GB2486281A

GB2486281A - Magnetic motion device

Info

Publication number: GB2486281A
Application number: GB1021051.6A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Roger William Hall
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2010-12-11
Filing date: 2010-12-11
Publication date: 2012-06-13
Also published as: GB201021051D0

Abstract

An imbalanced force is produced by moving one mass 1 having magnetic properties into the repelling field 3 of another mass 2 having magnetic properties where the magnetic polarities of the masses are where facing each other the same so repelling in force and the movement of one mass 1 is towards, across and away from the other mass 2. Each magnetic mass may comprise plural magnetic masses. One magnetic mass may be in a fixed position. One mass may move away from the mass moving across it due to the repelling force; be limited in the distance it can travel; and be returned by a spring 4 or a further repelling magnet (fig 2,8). A moving magnetic mass may move linearly (fig 3). Either of a fixed or the moving magnetic mass may be electromagnetic and so able to be magnetised and demagnetised. The device may be rotatably mounted to change the direction of a resultant force and include a means of power for moving the magnetic mass. As a magnet is moved towards another magnet the two forces increasingly repel each other as the distance between them decreases. One of the forces is made to suddenly move away creating a momentary imbalance in force, which causes the device to move and therefore have momentum.

Description

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MAGNETIC MOTION DEVICE

The present invention relates to a device that creates an internal imbalanced force and uses this imbalanced force to produce motion in a desired direction.

This would be especially useful in space propulsion as the present method of using reaction mass means you effectively throw ninety percent of the spacecrafts mass away to produce the desired movement.

The present invention produces an internal force by utilizing the repelling forces when two magnets whose magnetic poles when facing each other are the same are brought closer together. If one magnet is moved towards another magnet that is fixed, the repelling magnetic forces will increase as the distance between the two magnets decreases. As the repelling force increases due to the momentum of the moving magnet, a pent up force is produced. If one of the repelling forces is suddenly moved away, the remaining magnet will undergo a brief moment of force imbalance. This imbalance in force will then cause movement in a given direction.

The invention will now be described solely by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 shows one magnet being brought closer to another magnet where the two magnetic fields are repelling each other and a pent up force is being built up.

Figure 2 shows one of the magnets having being moved rapidly away from the other magnet due to the repelling magnetic field.

Figure 3 shows a linear motion of the moving magnet interacting with a plurality of fixed magnets.

In Figure 1 we see a magnet I moving towards a second magnet 2 and since the facing poles of the two magnets are the same they try to repel each other and so a force is being built up. A spring 4 is being used to return magnet 2 to its original position once magnet I has passed over magnet 2.

In Figure 2 we now see magnet 5 facing magnet 6 and due to magnet 6 being able to move away from magnet 5 due to device 7 it does so. As it does so the two magnets are no longer repelling each other in a sideward manner creating a sudden imbalance in the force action of magnet 5. A magnet 8 has replaced the spring as a means of returning magnet 6 to its original position once magnet 5 has moved out of the way.

In Figure 3 we see a linear movement 11 of magnet 9 which due to device 10 is able to move away from magnet 12 when it moves across it. As device 10 moves away from magnet 12, magnet 13 will return magnet 9 to its original position ready to repeat the action with magnet 14. The same action of creating a build up of equalling forces and then causing a sudden imbalance While the foregoing embodiment is at present to be preferred, it is understood that numerous variations and modifications may be made therein by those skilled in the art and it is intended to cover in the appended claims all such variations and modifications that fall within the true spirit and scope of this invention.

Claims

Claims 1. A device that produces an imbalanced force by moving one mass having magnetic properties or plurality of masses having magnetic properties into the repelling magnetic field of another mass having magnetic properties or plurality of magnetic masses where the magnetic polarity of such masses having magnetic properties where facing each other are the same and so repelling in force and in such a manner as to move the magnetic mass or magnetic masses towards, across and away from the other magnetic mass or magnetic masses.
2. A device according to claim I that enables a magnetic mass to move towards, across and away from a magnetic mass that is in a fixed position where the facing poles are the same and so repelling in force and whilst moving across the fixed magnet is so constructed as to allow the movement of said moving magnetic mass to move away from the fixed magnetic mass whilst still moving across the fixed magnetic mass.
3. A device according to claim I that allows a magnetic mass to move away from another magnetic mass that is moved across it due to the repelling force created by the facing magnetic poles being the same.
4. A device according to claim I where a magnetic mass is fixed in its position even when under the influence of a repelling magnetic field.
5. A device according to claim 1 that enables a magnetic mass to move towards, across and away from a magnetic mass of repelling magnetic orientation.
6. A device according to claim I that allows a mass having magnetic properties to travel along or within it whilst maintaining the direction of the polarity of the magnetic mass.
7. A device according to claim 6 that limits the distance the magnetic mass can travel.
8. A device according to claim 6 that returns the magnetic mass to its original position before it moved under the influence of a repelling magnetic force.
9. A device according to claim I where the moving magnetic mass is electromagnetic and so being able to be magnetised and demagnetised by being switched on and off at predetermined times.
10. A device according to claim 1 where the magnetic mass being in a fixed position and being electromagnetic and so being able to be magnetised and demagnetised by being switched on and off at predetermined times.
11. A device according to claim I where a magnetic mass is rotated towards and begins to move away from a fixed magnetic mass before travelling across the fixed magnetic mass.
12. A device according to claim 1, a means of power for moving a magnetic mass or plurality of magnetic masses towards, across and away from another magnetic mass or plurality of magnetic masses.
13. A device according to claim I that is so constructed as to be rotatably mounted so as to be able to change the direction of the resultant imbalanced force.