Water treater

Claim 1

IN A WATER TRAEATED, A RECEPTACLE PROVIDED WITH AN INLET ADATED TO BE CONNECTAED TO A WATER SUPPLY LINE AND AN OUTLET ADAPTED TO BE COUPLED TO A DISCHARGE LINE; AND A UNIT MOUNTED IN SAID RECEPTACLE IN A POSITION CAUSING THE WATER TO FLOW THROUGH THE SAME AND INCLUDING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO GLOW OF THE WATER FOR CREATING ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY OF SUFFICIENT INTENSITY TO PREVENT SCALE-FORMING MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THE WATER, AND SUBJECTED TO SAID ENERGY AS THE WATER FLOWS THROUGH THE RECEPTACLE, FROM BEING ATTRACTAED TO AND ACCUMULATING ON SURFACES EXPOSED TO THE WATER AFTER THE LATTER IS DISCHARGED THROUGH SAID OUTLET OF THE RECEPTACLE, SAID UNIT INCLUDING A NUMBER OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED, SOFT IRON BARS AND DISPOSED IN SURROUNDING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID OUTLET, A FINE MESH BRONZE SCREEN CLOSELY SURROUNDING SAID BARS AND PLATE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BARS AND SAID SCREEN FOR FORCING THE WATER TO FLOW THROUGH THE SCREEN AND BETWEEN SAID BARS IN PASSING FROM THE INLET TO SAID OF THE RECEPTACLE TO THEREBY SUBDIVIDE THE WATER INTO A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL STREAMS DURING PASSAGE THROUGH THE UNIT TO ASSURE UNIFORM SUBJECTION OF THE WATER TO SAID ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY.