Apparatus and method for converting centrifugal force to a unidirectional force
AssigneeIntellitch Pty Ltd
InventorsAlexander Mostovoy, Victor Shlakhetski
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Abstract
A centrifugal force converting apparatus and a method for converting centrifugal force to a unidirectional force. The centrifugal force converting apparatus may include a curvilinear, variable-radius continuous track along which a roller is urged to traverse during rotation of a vertical shaft; a displaceable platform connected to the track; a linear guide connected to the shaft along which a single weighted carriage connected to the roller is slidable; and a speed controller for controllably varying rotational speed of the shaft.
Claims19
A centrifugal force converting apparatus, comprising:
- a) a curvilinear, variable-radius continuous track along which a roller is adapted to traverse during rotation of a vertical shaft;
- b) a displaceable platform coupled to the track;
- c) a linear guide coupled to the shaft and a weighted carriage coupled to the roller, wherein the weighted carriage is slidable along the shaft;
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- d) a speed controller for varying a rotational speed of the shaft,
- wherein the track comprises a plurality of sectors, such that centrifugal force generated during revolving advancement of the roller along the track increases from a minimal value at a first sector at which the center of mass of the carriage substantially coincides with the shaft to a maximum value at a second sector at which the center of mass of the carriage is separated from the shaft by a maximum value, and is reduced from the second sector to the first sector in response to a reduction in shaft speed caused by the speed controller, and
- wherein the generated centrifugal force is transmitted to the platform via the roller and is converted thereby to a propelling force to unidirectionally propel the platform.
A method for converting centrifugal force to a unidirectional force, comprising the steps of:
- a) engaging a roller with a curvilinear, continuous variable-radius track and coupling the roller to an unbalanced mass which is slidably mounted on a linear guide coupled to a vertical shaft constituting a center of rotation;
- b) rotatably driving the shaft to cause the roller to undergo revolving advancement along the track, to guide the unbalanced mass and to thereby generate centrifugal force corresponding to an instantaneous distance of said roller from the center of rotation;
- c) synchronizing a speed of the shaft with an instantaneous peripheral position of the roller along the track to maintain an angular velocity of the shaft and of the guide connected thereto at a predetermined controlled value that will cause a predetermined sector-specific centrifugal force to be generated, such that the generated centrifugal force increases from a minimal value at a first sector of the track at which the center of mass of the unbalanced mass substantially coincides with the shaft to a maximum value at a second sector of the track at which the center of mass of the unbalanced mass is separated from the shaft by a maximum value, and is reduced from the second sector to the first sector in response to a reduction in shaft speed;
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- d) transmitting the generated centrifugal force, via said roller, to a displaceable platform coupled to the track and to thereby unidirectionally propel the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.