Direct Inducement Sulfurous Acid Generator
AssigneeSweetwater License Holdings, LLC
InventorsEdward W. Jackson, Franklin D. Johnson
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Abstract
This invention describes a sulfurous acid generator that employs a burn chamber that acts as a sulfur hopper. Generally, the burn chamber is not in sulfur communication with a sulfur hopper that is separate and distinct from the burn chamber. Instead, the burn chamber may be adapted to hold enough sulfur to allow the generator to produce sulfurous acid for a desired period of time without needing more sulfur to be added to the sulfur being combusted in the burn chamber.
Claims21
A sulfurous acid generator, comprising:
- a burn chamber in which to combust sulfur comprising:
- a sidewall;
- a floor member;
- a cover;
- an air inlet;
- and
- a gas outlet;
- wherein the burn chamber acts as a sulfur hopper to hold sulfur to be combusted;
- and
- wherein the burn chamber is not in sulfur communication with a separate sulfur hopper.
A sulfurous acid generator apparatus comprising:
- a burn chamber in which to combust sulfur, the burn chamber comprising at least one sidewall, a floor member, a cover, an air inlet, and a gas outlet;
- wherein the burn chamber acts as a sulfur hopper to hold sulfur that is to be combusted;
- and
- wherein the burn chamber is sized to hold an initial charge of sulfur that is large enough to allow the generator to produce a useful amount of sulfurous acid for between about ½ an hour and about 1,000 hours without needing additional sulfur to be introduced into the burn chamber.
A method for using a sulfurous acid generator, the method comprising:
- providing a sulfurous acid generator comprising a burn chamber in which to combust sulfur, the burn chamber comprising at least one sidewall, a floor member, a cover, an air inlet, and a gas outlet, wherein the burn chamber acts as a sulfur hopper to hold sulfur that is to be combusted, and wherein the burn chamber is adapted to hold an initial charge of sulfur that is large enough to allow the generator to produce a useful amount of sulfurous acid for between about ½ an hour and about 1,000 hours without needing additional sulfur to be introduced into the burn chamber;
- placing an initial charge of sulfur in the burn chamber;
- combusting the charge;
- and
- using the generator to produce sulfurous acid for between about ½ an hour and about 1,000 hours without adding additional sulfur to the combusting charge.
A food product comprising a crop that has been treated with sulfurous acid produced by a sulfurous acid generator comprising:
- a burn chamber in which to combust sulfur, the burn chamber comprising at least one sidewall, a floor member, a cover, an air inlet, and a gas outlet;
- wherein the burn chamber acts as a sulfur hopper to hold sulfur that is to be combusted;
- and
- wherein the burn chamber is sized to hold an initial charge of sulfur that is large enough to allow the generator to produce a useful amount of sulfurous acid for between about 1 hour and about 100 hours without needing additional sulfur to be introduced into the burn chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.