The
sole purpose of this history is to familiarize
potential customers and business associates with
the extensive research that was conducted by my
late father, Nick Trikilis, by other researchers
involved with Ozone and by me.
Since
Nick Trikilis was the National Sales Manager
for Automatic Electrical Devices from 1946 to
1950,
his sale of Ozone producing machines under
the Trademark "HomOzone" was the basis for his
future patent of the ARAN™ generator.
In
1950, under my father’s company name, ELECTRO
PRODUCTS and ENGINEERING Co., all rights to
the HomOzone™ products
including the trademark, "HomOzone™" were
purchased and the company was moved from Cincinnati,
Ohio to Canton, Ohio. In 1953, my father incorporated "Aranair™ Corporation" and
moved the business to Wooster, Ohio.
My
father was a pioneer in an industry that by European
standards existed long before the United States
entertained the potential Ozone research as an
industry of the future.
Prior
to Ozone treatment of water in the United States,
the Europeans were purifying water in Paris before
World War II.
With
DuPont, Dow and Monsanto producing the chemical "Chlorine" for
water purification, most of the Ozone Research
was conducted by ordinary Medical Doctors (MD’s)
which was indirectly funded by companies wishing
to discourage the use of Ozone for water purification
purposes. This laid the foundation for governmental
intervention for the use of Ozone as a purifying
agent!
Nick
Trikilis was the Founder and President of ARANAIR™ Corporation
from 1953 to November of 1980. He was killed in
an automobile accident and subsequently ARANAIR™ Corporation
ceased to exist. From 1980 to 1988, I worked on
a patent improvement for the ARAN™ generator
and ultimately was able to discover a "new process" for
generating ARAN™ which made the manufacturing
of industrial water and air purification systems
possible.
The
Ozone Industry continued to progressively expand
and become an industry disproving the theory
that "OZONE
IS A HEALTH HAZARD." Many researchers dealing
with Ozone began changing the attitudes of
scientists
on a world-wide level, who were once against
the use of Ozone as a purifier, to an attitude
that
the salvation of the Earth may come from this
exceptional Oxygen Polymer.
As
my father’s patent was searched by the Patent
Office and granted a patent in 1965, the O4,
O5, O6, O7 , Ox etc.
created by the ARAN™ generator was a
significant breakthrough in the Air and Water Purification
Industry since ARAN™ was created without
splitting the Nitrogen molecule.
ARAN™ is
created by the Aran™ generator without
creating Oxides of Nitrogen!
Since
Ozone is created differently than ARAN™,
the formation of Oxides of Nitrogen (NO, NO2 and
N2 O2) is more often found
in Ozone-producing systems. When these Oxides of
Nitrogen combine with water vapor and rise into
the upper atmosphere, Acid Rain results from this
formation and contributes to the water pollution
and leaching of heavy metals into our water systems
as they are dissolved by the Acid Rain.
It
is abundantly clear that Ozone, without the
presence of Oxides of Nitrogen, is easily more
tolerable
and not harmful to human health when found
in "acceptable
quantities" in our atmosphere. In fact, after a "thunderstorm" we
often experience a "fresher, cleaner air" that
is invigorating. This is caused by the formation
of Ozone through this gigantic electrical "spark." Yet.
Oxides of Nitrogen are also formed and this
is not healthy to human beings.
Clark
Thorp, author of THE TOXICITY OF OZONE - A Report
and Bibliography, was the acting chairman of
the department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute
of Technology in Chicago when his investigation
of Ozone was reported in the Industrial Medicine
and Surgery Journal in February of 1950. Thorp
is considered to be the "Father of Modern Ozone
Research" since he was able to answer the many
questions concerning Ozone’s toxicity and its
effect on the human being.
It
was Thorp’s investigation of the oxides of
Nitrogen with Ozone that lead the way to clearing
Ozone
as a potential pollutant:
Excerpt
from "Reprint from Industrial Medicine and Surgery, 19:2,45-57, February,
1950
The
statement that Ozone is harmful to Human Health
is also very puzzling since, to my knowledge, I
have never heard of one incident, one ailment or
one episode of any person suffering from any health
problems attributed to Ozone in the past 35 years!
Our
government, through the FDA and EPA, have set "guidelines" which
made the presence of Ozone acceptable in industry
and public areas. Yet, there has not been one documented
incident related to a death caused by Ozone anywhere
in the government’s extensive research!
Furthermore,
it is clear that cigarettes cause cancer, and
that secondary smoke can be more harmful to a
non-smoker
than first hand smoke may be to a smoker. Yet,
the government is not too quick to "outlaw" cigarettes
or to restrict smoking to "SMOKING ROOMS ONLY" areas.
It
is interesting to note that throughout the
FDA’s
history, several drugs have been approved for
human use only later to have been found to be
hazardous
to human health.
More
often than not, an "engineer" that is well read
on Government Bulletins will object to the presence
of Ozone, because they have "read" someplace that
Ozone is "hazardous" to human health. Yet, several
of these "engineers" will be either smokers,
or users of alcoholic beverages and will not
recognize
that the substances they are either smoking
or drinking are destroying their body. Yet,
they are
the first people to be influenced by an OSHA
Bulletin created by a government official that
has less
knowledge about Ozone than the average high
school chemistry student!
In
1992, the American Medical Association published
information that stated, " nearly 28% of all
Cancer of the Intestines and 18% of all Cancer
of the
Bladder was caused by the drinking of Chlorinated
Water."
In
1984, the West German Swimming Team refused to
swim in the Olympic Pool in Los Angeles because
of the chlorinated water system.
Yet,
again today, chlorine is the number one method
used by the United States for purification of water!
Today,
after nearly fifty years, more companies are producing
Ozone Purification Systems in the United States
than in any other country in the world.
From
1953 to 1965, Nick Trikilis invented the ARAN™ generator
which was patented in 1965. His patent stated
that only the Oxygen molecule was separated
and reformed
in a "new" molecule that was greater than the Ozone
molecule. Ozone has three (3) atoms of Oxygen and
is generally formed by either electric spark or
Ultra-Violet Light. In the upper atmosphere better
known as the Ozone Layer, the Ultra-Violet Rays
from our Sun create the Ozone which forms the "protective
layer of visible blue air" which surrounds
our Earth.
This
Ozone Layer is a reflective "shield" which
absorbs and/or deflects the most harmful Ultra-Violet
Rays
from our Sun.
We
measure the thickness of this "layer" using
Ultra-Violet Light Detectors which measures
the amount of Ultra-Violet
Light penetrating the Earth through the Ozone
Layer. This penetration, when significantly
high, causes
people with sensitive skin to burn and potentially
can cause melanomas (Skin Cancers) which are
Life Threatening!
It
is generally this same test that is used to
detect the amount of Ozone in a city’s atmosphere, and
when the "ozone levels" are considered to be significantly "high," the
EPA will send bulletins out through the radio stations
notifying the public of this "dangerously high
concentration."
It
is for this reason that I feel it necessary to
inform the readers of this history about the misconceptions
perpetrated upon the public and to update the information
concerning Ozone and our product, ARAN™.
In
1963, a Utah Distributor of ARANAIR™ CORPORATION
used a testimonial letter sent to my father
as "proof" that
the ARANAIR™ units had therapeutic value
in helping Asthmatics breathe easier without medication.
This
misrepresentation by a distributor caused the FDA
to impound all the Air Purifiers in Utah and to
send Federal Marshalls to Wooster, Ohio, and close
ARANAIR™ CORPORATION!
For
nearly two years, Nick Trikilis, through his
attorney, George Tzangas, fought the FDA in the
Case "U.S.
Pure Food & Drug vs. Aranair™" at
great expense to Aranair™ Corporation.
After
Aranair™’s successful endeavor,
the attorney wrote Aranair™ Corporation
indicating that ARANAIRE™ WAS
NOT HARMFUL TO HUMAN HEALTH!
"This
office diligently worked and succeeded in proving
to
the U.S. Pure Food & Drug Administration that
your product
is NOT
HARMFUL OR DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH. (emphasis
added by T.N. Trikilis) We won our case after great
amounts
of work and expenses incurred in the expedition
of our
work..."
Very
truly yours, George J. Tzangas
(excerpt
from attorney’s letter to Aranair™ Corp.,
July 24, 1964)
While
the time and expense was incurred by ARANAIR™ CORPORATION,
the FDA made no effort to reimburse the company
for its defensive action!
While
there are many "experts" stating that ARAN™ as
O4 , O5 , O6,
O7, etc., cannot and does not exist,
a Japanese physicist, Dr.Uozumi, through "balanced
mathematical and chemical equations," revealed
that airborne Oxygen, when exposed to dense,
high velocity electron plasma (without any
heat from
electrode sparking), will form into higher
atomic groupings like O10.
This
is through alterations in the individual atomic
valences of the Oxygen Atom. Once this "Super Oxygen" is
released, it very rapidly tries to return to
the more stable O2. In its rapidly decaying
from O10 down to O9, O8,
O7, O6, O5, O4,
O3, and O2, it randomly gives
off electrons that encounter other previously unaffected
Oxygen molecules, and impacts them, giving them
some of its secondary free electrons. These Oxygen
molecules are transformed by (this process into
higher forms, from O9, O8,
O7, to O8, O7,
etc., which in turn break down into O7,
O6 , O5 , etc., also
releasing electrons and creating other higher
forms, which
then break down and give off electrons, etc...,"
As
illustrated by Dr. Uozumi’s studies, ARAN™ is
a process that is self-sustaining and continues
to break down and regroup because of the intense
energy required in creating the ARAN™ molecule!
Dr.
Uozurni is not the only scientist to acknowledge
higher allotropic forms of Oxygen other than Ozone
(O3). In 1943, Herman W. Schuette,
from St. Louis, Missouri, received a patent
for producing "Octozone" (O8,
O6 , O4 ,) sometimes
called "Heavy
Oxygen" which he stated could be used in many
cases to aid in various medical conditions
from Sinusitis
to prostatitis, gonorrhea and anthrax.
Dr.
Manfred Curry. The noted German scientist,
discusses "Aran™" in
his "Bioklimatik" as early as 1946 stating
that higher forms of Oxygen other than O2 can
be found in the upper stratosphere. Areas where
air is unaffected by pollutants will often have
other allotropic forms of Oxygen ranging from Ozone
(O3) to heavier Oxygen forms such as
O4 ,O5 , O6, OX!
In
Van Nostrand’s SCIENTIFIC ENCYCLOPEDIA,
Fifth Edition, identifies Oxygen (O4 ),
as the" rare, very unstable, non-magnetic,
pale-blue O4 ."
An
Encyclopedia printed by the R.R.Donnelley & Sons
Co., reference is made to the Oxygen Molecule,
O4, stating that "the least volatile
portions of liquid ozone contains a denser gas
of great chemical activity to which the name "oxozone" has
been given with the molecular formula O4.
Their source for this information being attributed
to C.D. Harries, 1911!
As
late as 1970, the existence of higher allotropic
forms of Oxygen were still being questioned. Aranair™ Corporation
provide for a Model LR air purifier to Campbell
and Associates, an outside Engineering Firm, for
testing. The results of their testing are noted
hereafter:
"Results:
Gas emitted and weighed shows to have molecular
weight about six times heavier than oxygen.
Gas combined in oxidation five times faster
than, oxygen. The flame tests shows ranges
to be greater than Ozone and to be in the
Pentoxide Range meaning O5 or
ARAN™ as described by the company."
Just
as Ozone ( O3) is different from Oxygen
(O2 ), ARAN™ is different
than Ozone. Yet, an "over-the-counter" Public Corporation
called "Medizone." has obtained a patent (#4,632,980)
for medical treatment using Ozone as its "medicine." It
also obtained a FDA I.N.D. (investigative New Drug)
status, which gives them sole rights to: "The
use of ozone in the inactivation of lipid envelope
viruses within blood and blood products that
may
be returned to a mammalian host."
Just
as there are individuals that claim Hydrogen Peroxide
(H2 O2 ) if taken orally
in very dilute amounts will help keep the human
body free of bacteria and disease, the use of Ozone
either taken anally or intravenously is touted
by many users of Ozone as the panacea for most
human ailments.
Since
ARAN™ is very concentrated Oxygen molecules,
it is easy to see that an average person breathing
normal mixtures of air will require less breaths
when breathing ARAN™ to achieve the
same results. Yet, it is very often the person
that has been smoking or breathing foul air that
is the first to complain about the "odor of Aran™" as
their lungs are saturated with by-products of
their smoking or polluted work place and the
oxidation
effect of ARAN™ in the atmosphere
is now performing the same task in that individual’s
lungs!
Too
much ARAN™ has an "arresting effect" on
a person’s lungs if they are exposed too long
or to too much ARAN™. Remember, the
body will only absorb so many molecules of Oxygen
in
performing its respiration, and too much Oxygen
in the Human System will have the same effect
as too much Oxygen in a Fighter Pilot’s Oxygen
Mask. Fortunately, the ARAN™ machine has a
dial that allows the owner to adjust the machine
to fit the concentration of pollution that may
be present.
When
adjusting any ARAN™ machine, it is best
to remember the following directions:
"If
you can smell the ARAN™, the Unit
is probably set too high; if you can smell
the odor, the unit is set too low. You should
not be able to smell anything and the dial
gives each person the opportunity to adjust
the unit to their own level of comfort."
As
there are many documented facts related to the
benefits of using Ozone in both air and water purification,
there is very little published information about
experiments related to human exposure to Ozone.
It is well known to both scientist and layperson
that Ozone is bactericidal, virucidal and fungicidal,
however tests conducted on mice and birds will
have a much different effect when conducted on
the Human Beings.
In
early 1960, the University of Florida, Department
of Agriculture, conducted experiments using the
Aranair™ units manufactured by my father.
The results of the experiments were very rewarding
and led to the publishing of a report for the Florida
State Horticultural Society (October 25-27, 1960)
in which R.O. Magic, Plant Pathologist, Gulf Coast
Experiment Station, stated the use of Ozone as
a deterrent to the fungus, Botrytis. On July 18,
1962, R.O. Magie wrote my father a letter stating
that:
Since my father’s patent was not granted until
1965, the use of ARAN™ and ARANAIRE™ were
not used as much as Ozone by the scientific community
since the "Theory of a molecule having more than
three (3) atoms to it was difficult at best to
believe yet prove". Yet, in 1964, the copyright
for ARAN™ was registered in the Library
of Congress, Washington D.C. and one year later
the Patent Office registered the patent for the
ARAN™ generator to Nick Trikilis.
Today, there are those in the Ozone field that
will not acknowledge the presence or existence
of ARAN™ since to recognize ARAN™ is
to "outdate" the Ozone applications and obviously
create a competitor that has much more to offer
the customer than Ozone.
The first steps taken by T. Nick Trikilis for
ARAN™ - AQUA Pollution Control Systems
will be to publish the many testimonials obtained
by Nick Trikilis through the thirty years he
endeavored to pursue the Aran™ dream.
Drew Pearson, the noted columnist who wrote "Inside
Washington," was my father’s personal friend.
He interviewed my father in 1960 for the Television
Program, "New Horizons" which aired nationally
from August 1960. through December of 1960. As
he tried to introduce my father to people in
Washington D.C. that could have helped my father
in the early years, this effort was cut short
by Mr. Pearson’s untimely death.
In
a letter from Thomas Curren, New Horizons Productions,
Mr. Curran writes:
"Mr.
Pearson was quite pleased and said that
your product is
really one that is worthwhile..." (Excerpt
March 14th, 1960)
It is difficult for anyone to give guarantees
on any product in which both the uninformed public
and the governmental "experts" truly believe
a "substance to be harmful to Human health" Yet,
the fact that ARAN™ is really Oxygen,
and Oxygen is the most important substance in
sustaining Human Life, makes one believe than
anything that is pure and unpolluted certainly
cannot be harmful to the Human Being. The logic
does not follow that Oxygen is harmful to health,
however Oxides of Nitrogen, present in Ozone-producing
equipment, is. And perhaps this is where the
true controversy begins.
As a man that has lived in an abundance of ARAN™ since
early childhood. I can testify that I have very
healthy lungs and that I cannot remember any
day that I have had any problems breathing, nor
have I ever suffered from any ailment that could
be considered a result of my exposure to ARAN™.
I feel better on a bad day than most people feel
on a "good day."
From 1959 to 1962, I worked in my own personal
laboratory testing ARAN™ and its oxidation
effect on several elements and compounds. The
hours that I spent in a 8’ x 8’ x 8’ room with
concentrations of ARAN™ far above
the tolerable level to most people is immeasurable.
The fact that I wrestled for the high school
and found myself able to sustain longer periods
without fatigue as compared to my fellow wrestlers
is probably due to my lungs having a capacity
to breathe better than others were breathing.
As I am allergic to dust, an ARAN™ generator
comforts me in both my business and home and
makes it possible for me to breathe without taking
medication for the allergy. I believe that the
ARAN™ generator not only purifies
the air, but ionizes the particles in the air
and causes the particles to either attach themselves
to the floor, walls and ceiling or to be attracted
to other ionized particles and collectively fall
from the air as a larger particle unable to sustain
its "floatation" because of the greater weight.
The future for ARAN™ and the Royal Air Purifier is
only now beginning and each month will give us
more information and many more updated testimonials.
Should you find anyone that "objects" to the
ARAN™ machine, remember that the person
is uninformed and ignorant of this new product.
Perhaps they are a smoker or a person that works
in a polluted atmosphere. Be tolerant, but remember
it is what is important to you that matters.
If you are happy with the unit, and you are satisfied
with its results, then that is all that matters.
The only guarantee that I can make is that if
you are not happy with the unit, do not buy it.
If you are, you have a full two year warranty
on it, unconditionally, and this warranty can
be expanded indefinitely for your lifetime and
for the lifetime of your heirs.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and
if there are any questions. Please feel free
to contact me directly.
"Pure air and water for a better life for ourselves
and for generations to come."
Sincerely
yours,
T.
Nick Trikilis, President
