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An improved electrolytic-catalytic-electrochemical series potential cell for immersion in the fuel tank of diesel and gasoline engines to effect fuel modification prior to combustion, conducive to improved combustion with attendant increased fuel efficiency and reduced deletereous emissions, using a

An improved electrolytic-catalytic-electrochemical series potential cell for immersion in the fuel tank of diesel and gasoline engines to effect fuel modification prior to combustion, conducive to improved combustion with attendant increased fuel efficiency and reduced deletereous emissions, using a cylindrical zinc anode carrying a tightly wound helical noble metal (preferably silver-surfaced) winding, the terminal turns of which are rendered resilient to clip over and establish spring contact with the transverse ends of the anode cylinder to insure continuous electrochemical series potential generation irrespective of wear in use and resulting gaps developed between the winding and the cylindrical anode. Preferred metals for optimum cell operation for each of diesel and gasoline fuels are presented.

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An electrolytic-catalytic cell for immersion in a hydrocarbon fuel having, in combination, a cylindrical metal anode element longitudinally extending between opposite transverse ends and around which a helical cathode winding having terminal portions and different metal in the electrochemical potent

An electrolytic-catalytic cell for immersion in a hydrocarbon fuel having, in combination, a cylindrical metal anode element longitudinally extending between opposite transverse ends and around which a helical cathode winding having terminal portions and different metal in the electrochemical potential series is fixedly wrapped in contact with the anodic cylinder to generate electrochemical series fractional to few-volt potentials within the fuel, the said different metal being a noble metal of catalytic properties; and the terminal portions of the winding being formed into resilient clips engaging the transverse ends of the cylindrical anode element with spring retention to insure continuous electrochemical series potential generation irrespective of wear in use and resulting gaps developed between the winding and the cylindrical anode element.