Rotating platform acceleration system and method

A system for accelerating an item, comprising:

• a rotating platform having a center point, a perimeter, and a radius from the center point to the perimeter;
• apparatus for delivering the item to a center area of the rotating platform by delivering the item to a first radial distance on the rotating platform, wherein the item has a first speed at the center area and tangential to the first radial distance;
• apparatus for moving the item, in an apparatus-controlled mechanically guided, nonrandom orderly path and while the rotating platform is rotating, from the center area to a point relative to the rotating platform that is adjacent a perimeter of the rotating platform and that is located at a second radial distance greater than the first radial distance, wherein the item has a second speed tangential to the second radial distance and the second speed is greater than the first speed;
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• apparatus for moving the item, from the point and while the rotating platform is rotating, to a location beyond the perimeter of the rotating platform.

A method of accelerating an item with a rotating platform having a center point, a perimeter, and a radius from the center point to the perimeter, the method comprising:

• delivering the item to a center area of the rotating platform by delivering the item to a first radial distance on the rotating platform, wherein the item has a first speed at the center area and tangential to the first radial distance;
• while the rotating platform is rotating, moving the item, in an apparatus-controlled orderly path, from the center area to a point relative to the rotating platform that is adjacent a perimeter of the rotating platform and that is located at a second radial distance greater than the first radial distance, wherein the item has a second speed tangential to the second radial distance and the second speed is greater than the first speed and wherein the apparatus-controlled orderly path comprises a fixed path between the center area to a point relative to the rotating platform that is adjacent a perimeter of the rotating platform;
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• while the rotating platform is rotating, moving the item, from the point, to a location beyond the perimeter of the rotating platform.

A system for accelerating an item, comprising:

• a rotating platform having a center point, a perimeter, and a radius from the center point to the perimeter;
• apparatus for delivering the item to a center area of the rotating platform by delivering the item to a first radial distance on the rotating platform, wherein the item has a first speed at the center area and tangential to the first radial distance;
• apparatus for moving the item, in an apparatus-controlled orderly path and while the rotating platform is rotating, from the center area to a point relative to the rotating platform that is adjacent a perimeter of the rotating platform and that is located at a second radial distance greater than the first radial distance, wherein the item has a second speed tangential to the second radial distance and the second speed is greater than the first speed, wherein the apparatus for moving the item, in a controlled orderly path comprises apparatus for moving the item in a fixed path between the center area to a point relative to the rotating platform that is adjacent a perimeter of the rotating platform;
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• apparatus for moving the item, from the point and while the rotating platform is rotating, to a location beyond the perimeter of the rotating platform.