Posted by Jonathan (68.14.212.239) on October 14, 2003 at 03:36:51:
In Reply to: Re: The Whole Shebang picture posted by Jonathan on October 12, 2003 at 02:59:54:
Well, it occurred to me that this may not be obvious in the picture: All the arrows shown are induced by gravity, there are no motors, springs or magnets. Gravity pulls on each orbital equally, but because the ratio of the gearing between the stator, orbital, and central gear is different on the left side than on the right, the torque on the central gear induced by the orbital on the left is stronger than the torque from the orbital on the right, causing the central gear to turn ccw and making the right one go up and the left one do down. It is conceptually simple, the only hard part is the continuous version and then the gear teeth.
: Okay, is no one interested? Some clarifications: This is the unreliable digital version, the reliable continuous one is too complex for me to draw very well. BTW, if it looks circular, it is, keep in mind that I made this in paint. If it looks coaxial...etc.. The two biggest circular curves are supposed to have gear teeth on the inside for the orbitals to roll in. All others are normal gears. The orbitals are dumb bell shaped, ie the small gear is in the middle of two bigger ones, and the central wheel fits inbetween them too. r[sub]3 is thinner than r[sub]4 in the z direction so it too can engage the smallest gear. I'm disappointed that there's not more interest, I mean I think I have mathematical proof that one can extract energy from a conservative force field, not to mention that the square wheel got a bigger response, and it has no practical use that I've noticed so far. PS: MR Ellis: You don't need to post the ramp picture twice, and thanks for making the other one big.
: : Well, I don't know what/how to say, so just look at the picture and I'll anwser your posted questions. I don't know how fast I'll be able to though, I'm gonna be busy.