US 5,012,060 AGranted

Permanent magnet thermal generator

OwnerFrank J. Gerard, Frank Gerardinventors

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Abstract

A permanent magnet thermal generator having at least one stationary permanent magnet and a rotatable rotor assembly for producing and absorbing heat from the magnetic flux from the permanent magnet as the rotatable rotor is rotated. The rotor assembly serves as a heat absorber, an impeller to move a heat transfer fluid around the rotor assembly and to transfer heat to the heat transfer fluid that moves around the rotating rotor. In one embodiment the strength of the permanent magnets can be varied by adding or subtracting magnets and in another embodiment the rotor assembly is constructed in such a manner that the heat transfer fluid is recycled around the rotor assembly. Furnace, stream boiler and refrigeration systems incorporating a permanent magnet thermal generator are also set forth.

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A permanent magnet thermal generator comprising at least one stationary permanent magnet, said stationary permanent magnet comprising a disc with a front surface and a rear surface with the front surface having both a north and a fourth magnetic pole located thereon and with the rear surface having both a south and a north magnetic pole located thereon with the north magnetic pole on the rear surface being located behind the fourth magnetic pole on the front surface and the south magnetic pole on the rear surface being located behind the north magnetic pole on the front surface, a rotatable rotor located adjacent said permanent magnet for rotating in the magnetic flux produced by said permanent magnet, said rotatable rotor comprising a non-ferrous heated member located in position to be heated by said permanent magnet and means for moving fluid as said rotatable rotor rotates, and housing means located around said rotor for confining a fluid around said rotor.

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