Patent ID: 7510322

Claim:
A cavitation system, comprising: a cavitation chamber; a cavitation fluid reservoir coupled to said cavitation chamber via a first conduit; means for forming a first gas-tight and liquid-tight separation between a first chamber volume and a second chamber volume within said cavitation chamber, wherein during cavitation system operation a cavitation fluid is contained within said second chamber volume and said first chamber volume is devoid of said cavitation fluid, and wherein said first separation forming means further comprises a first rigid reflector and a first flexible member coupling the first rigid reflector to an inside surface of said cavitation chamber; means for forming a second gas-tight and liquid-tight separation between said second chamber volume and a third chamber volume within said cavitation chamber, wherein during cavitation system operation said third chamber volume is devoid of said cavitation fluid, and wherein said second separation forming means further comprises a second rigid; reflector and a second flexible member coupling the second rigid reflector to said inside surface of said cavitation chamber; a second conduit coupling said first chamber volume to said third chamber volume and to a region within said cavitation fluid reservoir, wherein said region is located above a liquid free surface within said cavitation fluid reservoir; and at least one acoustic driver coupled to said cavitation chamber.