Hydrogen-oxygen generator
OwnerCledith A. Sanders, Margaret M. Sanders +1inventors
InventorsCledith A. Sanders, Margaret M. Sanders, Cledith A. Sanders, II
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Abstract
A cell for generating hydrogen and oxygen comprised of a plastic housing and a plurality of regularly spaced metallic electrode rods positioned substantially parallel to the bottom of the housing; an aqueous solution of sodium bi-sulfate in which the rods are immersed; half of the rods being positive and attached to a source of D. C. electricity and the other half of the rods being negative and attached to a ground connection; the rods being positioned alternately such that each positive rod is adjacent solely to negative rods and each negative rod is adjacent solely to positive rods. This cell finds particular use as a fuel generator for internal combustion engines.
Claims12
A cell for generating hydrogen and oxygen which comprises a nonconductive gas-tight housing having a hydrogen and oxygen exit port adjacent the top of said housing;
- a plurality of regularly spaced parallel elongated metallic electrode rods positioned substantially parallel to the bottom of said housing;
- means for supporting said electrode rods within said housing in a plurality of horizontal rows with each of said rows being spaced vertically from each other and with their ends being in spaced vertical planes;
- an aqueous electrolyte immersing all of said electrode rods;
- means for interconnecting one half of said rods at their ends in one said plane to a source of direct current electricity to render same positive and for interconnecting the other half of said rods at their ends in the other said plane to ground to render same negative;
- said rods being positioned such that each said positive electrode rod is adjacent solely to said negative electrode rods and each said negative electrode rod is adjacent solely to said positive electrode rods.
An accessory system to an internal combustion engine comprising a cell for generating hydrogen and oxygen gas to be burned in said engine after being introduced into the carburetor of the engine, said cell comprising a nonconductive gas-tight housing having a hydrogen and oxygen exit port adjacent the top of said housing;
- a plurality of regularly spaced parallel metallic electrode rods positioned substantially parallel to the bottom of said housing;
- means for supporting said electrode rods within said housing in a plurality of horizontal rows with each of said rows being spaced vertically from each other and with their ends being in spaced vertical planes;
- an aqueous electrolyte immersing all of said electrode rods;
- means for interconnecting at their said ends in one said plane one half of said rods to a source of direct current electricity to render same positive and for interconnecting the other half of said rods at their ends in the other said plane to ground to render same negative;
- said rods being positioned such that each positive electrode rod is adjacent solely to said negative electrode rods and each negative electrode rod is adjacent solely to said positive electrode rods;
- said plurality of electrode rods being encircled by at least one layer of nonconductive netting having openings of 1/8 to 1/4 inch for collecting small gas bubbles being produced and causing same to coalesce into larger gas bubbles which quickly rise through and escape from said electrolyte;
- and a conduit attached to said exit to conduct a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gas from said cell to said carburetor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.