Electrostatic precipitator

Claim 1

AN AIRBORNE AEROSOL PARTICLE PRECIPITATOR COMPRISING A COLLECTOR-ELECTRODE STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO BE DIPOSED IN A FLUID STREAM AND COMPRISED BY A STACK OF SHAPED COLLECTORELECTRODE MEMBERS FABRICATED FROM AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND HAVING THE OUTER SURFACES GRADUALLY TAPERING OUTWARDLY FROM THE UPSTREAM EDGE TO THE DOWNSTREAM EDGE WHEREBY THE SPACES BETWEEN THE SEVERAL SHAPED COLLECTOR MEMBERS GRADUALLY DECREASE IN CROSSSECTION FROM THE UPSTREAM EDGE TO THE DOWNSTREAM EDGE THEREBY MAINTAINING NON-TURBULENT FLOW OF A FLUID MEDIUM THROUGH THE STACK OF COLLECTOR MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF PLANAR ELECTRODE MEMBERS EACH ONE BEING DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE THE SHAPED COLLECTOR-ELECTRODE MEMBERS, A FLAME CHARGING SOURCE POSITIONED UPSTREAM FROM SAID COLLECTORELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PERFORATED PIPERS SUPPORTED FROM GASEOUS FUEL SUPPLY MAINS IN A MANNER SUCH THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE PIPE DISPOSED IN EACH OF THE SPACES BETWEEN THE SHAPED COLLECTOR-ELECTRODE MEMBERS, AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE FLAME CHARGING SOURCE AND SAID PLANAR ELECTRODE MEMBERS AT A POTENTIAL DIFFERENT FROM THE POTENTIAL OF THE SHAPED COLLECTER-ELECTRODE MEMBERS.