Apparatus for generating heavy oxygen molecules

Claim 2

AIR PURIFICATION APPARATUS COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF ELECTRODE ELEMENTS EACH COMPRISED OF A FLATTENED TUBULAR SPIRAL OF METAL WIRE MESH WOUND SO AS TO DEFINE EFFECTIVELY AN INNER TUBE COXIALLY WITHIN AN OUTER TUBE AND SO THAT THE INNER TUBE IS OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME WIDTH AS SAID OUTER TUBE; MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID ELECTRODE ELELMENTS IN A SIDE-BY SIDE ARRAY WITH THE TUBES THEEOF GENERALLY ALIGNED AND PARALLEL; DIELECTRIC MEANS FOR EFFECTING AN INSULATING SEPARATION BETWEEN ADJACENT ELECTRODE ELEMENTS OF SAID ARAY; AND MEANS

Claim 3

Apparatus as in claim 1, in which both said inner tube and said outer tube define in cross-section a flattened ellipse, said inner and outer tube also each defining reSpective first and second sides generally parallel to each other.

Claim 4

Apparatus as in claim 2, which further includes a rectangular metallic container with open ends in which said electrode elements are contained so that the ends thereof face said open ends, a first set of dielectric plates separates alternate ones of said elements, and a second set of dielectric plates perpendicular to the first set separates said elements from two sides of said container.

Claim 5

Apparatus as in claim 3, in which said dielectric plates extend beyond said electrode element ends to extend the insulating path between said element and said container.

Claim 6

Apparatus as in claim 3, in which said container contains three electrode elements and the inner one thereof is separated from the outer two thereof by a first pair of said plates while a second pair of said plates perpendicular to said first pair separates all of said elements from two sides of said container, said outer electrodes contacting the remaining two sides of said container.

Claim 7

Air purification apparatus comprising: a plurality of electrode elements each comprised of metal wire mesh spiral having an inner end and an outermost end and arranged in a flattened tubular configuration having an inner loop portion overlapped by an outer loop portion with the outermost end of said spiral being at least partially inwardly bent and engaging said inner loop portion of each electrode element; means for retaining said electrode elements; in a side-by-side aligned parallel array, dielectric means for effecting an insulating separation between adjacent electrode elements of said array; and means for establishing an electric discharge between alternate ones of said elements.

Claim 8

Air purification apparatus comprising: a plurality of electrode elements each comprised of metal wire mesh spiral having an inner end and an outermost end and arranged in a flattened tubular configuration having an inner loop portion overlapped by an outer loop portion with the outermost end of said spiral being at least partially inwardly bent and engaging said inner loop portion of each electrode element; means for retaining said electrode elements; in a side-by-side aligned parallel array, dielectric means for effecting an insulating separation between adjacent electrode elements of said array; and means for establishing an electric discharge between alternate ones of said elements.

Claim 9

Apparatus as in claim 6, in which said electrode tubular configuration is a spiral arranged to define effectively an inner tube coaxially within an outer tube.

Claim 10

Apparatus as in claim 7, in which said outermost end is comprised of a plurality of protruding and inwardly-bent wires engaging said outer tube, with at least some of said wires being again bent parallel to said outer tube after engagement therewith.

Claim 11

Air purification apparatus comprising: a plurality of electrodes each comprised of metal wire mesh arranged in a flattened tubular configuration and having at least four substantially coextensive mesh layers; a metallic container having open ends for retaining said electrodes so that said electrodes are in a side-by-side parallel array and with each electrode end adjacent one of said open container ends; dielectric means for effecting an insulating separation between adjacent electrodes of said array; a source of electrical potential supplying first and second outputs; a terminal member located adjacent one of said open ends of said containers, said terminal being connected to one of said outputs and having a protruding metallic post; and first and second connector means for joining alternate ones of said electrodes respectively to said first and second electrical outputs, at least one of said connector means including a twolegged wire clip resiliently engaging opposite inner walls of one of said electrodes and protruding outwardly and longitudinally of said one electrode, said wire clip being adaptable to resiliently engage said post between its respective legs so as to provide a path between said one electrical output and said one electrode.

Claim 12

Air purification apparatus comprising: a plurality of electrodes each comprised of metal wire mesh arranged in a flattened tubular configuration and having at least four substantially coextensive mesh layers; a metallic container having open ends for retaining said electrodes so that said electrodes are in a side-by-side parallel array and with each electrode end adjacent one of said open container ends; dielectric means for effecting an insulating separation between adjacent electrodes of said array; a source of electrical potential supplying first and second outputs; a terminal member located adjacent one of said open ends of said containers, said terminal being connected to one of said outputs and having a protruding metallic post; and first and second connector means for joining alternate ones of said electrodes respectively to said first and second electrical outputs, at least one of said connector means including a twolegged wire clip resiliently engaging opposite inner walls of one of said electrodes and protruding outwardly and longitudinally of said one electrode, said wire clip being adaptable to resiliently engage said post between its respective legs so as to provide a path between said one electrical output and said one electrode.

Claim 13

Apparatus as in claim 9, in which said electrode tubular configuration is a spiral arranged to define effectively an inner tube coaxially within an outer tube.

Claim 14

Apparatus as in claim 9 in which said container is rectangular, said plurality of side-by-side electrodes is limited to three electrodes, said container closely and resiliently confines said electrodes, said dielectric means consists of four dielectric plates, a first pair of which separate the inner one of said electrodes from the outer two of said electrodes, a second pair of which separate the electrodes from two sides of the said container with said outer electrodes contacting the remaining two sides of said container, said remaining two container sides comprise said first connector means, and said wire clip engages said inner element and comprises said second connector means, with said other output of the electrical potential source being connected to said container.