Patent ID: 9381520
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B03C,C02F,C10G,C10L,F02M

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for magnetically treating fluid flowing through a conduit, comprising: a conduit having an axis and an exterior surface; a fluid flowing through the conduit; two unit halves, wherein each of the unit halves has a U-shaped channel having two wall sections and a base section, such that the wall sections form a right angle to the base section; wherein the base section of each of the unit halves has a different base width, such that the two wall sections of the first unit half are operable to slide vertically between the two wall sections of the second unit half, leaving an air gap of not more than 2 mm between the wall sections of the unit halves; wherein the base section of each of the unit halves has an interior surface; wherein a spacer made of non-magnetic material is attached to the interior surface of the base section of each of the unit halves; wherein each of the spacers is further attached to a magnetically permeable bar, such that the spacer is interposed between the magnetically permeable bar and the interior surface of the base section of each of the unit halves; wherein each of the spacers is made of a non-magnetic material selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, gold, aluminum and zinc; wherein each of the unit halves has three or more magnets attached to the magnetically permeable bar, such that the magnetically permeable bar is interposed between the three or more magnets and the spacer; wherein the two unit halves assemble around the conduit such that the axis of the conduit is parallel to the interior surface of the base section of each of the unit halves and is parallel to the interior surface of the two wall sections of each of the unit halves; wherein each of the three or more magnets attached to each of the unit halves has a magnetic pole orientation, a north pole, and a south pole; wherein each of the three or more magnets attached to each of the unit halves has either a north pole or a south pole facing the exterior surface of the conduit; wherein each of the three or more magnets attached to each of the unit halves is positioned in a magnet pair, being directly opposite the conduit from one of the three or more magnets attached to the other unit half; and wherein the magnetic pole orientation of each magnet pair is oriented such that the magnetic pair has one north pole and one south pole facing the exterior surface of the conduit.