Patent ID: 7060180

Claim:
An immersion facility such as a swimming pool, spa, hot tub, jetted tub or other similar facility including a sterilization system and comprising: a water pump for developing a flow of water between said immersion facility and said pump, said pump having an inlet coupled to said immersion facility and an outlet coupled to said immersion facility, a mixing device coupled to said flow of water and through which said water flows, an ozone generator coupled to said mixing device, a chemical sanitizer dispenser coupled to said mixing device, a contact length of tubing receiving said water from said mixing device to allow ozone and sanitizer to thoroughly mix with said flow of water, a bubble separator including a water reservoir coupled to said contact length for separating bubbles including ozone from said flow of water prior to said flow of water being returned to said immersion facility and providing outside air to gases including ozone from said bubbles and returning a mixture of said gases and said outside air to said ozone generator in a closed loop, whereby bubbles that may contain ozone are trapped by said bubble separator and not passed to said immersion facility, but rather are recycled to said ozone generator.