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US 4,784,006 AGranted
Gyroscopic propulsion device
OwnerLancelot I. Kethleyinventor
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Abstract
A gyroscopic propulsion device includes a rotatable body in which the center of mass of the rotating body is offset away from a first axis to a second axis. The body rotating around the eccentric second axis of the rotating body generates a propulsion force which moves a vehicle to which the device is attached. In preferred embodiments, the body includes a rotating flywheel or a planar system of spokes along which weights oscillate on springs.
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A gyroscopic propulsion device, comprising:
- a vehicle having means for supporting the same on a surface;
- a rotatable body mounted on the vehicle;
- rotating means for establishing a first substantially horizontal axis of rotation for rotating the body;
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- offsetting means comprising resilient elements which allow said body to initially offset by the effect of gravity and for offsetting said body by the force evoked by its rotation to a second axis of rotation, about which the body rotates, vertically and horizontally away from and substantially parallel to the first axis of rotation for propelling the vehicle.
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A gyroscopic propulsion device, comprising:
- a vehicle having means for supporting the same on a surface;
- a rotatable body mounted on the vehicle;
- rotating means for establishing a first axis of rotation for rotating the body;
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- propulsion means comprising resilient elements which allow said body to initially offset by the effect of gravity and for permitting said body as it rotates to offset to a second axis of rotation by the forces evoked by its rotation vertically and horizontally away from and parallel to said first axis thereby increasing the rotational impulse of the point of the rotating body which is farther away from the first axis than any other point on the body to propel the vehicle.
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