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US 5,211,890 AGranted
Circulatory ion vapor generator and method
OwnerFred A. Wentworth, Jr.inventor
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The present invention provides an improved ion vapor generator device for producing a quantity of negatively charged ions from a liquid comprising water. The ion vapors generated may be utilized for the enhancement of combustion processes. By supplying ion vapors to a combustion region of a furnace or internal combustion engine, a catalytic reaction is produced that may be used to reduce fuel consumption and undesired exhaust emissions. The negative ion vapor of the invention can also be supplied to an enclosed area occupied by humans to reduce many noxious or otherwise undesirable odors and breathing irritants therein, and to provide a beneficial stimulation of the respiratory system. The ion vapor is generated by imparting controlled disturbance to the surface of a liquid. Also, an amount of the liquid is withdrawn, continuously aerated, and introduced to the vapor space above the liquid.
In an ion vapor generator device for producing a quantity of negative electrically charged ions, comprising a container for holding a quantity of a liquid including H.sub.2 O and including head space for ion vapor within said container and above said liquid surface;
A method for producing an excess over ambient concentrations of negative ions from a container partially filled with a liquid including H.sub.2 O and having a space devoid of said liquid at the top of said container, which comprises imparting controlled disturbance of the surface of said liquid while maintaining substantially continuous surface tension on the liquid surface to produce and liberate a net surplus of said negatively charged ions;
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