1. Overview:

This document summarizes essential details for materials, setup, and operation. This is for transcription, archival, and research purposes only. It is based on an old patent and is not intended as a finished product. Operating conditions described require specialized handling and safety precautions, and the descriptions outlined here do not constitute a recommendation or endorsement to build or operate the device. Attempts to replicate or build upon these models are entirely at your own risk.

Source patent:

• Shoulders, Kenneth R. U.S. Patent No. 5,123,039. Issued June 16, 1992.
• Image: Figures 11 and 12
• Text: FROM Page 47, Column 13, Line 53 UNTIL Page 48, Column 15, Line 51

1.1. Purpose

Basic Function:
A groove in a dielectric which can guide EVs from an emitter to a target or through circuits. It is suggested to be used after Generator 1 or Generator 2, or Separator 1 or Separator 2, to guide the EVs to their intended destinations.

Core Behavior: The channels/guides are meant to provide a path the EV's are likely to travel across, serving as conductors. They do accumulate static charge as EV's pass, and it is implied (p48,c15,l48) that doping the dielectric with a small amount of conductive dopant can help this surface charge dissipate/"leak" away from the surface without absorbing the EV.

Scale & Format:
"Generally possible" datums were given for the groove and dielectric thickness. Going with the larger dielectric thickness as datum gives a groove width and depth in both figures of 0.1 mm. The figures differ principally in whether they have a lid (Fig 12) or not (Fig 11), but for some reason also have different dimensions beyond that.

1.2. Composition and materials

Diagram(s):
See attached.

Parts list:

Conditionals:

1. While not included in Fig 11, to guide and/or neutralize charge on the dielectric, a cathode/ground plate may be desired.
2. Top cover needs to be bonded to the rest of the dielectric to prevent EVs from finding a way through.

2. Operating Conditions

Electrical/environmental:

• Grounding may or may not be necessary to attract the EVs and/or dissipate accumulated charge.
• Use alongside other EV generating and utilizing components under similar vacuum conditions.

3. Additional information

3.1. Additional information

EVs are strongly guided by surface features in dielectrics. EV's are attracted to the surface of a dielectric which it will polarize and stick to, but the EV will ordinarily not go through the dielectric unless the dielectric breakdown voltage is exceeded. The propensity of EV's to "hug the walls" can be seen on any otherwise-flat dielectric surface with one sharp change of angle. In absence of any more preferable paths/targets, on bonded dielectric surfaces angled at anything less than 180 degrees, the EV will preferably stick to the line at which the surfaces intersect. It might be a safe interpretation to say the EV seeks out the highest-capacitance region of the dielectric surface.

This propensity can be exploited by using a dielectric with a square groove, wide enough to fit the EV's, such that there are two 90-degree corners for the EVs to channel through.

In Figure 12, included in this guide object despite having different dimensions, this is expanded to include a lid with which to seal off the surface, giving the EV even more "walls" to "hug".

3.2. Attachments

• Image of Fig11-model with Fig11 diagram and measurements
• Image of Fig12-model with Fig12 diagram and measurements
• Image of a side-view with both diagrams, using Fig12's model
• FTStd file of annotated Fig11 model
• FTStd file of annotated Fig12 model
• FTStd file of Fig11 model
• FTStd file of Fig12 model
• STL file of Fig11 model
• STL file of Fig12 model