Multiple annular electrode gas arc heater with a magnetic arc spinner

Claim 1

ARC HEATER APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF SIMILAR ANNULAR RINGS COMPOSED OF CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND DISPOSED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT IN A STACK, A PLURALITY OF ANNULAR INSULATING GASKETS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE RINGS AND INSULATING AND SPACING EACH RING FROM THE RINGS ON EACH SIDE THEREOF, A FIRST END COVER PLATE COMPOSED OF A NONMAGNETIC MATERIAL DISPOSED ADJACENT THE RING AT ONE END OF THE STACK, AN ADDITIONAL GASKET INSULATING THE FIRST END COVER PLATE FROM SAID ADJACENT RING, A SECOND END COVER PLATE LOCATED ADJACENT THE RING AT THE OTHER END OF THE STACK, THE SECOND END COVER PLATE HAVING AN ANNULAR APERTURE THERETHROUGH, NOZZLE MEANS DISPOSED IN THE ANNULAR APERTURE, A FURTHER GASKET INSULATING THE SECOND END COVER PLATE FROM THE ADJACENT RING, EACH OF THE RINGS HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR PASSAGEWAYS THEREIN OF PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING DIAMETER, EACH OF THE RINGS HAVING CONDUIT MEANS THEREIN CONNECTING WITH THE PLURALITY OF CIRCULAR PASSAGEWAYS FOR BRINGING A COOLING FLUID TO THE PASSAGEWAYS AND CONDUCTING FLUID THEREFROM, MEANS FOR ADMITTING GAS TO BE HEATED TO THE CHAMBER THROUGH THE SPACES BETWEEN RINGS, MEANS FOR APPLYING AN ENERGIZING POTENTIAL TO A SELECTED TWO OF THE RINGS TO FORM AN ELECTRIC ARC THEREBETWEEN INSIDE THE CHAMBER, AND MEANS FOR SETTING UP A MAGNETIC FIELD OF PREDETERMINED STRENGTH AND DIRECTION INSIDE THE CHAMBER, THE ARC HEATING THE GASES ADMITTED TO THE CHAMBER WHEREAFTER THE GASES ARE EXHAUSTED THROUGH THE NOZZLE MEANS.