J.Bogatin:THE INVENTION

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An apparatus is provided for magnetically treating a fluid comprised of non-polar molecular clusters, such as water, by having the fluid flow therethrough. The apparatus includes a housing with an inlet and an outlet, the housing being adapted to permit the fluid to flow therethrough between the inlet and the outlet within the interior of the housing. Permanent magnet means are associated with the housing to provide a harmonic magnetic field within the housing, the strength of the harmonic magnetic field being variable in response to the flow of fluid through the housing.

In a first embodiment, the magnet means includes a plurality of permanent magnets positioned within the housing. A first magnet is stationarily positioned transverse to the fluid flow direction and has first and second sides of opposite polarity. There is also an opening through the first magnet. Positioned adjacent the first magnet is a second magnet. The second magnet is spaced from the first magnet and has an outer circumference spaced from the interior surface of the housing. The second magnet also has first and second sides of opposite polarity. The first and second magnets are parallel to each other with sides of opposite polarity facing each other. The first and second magnets are spaced from each other by a plug member which fits into an opening through the second magnet and which extends into the opening of the first magnet. The plug member spaces the first and second magnets from each other and has channels therethrough to permit fluid to flow around the second magnet, through the channels and into the central opening of the first magnet.

The second magnet is further held in position within the housing by means of various resilient supports and a resilient spacer between the first and second magnet. In this manner, fluid flow through the housing causes the second magnet to move within the housing under the influence of the fluid flow therefrom. The movement between the first and second magnets establishes a harmonic magnetic field through which the fluid can flow.

In the first preferred embodiment, a third magnet is positioned adjacent the first magnet on the side of the first magnet opposite the second magnet and is held within the housing in the same manner as the second magnet.

In a second embodiment of the invention, the housing is a hollow pipe with magnets positioned diametrically opposite each other on the outside of the pipe. The interior of the pipe is filled with a plurality of spherical isotropic magnets which are moveable with respect to each other under the influence of fluid flowing through the housing or pipe.