Patent ID: 8999158
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B03C

Abstract:
1. An in-line fuel conditioner for receiving a flow of liquid fuel, the fuel conditioner comprising: a first housing defining a sealed chamber; a fuel inlet in fluid communication with the sealed chamber; a second housing disposed within the sealed chamber; a number of magnets disposed in the second housing; a fuel outlet in fluid communication with the sealed chamber; and a flow path in the sealed chamber for flow of the liquid fuel between the fuel inlet and the fuel outlet, and wherein the number of magnets disposed in the second housing is an odd number greater than one, a magnet is placed nearest the fuel inlet and is arranged such that its magnetic south pole faces the fuel inlet and its magnetic north pole faces the fuel outlet, another magnet is placed nearest the fuel outlet and is arranged such that its magnetic north pole faces the fuel outlet and its magnetic south pole faces the fuel inlet, and one or more remaining magnets are placed in between the magnet placed nearest the fuel inlet and the magnet placed nearest the fuel outlet and are arranged such that the magnetic poles of each of the one or more remaining magnets oppose the nearest pole of the magnet placed immediately upstream and the nearest pole of the magnet placed immediately downstream.