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Field and
Background of the Invention
The development
of science and technology in the twentieth
century has revealed that the earth is too
small for the human race to survive.
Population growth is far beyond predictions,
and it will become almost impossible in the
nearfuture to sustain all humans and maintain
the environment on the earth in a liveable
condition. Therefore an improved
propulsion engine to facilitate travel is
needed, which does little or no harm to the
environment.
Summary of
the Invention
A machine
constructed in accordance with the present
invention comprises an electrically polarized
body, and means for moving the body in one
direction to accelerate electrons, thereby
generating an accelerating force in another
direction due to an interaction between the
accelerated electrons and the gravitational
field.
Brief
Description of the Drawings
The invention
will be better understood from the following
detailed description taken in conjunction with
the accompanying figures of the drawings,
wherein:
Fig. 1 is a
sectional view of a machine in accordance with
a first embodiment of this invention;
Fig. 2 is a
perspective view of a machine in accordance
with a second embodiment of this invention;
Fig. 3 is a
sectional view of apparatus for conducting a
first experiment; and Fig. 4 is a view of
apparatus for conducting a second experiment
Detailed
Description of the Drawings
Fig. 1 shows an
embodiment of this invention wherein a machine
is arranged for producing thrust or
acceleration in the downward direction of
gravity F of the earth.
An outer
cylindrical electrode 2 is mounted on a base 1
via an insulating ring 2a. A cylindrical
rotor 3 is provided inside the electrode 2.
The electrode 2
comprises an outer conductor layer 2A and an
inner dielectric layer 2B. The rotor 3
comprises an inner conductor layer 3A and an
outer dielectric layer 3B. There is a
gap between the electrode 2 and the rotor 3 so
that they do not touch.
The rotor 3 is
attached to an electrically conductive shaft 5
of a motor 4 through a conductive coupler 6.
The motor 4 con@s the revolution of the shaft
5 and the rotor 3, and a power supply 7 feeds
power to the motor 4 through power lines
4a. A generator 8 is electrically
connected to the power supply 7. In the event
the motor 4 is an AC type and a DC generator 8
is provided, a DC-AC converter is included in
the power supply 7.The generator 8 includes an
electrical generator driven by, for example, a
gas engine, solar power, man power, etc.
The motor 4, the power supply 7, and the
generator 8 are mounted on the base 1.
An electric
charge supply 9 is also mounted on the base 1
and receives energy from the power supply 7 or
the generator 8. The electrodes 9a and 9b of
the electric charge supply 9 are electrically
connected to the electrode 2 and the rotor 3
respectively. The polarity of the
electric charge supply 9 is preferably
reversible.
In the above
embodiment the generator 8 supplies power for
the power supply 7 and the electric charge
supply 9. When the electric charge supply 9
provides a positive electric charge to the
electrode 2, it provides a negative electric
charge to the rotor 3 through the motor 4, the
shaft 5, and the coupler 6, vice versa. The
electrode 9b may be connected to the shaft 5
by conductive bearings or slip rings, for
example.
When the motor
4, supplied with the power from the power
supply 7, drives the rotor 3, electric charges
(charged parucies) of the rotor 3 are
horizontally accelerated in the gravitational
field, and generate a vertical force as
described herein-after in the experiments. The
accelerated electrons interact with a curved
space, i.e., a gravitational field, and the
physical relation between the space curvature
of the electrons, i.e., each elecb-on as a
curvature of the space and/or the space
curvature caused by each rotating electron,
and the space curovature caused by
gravity, produces a force on the machine. As a
result, the machine having the rotor 3
produces a vertical thrust.
The amount of
the generated vertical force or thrust depends
on the magnitude of the charges and/or the
rotational speed. Whether the generated
vertical force or thrust is directed upwardly
or downwardly depends on the polarity of the
electric charge generator 9 but does not
depend on the direction of rotation of the
rotor 3.
Fig. 2 shows
another embodiment of this invention, wherein
a machine comprises a larger-power machine L
and a smaller-power machine S. The
larger-power machine L and the smaller-power
machine S are each functionally identical to
the machine in Fig. 1, but differ only in the
amount of power.
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The
smaller-power machine S is connected to the
larger-power machine L in such a manner that
the axis of the smaller-power machine S can be
oriented to any desired direction within a
range of 45 degrees around the axis of the
larger-power machine L, and can be fixed in
that direction. In each the larger and
the smaller machines, the rotoris turned in a
preset plane, its axis being perpendicularto
the plane, and the electric charges
established by the two electrodes are rotated
in the plane, causing a force or thrust to be
produced in the direction which is
perpendicular to the preset plane and parallel
with the axis of rotation of the charges and
the rotor.
Two cylinders 1
0 are universally jointed to bases 1 1 mounted
on the larger power machine L. The rod 1 Ob of
each cylinder 10 is connected to the lower
part of a central shaft 12 of the smaller
power machine S. A pair of support pillars 13
stand on the larger machine L. A ring 14 is
mounted rotatably in a direction shown by an
10arrow X on the upper part of the pillars 13
through pins 15. The smaller machine S
is rotatably mounted in a direction as shown
by an arrow Y inside the ring 14 through pins
16. By extending or contracting the
cylinder rods 10b, the axis of the shaft 12
and the machine S may be adjusted.
In the
embodiment of Fig. 2, the smaller@power
machine S serves for attitude stabilization,
selection of the accelerating direction and/or
adjustment of the accelerating power.
The larger-power machine L contributes mainly
to the vertical thrust. [Experiments]
This invention
is based on and substantiated by the following
experiments:
(Experiment
1)
Fig. 3 shows
apparatus for conducting an experiment, which
was carried out to show the vertical force
generated by rotating electric charges in a
horizontal plane. This experiment uses a
machine described below, which is called a
machine for experiment in order to distinguish
it from the machine shown in Fig. 1.
An outer
electrode 202 is mounted on a base 201 via an
insulating ring 202a. A rotor 203 is
provided inside the electrode 202. The
electrode 202 comprises an outer conductor
layer 202A and an inner dielectric layer 202B,
and the rotor 203 comprises an inner conductor
layer 203A and an outer dielectric layer
203B. There is a gap between the
electrode 202 and the rotor 203.
The rotor 203 is
connected to the conductive shaft 205 of a
motor 204 through a conductive coupler
206. The motor 204 is fixed on the base
201 which has a cylindrical projection 201 a.
The motor controls the revolution of the
conductor shaft 205 and the rotor, and
constant-current power supply 207 feeds power
to the motor 204. The base 201 is placed
on a plate 208 of a weighing machine 209.
An electric
charge supply 210, such as a Van de Graaff
generator, and a small spherical conductor 213
which does not have a charge generating
function are not placed on the plate 208 of
the weighing machine 209, but they are placed
far from the electrode 202. The electric
charge supply 21 0 has a spherical negative
electrode 212. The minimum graduation of
the weight indicator of the weighing machine
209 is I 0 grams, and the distance between
adjacent graduation lines is 1.5 mm.
With the power
supply 207 and the charge supply 210 off, the
weight of the machine for experiment was
measured, and it turned out to be 1300
grams. This measurement was made several
times while swinging the two wires connecting
the motor 204 and the power supply 207, and no
visible changes were detected. The total
weight of the two wires is less than 1
gram. Therefore it can be said that the
wires do not affect the results of the
experiment.
Then the power
supply 207 was turned on, and fed a current of
3 A to the motor 204 in order to accelerate
the rotor 203 rapidly. The result was
that the reading of the weighing machine 209
fluctuated within a range of ±3 grams in the
course of acceleration.
Then we turned
off the supply current, waited for the rotor
203 to stop, and then set the supply current
to 1A in order to accelerate the rotor 203
gradually.
The result was
that there was no visible fluctuation of
weight in the course of acceleration.
This means that 5o the rotor 203 must
be accelerated with a current less than 1 A in
order to avoid fluctuation due to rapid
acceleration.
Then the change
in the weighing machine reading was checked at
the top speed of the rotor 203 with the motor
supplied with a current of 0.5 A. The
difference between the reading at the top
speed and that at rest was less than 1
gram. This difference can be considered
to be caused by an interaction between the
rotor rotation and the surrounding air.
Then with the
rotor 203 at rest, the charge supply 21 0 was
turned on and was brought to a place near the
machine for experiment so that the spherical
electrode 212 touched the outer electrode
202. After one minute, the charge supply
21 0 was taken away to a place far from the
machine, and was turned off.
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Then we started
acceleration of the rotor 203 with a supplied
current of 0.5A. The reading of the weighing
machine 209 decreased with increase in the
rotational speed of the rotor 203. At
the top speed, the reading was 1289 grams,
indicating a weight reduction of 1 1
grams. The same measurement was repeated
with the rotor 203 turning in the opposite
direction, and obtained the same result.
Then the
positive terminal of the charge supply 210 was
connected to the small spherical conductor
213, and the above measurements were repeated
using this small spherical conductor 213,
instead of the spherical negative electrode
212, as a source to charge the electrode
202. At the top speed, the reading of
the weighing machine 209 was 1304 grams,
indicating a weight increase of 4 grams.
The same result was obtained when the rotor
203 was turned in the opposite direction.
Further all of
the above measurements were repeated with
another rotor made of dielectric material
(such as polystyrene foam). The Van de
Graaff generator charged electrode was touched
to the rotor and then the Van de Graaff
generator was turned off and removed away
immediately after the rotorwas electrically
charged. Similar results were obtained.
(Experiment
2)
Fig. 4 shows
another system for an experiment, which was
carried out to show a horizontal force
generated by rotating electric charges around
a tilted axis. This experiment uses the
same machine M as that in experiment 1.
Two parallel
steel rod rails 301 are supported at both ends
by a supporting frame 302 placed on a rigid
table. A sliding mount 303 with a fixed needle
303a attached thereto is movably mounted on
the rails 301 through four
thrust-ball-bearings 303b. This sliding mount
303 can therefore roll freely along the
straight rails 301.
The cylindrical
projection 201a of the machine for experiment
is inserted with a tight fit in the
cylindrical hole of a coupler 304, which is
mounted on the sliding mount 303 at an angle
of 45 degrees to the vertical.
The sliding
mount 303 is pulled toward the right by a cord
305, one end of which is connected to the
sliding mount 303 and the other end of which
is connected to a plate 306 loaded with a
weight 308.
A scale 307 of
one-meter length is provided just behind the
moving path of the needle 303a.
When the sliding
mount 303 mounting the machine is brought to
the left end of the rails 301 by hand and then
is released, the sliding mount 303 is pulled
by the weight 308 toward the right, and slides
along the rails 301. As the sliding mount 303
moves, the reading of the scale 307, indicated
by the needle 303a, changes. This
process is repeated with various conditions
and the time interval between the time when
the reading of the scale 307 is 1 0 cm and
that when the reading is 60 cm is measured.
First, the time
interval was measured with the rotor 203 Of
the machine M at rest and not charged. The Ume
of movement between 1 0 cm. and 60 cm. was 3.8
seconds. Second, the time interval was
measured with the rotor 203 in rotaflon and
not charged. At the top speed of rotation, the
measured time interval was again 3.8 seconds.
Third, the time
interval was measured with the rotor 203
rotafing and charged. As the rotational speed
of the rotor 203 increased, the measured time
interval decreased. At the top speed of
rotabon, the time interval between 10 cm. and
60 cm. was 3.4 seconds.
This measurement
was repeated for both rotational directions of
the rotor and the same result of 3.4 seconds
was obtained.
Also measured
was the time interval from the starting
pointof the sliding mountto the pointwhere the
read5o ing of the scale was 60 cm., and
the acceleration of the sliding mount 303 was
calculated. The result is that when the
rotor is not charged, the horizontal
accelerating force is 4.0 grams weight, and
when the rotor is charged, the horizontal
accelerating force is 5.6 grams weight.
From the above,
one can conclude that the machine of this
invention can generate not only a vertical
force but also a horizontal force simply by
tilting the rotational axis of the rotor.
Specifications
of the experimental apparatus are as follows:
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Base 201a:Made
of Aluminum
Electrode
202:Made of aluminum with an inner dielectric
layer, 130 mm in diameter, 5 mm thick, 7 cm
high
Rotor 203:Made
of aluminum with an outer dielectric layer,
127 mm in diameter, 5 mm thick, 6 cm high
Motor 4:
Ratedmaximum number of revolutions: 50/sec
Weight of
machine: 1300 grams
Weight of the
sliding mount 303 including the coupler
304: 700 grams
Power supply
207: Rated maximum output voltage: 25 volts
From the
foregoing itwill be apparentthatan improved
machine has been provided. The machine
generates a vertical ora horizontal
acceleration orthrust orin any desired
direction. The machine is also useful
for attitude stabilization of a craft.
The machine generates acceleration in a
direction by accelerating a polarized body in
another direction, particularly one where the
polarized body is a rotor that is rotatable in
a gravitational field. The rotor may be
oriented in a non-verdcal direction, the
rotoraxis being variable and the rotor being
electrically charged or magnetized. The
rotational speed of the rotor is variable
and/or reversible, and the degree of
polarization is variable and/or
reversible. The number of rotors may be
two or more, and has at least one rotor whose
axial direction is variable.
Claims
1.Apparatus for
acceleration in a gravitational field,
comprising an electrically polarized body, and
means for moving said body in one direction,
thereby generating an accelerating force in
another direction.
2.Apparatus as
set forth in Claim 1, in which said polarized
body comprises a rotor that is rotatably
placed in the gravitational field.
3. Apparatus as
set forth in Claim 2, in which said rotor has
an axis which is oriented to a non-verdcal
direction.
4.Apparatus as
set forth in Claim 2, in which said rotor is
electrically charged or magnetized.
5. Apparatus as
set forth in Claim 2, in which the rotational
speed of said rotor is variable.
6.Apparatus as
set forth in Claim 2, in which the rotational
direction of said rotor is reversible.
7.Apparatus as
set forth in Claim 2 in which the degree of
polarization of said rotor is variable.
8.Apparatus as
set forth in Claim 2, in which the direction
of the rotor axis is variable.
