IP Library Granted Patent US 7,090,753
Granted Patent B2
US 7,090,753 · App. 10/242,779 · Granted Aug 15, 2006

Electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment, and method for producing the same and use of the same

Assignee: Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,090,753
App. No.
10/242,779
Granted
Aug 15, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an electrolytic cell, which can efficiently produce, charged water having an excellent performance of improving surface cleaning or treatment of an object, e.g., semiconductor, glass, or resin and of cleaning and sterilizing medical device. The electrolytic cell of the present invention is for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment, including the cathode chamber 41 and anode chamber 50 , fluorinated cation-exchange membrane 46 provided to separated these chambers from each other, cathode 44 closely attaché to the cation-exchange membrane 45 on the side facing the cathode chamber 41 , and middle chamber 48 filled with the cation-exchange resin 46 , provided on the other side of The cation-exchange membrane 46 , the cation-exchange resin 46 being arranged in such a way to come into contact with the fluorinated cation-exchange membrane 45 , wherein the feed water is passed into the middle chamber 48 and passed thorough The anode chamber 50 to be recovered as the charged anode water.

Claims (20)

1. An electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment, comprising cathode, middle and anode chambers, a fluorinated cation-exchange membrane provided to separate cathode and middle chambers from each other, a cathode closely attached to the cation-exchange membrane on the side facing the cathode chamber, and a middle chamber filled with fluorinated cation-exchange resins, provided on the other side of the cation-exchange membrane, the cation-exchange resins being arranged in such a way to come into contact with the fluorinated cation-exchange membrane in the cathode chamber side and with the anode in the anode chamber side, wherein the feed water is fed into the middle chamber and passed through the fluorinated cation-exchange resins to be recovered as the charged anode water.

2. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 1 , wherein a porous anode is provided, and said middle chamber has an inlet but no outlet for the feed water to be treated and said anode chamber has an outlet for the treated water but no inlet for the feed water.

3. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 2 , wherein holes in said porous anode have a total area of 10% or more of a whole electrode area.

4. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 2 , wherein said electrode has an ineffective area, which has no contribution to electrolysis, of 10% or more of the whole electrode area.

5. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 2 , wherein a mechanism of controlling position of said anode in the direction of current passing towards said cation-exchange resins is provided.

6. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 2 , wherein said cation-exchange resin is fluorinated.

7. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 1 , wherein said electrode has an ineffective area, which has no contribution to electrolysis, of 10% or more of the whole electrode area.

8. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 7 , wherein a mechanism of controlling position of said anode in the direction of current passing towards said cation-exchange resins is provided.

9. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 7 , wherein said cation-exchange resin is fluorinated.

10. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 1 , wherein a mechanism of controlling position of said anode in the direction of current passing towards said cation-exchange resins is provided.

11. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 10 , wherein said cation-exchange resin is fluorinated.

12. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 1 , wherein said cation-exchange resin is fluorinated.

13. An electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment, comprising cathode, middle and anode chambers, a first fluorinated cation-exchange membrane provided to separate the cathode and middle chambers from each other, a cathode closely attached to the cation-exchange membrane on the side facing the cathode chamber, cation exchange resins contained in the middle chamber and arranged to come into contact with the cation-exchange membrane on the opposite side facing the middle chamber, a second fluorinated cation-exchange membrane provided between the middle and anode chambers, fluorinated cation-exchange resins contained in the space between the second fluorinated cation-exchange membrane and the anode, wherein the feed water is passed over the anode surface and electrolytic water discharged from the anode chamber is recovered as the charged anode water.

14. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 13 , wherein a fluorinated cation-exchange membrane is arranged in said middle chamber to divide the chamber into a first middle chamber on the cathode chamber side and a second middle chamber on the anode chamber side.

15. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 14 , wherein said electrode has an ineffective area, which has no contribution to electrolysis, of 10% or more of the whole electrode area.

16. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 14 , wherein a mechanism of controlling position of said anode in the direction of current passing towards said cation-exchange resins is provided.

17. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 14 , wherein said cation-exchange resin is fluorinated.

18. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 13 , wherein said electrode has an ineffective area, which has no contribution to electrolysis, of 10% or more of the whole electrode area.

19. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 13 , wherein a mechanism of controlling position of said anode in the direction of current passing towards said cation-exchange resins is provided.

20. The electrolytic cell for producing charged anode water suitable for surface cleaning or treatment according to claim 13 , wherein said cation-exchange resin is fluorinated.

Assignments (8)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 5, 2017
From: OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC.
To: SONOMA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 041257/0375 →
RELEASE OF LIEN Recorded Feb 24, 2015
From: VENTURE LENDING & LEASING V, INC.
To: OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035090/0111 →
RELEASE OF LIEN Recorded Feb 24, 2015
From: VENTURE LENDING & LEASING VI, INC.
To: OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035090/0143 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2011
From: OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC.
To: VENTURE LENDING & LEASING V, INC.
Reel/Frame 026619/0196 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 7, 2011
From: OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC.
To: VENTURE LENDING & LEASING VI, INC.
Reel/Frame 026619/0235 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2006
From: SUMITA, OSAO
To: OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC.
Reel/Frame 018195/0599 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2003
From: COHERENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC.
Reel/Frame 014741/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2002
From: SUMITA, OSAO
To: COHERENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 013526/0094 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-279624 · Sep 14, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
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