Zero gravity electrolysis apparatus

Claim 1

AN ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE FOR GENERATING OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN GASES FROM AN ELECTROLYTE UNDER ZERO GRAVITY CONDITIONS COMPRISING, A CLOSED CASING, AN ELECTROLYTE ABSORBENT WICK MEMBER EXTENDING ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF THE CASING DIVIDING THE SAME INTO CLOSED OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN COLLECTION AND DELIVERY CHAMBERS AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID WICK MEMBER, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AN ELECTROLYTE TO SAID WICK MEMBER UNDER PRESSURE FOR CAPILLARY SATURATION OF THE WICK MEMBER AND THE OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, METALLIC CATHODE AND ANODE FINE MESH SCREEN ELECTRODE MEMBERS IN SUBSTANTIALLY ENTIRE SURFACE CONTACT WITH THE OPPOSITE EXPOSED SIDES OF SAID WICK MEMBER RESPECTIVELY IN SAID OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN COLLECTION AND DELIVERY CHAMBERS, EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS WITH THE CORRUGATIONS THEREOF ALTERNATELY IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE OF THE SCREEN MEMBERS THROUGHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY THE AREA THEREOF, AND IN CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM SURFACES OF THE CHAMBERS FOR URGING THE SCREEN MEMBERS TOWARD THE WICK MEMBER AND HOLDING THE SCREEN MEMBERS FLAT IN SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE SURFACE CONTACT WITH THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WICK MEMBER AND THE ELECTROLYTE THEREIN, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRICAL POTENTIALS TO SAID ANODE AND CATHODE SCREEN MEMBERS IN SAID OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN COLLECTION AND DELIVERY CHAMBERS, AND OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN DELIVERY OUTLETS IN SAID OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN COLLECTION AND DELIVERY CHAMBERS FOR THE DELIVERY OF OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN THEREFROM DURING THE OPERATION OF THE DEVICE.