I also have the Papp Patent, it leaves out the formula for the
gasses. However, I was also able to locate a later Patent. It
goes into great detail in explaing how to manufacture this gas.
It also shows a special spark-gap that includes a radioactive
material! Papps explains that fission occurs in this engine.
This is where the energy comes from!
-ISIS
Jerry W. Decker wrote:
>
> Have you ever head of Joseph Papp (also spelled Papf)? He uses a mixture
> of noble gases in a sealed engine. He claims that the gases tend to
> repel each other, so when excited, they do so with great energy,
> producing an explosive force. So, a mixture of these gases are injected
> into the cyclinders, then excited by the high voltage spark...the gases
> repel each other, (I guess expanding in the process?), the pistons are
> pushed down, the gases are exhausted, heat removed, then the now cooled
> gases recombine, ready to be used again....I have a very crude (copy of
> copy of a copy ad nauseum) video showing his engine in operation.
> Recently a friend in Los Angeles said Papp had now made a low RPM version
> that had tremendous torque...he has a patent (which I don't have handy at
> the moment but the following URL from the index98.htm page might be
> interesting;
>
> http://pc1502.geographie.uni-regensburg.de/html/fey1.htm
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