Electrically operated continuous steam generator

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL STEAM GENERATOR COMPRISING A BOILER CLOSED FROM THE ATMOSPHERE, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING WATER INTO SAID BOILER FOR HEATING, MEANS FOR DISCHARGING STEAM OR HEATED WATER FROM SAID BOILER, AN IMMERSION HEATER IN SAID BOILER, SAID HEATER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED ELECTRODES DISPOSED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE SPACED RELATION AND IMMERSED IN SAID WATER WHEREBY TO HEAT SAID WATER UPON FLOW OF ELECTRIC CURRENT BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODES AND THROUGH SAID WATER, EACH OF SAID ELECTRODES PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID BOILER ON A LONGITUDINAL AXIS, ALL OF THE AXES BEING PARALLEL AND COPLANAR, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT TO SAID ELECTRODES, OPERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ELECTRODES SO AS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY VARY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODES, SAID ELECTRODES COMPRISING FLAT PLATES, INSULATING MEANS JOURNALING AND SUPPORTING SAID PLATES AT OPPOSITE ENDS FOR ROTATION ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXES, SAID AXES DISPOSED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION WHEREBY TO VARY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ADJACENT SURFACES OF ADJACENT PLATES, EACH PLATE HAVING AN AXLE CONCENTRIC WITH THE AXES, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID AXLES EXTENDING THROUGH A WALL OF SAID BOILER TO THE EXTERIOR THEREOF, SAID OPERATING MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID EXTENDING AXLE.