WO2008125706A1 - System for inducing rotary movement in a shaft - Google Patents

Abstract

System for inducing rotary movement in a shaft by means of a lever (1) which oscillates around a pivot (5) due to the filling and subsequent discharging of a fluid in a container (2), positioned at one end thereof, respectively from a higher tank (3) to a lower tank (10). A pump (6-8) or a similar apparatus resupplies the upper tank (3) with a flow equal or greater than that discharged in the container (2), the excess returning to the lower tank (10) via the overflow (13). All with a view to generating mechanical energy without external intervention.

Description

 SYSTEM TO INDUCE ROTATING MOVEMENT IN A SHAFT

Object of the Invention The present invention, as expressed in the statement of this specification, refers to a system for inducing rotational movement on an axis and with it the rotation is achieved in the same direction of rotation, either in a pulsating or intermittent manner. , or continue through different units coupled to the same output shaft with angularly offset pulses. Background of the Invention

Attempts are known to achieve the movement of an axis without applying a constant energy to the input, that is, to operate on its own with "continuous, or perpetual" movement.

Among the various gadgets used for this purpose, we can mention those that use hydraulic force, magnetic energy, lever system and weight displacement, masses in constant imbalance, etc. Description of the Invention

In general, the system for inducing rotational movement on an axis, object of the invention achieves the movement starting from two tanks at different levels contained in principle a liquid such as water, although an aggregate or other fluids could also be used. The principle of operation is based on being able to raise a greater amount of fluid from the lower tank to the upper tank, than is necessary to extract from the upper tank to transmit movement to a longline system taking advantage of the gravitational weight of the fluid that fills a tray or receiving container arranged at the end of the power arm of a carrier lever of such a tray or container. This lever can rotate around a fixed axis and more specifically, oscillate with a certain period as the discharges of the received liquid (fluid) occur at the bottom point and that in this movement the elevation of water occurs simultaneously in greater quantity from the lower to the upper deposit, thus initiating a new cycle.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) It starts from an oscillating lever at a fixed intermediate point located at an intermediate height between the two tanks, said oscillating lever having a support tray at the end of its arm of greater length or power arm and which can be filled with the liquid from the tank higher when opening a tap or valve. By gravitational action of the liquid in the tray, this lever rotates and at the opposite end or its resistance arm is mounted a counterweight so that after the unloading of the tray in the lower tank, the lever recovers its primitive position.

During the lowering of the tray filled with water, a water pump or hydraulic piston is operated whose piston is actuated by the lever itself when its rod is connected to a point close to that of its rotation. The pressure that the rod has to exert to unload the pump and raise its volume of liquid to the upper tank may be the one required and always greater than that used to fill the tray, since it is enough that it is sufficiently far from the axis of rotation, since the forces are inversely proportional to the distances from the axis of rotation of the lever as is known.

This greater volume that rises too much (difference between a stroke of the hydraulic piston and the water admitted in the tray to cause tilting), is what provides the angular movement of the shaft with an available torque at its exit (counting on the torque against the counterweight thanks to which it is possible to recover the initial position) and which is usable to have excess energy available. When the tray reaches its lowest point, it is discharged by its own inclination and when the force exerted by the weight of the water ceases, the counterweight causes the rotation in the opposite direction and the piston recovers the original position.

Naturally according to this functional process, the lower tank would be emptied. To avoid this, there is a return duct of the excess or overflow from the upper to the lower tank. There are no fluid losses except those caused by evaporation, if applicable. The invention also provides that the liquid is raised from the lower to the upper tank by any other functional device, such as the use of a hydraulic wheel or ferris wheel whose buckets are leaving filling when turning this by means of a crank-crank mechanism actuated by the same oscillating lever of the previous embodiment. The lever tray can be filled by being under a discharge valve of the upper tank and this can be opened or closed commanded by the lever itself. Thus, when it rises, it lifts a drain or discharge plug from the upper tank and when the tray is full and it descends, it closes until it is lifted again and so on. The ferris wheel is partially submerged in the liquid of the lower tank and during the working stroke of the lever movement is transmitted to the crank-rod to rotate the wheel and raise the buckets that are discharged into the upper tank. Then it is the counterweight of the other end of the lever that lifts the tray again, the wheel being stopped by a ratchet or unidirectional turning device, the buckets that have been gaining height are filled.

The fluid can also be lifted by means of a system of two articulated levers, one of which carries at its end of the power arm, the tray that is loaded with the liquid from the upper tank and that is discharged upon reaching the lower one; and the other lever, at the end of its resistance arm, carries a container or tray that is filled when submerged in the lower tank and poured into the upper tank when it occupies the highest position, coinciding with the tray of the other tray that It causes movement.

The carrier lever of the tray that raises the water, is articulated by an intermediate point and its other end of the power arm is connected to a connecting rod or rod anchored in turn to an intermediate point of the second lever that is oscillating around one end and carrying on the other the active tray that is loaded with the liquid from the upper tank. With this multiplication of force, it is possible to use a smaller volume of liquid from the upper tank than the one that rises from the lower one as in previous cases. If a single lever was used, less liquid would be raised than the one that descends and it would not work, or it could raise more liquid but at the cost of doing it at a lower height that would not be enough because the power arm is longer than the resistance arm . Once the deposits and levers are arranged in place to a certain length and their fixed turning points, if necessary a counterweight could be coupled to recover the original position, or have another one that can be regulated if the torque resists were excessive , as a certain counterweight fixed on the tie rod or connecting rod of the levers.

The greater volume of high liquid provides the rotation with the desired spreading of forces, in any of the axes of rotation of the levers or of the hydraulic wheel, which determines the production of a surplus energy for consumption in any of the known usable energies. To facilitate the understanding of the characteristics of the invention and as an integral part of this specification, a sheet of drawings is attached in whose figures, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1.- It is a schematic view of a system for inducing rotational movement in an axis, object of the invention, using a pump or hydraulic piston for lifting the liquid to the upper tank, the tray being in loading position which will be filled with the liquid that causes the movement, filling with the upper reservoir. Figure 2.- It is a view similar to Figure 1, in the unloading position.

Figure 3.- It is a schematic view of another system of inducing rotating movement, in accordance with the invention, using a hydraulic wheel for lifting the liquid, in position, at rest.

Figure 4.- It is a view similar to Figure 3, in the unloading position. Figure 5.- It is a schematic view of a third system of inducing rotational movement on an axis, using two articulated levers provided with the respective containers or trays: one for loading the liquid from the upper tank that is discharged into the lower one, and the other lift the liquid from the lower tank and pour it into the upper one, in the rest or horizontal position. Figure 6.- It is a view similar to Figure 5, filling the tray to cause the levers to swing and the liquid to the upper tank. Figure 7.- It is a view similar to Figure 5, in the unloading position of the trays.

Description of the preferred embodiment

Referring to the numbering adopted in the figures and especially in relation to figures 1 and 2, we can see that the system for inducing rotating movement on an axis, the invention proposes, consists of a lever 1 with a tray 2 at the end and that when filling the liquid contained in the upper tank 3 by opening its lower tap or discharge valve 4, it rotates by gravity around the point where the articulation axis 5 is located, where we want to provide the articulation axis 5 to which in your case, we want to provide turning movement in only one direction. When the tray 2 is filled, the hydraulic pump 6 or hydraulic piston whose piston 7 was in the raised position is lowered and its rod 8 is articulated connected at point 9 of the lever 1. the water (or other liquid) of the tray 2 is discharge in the lower tank which is partially submerged pump 6.

Reference 11 designates the water lift line driven by the plunger 7 and pumps the upper tank 3 by the corresponding unidirectional valve. When the end of the lever 1 (the tray 2) reaches its lowest point, the tray 2 empties into the lower tank 10 (by inclination), thereby ceasing the force exerted by the weight of the water. At this time and thanks to the counterweight 12 of the other end of the lever 1, it returns to initial assumption while water is admitted to the pump 6 by the corresponding unidirectional intake valve. This repeats the cycle.

The water received in tray 2 is regulated by the tap 4, the volume of water pumped to the upper tank 3 being greater by the hydraulic pump 6 than the one extracted from it with the tray 2. The excess returns to the lower tank 10 through the tube overflow 13. Referring now to Figures 3 and 4 where the second water elevation system from the lower tank 10 to the upper 2 is schematically represented, we see that there is the hydraulic wheel 14 of buckets 15, whose W

The rotation is carried out by means of the oscillating lever 16 that rotates clockwise when the tray 17 that hangs from its end is filled, with the water leaving the upper tank 3 when the plug 18 of the drain valve 19 that was suspended by a rope 20 or similar, of the lever 16 itself. When filling, the tray 17 is lowered and with this movement the plug 18 is also lowered and the discharge opening is closed.

As in the previous case when the tray 17 reaches the end of its downward path, the rod 21 integral with it trips on the edge or other fixed element of the lower tank 10 and tilts causing immediate emptying. During this movement, the hydraulic wheel 14 is rotated simultaneously by the connecting rod mechanism 22 - crank 23 connected to the lever 16 at point 24.

In order for the hydraulic wheel 14 to rotate only one way, it is connected to the rotation axis 25 by means of a known bicycle pinion or unidirectional device. The buckets 15 that are filled during the working stroke of the oscillating lever 16 discharge a total volume in the upper tank 3 greater than that received by the tray 17 in the lever's power arm. The connecting rod 22 works in this example by traction but it could also work with understanding if it is connected at another point of the oscillating lever and the crank 23 is in another favorable position and specifically on the other side with respect to the line joining the center 25 of the hydraulic wheel with connecting point 24 of connecting rod 22 to oscillating lever 16.

Finally, in the third embodiment corresponding to the figures

5 to 7, to raise the water from the lower tank 10 to the upper 3, only the carrier levers 26 and 27, respectively, of the filling tray 28 are used to produce gravity movement, and of the lower liquid container 29 of the lower tank 10 to the superior 3.

The lever 26 is oscillating at its end on the axis 30 and the lever 27 is oscillating at a point for central or intermediate 31. Its shorter arm is connected to a central point 32 of the lever 26 by the connecting rod 33.

Reference 34 designates the float attached to the base of the tray 28 so that when the lever 26 is lowered, the tray 28 is held on the reservoir liquid lower 10 and empty due to the inclination effect. There could also be an emergent rod of the tray 28 that tripped over the edge of the lower tank 10 and bent to immediately empty its contents, as we have seen previously in the other embodiment. With this arrangement, starting from the intermediate resting position of Figure 5, when the tray 28 goes up empty, the discharge valve plug 35 of the upper tank 3 is pushed directly and filled. This causes the movement of descent by gravitational action to begin automatically. At the same time, the container 29 that was submerged (see figure 6) is raised in the lower tank 10 and therefore filled with the full of the liquid, pouring all of its contents, by inclination, upon reaching the edge of the upper tank 3. When Tray 28 perches on the liquid (Figure 7) is discharged and lifted while the container 9 descends and the process is restarted.

With this arrangement, we obtain rotation movement in the fixed axes 31 and / or 30 of articulation of the levers 27 and 26 respectively, and with them, as in the hydraulic wheel 14 of the previous embodiment or in the axis 5 where it oscillates the lever 16 thereof, unidirectional pifions are mounted.

As it has been possible to verify, the essence of the invention or principle of operation thereof, lies in raising a greater amount of the liquid (or an aggregate as we have said before) from the lower to the upper tank, than what is required to fill the trays from the upper to the lower tank by means of a lever system, which can be carried out in different ways, such as those mentioned or similar.

Also contemplated in the invention is the fact that if the upper reservoir 3 of any embodiment contains water and is fed by an external source such as by a diversion of the current of a river or the like, the liquid can be raised to a greater height and It can thus be elevated or pumped where appropriate to be applied to direct uses such as irrigation, etc. Only a lower tank 10 would have to be built and the gravitational intermediate functional device mounted.

Similarly, if it were the lower tank 10 (of any embodiment), the one that was fed directly by an outside source, it would be constructed only the upper tank 3 and the water pumped or raised too much at a higher height, is applied to other uses as it is not necessary to supply the lower tank 10.

In these cases of raising the liquid to a greater height, it would be necessary for us to have axles with transmission devices and use of free energy that would reduce the efficiency of irrigation at a higher height. It is also contemplated that the use of this generated free energy is selective.

Claims

1.- SYSTEM TO INDUCE ROTATING MOVIMEINTO IN ONE AXIS, causing the rotation in the same direction and through the weight of a fluid that fills one or more containers or trays that are subsequently unloaded, through a system of levers, characterized in that it consists of having two tanks (3, 10) at a different level, the top of which (3) includes a dosed discharge valve of the fluid (liquid, grain or aggregate) contained in it and that produces the movement of a swinging lever (1, 16, 26) at its end of the aforementioned tray (2, 17, 28), the fluid being discharged when it reaches the lower tank (10) while another dose of the fluid is simultaneously raised and discharged into the upper tank (3), the amount being equal or greater of fluid raised to the upper tank (3) than the one that descends or is discharged into the lower tank (10); there is an overflow conduit (13) of the upper tank (3) that discharges into the lower tank (10) 2.-SYSTEM TO INDUIT MOVEMENT »ROTATING IN A SHAFT, according to claim 1, characterized in that the elevation of the fluid is achieved by means of a hydraulic pump (6) or hydraulic piston actuated by a lever (1) articulated at an intermediate fixed point that coincides with the axis of rotation (5) referred to and having oscillating or alternative movements, said lever (1) being carrier at the end of its arm of greater length or power, of the tray (2) or container that is loaded with The fluid in the upper tank (3) by means of a tap or discharge valve (4), while at the end of its minor or resistance arm includes a counterweight (12). 3.- SYSTEM TO INDUCE ROTATING MOVEMENT IN AN AXIS, according to claim 2, characterized in that the pump (6) or hydraulic piston has the rod (8) connected to a point (9) of the lever (1) close to the axis of rotation (5) of the same, pumping or raising the fluid during the work stroke and admitting it in the return stroke, through corresponding anti-return valves. 4.- SYSTEM TO INDUCE ROTATING MOVEMENT IN AN AXIS, according to claim 1, characterized in that the fluid is raised by means of a hydraulic wheel (14) with a horizontal axis (25) and partially submerged in the fluid of the lower tank (10), which rotates to raise it in its buckets (15) to the upper tank (3) by means of a crank mechanism (22-23) connected to an articulated lever (16) at a fixed point (5) and animated oscillating movement to the be a carrier at the end of its power arm, of a tray (17) or container suspended so that a portion thereof is located under a discharge valve (19) of the upper tank (3), filling with the fluid and descending until the discharge occurs in the lower tank 810); recovering the elevated position of the tray (17) by means of a counterweight (12) mounted on the other end of the oscillating lever (16). 5.- SYSTEM TO INDUIT ROTATING MOVEMENT IN A SHAFT, according to claim 4, characterized in that the discharge valve (19) is sealed by a plug (18) suspended from the end of the oscillating lever (16), allowing the tray to be loaded in the raised position of the latter and while lowering also lowers the plug (18) and closes the valve (19). 6.- SYSTEM TO INDUIT ROTATING MOVEMENT IN AN AXIS, according to claim 1, characterized in that the elevation of the fluid is carried out by means of the combined action of two levers (26, 27) articulated in two fixed points, one of which (27 ) it does so by an off-center point (31) and at the near end it is connected by means of a tie rod or connecting rod (33), the other lever (26) and connected to an intermediate point (32) thereof, being oscillating by one of its ends at the second fixed point or axis of rotation (30); having provided that the first lever (27) has at its free end a container (29) capable of filling with liquid when submerged in the lower tank (10), rising to discharge this liquid into the upper tank (3) when there is a tray (28) at the free end of the second lever (26), which is filled with the liquid discharged from the upper tank (3) and which descends to the level of the lower tank (10) where it is emptied to start the cycle. 7.- SYSTEM FOR AINDUCLR ROTATING MOVEMENT IN A AXIS, according to claim 6, characterized in that the discharge valve (35) is operated directly by the second lever itself (26), opening when pressed in the lifting position and closing when it is moved away by 5 occur the descent. 8- SYSTEM FOR INDICATING ROTATING MOVEMENT IN A SHAFT, according to claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the tray (17, 34) includes means for evacuating the fluid that it carries when reaching the unloading position by having an extension or rod (21) that affects a 10 fixed element or the edge of the lower tank (10) causing the tipping. 9- SYSTEM FOR INDIRECTING ROTATING MOVIMEITNO IN AN AXIS, according to claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the tray (17, 34) infferentially includes an eccentric element (34) floating on the free surface of the fluid of the lower reservoir (ICl) for cause the overturn 15 of the fluid it carries. 10- SYSTEM TO INDUCE A ROTATING MOVEMENT IN AN AXIS, according to previous claims, characterized in that the selected rotation or articulation axes carry unidirectional pinion sprockets to obtain one-way movement and have free energy usable at their exit. twenty 25 α • 0