FR866491 is the core French patent associated with Leon Sprink, and the central document of the source archive Sprink dossier. It is the anchor filing for the claim that matter can be "activated" by particular geometric and electrostatic arrangements.
What the patent is
A French patent filing attributed to Leon Sprink. The archive reproduces a drawing from the patent as fr866491.jpg. The patent is presented in the dossier as the primary statement of Sprink's activation claim.
What it claims
The patent is associated with the claim that matter placed in certain geometric and electrostatic configurations becomes activated, and that activated fuel in particular exhibits reduced consumption and altered combustion. As with any patent, the document asserts utility; it does not demonstrate it. The archive does not present measurement data, a controlled trial or independent replication alongside the patent.
Relationship to other filings
- FR762567 — Sprink's second French patent, also associated with the form-emissions theme.
- EP0016079 / WO8000293 — Apparatus for Amplifying Emissions Due to Shapes — Ravatin's later apparatus for amplifying emissions due to shapes. Ravatin cites Sprink as a predecessor, but this patent is Ravatin's, not Sprink's.
How Sprink's later patent describes it
Sprink's German patent DE868592C summarises FR866491 as placing the reacting medium in an earthed container inside an electrostatic field, with an insulated electrode connecting the medium to the outside atmosphere, and concedes that the results of that arrangement were neither uniform nor regular. See DE868592C: Sprink's German Patent for a Four-Point Electrode Frame and an 'Activated Space'.
Evidence status
A patent is a legal instrument, not an experimental result. The wiki's policy is that a patent or archive listing is not proof of effectiveness. See Sprink Claims vs. Evidence: Patents, Press Reports and the Absence of Independent Validation.
Source notes & attribution
- https://rexresearch.com/sprink/sprink.htm