Appeal No. 1997-2305
Application 08/451,459
to receive thereby from an external electrical source a
potential difference thereacross sufficient to strike and
maintain an underwater arc when conductive means is interposed
therebetween,
each electrode being wedge-shaped with inclined uppermost
face, the electrodes having their respective thin edges spaced
apart and thereby adapted to receive a conductive rod
interposed therebetween.
21. Fuel-gas production apparatus, comprising
means defining a reactor at least partly filled with
water,
means providing a submerged underwater electric arc in
the
reactor, and
means providing carbon to the electric arc, whereby
carbon and water are converted to fuel gas bubbling up through
the water, and
means for collecting, compressing, and storing the fuel
gas.
THE REFERENCE
Eldridge et al. (Eldridge) 603,058 Apr. 26, 1898
THE REJECTION
Claims 11-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Eldridge.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
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