Method and apparatus for operating combustion engines

Claim 1

In an internal combustion engine having a carburetor, a gas generator cell adapted to receive an electrolytic solution and manifold means between said carburetor and said gas generator, the improvement comprising: a separator dividing said cell into first and second compartments and having an opening therethrough providing communication between said compartments, at least one cathode plate supported in said first compartment and shaped so that the incremental amount of active surface area exposed to the electrolyte by each successive incremental rise in the electrolyte in said first compartment is larger than the incremental amount of active surface area exposed to the electrolyte by the previous incremental rise in the electrolyte in said first compartment, at least one anode plate disposed in said second compartment, first means for applying an electric current to the circuit comprised of said anode plate, said cathode plate, and the electrolytic solution, to thereby produce hydrogen in said first compartment, and second means to carry said hydrogen to said manifold means, whereby when a back pressure is built in said manifold means and first compartment due to a production of hydrogen, the level of electrolyte in said first compartment is lowered and the surface area of said cathode plates exposed to said electrolyte is reduced to thereby reduce the production of hydrogen.