| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus (10) for sterilizing and/or disinfecting fluids. The apparatus comprises an ultraviolet light source, which includes an ultraviolet light bulb or lamp (12), a power source (24) providing power to the ultraviolet light bulb, and a non-glass or non-quartz protective sleeve, which surrounds the ultraviolet light bulb. The ultraviolet light bulb preferably includes a casing for holding a starting gas and a vaporizable material, and at least one electrode (16) electrically coupled to the power source for exciting the stating gas and vaporizable material within the casing. The casing is made of soft glass or quartz material, and the protective sleeve (26) is a fluoropolymer sleeve, which surrounds said casing. The fluoropolymer sleeve may comprise any suitable fluoropolymer material, such as Teflon3 product like PTFE, FEP, PFA, AF, TEFZEL3 ETGE, and the like. In addition, some silicon based material or other UV transmissive non-glass materials can be used for protective sleeve.</p> |
