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US 4,238,968 AGranted
Device for conversion of centrifugal force to linear force and motion
OwnerRobert L. Cookinventor
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Abstract
A device to employ centrifugal force for use as linear motion utilizing a pair of counter rotating arms about a common axle. One arm contains a mass splitable and transferable to the other arm and back again at one hundred and eighty degree intervals. The device may include a surface travel system or two of such devices may be employed in tandem for any mode of travel.
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Device for conversion of centrifugal force to linear force and motion comprising:
- a. first arm rotating in a circular path about an axis producing centrifugal force on the axis;
- b. a second arm rotating in a circular path about the axis of said first arm in a direction opposite to said first arm at a rotational speed equal to said first arm;
- c. mass positioned at the end of said first arm;
- d. means for transferring a portion of said mass from the end of said first arm to the end of said second arm and vice versa at two selected points in the rotational path of said arms spaced by one hundred eighty degrees, thus producing an imbalanced centrifugal force on the axis during one hundred eighty degrees of the circular path of said first arm;
- e. means for canceling a component of the imbalanced centrifugal force.
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A device for conversion of centrifugal force to linear force and motion comprising a pair of apparatuses, each having:
- a. first arm rotating in a circular path about an axis producing centrifugal force on the axis;
- b. a second arm rotating in a circular path about the axis of said first arm in a direction opposite to said first arm at a rotational speed equal to said first arm;
- c. mass positioned at the end of said first arm;
- d. means for transferring a portion of said mass from the end of said first arm to the end of said second arm and vice versa at two selected points in the rotational path of said arms spaced by one hundred eighty degrees, thus producing an imbalanced centrifugal force on the axis during one hundred eighty degrees of the circular path of said first arm;
- e. and a connecting leg rigidly attached to the axes of rotation of each of said apparatuses, the linear direction of movement of said device being in a direction perpendicular to axis of said leg.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.