Gyroscope
AssigneeShort Brothers PLC
InventorsJohn A. G. Moles, Colbert M. McMahon
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Abstract
A miniature gyroscope having a gas-turbine reaction rotor of dumb-bell form which comprises a pair of masses (62,63) one spaced from the other at opposite ends of a shaft, and an inner gimbal (61) which extends into the space between the two masses and there provides a rotational mounting for the rotor, and means (42) for feeding to the rotor, through the space between the pair of rotor masses, gas to be discharged from the rotor to cause it to spin.
Claims12
A gyroscope having a gas-turbine reaction rotor which comprises a pair of masses, one spaced from the other at each end of a shaft, and an inner gimbal which extends into the space between the two masses and there provides a rotational mounting for the masses, and means for feeding to the rotor, through the space between the pair of rotor masses, gas to be discharged from the rotor to cause it to spin.
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