Ion plasma disintegrator
OwnerBradley Nelsoninventor
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Abstract
An electronic device incorporating a high voltage power supply connected to a pair of metal plates spaced to maintain a continuous high current arc of electricity creating an Ion Plasma discharge for the purpose of vaporizing documents placed between the plates. Magnetic containment coils around the outside of the metal plates are phase synchronized to the magnetic field created by the Ion Plasma arc to maintain the position of the arc between the plates and to direct the position of the arc in a predetermined pattern to search for any material between the plates that has not been disintegrated.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an exterior sheet metal case with intake and exhaust vent openings, wherein the exterior sheet metal case comprises a hinged glass front door with a plurality of locking handles and a plurality of switches;
- the sheet metal case comprises:
- a top discharge plate and a bottom discharge plate are bonded using a plurality of screw threads, wherein high voltage power is provided by a high voltage transformer assembly TXMR1 located under the lower discharge plate, wherein a single pin high voltage connector, wire HW4 and crimp lug are connected to the top discharge plate by screwing high voltage insulator onto at least one of the plurality of screw thread, wherein a single pin high voltage connector, wire HW5 and crimp lug are connected to the bottom discharge plate by screwing high voltage insulator onto the at least one of the plurality of screw thread, wherein a top discharge plate ignition lead of the top discharge plate and bottom discharge plate ignition lead of the bottom lead plate come close together at their ends to form a spark gap, wherein upon applying voltage the spark gap forms an ion plasma arc between the discharge plates creating the heat required to vaporize documents placed between the plates,
- a front pc board comprises Start, Stop, Test, and Reset switches, Power and Filter tri color LED status lights and a ground fault interrupter module, wherein external 110 VAC power is connected to the apparatus with 3 pin connector P24, 3 conductor cable PW1 and 3 pin power connector P1, wherein the external power flows thru the GFI and is connected the main pc board with 3 pin connector P26, 3 conductor cable PW2 and 3 pin connector P28, wherein the two normally open safety switches S5-6 are connected with wirers LW14 and LW16 and 2 pin connector P14, wherein the switches and LED status lights are connected to the main pc board with 8 pin connector P16, 8 conductor wire LW3 and 8 pin connector P18;
- an exhaust fan to provide an air flow inside the sheet metal case, wherein the air flow keeps clean air in contact with the glass door to prevent darkening and pulls all smoke through an air filter;
- a replaceable combination fiberglass and carbon filter air filter;
- a plurality of magnetic containment coils of wire with connectors receiving power from amplifiers IC1-4 on the main pc board located under the bottom discharge plate, wherein the plurality of magnetic containment coils surrounding the discharge plates, wherein the direction of travel of the Ion Plasma arc is repelled by interaction of the magnetic fields generated by the plurality of magnetic containment coils;
- a sheet metal combustion chamber with vent openings and metal clips is screwed into a plurality of insulators securing the bottom discharge plate;
- an exhaust fan filter chamber with an air filter cover located on the underside of the sheet metal case;
- a thermally activated switch mounted on the left side of the exhaust chamber and is further secured from the right side of the combustion chamber;
- a high voltage transformer assembly located under the bottom discharge plate with connectors, controlled by a relay on the main circuit board, wherein the high voltage transformer assembly provides the high voltage power to the pair of discharge plates;
- a main circuit board controlling the activation of the LED status lights, the exhaust fan, the high voltage transformer assembly, and the plurality of magnetic containment coils of wire.
An apparatus for vaporizing documents by use of an Ion Plasma arc comprising an exterior case, the case comprises an access door to insert documents between a pair of discharge plates connected to a high voltage source, a combustion chamber, magnetic containment coils of wire, an electronic circuit to control the functional operation and an exhaust fan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.