Novelty electric motor

Abstract

A permanent magnet armature is arranged to be moved initially in spaced proximity to an induction coil connected in an electric circuit across the series arrangement of a source of electric potential and an electronic switch such that when the moving magnetic field of the magnet cuts the coil turns the resulting induced current operates the switch momentarily to connect the source of electric potential across the coil. The resulting current flow through the coil produces a magnetic field which is imposed upon the moving magnet such as to accelerate its movement. An RC time constant circuit is connected across the coil to establish the time period of battery connection across the coil. In one embodiment, the magnet armature is a permanent magnet mounted at the bottom end of a pendulum arm supported at its upper end for oscillation with two degrees of freedom in a random manner produced by arranging an odd number of three or more permanent magnets symmetrically about the vertical axis of the coil and poled to repel the pendulum magnet.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.