as hereinbefore indicated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim:
First. In means for electrically obtaining ozone the improved clectrolytic tube
having the internal electrode b, c, and the external electrode d; constructed com-
bined and operating as and for the purpose herein set forth.
Secondly: In tubes for electrically obtaining ozone, the cylindrical elec-
trodes b, d, of wire-gauze or meshed wire the internal cylindrical electrode fitting.
to the interior of the tube and being connected with the contact wire c and the
external cylinder electrode d, conforming to the outer surface of the tube as and
for the purposes herein set forth.
Thirdly: In a tube for electrically obtaining ozone the combination of an
internal spirally arranged wire electrode, combined with an external gauze or
meshed wire electrode as and for the purposes described.
Fourthly. The improvements in means for electrically obtaining ozone by the
ozone tube a, b c, d, combined and arranged substantially as and for the purposes
herein described in reference to and shown by the respective figures of the
drawings.