Apparatus and method for a gyroscopic effect test
OwnerJohn Turenchalk, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for performing a test with a gyroscope in which the apparatus defines a pair of gyroscopes suitably fashioned to rotate in opposed directions, a substrate supporting said gyroscopes, and a bell jar overlying the gyroscopes, along with structure to constrain the bell jar on the substrate. The method disclosed for use with the apparatus includes the steps of spinning up both gyroscopes in opposing directions, securing the bell jar thereover, and providing an energy disturbance a reasonable distance from the apparatus so as to observe any precession which might take place with the gyroscopes due to the energy disturbance.
Claims5
In a testing apparatus the combination comprising a substrate, a pair of gyroscopes each provided with shaft means supporting said gyroscope on said substrate, and a bell jar overlying and spaced from said gyroscopes, and means to affix said bell jar to said substrate whereby said gyroscopes are free to precess and said bell jar isolates said gyroscopes from the environment.
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