Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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Float and Anchor SPECIFICATION
This invention relates to a perpetual motion machine, which, for a variety of
reasons has
not been achieved in the past. I have found that by using a deliberate focused
resistance
source sited through bearings on a middle shaft of a motor comprised of many
wheels and
chains, that force applied by levers can be converted into useable spinning
energy.
In drawings which illustrate embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a side
view in
section of one embodiment, Figure 2 is a top view in section of the same
embodiment,
Figure 3 is a side view of an embodiment having far comet sprockets reaching
directly to
surrounding center comet chain, and the center comets are placed between the
lever arms,
with the connecting chime struts not shown, Figure 4 is a top view of an
embodiment
similar to the embodiment in Figure 1, except that teeter lever arms are used,
and only
one moon lever sprocket is used (between the teeter arms), Figure 5 is a side
view of an
embodiment having tangent shafts above and below the core shaft, from and to
sources of
resistance, and connected to a receiving center comet via bevel gears. The top
and bottom
tangent shafts are also supported by strut members that extend from side wall
to side wall
of the motor chassis. Figure 6 is a top view in section of an embodiment
having a single
halo sprocket wheel that is unconnected to the core shaft in any way, and that
carries a
triple strand sprocket chain having free strands on each side of the sprocket
circle. The
moon shaft is able to travel through the halo wheel in addition to the core
shaft. Figure 7
is a side view of the embodiment shown in Figure 6, indicating support wheels
for the
halo wheel, needed in order to keep it properly aligned, Figure 8 is a top
view of an
embodiment showing only one of each necessary element in an embodiment using a
sun
sprocket, Figure 9 is a sectional profile of the main wheel/s in the motor in
which external
and internal gear faces are revealed to planet gears and moon gears
respectively,
indicating how, if the planet and moon gears do not meet the main gear faces
at the same
radius from the center they must relate to core wheels that have different
sizes in order to
retain the same necessary ratio (I.e. moon:core=planet: core). Figure 10 is a
sectional
profile of the edge of a combination gear for sun or halo applications.
Figure 11 is a side view of an embodiment using two sun sprockets, having a
transitional
shaft that allows smaller gears to be used from the far comet to the center
comet, Figure
12 is a top view of the embodiment shown in Figure 11, Figure 13 is an
embodiment that
is similar to that shown in Figures 11, 12, but sending resistance via chain
from the far
comet to the transition shaft, Figure 14 is a side view of an embodiment that
is similar to
that shown in Figure 13 except that a sprocket engages a surrounding chain on
the center
comet instead of a gear-to-gear engagement, Figure 15 is a side view of an
embodiment
having a sprocket on a transition shaft that transfers resistance from
surrounding chain on
the far comet to the surrounding chain on the center sprocket, Figure 16 is an
end view in
X-ray of an embodiment having a sun sprocket and chain with which moon
sprockets and
earth sprockets are engaged, yet not showing the necessary lever arms (for
clarity), Figure
17 is an end view of a similar configuration as that shown in Figure 16, but
with lever
arms included, in which combination gear faces are present on the perimeter of
the sun
wheel, Figure 18 is an end view of a halo embodiment with a similar
configuration to that
shown in Figure 17, but with the lever arms absent (only for clarity of view),
and showing
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halo support wheels, Figure 19 is an end view of a sun sprocket type of
embodiment
having a class one lever that has a shaft avoidance slot in it in order to
avoid the planet
shaft as it imposes force against the moon shaft, Figure 20 is an end view of
a sun
sprocket type of embodiment having one planet shaft and two moon shafts. It
also shows
a teeter lever that controls both moon shafts, and has the far comet wheel
above the core
shaft instead of beneath it, Figure 21 is an end view of an embodiment that is
similar to
that shown in Figure 20, except that a combination gear face if used on the
sun wheel,
Figure 22 is an end view of an embodiment that has a similar configuration to
that shown
in Figure 20, except that the major wheel is a halo instead of a sun sprocket,
Figure 23 is
and end view of an embodiment that is similar to that shown in Figure 22
except that the
halo used a combination gear face on its outer perimeter, Figure 24 is an end
view of an
embodiment that employs half-moon sprockets to engage the sun chain, but full
moon
sprockets and chain to engage core sprockets. It also used `mars' sprockets on
the planet
shaft to engage the sun chain, but earth sprockets and chain to reach the core
sprockets.
Further, the planet shaft is within the compass of the sun sprocket, so must
be supported
by struts from bottom to top of the motor chassis. The lever arms exist but do
not show
for clarity. Figure 25 is an end view of a halo sprocket ring that is in some
ways similar to
the embodiment shown in Figure 24. In it the lever arms are present, and
extend through a
side wall window. Figure 26 is a side profile in section of a moon shaft
travelling through
a halo ring and carrying two moon sprockets, Figure 27 is a side profile in
section of a
moon shaft and its end moon sprocket engaging the free strand of a double-
strand
sprocket chain that surrounds either a sun sprocket or a sun disc.
The motor illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, has three parallel shafts that
support sprocket
wheels of various sizes. The middle, core shaft 3, and one of the outer
shafts, the planet
shaft 4, are fixed-place shafts via bearings 7, to end walls 41 of a support
chassis. The
remaining parallel shaft, the moon shaft 5, is able to arc slightly about the
middle shaft 3
owing to the fact that the moon shaft 5 is connected via bearings 7 to class
two lever arms
35, the which arms are also connected to the core shaft 3 via bearings 7. The
middle, core
shaft 3 supports a very large sun sprocket 22, at each of its ends. The core
shaft 3 also
supports six other sprockets, four of which are connected directly to the
shaft, and two of
which spin freely around the shaft via bearings:
The very large sun sprockets 22 at the ends of the core shaft relate to the
shaft through
bearings 7, and are held to a constant site by shaft collars 48 on each side
of each sun
wheel. Around each of the sun sprockets 22 is a two-strand sun chain 24, such
that the
outer (end-ward) strand of the chain is engaged by the sun sprocket, but the
inner (core-
ward) strand is free, and may serve as ersatz gear teeth with which sprockets
(serving as
ersatz cogs) on other shafts may engage. All of the six other core sprockets
are the same
size, and four them-two fixed, and two free spinning-are also surrounded by
multi-
strand sprocket chain, just as are the sun sprockets near the ends of the
middle shaft.
The outer fixed-place planet shaft 4 carries four earth sprockets 28, two of
which engage
the free strand of sun chain 24 on each of the sun sprockets 22 on the outer
perimeter of
the chain; and two of which cycle earth sprocket chain 29 to/from two of the
available
four fixed core sprockets 8, also sited on the middle core shaft 3.
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The free strand of chain 24 on each of the large sun sprockets 22 is also
engaged by one
of two smaller moon sprockets 14 that reside, one at each end of the floating
moon shaft
5. However, it is engaged at the diametrically opposite edge of the larger,
sun sprocket 22,
relative to where the sprocket of the outer fixed planet shaft 4 engages it;
and each of the
end moon sprockets 14 on the floating moon shaft 5 engages the free strand on
its inner
perimeter as though it were an internal gear.
The floating moon shaft 5 is supported by two class two lever arms 35, and is
kept by the
arms to a constant distance from the middle core shaft 3, that supports the
very large sun
sprocket wheels. The lever arms connect to the middle shaft and the floating
shaft via
bearings 7 that allow both related shafts (3 & 5) to spin freely. The floating
moon shaft 5
carries four moon sprockets 14, including the two that engage the sun chain 24
of the very
large sun sprocket 22. The moon shaft also supports two lever sprockets 59
that engage
the free strand of comet-to-comet chain 57 that reach from `far comet'
sprockets 56 to the
center 'comet' sprocket wheels 55 that spin on bearings around the core shaft
3. The two
moon sprockets 14 that do not engage the sun chain 24 instead engage
surrounding chain
9 of core sprockets 8, the which core sprockets are fixed to the core shaft 3.
All of the
sprockets that are attached to the floating, moon shaft 5 are fixed to the
shaft by hubs 49.
Beneath the middle fixed, core shaft 3 and parallel to it, is a fourth, far
comet shaft 62,
also fixed near its ends via bearings 7 to the end walls 41 of the supporting
chassis. On
the lower `far comet' shaft 62 are two fixed, far comet sprockets 56 that are
aligned to
engage the free strand of each of the two core, center comet sprockets 55 that
spin freely
on the core shaft 3 via bearings 7.
Fixed to the far comet shaft 62 at, or near, one end of it, is a source of
deliberate
resistance (Le. work load 61) in the form of a utility. The work
load/resistance 61 on the
far comet shaft 62 is transferred from the far comet sprocket 56 to the multi-
strand comet
chain 57 to influence the center comet sprockets 55, (which are on independent
bearings
7) but to have no influence on other core wheels.
A feedback circuit/loop is comprised of the sets of moon lever sprockets 59,
the moon
sprockets 14 that engage the inner perimeter of the sun chain 24, and the two
moon
sprockets 14 that engage the core chain 9 of the core sprockets 8; plus the
sun wheels;
plus the planet/earth sprockets 28 that also engage the sun chain 24, and the
inner core
chain 9.
Because, when the lever arms are caused to arc about the core shaft, the moon
lever
sprockets 59 receive a resistance that is not experienced by any other wheels
on the three
upper parallel shafts (I.e. planet, core, or moon type) that apparent
resistance on only the
core edge of the moon wheels allows the moon sprockets that engage the inner
perimeter
of the sun chain 24 to force it to travel. Concurrently, other wheels in the
motor system
are forced to spin, as it is a closed loop system.
The wheels are forced to continue spinning, and are unable to achieve stasis
so long as
force is applied to the lever arms 35, and the resulting spin reactions are
perpetuated.
[The support chassis is comprised of end walls 41, side walls 39, bottom 42,
and top 43.]
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The motor illustrated in Figure 3 also uses two sun sprockets 22 surrounded by
sun chain
24. In this case center comet sprockets 55 are surrounded by chain 58 that is
engaged by
far comet sprockets 56 that reach in to them from the far comet shaft 62, and
by the moon
lever sprockets 59. The resistance is in the form of a flywheel 63 that is
attached to the far
comet shaft 62.
The motor illustrated in Figure 4 is similar to the one shown in Figures 1 and
2, except
that class one lever arms 34 are used to impose leverage against the moon
shaft 5. Shaft
avoidance slots 38 are cut into the lever arms to allow them to arc around the
planet shaft
4, and chime struts 37 join the arms at both ends to further resist wracking
of the arms
and moon shaft. Also, only a single center comet sprocket 55 and far comet
sprocket 56
pairing exists, with the center comet wheel and it surrounding chain 57 sited
between the
lever arms.
The motor illustrated in Figure 5 has a resistance source sited above it and
outside the
chassis in the form of a propeller 65, and a further resistance source 61
sited inside near
the bottom of the chassis 42. The resistance is conveyed via tangent shafts 64
that are
secured in place by struts 71 that are fitted from side wall to side wall. The
tangent shafts
have bevel cogs 67 at one end of each, that engage bevel gear 66 that is
connected to a
center comet gear 68 with which the moon lever gear 60 engages. Either one
source of
resistance, or both sources may be used in such a configuration.
The motor illustrated in Figures 6 uses a rigid sprocket ring called a
sprocket halo 45 that
carries a multi-strand sprocket chain fixed into a circular ring as by
welding. Because
there is no hub wall joining the perimeter of the halo to the core shaft, the
moon shaft 5
may travel right through the halo and hold wheels on each side of it. As is
the case in the
embodiment illustrated in Figure 2, the planet shaft 4 carries four sprockets
28 of like
size, and the moon shaft 5 carries six wheels (two lever comet sprockets 59,
and four
moon sprockets 14.) The lever yoke (comprised of two class two arms 35 and a
chime
strut 37) straddles all wheels on the moon and core shafts. Support sprockets
30 riding on
bearings 7 on the far comet shaft 62 help to keep the halo sprocket ring
The motor illustrated in Figure 7 also uses a halo sprocket ring 46 (in the
form of triple-
strand sprocket chain) that surrounds a moulded halo spine 17, and has similar
elements
as that motor shown in Figure 6.
The motor illustrated in Figure 8 is an illustration of an motor that has
similar elements
are that shown in Figure 2, except that it has only one of each necessary
element. It
reveals how precarious and prone to wracking such a configuration might be.
In Figure 9 we see the conventional configuration for a wheel (whether sun
type, or halo
type) in which the internal gear face has a lesser radius than the external
gear face. This
design necessitates core wheels of different sizes with which the moon and
planet engage
in order to maintain a constant ratio moon:core wheel; planet:core wheel.
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In Figure 10 a combination configuration of internal and external gear faces
allows core
wheels to be the same size as they related to the moon and planet wheels.
The motor illustrated in Figures 11 and 12, the upper shafts employ a
conventional sun
sprocket 22 and chain 24 configuration. This embodiment also uses a transition
shaft 74
that carries a transition gear/cog which transfers resistance from the far
comet gear 69 to
the center comet gear 68 by using smaller gears. The source of resistance on
the far comet
shaft 62 is a flywheel 63, found outside an end wall 41 of the motor chassis.
The motor illustrated in Figure 13 is similar to that shown in Figures 11 and
12, except
that the resistance is conveyed from a far comet sprocket 56 to a transition
sprocket 73 on
the transition shaft 74, and from there is transferred through a transition
gear 76 to a
center comet gear 68, and finally to the moon lever gear 60.
The motor illustrated in Figure 14 is similar to that shown in Figure 13,
except that
resistance is conveyed from a transition sprocket 73 on the transition shaft
74 to a
surrounding comet chain 58 on the center comet sprocket 55, and thence to the
a moon
lever sprocket 59.
The motor illustrated in Figure 15 a transition sprocket 73 resides on the
transition shaft
74, and conveys resistance from surrounding chain 58 on a far comet sprocket
56 on the
far comet shaft 62 to surrounding chain 58 on a center comet sprocket 55, and
finally to a
moon lever sprocket 59 on the moon shaft 4.
The motor illustrated in Figure 16 is a conventional sun sprocket 22, and sun
chain 24
type, in which the moon lever sprocket 59 is larger than other moon wheels (as
it need not
conform to size as the other do). For clarity, the lever arms do not show.
The motor illustrated in Figure 17 has a similar configuration to that shown
in Figure 16,
except that the sun wheel is a combination external-internal gear face type,
having
external and internal gear faces 53 (20, 21) that have equal radii, that allow
other planet
and moon wheels to relate to core wheels of the same size. A class two lever
35 is used in
this motor. [also see Figure 10]
The motor illustrated in Figure 18 is similar in configuration to that shown
in Figure 17,
but is a halo motor using a combination gear faces ring 54 (18, 19). This
configuration
also requires support wheels 32 found on support shafts 6, that ride on the
outer rim 77 of
the ring.
The motor illustrated in Figure 19 is a sun sprocket 22 and chain 24 type of
motor having
a class two lever 34 system. Planet shaft 4 avoidance slots 38 are cut into
the lever arms
to allow the arms to arc slightly in order to force the elements on the moon
shaft 5 to
react. This configuration also allows lever arms to have support chimes 37 at
both ends.
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The motor illustrated in Figure 20 is a sun sprocket 22 and chain 24 type,
having two
moon shafts 5 and their related sprocket wheels 14 and lever sprockets 59; and
having
only one planet shaft 4. The planet shaft earth sprockets 28 cycle chain 29 to
their related
core sprockets 8, and moon sprockets engage core chain 9 found on core
sprockets 8. The
moon lever sprockets 59 are larger than other moon sprockets 1.4 and engage
surrounding
chain 58 on center comet sprockets 55.
Resistance is sent via chain 57 from the far comet sprockets 56 that reside on
the far
comet shaft 62 that in this case is above the rest of the motor.
A teeter lever 36 moves both moon shafts in accord, while the planet shaft
remains fixed.
The motor illustrated in Figure 21 is similar to that shown in Figure 20,
except that a
combination rim 53 is used on the sun wheels. This means that planet (earth)
gears 27
engage the sun rim on the outside 21 and moon gears 13 engage the sun rim on
its
internal face 20. Earth sprockets 28 send chain to the core sprockets 8, and
moon
sprockets 14 engage chain 9 that surrounds core sprockets 8. Moon lever gears
60 engage
the center comet gear 68 that is connected to the center comet sprocket 55. A
teeter lever
36 is used again.
The motor illustrated in Figure 22 is similar to that shown in Figure 21,
except that the
major wheel is a combination halo ring 54. In this case the fixed-shaft earth
gears 27 that
engage the halo also serve as support elements of the halo, as well as do the
dedicated
support wheels 30. Moon lever sprockets 59 engage center comet chain 58 that
surrounds
the center comet sprockets 55.
The motor illustrated in Figure 23 is similar to that shown in Figure 22,
except that moon
lever gears 60 engage center comet gears 68 (instead of moon lever sprockets
engaging
center comet sprocket chain).
The motor illustrated in Figure 24 uses a disc 23 that rides on bearings 7,
instead of a
large sprocket, by which to carry multi-strand sprocket chain 24. The outer
strand of the
chain grips the rim 77 of the disc, leaving the inner strand free to be
engaged by moon
and planet sprockets. In this case a relatively smaller 'half-moon' sprocket
engages the
inner strand of the sun chain 24, and a relatively smaller 'mars' sprocket
engages the
inner strand of the sun chain 24. The moon shaft 5 also carries larger `full
moon'
sprockets 14 that send full moon chain 15 to fixed core sprockets 8. The
planet shaft 4
also carries larger 'earth' sprockets 28 that send earth chain 29 to core
sprockets 8. A
large lever sprocket 59 engages the surrounding chain 58 of the center comet
sprocket 55.
Another center comet sprocket 55 is connected to the first mentioned comet
sprocket, the
both of which ride on bearings. That second comet sprocket 55 receives
resistance from a
far comet sprocket 56 via chain 57. Because the planet shaft 4 is fully
between the sun
wheels 23, but must remain fixed, two support struts 70 are extended from
bottom 42 to
top 43 of the chassis which allow the planet shaft 4 to be secured though them
via
bearings 7.
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The motor illustrated in Figure 25 is similar to that shown in Figure 24,
except that a halo
sprocket ring 17 is used instead of a sun sprocket ring. Because it is a halo,
two support
sprockets 30 exist beneath it to support it and hold it in place. Class two
lever arms 35 are
shown that extend beyond a side wall 39 through a dedicated window 44 in the
wall.
Figure 26 indicates how a halo sprocket chain 46 is supported by a spine 17
that reaches
in to the bushing of the chain 79 between the chain plates 78, and is not wide
enough to
interfere with the travel of the moon shaft 5 that carries the moon sprockets
14. The moon
sprockets are fixed to the moon shaft via hubs 49, and engage the inner side
of the chain
at its outer bushings/rollers 79.
Figure 27 shows how a sun disc 23 or sun sprocket 22 engages the outer strand
of a two-
strand sprocket chain 24 to support it, and allow a moon sprocket 12 or 14
found at the
end of the moon shaft 5, to engage the free strand between its chain plates
78.
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Float and Anchor Parts List
1. Anchor shaft assembly (on planet shaft)
2. Float shaft assembly (on moon shaft)
3. Core shaft (middle shaft)
4. Planet shaft (may carry relatively larger wheels)
5. Moon shaft (may carry relatively smaller wheels)
6. Support/guide shaft (of halo ring)
7. Bearing (ball, or thrust type)
8. Core sprocket
9. Core chain (multi-strand surrounding sprocket)
10. Core gear
11. Half-moon gear
12. Half-moon sprocket
13. Full-moon gear
14. Full-moon sprocket
15. Full-moon chain (cycling to core sprocket)
16. Cross-over chain (from moon to opposite moon, via core sprocket)
17. Halo sprocket ring support spine (unconnected to hub)
18. Halo internal gear (unconnected to hub)
19. Halo external gear (unconnected to hub)
20. Sun internal gear (walled/connected from center to rim)
21. Sun (external) gear
22. Sun sprocket
23. Sun disc
24. Sun chain (multi-strand surrounding sprocket/disc)
25. Mars gear
26. Mars sprocket
27. Earth gear
28. Earth sprocket
29. Earth chain (from Earth sprocket to core sprocket)
30. Support sprocket
31. Support gear
32. Support wheel (untoothed)
33. Hold-off arm (core shaft to moon shaft)
34. Class one lever (core shaft to moon shaft)
35. Class two lever
36. Teeter lever
37. Chime strut (from arm to arm, to minimize wracking)
38. Shaft avoidance slot/hole (in lever arm, or chassis wall)
39. Side wall
40. Outer wall/cowling
41. Chassis end wall/cowling
42. Chassis bottom
43. Chassis top
44. Side wall lever let-through window for lever arm/s
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45. Welded sprocket halo
46. Halo chain surrounding spine
47. Connecting bushing (connecting all core wheels, where they are
mounted on bearings, and the sun wheels are attached to the core shaft)
48. Shaft collar/washer
49. Wheel hub
50. Connecting element (bolt, nut, weld, etc.)
51. Bent lever (to avoid opposite shaft)
52. Absent connecting disc (from hub to face/s of halo wheel)
53. Combination sun wheel (having internal and external radii of gear faces
equal)
54. Combination halo wheel (having internal and external radii of gear faces
equal)
55. Center comet wheel (sprocket or sheave)
56. Far comet wheel (sprocket or sheave)
57. Comet chain (or belting) (comet-to-comet, may be multi-strand)
58. Comet surrounding chain (multi-strand)
59. Moon-lever wheel (sprocket)
60. Moon-lever wheel (gear/cog)
61. Work load utility + deliberate focused resistance)
62. Far comet shaft
63. Flywheel (dedicated)
64. Tangent shaft
65. Propeller
66. Bevel gear
67. Transition bevel cog
68. Center comet gear
69. Far comet gear
70. Support strut from bottom to top of chassis
71. Support strut from side wall
72. Support strut from end wall
73. Transition sprocket
74. Transition shaft
75. Comet sprocket to transition sprocket chain
76. Transition gear/cog
77. Outer rim
78. Chain plate
79. Chain bushing/roller
80.
