Thrust generator
OwnerJames Michael Ficherainventor
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for generating thrust. The method, system and apparatus can include a fuel that may be accelerated into one or more openings on a rotating wheel. The rotating wheel, which may be balanced, may then have a temporary increase in mass in one location on the wheel. Additionally, the fuel that is accelerated into one or more openings in the wheel may be decelerated and may exert an outward force on the wheel. This generation of force can be repeated and increased to provide thrust.
Claims20
A method of generating thrust, comprising:
- forming at least one hole in a donut-shaped wheel, the at least one hole further comprising a plurality of passages that pass through the wheel and that have at least one angled turn therein;
- rotating the wheel in a balanced fashion;
- pushing matter into at least one hole in the wheel;
- refracting the matter in the at least one hole in the wheel off of the at least one angled turn in the plurality of passages in the at least one hole;
- producing thrust from the force of the matter refracting off of the at least one angled turn in the plurality of passages in the at least one hole;
- extracting the matter from the at least one hole in the wheel through a combination of centrifugal force and a magnet positioned substantially proximate an exterior portion of the wheel and the hole;
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- sending the matter from a position outside the at least one hole to a storage tank.
A system for producing thrust, comprising:
- a balanced wheel having at least one hole formed therethrough, the plurality of holes comprising:
- a funnel-shaped opening;
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- a plurality of curved tubes disposed inside the at least one hole and extending from an interior portion of the wheel to an exterior portion of the wheel, the plurality of tubes further having diameters that are less than a diameter of the at least one hole;
- a pump that pumps matter from a storage tank through an input tube, the input tube for depositing matter substantially proximate an interior portion of the at least one hole;
- a wire that discharges an electric charge substantially proximate an interior portion of the at least one hole to accelerate the matter deposited substantially proximate the interior portion of the at least one hole into the at least one hole, increase the mass of the wheel at the location of the at least one hole and generate force on the wheel;
- a magnet that extracts the matter from the wheel;
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- a vacuum that pulls the matter extracted from the wheel into the storage tank.
A system for generating thrust in a closed environment, comprising:
- means for storing mercury as mercury vapor;
- means for pumping the mercury vapor;
- means for rapidly accelerating the mercury vapor into at least one opening on a rotating wheel;
- means for passing the mercury vapor through the wheel;
- means for generating outward force within the wheel;
- means for extracting the mercury vapor from the wheel;
- means for returning the mercury vapor to the storage means;
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- means for balancing rotation of the wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.