Apparatus and method for microwave heating using chaotic signals

A rotary nozzle apparatus comprising:

• a nozzle composed of plural rotatable hollow links which are mutually passable through
• a pump for press-feeding a fluid into the hollow links, and
• at least one fluid injection port in at least one hollow link of the nozzle,
• wherein the fluid is injected from the injection port. while the hollow link is rotated by the force of the fluid pressurized by the pump, and
• the motion of the injection port is set in chaotic state by adjusting a characteristic of the nozzle.

A rotary nozzle apparatus comprising:

• a nozzle composed of plural rotatable hollow links which are mutually passable through,
• a pump for press-feeding a fluid into the hollow links, and
• at least one fluid injection port in at least one hollow link of the nozzle,
• wherein the fluid is injected from the injection port while the hollow link is rotated by the force of the fluid pressurized by the pump, and
• a center of rotation of at least one hollow link for composing the nozzle is apart from a center of gravity of the own hollow link.

A rotary nozzle apparatus comprising:

• a nozzle composed of plural rotatable hollow links which are mutually passable through,
• a pump for press-feeding a fluid into the hollow links, and
• at least one fluid injection port in at least one hollow link of the nozzle,
• wherein the fluid is injected from the injection port while the hollow link is rotated by the force of the fluid pressurized by the pump, and
• a play is provided in at least one of connection parts of the hollow links, and thereby
• a center of rotation or a position of center of gravity of each hollow link varies depending on strength of the flow of the fluid.

A rotary nozzle apparatus comprising:

• a nozzle composed of plural rotatable hollow links which are mutually passable through,
• a pump for press-feeding a fluid into the hollow links, and
• at least one fluid injection port in at least one hollow link of the nozzle,
• wherein the fluid is injected from the injection port while the hollow link is rotated by the force of the fluid pressurized by the pump, and further comprising
• a pressurizing force control circuit for varying a pressurizing force of the pump according a specific pattern.

A rotary nozzle apparatus comprising:

• a nozzle composed of plural rotatable hollow links which are mutually passable through
• a pump for press-feeding a fluid into the hollow links, and
• at least one fluid injection port in at least one hollow link of the nozzle,
• wherein the fluid is injected from the injection port while the hollow link is rotated by the force of the fluid pressurized by the pump, and further comprising
• a chaos signal generator for generating a chaos signal, and
• a pressurizing force control circuit for varying a pressurizing force of the pump depending on the chaos signal of the chaos signal generator.

A rotary nozzle apparatus comprising:

• a nozzle composed of plural rotatable hollow links which are mutually passable through,
• a pump for press-feeding a fluid into the hollow links, and
• at least one fluid injection port in at least one hollow link of the nozzle,
• wherein the fluid is injected from the injection port while the hollow link is rotated by the force of the fluid pressurized by the pump,
• water flow restricting means for limiting a flow of the fluid in a specific direction in the hollow link is provided in at least one hollow link, and
• the strength of flow of the fluid varies depending on the rotation position of each hollow link.

A rotary nozzle apparatus comprising:

• a nozzle composed of plural rotatable hollow links which are mutually passable through,
• a pump for press-feeding a fluid into the hollow links, and
• at least one fluid injection port in at least one hollow link of the nozzle,
• wherein the fluid is injected from the injection port while the hollow link is rotated by the force of the fluid pressurized by the pump, further comprising:
• a sensor detecting a rotary operation characteristics of the nozzle,
• a chaos feature amount calculating circuit for calculating a chaos feature amount from data detected by the sensor, and
• a pressurizing control circuit for judging an operating state of the nozzle from the feature amount calculated in the chaos feature amount calculating circuit, and varying the pressurizing force of the pump when the nozzle is not in chaotic state,
• whereby the operation of the nozzle is always kept in chaotic state.

A design method of a rotary nozzle apparatus which having

• a nozzle composed of plural rotatable hollow links which are mutually passable through
• a pump for press-feeding a fluid into the hollow links, and
• at least one fluid injection port in at least one hollow link of the nozzle,
• wherein the fluid is injected from the injection port while the hollow link is rotated by the force of the fluid pressurized by the pump,
• said method comprising steps of:
• detecting a rotary operation characteristic of the nozzle,
• calculating the largest Lyapunov exponent from the detected rotary operation characteristic data, and
• determining nozzle characteristics so that the largest Lyapunov exponent may be positive.

A design method of a rotary nozzle apparatus which having

• a nozzle composed of plural rotatable hollow links which are mutually passable through
• a pump for press-feeding a fluid into the hollow links, and
• at least one fluid injection port in at least one hollow link of the nozzle,
• wherein the fluid is injected from the injection port while the hollow link is rotated by the force of the fluid pressurized by the pump,
• said method comprising steps of:
• detecting a rotary operation characteristic of the nozzle,
• calculating fractal dimension from the detected rotary operation characteristic data, and
• determining nozzle characteristics so that the fractal dimension may be a non-integer.

An air-conditioning system comprising:

• a fan for generating an air stream to agitate the indoor air,
• a wind direction plate for limiting the flowing direction of the air stream formed by the fan,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal, and
• a drive control device for varying the operation characteristic of at least the fan or the wind direction plate depending on the output of the chaos signal generating circuit.

An air-conditioner comprising:

• an indoor fan for generating an air stream to agitate the indoor air,
• a wind direction plate for limiting the flowing direction of the air stream formed by the indoor fan,
• a sensor for detecting an indoor thermal characteristic,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal,
• a defining signal generating circuit for generating a defining signal depending on the output of the sensor,
• a signal changeover circuit for issuing an output signal of the chaos signal generating circuit when the thermal characteristic obtained from the output of the sensor is closer to the target thermal characteristic, and issuing an output signal of the defining signal generating circuit otherwise, and
• a drive control device for varying the operation characteristic of at least the indoor fan or the wind direction plate depending on the output of the signal changeover circuit.

An air-conditioner comprising:

• an indoor fan for generating an air stream to agitate the indoor air,
• a wind direction plate for limiting the flowing direction of the air stream formed by the indoor fan,
• a sensor for detecting the indoor thermal characteristic,
• a fractal dimension calculating circuit for calculating a fractal dimension for the output signal of the sensor, and
• a drive control device for varying the operation characteristic of at least the fan or the wind direction plate depending on the output of the fractal dimension calculating circuit.

A refrigerator comprising:

• a compressor for compressing a refrigerant,
• a cold air inflow device for flowing an air cooled by a heat exchanger into a compartment,
• a cold air inflow adjusting device for adjusting the inflow of the cold air in the cold air inflow device,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal, and
• a drive control device for varying the operation characteristic of at least the compressor or the cold air inflow adjusting device depending on the output signal of the chaos signal generating circuit.

A refrigerator comprising:

• a fan for agitating a cold air in a compartment,
• a sensor for detecting a thermal characteristic in the compartment,
• a fractal dimension calculating circuit for calculating a fractal dimension for the output signal of the sensor, and
• a drive control device for varying the operation characteristic of the fan depending on the output of the fractal dimension calculating circuit.

A refrigerator comprising:

• at least one fan for agitating a cold air in a compartment,
• at least one cold air inflow device for flowing the air cooled by a heat exchanger into the compartment,
• a cold air inflow adjusting device for adjusting the inflow of the cold air in each cold air inflow device,
• at least one sensor for detecting a distribution of thermal characteristic in the compartment,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal,
• a defining signal generating circuit for generating a defining signal depending on the output of the sensor,
• a signal changeover circuit for issuing an output signal of the chaos signal generating circuit when the thermal characteristic obtained from the output of the sensor is closer to the target thermal characteristic, and issuing an output signal of the defining signal generating circuit otherwise, and
• a drive control device for controlling the operation characteristic of at least the fan or the cold air inflow adjusting device depending on the output of the signal changeover circuit.

An electric fan comprising

• a fan for generating an air stream,
• a direction changing device for changing the fan direction,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal, and
• a drive control device for varying the operation characteristic of at least the fan or the direction changing device depending on the output of the chaos signal generating circuit.

A heated table comprising:

• a heater built in a back side of a table,
• a fan for agitating an air heated by the heater,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal, and
• a drive control device for varying the operation characteristic of at least the heater or the fan depending on the output of the chaos signal generating circuit.

A microwave oven comprising:

• a heating compartment for accommodating the material to be heated,
• a magnetron for generating microwaves,
• a magnetron driving circuit composed of a power source circuit for driving the magnetron,
• a waveguide for leading the microwaves generated by the magnetron into the heating compartment,
• a stirrer fan for agitating the microwaves in the heating compartment,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal, and
• a stirrer fan driving circuit for rotating the stirrer fan depending on the output of the chaos signal generating circuit.

A microwave oven comprising:

• a heating compartment for accommodating the material to be heated,
• a table for putting on and rotating the material in the heating compartment,
• a magnetron for generating microwaves,
• a magnetron driving circuit composed of a power source circuit for driving the magnetron,
• a waveguide for leading the microwaves generated by the magnetron into the heating compartment,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal, and
• a table driving circuit for rotating the table depending on the output of the chaos signal generating circuit.

A microwave oven comprising:

• a heating compartment for accommodating the material to be heated,
• a magnetron for generating microwaves,
• a magnetron driving circuit composed of a power source circuit for driving the magnetron, and
• a waveguide for leading the microwaves generated by the magnetron into the heating compartment, further comprising
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal, and
• a magnetron control circuit for varying the output of the magnetron depending on the output of the chaos signal generating circuit.

A toaster comprising:

• a heating compartment for accommodating the material to be heated,
• a heater for heating the material, and
• a power source circuit for supplying a necessary electric power for heating to the heater,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal, and
• an output control circuit for varying the output electric power of the power source circuit depending on the output of the chaos signal generating circuit to vary the heat output of the heater.

A rice cooker comprising:

• a bowl for accommodating rice and water,
• a heater disposed on the outside of the bowl,
• a power source circuit for supplying a necessary electric power for heating to the heater,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal, and
• an output control circuit for varying the output electric power of the power source circuit depending on the output of the chaos signal generating circuit to vary the heat output of the heater.

A hot plate comprising:

• a metal plate for putting a material on,
• a heater disposed beneath the metal plate,
• a power source circuit for supplying a necessary electric power for heating to the heater,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal, and
• an output control circuit for varying the output electric power of the power source circuit depending on the output of the chaos signal generating circuit to vary the heat output of the heater.

An electromagnetic cooker comprising:

• a magnetic force generating coil for generating induction heating in a cooking implement such as pot and frying pan,
• a high frequency current generating circuit for generating high frequency current to be supplied to the magnetic force generating coil,
• a chaos signal generating circuit for generating a chaos signal, and
• an output control circuit for varying the output current of the high frequency current generating circuit depending on the output of the chaos signal generating circuit to vary the output of the magnetic force generating coil.