Mechanical Converter
OwnerGiampaolo Francesco Noiainventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a mechanical converter of irregular bi-directional circular motion into continuous and consistent single direction circular motion through a system of gears, drive shafts, freewheels, and flywheel. The system works by transforming the circular movement, both clockwise and counterclockwise from the input shaft into continuous rotation of an output shaft through the use of a pair of free wheels solidly connected to the input shaft which transfers the alternating motion, depending on the rotation of the input shaft, to two parallel secondary shafts.
Claims13
A mechanical converter, comprising:
- an input shaft rotating in two directions opposite to each other;
- an output shaft rotating in a single direction;
- and
- a transition mechanism mechanically coupling the input shaft with the output shaft,
- wherein the transition mechanism comprises:
- first and second freewheels disposed axially offset with each other on the input shaft;
- first and second transition shafts each having a transition gear engaged with each freewheel;
- a first gear mechanism disposed between the first transition shaft and the second transition shaft;
- and
- a second gear mechanism disposed between the first transition shaft and the output shaft,
- wherein a rotation of one of the two directions is transferred from the input shaft to the first transition shaft and from the first transition shaft to the output shaft, and a rotation of the other is transferred from the input shaft to the second transition shaft, from the second transition shaft to the first transition shaft and from the first transition shaft to the output shaft.
A mechanical converter of alternate rotational mode into continuous mode, useful to transform two ways rotations also with different torque in a input shaft into a continuous one way rotation output shaft with constant torque, comprising an input shaft that supports two freewheels with opposite activation directions,
- wherein two respective transition gears transfer alternatively their rotations to two transition drive shafts according to the rotation of the input shaft, the two transition drive shafts are connected with each other through a transition gear, and one of the transition gear shafts is connected through an additional gear to an output shaft that always rotates in the same direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.