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US3177633A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Oxygen enricher for combustion engines

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-09-29
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Granted: 1965-04-13
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Expires: 1981-09-29
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Lee L Mcdonald

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 09:26
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M27/00; F02M27/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 207 words
APPARTUS FOR SEPARATING AIR INTO AN OXYGEN-ENRICHED STREAM AND AN OXYGEN-IMPOVERISHED STREAM COMPRISING, AN ELONGATED CONDUIT HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET, PERMANENT MAGNET MEANS BETWEEN THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CONDUUIT COMPRISING TWO OPPOSED ARCUATE HALVES EACH OF SUBSTANTIALLY SEMI-CURCULAR U-SHAPED CROSS SECTION AND A THIRD SECTION POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN AND HAVING A PAIR OF POLES PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CONDUIT WITH THE OPPOSED POLE FACES SPACED WQUALLY FROM THE CONDUIT AXIS, SAID POLE FACES BEING SUBSTATNAILLY FLAT AND CONVERGING ON A LONG ACUTE ANGLE TAPER FROM THE EDGE ADJACENT SAID AIR INLET OPENING TO FORM A NARROW THROAT COAXIALLY OF SAID CONDUIT REMOTE FROM SAID AIR INLET AND ACROSS WHICH THE FLUX DENSITY IS AT A MAXIMUM, A RELATIVELY SMALL DIAMETER CONDUIT HAVING AN INLET END IN COAXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE DOWNSTREAM END OF SAID THROAT AND CONNECTED TO THE PAIR OF POLES AND AN OUTLET EXTERNAL OF THE CONDUIT FOR CARRYING AWAY OXYGEN-ENRICHED AIR FROM SAID THROAT, HEATING MEANS ADJACENT THE INLET END OF SAID LAST-MENTIONED CONDUIT TO FACILITATE THE ESCAPE OF OXYGEN FROM THE INFLUENCE OF THE HGH DENSITY FLUX FIELD PREVAILING IN SAID THROAT, AND MEANS FOR CONDUCTING OXYGEN IMPOVERISHED AIR FROM THE OUTLET END OF SAID FIRST-MENTIONED CONDUIT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 207 words
APPARTUS FOR SEPARATING AIR INTO AN OXYGEN-ENRICHED STREAM AND AN OXYGEN-IMPOVERISHED STREAM COMPRISING, AN ELONGATED CONDUIT HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET, PERMANENT MAGNET MEANS BETWEEN THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CONDUUIT COMPRISING TWO OPPOSED ARCUATE HALVES EACH OF SUBSTANTIALLY SEMI-CURCULAR U-SHAPED CROSS SECTION AND A THIRD SECTION POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN AND HAVING A PAIR OF POLES PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CONDUIT WITH THE OPPOSED POLE FACES SPACED WQUALLY FROM THE CONDUIT AXIS, SAID POLE FACES BEING SUBSTATNAILLY FLAT AND CONVERGING ON A LONG ACUTE ANGLE TAPER FROM THE EDGE ADJACENT SAID AIR INLET OPENING TO FORM A NARROW THROAT COAXIALLY OF SAID CONDUIT REMOTE FROM SAID AIR INLET AND ACROSS WHICH THE FLUX DENSITY IS AT A MAXIMUM, A RELATIVELY SMALL DIAMETER CONDUIT HAVING AN INLET END IN COAXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE DOWNSTREAM END OF SAID THROAT AND CONNECTED TO THE PAIR OF POLES AND AN OUTLET EXTERNAL OF THE CONDUIT FOR CARRYING AWAY OXYGEN-ENRICHED AIR FROM SAID THROAT, HEATING MEANS ADJACENT THE INLET END OF SAID LAST-MENTIONED CONDUIT TO FACILITATE THE ESCAPE OF OXYGEN FROM THE INFLUENCE OF THE HGH DENSITY FLUX FIELD PREVAILING IN SAID THROAT, AND MEANS FOR CONDUCTING OXYGEN IMPOVERISHED AIR FROM THE OUTLET END OF SAID FIRST-MENTIONED CONDUIT.

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