Apparatus for atomizing and igniting substances

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR ATONIZING AND IGNITING A LIQUID FUEL SUBSTANCE AND COMPRISING MEANS FORMING A PRESSURIZING CHAMBER HAVING AT LEAST ONE NARROW ORIFICE CONNECTING THE INTERIOR OF SAID CHAMBER WITH THE SURROUNDING ATMOSPHERE, AND PREMITTING ENTRANCE OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR INTO THE CHAMBER, MEANS FOR SUPPLYNG TO THE CHAMBER THE LIQUID FUEL SUBSTANCE TO BE ATONIZED AND IGNITED, SAID CHAMBER AND ORIFICE BEING SO PROPORTIONED AND ARRANGED AS TO ALLOW THE SIMULTANEOUS PRESENCE OF AIR AND SAID FUEL SUBSTANCE, A SUBSTANTIALLY NON-INDUCTIVE SPARK BRIDGE IN SAID CHAMBER AND ADJACENT SAID FUEL SUPPLYING MEANS TO CONTACT A PORTION OF SAID FUEL, SAID SPARK BRIDGE IN PRISING TWO ELECTRODES AND MEANS FORMING A SEMI-CNDUCTIVE FUEL CONTACTING SPARK CREEP SURFACE DISPOSED THEREBETWEEN, A UNIDIRECTIONAL CAPACITIVE VOLTAGE SOURCE, MEANS CONNECTING SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE DIRECTLY TO SAID SPARK BRIDGE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY NON-INDUCTIVE CIRCUIT TO PRODUCE A SUBSTANTIALLY APERIODIC SPARK DISCHARGE, WHEREBY THE IGNITION OF THE SUBSTANCE IS STARTED WITHIN THE CHAMBER TO PROPEL THE IGNITED SUBSTANCE THROUGH SAID ORIFICE.