Simple Ozone Generator Purifies Air in Home

SCREEN WIRE OVER WOOD FRAME

WOOD BASE

5,000 OR 7,500-VOLT,
LUMINOUS-SIGN
TRANSFORMER

SWITCH

BATTERY JAR USED 4 TUMBLERS

INSTEAD OF TUM-
BLERS IF TRANS. HAS
SECONDARY VOLTAGE
OVER 7,500 VOLTS
CARDBOARD HOLDS
INSIDE SCREEN
OUTSIDE SCREEN
GLASS TUMBLER
WOOD BASE
INSIDE SCREEN
This inexpensive ozonator will quickly
freshen the air in a room or destroy un-
pleasant odors. Ozone, which is produced
by the generator, is a form of oxygen that
is unusually active. The odor of ozone of-
ten is noticeable after a thunder storm
when lightning produces it from oxygen in
the air. In its simplest form, which is ade-
quate to purify the air in an average room,
the ozonator consists of a luminous-sign
transformer of 5,000 to 7,500 volts having
the secondary or output side of the trans-
former wired to a couple of screen-wire
sleeves on a glass tumbler, which serves as
an insulator between them. Because of the
tendency of high-tension current, which
CONNECTED
IN PARALLEL
the transformer produces, to arc through
the air between closely spaced wires or
electrodes, the lead wires must be kept
at least 2 in. apart, and the screen wire
sleeves must be located at least 2 in. from
the top of the tumbler. The outside sleeve
is held on the glass by friction of a close
fit on the slightly tapered sides of the
glass, and the inside sleeve is kept in
place by a rolled piece of cardboard. For
an ozonator of greater capacity, four glass
tumblers wired in parallel can be used as
indicated in the lower right-hand detail.
If an ozonator to take care of several
rooms is desired, larger containers, such
as glass battery jars, can be substituted
for the tumblers. A transformer having an
output greater than 7,500 volts is needed
to operate the larger ozonator. A wire-
screen enclosure, the top of which can be
opened, prevents any danger of receiving
shocks.—J. F. Weber, Mauston, Wis.