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% Priority: 01.07.82 NL 8202664 @ Applicant: Gierkink, Alphons Johannes Hendrikus, No. 35, Bernard van Meursstraat, NL-7131 XG Lichtenvoorde (NL)

© Date of publication of application: 18.01.84 @ Inventor: Gierkink, Alphons Johannes Hendrikus, No. 35, Bulletin 84/3 Bernard van Meursstraat, NL-7131 XG Lichtenvoorde

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§4) Device for neutralizing biologically active fields.

® The invention has for its object to counteract the negative influence of biologically active fields on living organisms and provides for this purpose a device for neutralizing such fields, said device comprising an electrically conductive strip or wire having an earth connection at the middle, said strip or wire being located substantially in one plane and being constructed in the form of a ring symmetrical to the middle, whilst the ends of the strip or wire are spaced by a small distance.

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@ The invention has for its object to counteract the negative influence of biologically active fields on living organisms and provides for this purpose a device for neutralizing such fields, said device comprising an electrically conductive strip or wire having an earth connection at the middle, said strip or wire being located substantially in one plane and being constructed in the form of a ring symmetrical to the middle, whilst the ends of the strip or wire are spaced by a small distance.

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l e s s s e r i o u s a i l m e n t s c a n n o t be e x p l a i n e d or t r e a t e d by t h e

p r e s e n t - d a y m e d i c a l s c i e n c e .

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s c i e n t i f i c p r a c t i c e i t i s s u p p o s e d t h a t in a n u m b e r o f

c a s e s s a i d d i s e a s e s and a i l m e n t s r e s u l t f r o m i n t e n s i t y

v a l u e s of l o c a l b i o l o g i c a l l y a c t i v e f i e l d s w h i c h a r e i n -

a d m i s s i b l y h i g h f o r l i v i n g o r g a n i s m s . S a i d f i e l d s can b e

d e t e c t e d w i t h a h i g h d e g r e e of c e r t a i n t y by m e a n s of a

d i v i n i n g - r o d . Long y e a r s ' e x p e r i e n c e in t h i s d o m a i n h a s

shown t h a t w i t h o u t p r e l i m i n a r y k n o w l e d g e d i f f e r e n t d i v i n e r s

g i v e w i t h g r e a t a c c u r a c y t h e same i n d i c a t i o n s in a g i v e n

s i t u a t i o n .

The i n v e n t i o n has f o r i t s o b j e c t to c o u n t e r a c t

t h e n e g a t i v e i n f l u e n c e of s a i d b i o l o g i c a l l y a c t i v e f i e l d s

on l i v i n g o r g a n i s m s and p r o v i d e s f o r t h i s p u r p o s e a d e v i c e

f o r n e u t r a l i z i n g s u c h f i e l d s , s a i d d e v i c e c o m p r i s i n g a n

e l e c t r i c a l l y c o n d u c t i v e s t r i p or w i r e h a v i n g an e a r t h

c o n n e c t i o n a t t h e m i d d l e , s a i d s t r i p or w i r e b e i n g l o c a t e d

s u b s t a n t i a l l y in one p l a n e and b e i n g c o n s t r u c t e d in t h e

f o r m of a r i n g s y m m e t r i c a l to t h e m i d d l e , w h i l s t t h e e n d s

of t h e s t r i p or w i r e a r e s p a c e d by a s m a l l d i s t a n c e .

E x p e r i e n c e w i t h t h e d i v i n i n g - r o d h a s in t h e m e a n t i m e

u n a m b i g u o u s l y p r o v e d t h a t t h e i n t e n s i t y of t h e b i o l o g i c a l l y

a c t i v e f i e l d s can be r e d u c e d to h a r m l e s s p r o p o r t i o n s b y

u s i n g a d e v i c e e m b o d y i n g the i n v e n t i o n .

Fo r a c h i e v i n g o p t i m u m a c t i v i t y i t i s p r e f e r r e d

to p r o v i d e p o s i t i o n i n g m e a n s f o r a s u b s t a n t i a l l y h o r i z o n t a l

d i s p o s i t i o n of t h e p l a n e of t h e r i n g . Ve ry u s e f u l i s t h e

v a r i a n t i n w h i c h t h e p o s i t i o n i n g means a r e f o r m e d by a

g r o u n d p i n f a s t e n e d to t h e e a r t h c o n n e c t i o n , w h i c h p i n h a s

to be i n s e r t e d i n t o t he g r o u n d in a p o s i t i o n s u b s t a n t i a l l y

p e r p e n d i c u l a r to t he p l a n e of t h e r i n g .

I t may be a d v a n t a g e o u s when t h e d e v i c e e m b o d y i n g

t h e i n v e n t i o n can be c a r r i e d on t h e b o d y . Fo r t h i s p u r p o s e i t may be p r o v i d e d w i t h a c o n d u c t i v e c a r r y i n g c h a i n c o u p l e d

w i t h t h e e a r t h c o n n e c t i o n . T h i s c a r r y i n g c h a i n s h o u l d b e

in c o n t a c t w i t h t h e s k i n . In t h i s r e s p e c t i t i s n o t e d t h a t

e v e n s l i g h t c o n d u c t i v i t y i s s u f f i c i e n t in v i e w of t h e

e x t r e m e l y low e l e c t r i c c u r r e n t s t r e n g t h i n v o l v e d , w h i c h h a s

b e e n known f o r a l o n g t i m e f r o m l i t e r a t u r e r e l a t i n g to t h e

d i v i n i n g - r o d . From p r a c t i c a l e x p e r i e n c e i t h a s b e e n f o u n d

t h a t e v e n p o o r l y c o n d u c t i v e r u b b e r s o l e s h a v e a c o n d u c t i v e

p o w e r w h i c h i s s u f f i c i e n t f o r s a t i s f a c t o r y o p e r a t i o n of t h e

d e v i c e e m b o d y i n g t h e i n v e n t i o n . I t s h o u l d be n o t e d t h a t a

d e v i c e e m b o d y i n g t h e i n v e n t i o n c a r r i e d a r o u n d t h e n e c k w i l l

o c c u p y a more or l e s s v e r t i c a l p o s i t i o n so t h a t no o p t i m u m

r e s u l t s a r e e n s u r e d . In t h i s r e g a r d , i t i s p r e f e r r e d t o

c a r r y t h e d e v i c e in a s u b s t a n t i a l l y h o r i z o n t a l p o s i t i o n o n

t h e body p a r t i c u l a r l y s u i t a b l e t h e r e t o a r e t h e s h o u l d e r s

and t h e f e e t .

Ve ry s a t i s f a c t o r y r e s u l t s h a v e b e e n o b t a i n e d

w i t h a d e v i c e in w h i c h t h e s u r f a c e s of t h e e n d s of t h e s t r i p

or w i r e a r e f l a t and s u b s t a n t i a l l y c o i n c i d e w i t h t h e p l a n e

of s y m m e t r y o f t h e r i n g .

In o r d e r to a d a p t t h e d e v i c e to t h e p u r p o s e

a i m e d a t and in p a r t i c u l a r to a v o i d u n n e c e s s a r i l y l a r g e

d i m e n s i o n s i t i s p r e f e r r e d to c h o o s e t h e s u r f a c e e n c l o s e d

by t h e r i n g on t h e b a s i s of t h e r a d i u s of t h e d e s c r i b e d

a c t i v e z o n e .

I t w i l l be o b v i o u s t h a t t h e s t r i p or w i r e

may be made of m e t a l . L i g h t e r and c h e a p e r may be v a r i a n t

in w h i c h t h e s t r i p or w i r e has a c o r e o f , f o r e x a m p l e ,

s y n t h e t i c r e s i n s u r r o u n d e d by an e l e c t r i c a l l y c o n d u c t i v e

l a y e r .

A v e r y i m p o r t a n t e n l a r g e m e n t of t h e w o r k i n g

zone i s o b t a i n e d by a v a r i a n t in w h i c h t h e e n d s of t h e s t r i p

or w i r e a r e c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e e a r t h c o n n e c t i o n by m e a n s

of e l e c t r i c c o n d u c t o r s w h i c h may be p r o v i d e d w i t h a n

i n s u l a t i n g s h e a t h .

The i n v e n t i o n w i l l now be d e s c r i b e d w i t h

r e f e r e n c e to t h e d r a w i n g of a few a r b i t r a r i l y c h o s e n

e m b o d i m e n t s . The d r a w i n g shows i n

F i g . 1 a p e r s p e c t i v e v i e w of a f i r s t e m b o d i -

m e n t ;

F i g . 2 a p e r s p e c t i v e v i e w of a s e c o n d

e m b o d i m e n t ;

F i g . 3 a p e r s p e c t i v e v i e w of a t h i r d


F i g . 4 a p e r s p e c t i v e v i e w of a f o u r t h


F i g . 5 a p e r s p e c t i v e v i e w of a f i f t h


F i g . 6 a p e r s p e c t i v e v i e w of a s i x t h


F i g . 7 a p e r s p e c t i v e v i e w of a s e v e n t h


F i g . 8 a p e r s p e c t i v e v i e w of a e i g h t h


F i g . 9 a p e r s p e c t i v e v i e w of a n i n t h

e m b o d i m e n t a n d

F i g . 10 a s c h e m a t i c , g r a p h i c a l r e p r e s e n t a t i o n

of t h e a c t i v e zone of t h e e m b o d i m e n t s of F i g s . 1 to 7, 8

and 9 .

F i g . 1 shows a d e v i c e 1 e m b o d y i n g t h e i n v e n t i o n .

T h i s d e v i c e 1 c o m p r i s e s an e l e c t r i c a l l y c o n d u c t i v e w i r e 2 ,

to t h e m i d d l e of w h i c h i s f a s t e n e d an e a r t h t e r m i n a l 3 .

To t he e a r t h t e r m i n a l 3 i s s e c u r e d a g r o u n d p i n 4. The l a t t e r

h a s a t i p 5 a t t h e l o w e r end so t h a t t h e p i n 4 can b e

r e a d i l y i n s e r t e d i n t o t h e g r o u n d in a m a n n e r s u c h t h a t t h e

g r o u n d p i n 4 comes i n t o c o n t a c t w i t h h u m i d e a r t h o r e v e n

g r o u n d w a t e r . The c o n d u c t o r 2 i s a n n u l a r l y b e n t so t h a t

i t i s l o c a t e d in one p l a n e , w h i l s t i t s e n d s 7 a r e a t a

s m a l l d i s t a n c e f r o m one a n o t h e r .

The p l a n e of t h e c o n d u c t o r 2 i s s u b s t a n t i a l l y

n o r m a l t o t h e d i r e c t i o n of l e n g t h of t h e g r o u n d p i n 4 s o

t h a t t h e c o n d u c t o r 2 can be r e a d i l y s e t in a h o r i z o n t a l

p o s i t i o n .

F i g . 2 shows a s e c o n d e m b o d i m e n t of t h e

i n v e n t i o n . In t h i s e m b o d i m e n t a s t r i p 8 has a r e c t a n g u l a r

c r o s s - s e c t i o n in c o n t r a s t to t h e f i r s t e m b o d i m e n t of F i g . 1

i n w h i c h t h e c o n d u c t o r 2 h a s a c i r c u l a r c r o s s - s e c t i o n ,

w h i l s t t h e s h a p e of t h e s t r i p i s s u b s t a n t i a l l y a t r i a n g l e

w i t h r o u n d e d - o f f c o r n e r s . To one o f t h e c o r n e r s i s f a s t e n e d

an e a r t h c o n n e c t i o n 9 w i t h t h e g r o u n d p i n 4. On t h e s i d e

o p p o s i t e s a i d c o r n e r t h e e n d s o f t h e s t r i p 8 a r e s l i g h t l y

s p a c e d a p a r t .

The t h i r d e m b o d i m e n t shown in F i g . 3 c o m p r i s e s

a s t r i p 10 of p e n t a g o n a l s h a p e . To one c o r n e r i s f a s t e n e d

t h e e a r t h c o n n e c t i o n 9 w i t h t h e g r o u n d p i n 10. On t h e

o p p o s i t e s i d e in t h e m i d d l e t h e e n d s of t h e s t r i p 10 a r e

s l i g h t l y s p a c e d a p a r t . The c r o s s - s e c t i o n of t h e s t r i p 10

i s g e n e r a l l y r e c t a n g u l a r .

F i g . 4 shows a f o u r t h e m b o d i m e n t . A r o u n d

w i r e 11 h a s an o c t o g o n a l s h a p e . On one s i d e t h e e a r t h

t e r m i n a l 3 i s a r r a n g e d w i t h t h e g r o u n d p i n 4 l i k e in t h e

e m b o d i m e n t of F i g . 1, w h i l s t on t h e o p p o s i t e s i d e t h e e n d s

of t h e w i r e 11 a r e l o c a t e d a t a s m a l l d i s t a n c e f r o m o n e

a n o t h e r .

F i g . 5 shows a f i f t h , s i m p l e e m b o d i m e n t i n

w h i c h t h e c o n d u c t o r 2 i s p r o v i d e d in t h e m i d d l e w i t h a n

e a r t h t e r m i n a l 12 to w h i c h a g r o u n d l e a d 13 i s c o n d u c t i v e l y

f a s t e n e d . F o r p r a c t i c a l use t h i s s i m p l e e m b o d i m e n t h a s t o

be d i s p o s e d in an i n s u l a t e d m a n n e r . On ly t h e g r o u n d l e a d 13

h a s to be c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e g r o u n d .

F i g . 6 shows an e l e g a n t e m b o d i m e n t of t h e

d e v i c e in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e i n v e n t i o n . A c o n d u c t i v e

c a r r y i n g c h a i n 14 s e r v e s to c a r r y t h e c o n d u c t i v e r i n g 1 5 ,

w h i c h i s c o n d u c t i v e l y c o n n e c t e d in t h e m i d d l e w i t h t h e

c h a i n 1 4 .

S y m m e t r i c a l l y o p p o s i t e s a i d c o n n e c t i o n ' t h e r e

i s a s m a l l f r e e s p a c e 1 6 .

F i g . 7 shows a d e v i c e 17 h a v i n g an a n n u l a r

c o n d u c t o r 2 to t h e m i d d l e of w h i c h i s s e c u r e d a c o n d u c t i v e

c a r r y i n g r o d 18, t h e l o w e r p a r t of w h i c h i s c a r r i e d by a

r e l a t i v e l y h e a v y f o o t 19. To t h e c a r r y i n g r o d 18 i s

f a s t e n e d a g r o u n d l e a d 20, to t h e f r e e end of w h i c h i s

s e c u r e d a g r o u n d p l u g 21. T h i s g r o u n d p l u g h a s t h e s a m e

s h a p e as a c o n v e n t i o n a l p l u g w i t h g r o u n d e d r i m 22 , b u t i t

i s n o t p r o v i d e d w i t h p i n s so t h a t a f t e r i n s e r t i o n i n t o a

n o r m a l w a l l c o n t a c t box i t can s o l e l y s e r v e f o r g r o u n d i n g

p u r p o s e s .

A l l e m b o d i m e n t s d e s c r i b e d a b o v e a r e c o n s t r u c t e d

so t h a t t h e s u r f a c e s o f t h e e n d s of t h e s t r i p or w i r e a r e

f l a t and s u b s t a n t i a l l y c o i n c i d e w i t h t h e p l a n e of s y m m e t r y

of t h e c o n d u c t i v e r i n g .

F i g . 8 shows a v a r i a n t d i f f e r i n g f r o m t h e

e m b o d i m e n t of F i g . 1 by t h e p r e s e n c e o f two c o n d u c t o r s 2 3 ,

24 by w h i c h t h e e n d s 7 a r e c o n d u c t i v e l y c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e

e a r t h t e r m i n a l 3 .

F i g . 9 shows an e m b o d i m e n t in w h i c h a r i n g 25

can be c a r r i e d by m e a n s of a c h a i n 26 on t h e b o d y l i k e i n

t h e e m b o d i m e n t of F i g . 6, w h i l s t in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e

e m b o d i m e n t of F i g . 8 t h e e n d s 26 a r e c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e

m i d d l e of t h e r i n g 25 by means o f c o n d u c t o r s 29 p r o v i d e d

w i t h an i n s u l a t i n g s h e a t h 28. The o p e r a t i o n of t h i s e m b o d i -

m e n t i s f u l l y a n a l o g o u s to t h a t of F i g . 8 .

F i g . 10 i s a s c h e m a t i c r e p r e s e n t a t i o n of t h e

a c t i v e zone of t h e d e v i c e s w i t h o u t e l e c t r i c c o n n e c t i o n

b e t w e e n t h e e n d s and t h e e a r t h t e r m i n a l . The c u r v e 2 8

i n d i c a t e s t h e b o r d e r of t h e w o r k i n g r a n g e of t h e d e v i c e o f

F i g . 1. I t i s i n s e r t e d i n t o t h e g r o u n d 29. The d e v i c e 1 i s

o p e r a t i v e a l o n g a d e p t h o f , f o r e x a m p l e , 5 m e t r e s , w h i l s t

t h e r a d i u s of t h e a c t i v e zone a t t he s u r f a c e may be a b o u t

20 m e t r e s .

The c u r v e 31 i n d i c a t e s t h e b o u n d a r y of t h e

a c t i v e zone of t h e d e v i c e 30 o f F i g . 8. From F i g . 10, d r a w n

a p p r o x i m a t e l y to s c a l e , i t a p p e a r s t h a t t h e a c t i v i t y i n

d e p t h i s e n l a r g e d by 100%, w h i l s t t h e a c t i v e r a d i u s a t

g r o u n d s u r f a c e h a s i n c r e a s e d by a b o u t 30%.

I t w i l l be o b v i o u s t h a t t h e e m b o d i m e n t s

d e s c r i b e d o n l y s e r v e to i l l u s t r a t e t h e i d e a of t h e i n v e n t i o n

and t h a t t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n d e p e n d s on t h e s p e c i f i c p u r p o s e

of u s e , t h a t i s to s a y , w h e t h e r i t h a s to be p l a c e d in t h e

g r o u n d , t o be u s e d i n d o o r s o r to be c a r r i e d on t he b o d y ,

w h i l s t t h e d i m e n s i o n s may be c h o s e n in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h a

d e s i r e d a c t i v e z o n e .

1. A d e v i c e f o r n e u t r a l i z i n g b i o l o g i c a l l y

a c t i v e f i e l d s , s a i d d e v i c e c o m p r i s i n g an e l e c t r i c a l l y

c o n d u c t i v e s t r i p or w i r e , t h e m i d d l e of w h i c h i s p r o v i d e d

w i t h an e a r t h c o n n e c t i o n , s a i d s t r i p or w i r e b e i n g l o c a t e d

s u b s t a n t i a l l y in one p l a n e and b e i n g c o n s t r u c t e d in t h e

f o r m of a r i n g s y m m e t r i c a l w i t h r e s p e c t to t h e m i d d l e ,

t h e e n d s of t h e s t r i p or w i r e b e i n g s p a c e d a p a r t by a

s m a l l d i s t a n c e .

2. A d e v i c e as c l a i m e d in c l a i m 1, c h a r a c t e r i s e d

by p o s i t i o n i n g means f o r a r r a n g i n g t h e p l a n e of t h e r i n g

in a s u b s t a n t i a l l y h o r i z o n t a l p o s i t i o n .

3. A d e v i c e as c l a i m e d in c l a i m 2, c h a r a c t e r i s e d

in t h a t t h e p o s i t i o n i n g means a r e c o n s t r u c t e d in t h e f o r m

of a g r o u n d p i n f a s t e n e d to t h e e a r t h c o n n e c t i o n and to b e

i n s e r t e d i n t o t h e g r o u n d in a p o s i t i o n s u b s t a n t i a l l y

p e r p e n d i c u l a r to t h e p l a n e of t h e r i n g .

4. A d e v i c e as c l a i m e d in c l a i m 1 s u i t a b l e

f o r b e i n g c a r r i e d on t he b o d y c h a r a c t e r i s e d by a c a r r y i n g ,

c o n d u c t i v e c h a i n c o u p l e d w i t h t h e e a r t h c o n n e c t i o n .

5. A d e v i c e as c l a i m e d in a n y o n e of t h e

p r e c e d i n g c l a i m s c h a r a c t e r i s e d in t h a t t h e s u r f a c e s of t h e

e n d s of t h e s t r i p o r w i r e a r e f l a t and s u b s t a n t i a l l y c o i n c i d e

w i t h t h e p l a n e of s y m m e t r y of t h e r i n g .


p r e c e d i n g c l a i m s c h a r a c t e r i s e d in t h a t t h e s u r f a c e e n c l o s e d

by t h e r i n g i s c h o s e n on t h e b a s i s o f t h e r a d i u s of t h e

d e s c r i b e d a c t i v e z o n e .

7. A d e v i c e as c l a i m e d in a n y o n e o f t h e

p r e c e d i n g c l a i m s c h a r a c t e r i s e d in t h a t t h e s t r i p or w i r e

i s p r o v i d e d w i t h an e l e c t r i c a l l y c o n d u c t i v e l a y e r .


p r e c e d i n g c l a i m s c h a r a c t e r i s e d in t h a t t h e e n d s of t h e

s t r i p o r w i r e a r e c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e e a r t h c o n n e c t i o n b y

m e a n s of e l e c t r i c c o n d u c t o r s w h i c h may be p r o v i d e d w i t h

an i n s u l a t i n g s h e a t h .