Patent ID: 8197666

Claim:
A method of producing hydrogen and/or oxyhydrogen gases, comprising the steps of arranging a liquid ( 9 ) such as water between a cathode ( 6 ) and an anode ( 7 ), also arranging an electrically non-conductive ion exchanger ( 10 ) within the liquid ( 9 ) and directly between the cathode ( 6 ) and anode ( 7 ) without any intervening membrane, electrolytically treating the liquid ( 9 ), the hydrogen and/or oxyhydrogen adhering to the ion exchanger ( 10 ) present in the liquid ( 9 ), by marginal groups adhering thereto by ionic bonding and/or van der Waals forces being released in the electrolysis and escaping upwardly into a space ( 14 ) above the liquid ( 9 ), and capturing and retaining the thus-generated hydrogen and/or oxyhydrogen gas from the space ( 14 ) above the liquid.