Magnetic apparatus for treating liquids containing calcareous matter

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT AND CONDITIONING OF CALCAREOUS WATER WITH MAGNETIC LINES OF FORCE: A. A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL OUTER JACKET; B. MEANS CLOSING THE ENDS OF SAID OUTER JACKET TO DEFINE A TREATING CHAMBER; C. A SUPPLY OPENING TO AND A DISCHARGE OPENING FROM SAID TREATING CHAMBER; D. MEANS DEFINING A HELICAL PATH OF MOVEMENT IN SAID TREATING CHAMBER OF SAID WATER; E. A PLURALITY OF PERMANENT MAGNET RECEIVING TUBES OF NONFERROUS MATERIAL EACH OF SAID TUBES HAVING THE MAGNETS THEREIN ARRANGED WITH LIKE POLES OF CONTIGUOUS MAGNETS ARRANGED ADJACENT EACH OTHER TO CREATE LINES OF FORCE EXTENDING LATERALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID MAGNETS; I. EACH OF SAID MAGNETS BEING SEPARATED FROM AN ADJACENT MAGNET BY A NON-FERROUS SPACER HAVING A LENGTH APPROXIMATELY ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE DIAMETER OF SAID MAGNETS, F. MEANS FOR ARRANGING AND SUPPORTING SAID TUBES WITH THE MAGNETIC POLES OF THE MAGNETS IN EACH TUBE BEING ALIGNED LATERALLY OF EACH OTHER WITH LIKE POLES OF SAID MAGNETS IN ALIGNMENT; G. SAID MEANS COMPRISING A CENTRAL TUBE HAVING FLUTES IN THE OUTER SURFACE THEREOF EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF; H. EACH OF SAID MAGNET RECEIVING TUBES BEING SUPPORTED IN A CORRELATIVE TUBE WITH THE MAGNETS THEREIN ARRANGED WITH LIKE POLES OF A MAGNET IN ONE TUNE IN LATERAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE MAGNET OF AN ADJACENT TUBE; I. SAID FIRST NAMED MEANS DEFINING A HELICAL PATH FOR SAID WATER CAUSING THE SAME TO CUT SAID LINES OF FORCE TO CONDITION THE WATER.