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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Shinichi Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiko Fukuzuka, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Nagayoshi, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Miyashita, Osaka, JP;
Omega Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
It is a compact water purification/sterilization method and its device with a high electrolytic efficiency in which even though it is used continuously for a long period of time in order to purify and sterilize water with low electrical conductivity such as the water from a swimming pool, bathtub, pond, 24-hour bath, farming tank or AC, there is no deterioration or breakage of the electrodes or deformation of the plastic case for the electrolyzing device due to heat, and even if the electrical flow per electrode surface area is increased, it provides superior long-term endurance performance. Barrel-shaped (cylindrical-shaped) anodes and cathodes are arranged alternately in a concentric manner in layers at given inter-electrode intervals. The anode is a ferrite rod with a long hole along the center axis direction or a ferrite pipe, and in the hole, heating so that it has fluidity, or mercury, which is liquid at ordinary temperature, is filled, in advance, fills a low-melting point metal. Then, a conductive metal terminal body is inserted so that the contact area between the terminal and the ferrite electrode is sufficient, and, additionally, the conductivity at the contact portion is increased. This electrolyzing device is directly immersed in the water and electrolysis is carried out.