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Plasmatron

  • US 4,034,250 A
  • Filed: 08/16/1976
  • Issued: 07/05/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A plasmatron comprising:

  • a casing having a first butt and a second butt;

    a power lead-in positioned in the first butt of said casing;

    a cylindrical hollow electrode positioned in said casing at a certain distance from said lead-in and having a bottom facing said lead-in and a butt end;

    a lead-in coil having a first end and a second end and enveloping said cylindrical hollow electrode and positioned with a clearance between said electrode and said coil, the first end of said coil being connected to said lead-in and the second end being connected to said butt of said cylindrical hollow electrode;

    an annular vortex generator made of insulating material positioned in said casing along its periphery and having a first butt and a second butt and at least one passage tangential to the inner annular surface of said vortex generator, the first butt being in contact with said butt of said electrode;

    a nozzle positioned in the second butt of said casing and being in contact with the second butt of said annular vortex generator;

    a means of supplying cooling water into said clearance between said electrode and said coil, to said nozzle and of removing said water therefrom;

    a means of supplying air through said passage of said vortex generator into the space of said electrode;

    a means of supplying said electrode and said nozzle with electricity.

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