Fuel supply apparatus for internal combustion engines

In combination with an internal combustion engine having an inlet for combustible fuel, fuel supply apparatus comprising:

• a. an electrolytic cell to hold an electrolytic conductor;
• b. a first hollow cylindrical electrode disposed within said cell and provided about its outer surface with a series of circumferentially spaced and longitudinally extending flutes;
• c. a second hollow cylindrical electrode surrounding said anode and segmented into a series of electrically connected longitudinally extending strip;
• said strips being equal in number to the number of said flutes, said strips having a total active surface area approximately equal to the total active surface area of said flutes, and said strips being in radial alignment with the crests of said flutes;
• d. current generating means for generating a flow of electrolysing current between said first and second electrodes;
• e. gas collection and delivery means to collect hydrogen and oxygen gases from the cell and to direct them to said fuel inlet of the engine;
• and
• f. water admission means to admit water to the cell.

The combination of an internal combustion engine having an inlet to receive a combustible fuel and fuel supply apparatus comprising:

• a vessel to hold an aqueous electrolyte solution;
• a first hollow cylindrical electrode disposed within said vessel and provided about its outer surface with a series of circumferentially spaced and longitudinally extending flutes;
• a second hollow cylindrical electrode surrounding the first electrode and segmented into a series of electrically connected longitudinally extending strips;
• said strips being equal in number to the number of said flutes and being in radial alignment with the crests of said flutes;
• current generating means for generating a pulsating current between said first and second electrodes to produce hydrogen and oxygen gases within the vessel;
• gas collection and delivery means to collect the hydrogen and oxygen gases and to direct them to the engine inlet means;
• and
• water admission means to admit water to the vessel.

The combination claimed in claim 26, wherein said current generating means comprises a source of direct current;

• a first transformer means having primary coil means energized by direct current energy from said source and secondary coil means inductively coupled to the primary coil means;
• a dump capacitor connected to the secondary coil means of the first transformer means so as to be charged by electrical output of that coil means;
• oscillator means to derive electrical pulses from direct current energy of said source;
• a switching device switchable from non-conducting state to a conducting state in response to each of the electrical pulses derived by the oscillator means and connected to the secondary coil means of the first transformer means and the dump capacitor such that each switching from its non-conducting state to its conducting state causes the dump capacitor to discharge and also short circuits the first transformer means to cause a second transformer to receive the pulse discharges from the dump capacitor and to transform them to pulses of electrical energy which are applied between said first and second electrodes.