Apparatus for applying high frequency electrical energy to liquids

Claim 1

IN THE APPLICATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO LIQUID MATERIALS, AN ELECTRODE STRUCTURE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED, HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED, HOLLOW CHAMBER HAVING CONDUCTING WALLS OF CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION, AN INSULATING DISC CLOSING ONE END OF SAID CHAMBER, AN END WALL CLOSING THE OTHER END, A CENTRAL ROD CONDUCTING MEMBER EXTENDING AXIALLY THEREOF, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN OPEN ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN ITSELF AND SAID CONDUCTING WALLS, SAID ROD MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER THAN SAID CHAMBER AND SUPPORTED AT ONE END ONLY ON SAID INSULATING DISC, MEANS CONNECTING SAID CENTRAL ELECTRODE AND SAID CONDUCTING WALLS WITH THE POLES OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY GENERATOR, AN INLET PIPE DELIVERING TANGENTIALLY INTO SAID ANNULAR SPACE AT A POINT ADJACENT SAID END WALL, AND BEYOND THE END OF SAID CENTRAL ROD MEMBER, AND AN OUTLET PIPE EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID ANNULAR SPACE AT A POINT ADJACENT SAID INSULATING DISC.