Patent ID: 7383661

Claim:
A mushroom house comprising an enclosure, at least one mushroom growing receptacle in said enclosure, an ozone generator assembly, ozone distributing structure communicating with said ozone generator assembly, and said ozone distributing structure being located in said enclosure and having at least one discharge outlet exposed to an open portion of the interior of said enclosure externally of and spaced from said at least one receptacle to feed ozone into and throughout said interior of said enclosure and to thereby sterilize said interior of said enclosure with the ozone flowing freely throughout said interior of said enclosure and the flow of ozone being around said at least one receptacle wherein said ozone generator assembly is located externally of said enclosure, an inlet in a wall of said enclosure, said ozone distributing structure including a hose between said ozone generator assembly and said inlet, and an air outlet in said enclosure for discharging air from said enclosure which had been displaced by ozone entering said enclosure, wherein said ozone distributing structure within said enclosure communicates with said inlet and has multiple spaced discharge outlets for discharging ozone at multiple locations within said enclosure including at the top of said enclosure, and wherein said ozone distributing structure includes a hose within said enclosure mounted at said inlet and communicating with a plenum in said enclosure, said plenum having a heat pump and a blower to facilitate the feeding of the ozone into a manifold having said spaced discharge outlets at spaced locations within said enclosure.