GB1341163A - Apparatus for converting thermal energy into mechanical movement - Google Patents

Apparatus for converting thermal energy into mechanical movement

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Publication number
GB1341163A
GB1341163A GB513072A GB513072A GB1341163A GB 1341163 A GB1341163 A GB 1341163A GB 513072 A GB513072 A GB 513072A GB 513072 A GB513072 A GB 513072A GB 1341163 A GB1341163 A GB 1341163A
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rod
chamber
thermal energy
chambers
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Landis and Gyr AG
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D23/00—Control of temperature
    • G05D23/19—Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means
    • G05D23/1919—Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means characterised by the type of controller
    • G05D23/1921—Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means characterised by the type of controller using a thermal motor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G7/00—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for
    • F03G7/06—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like

Abstract

1341163 Temperature responsive actuating element LANDIS & GYR AG 3 Feb 1972 [12 Feb 1971] 5130/72 Heading G1D Thermal energy is converted to mechanical energy by a device wherein heat is applied to liquid in one or more annular chambers which is/are in communication with, but thermally insulated from, a further annular chamber so as to cause a volume expansion thereof, and hence a movement of an actuating rod attached thereto. In the embodiment shown, the device comprises annular chambers 9, 10, 2, chamber 2 being seated by spring bellows 6. Heating elements 11, 12 vaporize the liquid, preferably water, in chambers 9, 10 thereby causing contraction of the bellows 6 and hence movement of a rod 7. Use of only one of the elements 11, 12 moves the rod 7 by a half-stroke. In modifications, a single uniformly wound heating element is used Fig.1, (not shown), or a single asymmetrically wound element is used in combination with a chamber whose inner wall converges towards chamber 2, Fig.3, (not shown). This latter modification gives rise to a non-linear extension of the rod 7 with time.
GB513072A 1971-02-12 1972-02-03 Apparatus for converting thermal energy into mechanical movement Expired GB1341163A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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CH211171A CH527466A (en) 1971-02-12 1971-02-12 Thermally operated actuator

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GB1341163A true GB1341163A (en) 1973-12-19

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CH (1) CH527466A (en)
DE (1) DE2201838A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2126674A5 (en)
GB (1) GB1341163A (en)
IT (1) IT947384B (en)
NL (1) NL147512B (en)
SE (1) SE372598B (en)

Cited By (3)

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GB2131949A (en) * 1982-12-15 1984-06-27 Itt Ind Ltd Automobile headlamp level adjustment
GB2133544A (en) * 1982-12-20 1984-07-25 Elektrowatt Ag Electrothermal actuator
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CH638873A5 (en) * 1979-08-09 1983-10-14 Elektrowatt Ag THERMODYNAMIC ACTUATOR.
DE3005973A1 (en) * 1980-02-18 1981-09-03 Martin Dr.-Ing. 7801 Horben Röver High pressure measurement of viscous liquids in small containers - using membrane and compensation pressure generated in vaporiser with electrical heating
FR2590326B1 (en) * 1985-11-15 1989-11-03 Penn Ernest THERMOELECTRIC CYLINDER
DE3601894A1 (en) * 1986-01-23 1987-07-30 Anschuetz Regeltechnik Optik Hydraulic position transmitter

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2131949A (en) * 1982-12-15 1984-06-27 Itt Ind Ltd Automobile headlamp level adjustment
GB2133544A (en) * 1982-12-20 1984-07-25 Elektrowatt Ag Electrothermal actuator
WO2010074616A1 (en) * 2008-12-22 2010-07-01 Exencotech Ab An energy cell
CN102265031A (en) * 2008-12-22 2011-11-30 伊森科科技公司 An energy cell
JP2012513556A (en) * 2008-12-22 2012-06-14 エクセンコーテック アーベー Energy cell
CN102265031B (en) * 2008-12-22 2014-12-24 伊森科科技公司 An energy cell
US8919117B2 (en) 2008-12-22 2014-12-30 Exencotech Ab Energy cell operable to generate a pressurized fluid via bladder means and a phase change material

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FR2126674A5 (en) 1972-10-06
NL7106412A (en) 1972-08-15
NL147512B (en) 1975-10-15
IT947384B (en) 1973-05-21
SE372598B (en) 1974-12-23
DE2201838A1 (en) 1972-08-31
CH527466A (en) 1972-08-31

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