Engines with multipliers
This invention is going to substitute all so far known engines of internal / external combustion using fuels. These engines may obtain motion and produce power like steam turbine used for electric production or vessels propulsion engines, air crafts and all other engines burning. Diesel oil or gasoline. Today's engine have the disadvantages of burning fuel firstly and badly effecting air pollution. This patent will give job to many millions of people and for 21 century there will be not job reduction in construction field as well as all goods where energy without fuels is to take place instead of today's applicable fuel engines. Description of this patent is following and with the aid of the drawings can see a rotary engine where moving stroke is of small length. On a metallic box is mounted a complete rotary engine. Drawing 1 shows the rotary engine N3 circuferential of which is adjustable by the length of pushing. The complete rotor is mounted on a metallic box.
Figure 1 shows rotor N3. Its circumference is adjusted by the length of the pushing distance. In the same figure, we can see the protruding points N10 that receive the forces for the rotation. Example : If the pushing distance is 7 cm and we have 8 protruding points, then the circumference of the rotor equals to 56 cm.
Wheel N2 is mounted on the shaft of rotor N3. Its role is to smooth the rotation. The wheel is driven by engine N1 and drives generator N8. Engine N1 receives electric energy from generator N8, which has greater power. Gear N4 is mounted on shaft N3 and can be connected to other gears, creating, thus, a multiplier. It can transfer motion to the generator, instead of the belts of the wheel.
That gear can be replaced by another, of different dimensions, in order to reduce the revolutions of the generator. In Figure 1 , N4 is a free gear and transmits the same rotational speed to gear N7, which is connected to crank N6. Gears N7 and N3 are identical. Crank N6 has the same circumference and length with the crank of the rotor. The crank bears a number of circumferential plates, with a certain offset. The plates have initial equal to zero, final height to the (initial) displacement of the multiplier and length equal to the pushing distance. If the multipliers give greater displacement, then we can use a crank-shaft (as in a diesel engine). The movement of the multiplier is transferred to a free piston and the to (διωστήpας) of the crank-shaft. The piston operates insides a free-movement cylinder. The displacement of the multiplier must correspond to 180 degrees of the angular displacement of the crank-shaft «buttons». To improve the perfomance, the piston can be moved be two or more «buttons» at points chosen by the designer. All the components of the rotary or Diesel-type engines (apart from the engines and the wheel) are supported inside a closed metallic box. The metallic box contains inbricating oil. The components are self-lubricated. The start-up is performed by igniter (for small engines), compressed air (for larger engines) or other alternatives. A multiplier is a device that multiplies an input displacement. The multiplier has a base of 670mm length. Initially, there is shaft N19 (figure 5) and a roller N20, which receives an input displacement of 8mm from the crankshaft N9. That shaft bears a rhombus-shaped element N17 consisted of 4 plates. At the end plate there are holes. The centres of the holes lie on a line of 63mm length. The lateral distance is 65mm. The axial distance is 85mm. The plates are supported on a second shaft, of 160mm length. As for the second rhombus, the lateral is 93mm and the axial distance is 183mm. The plate is supported on a
third shaft of 220mm length. The respective dimensions for the third plate are 133mm, 135mm and 230mm. All four shafts must touch each other at the joints. Near the joints of the rhombuses, we have the connection between the plates (Figure 5 -N17). The plates are inclined. At the main shaft, there is a bifurcated element N14, which initially is tangent to the lower axis of the connected plates. For good operation and performance we must ensure the following : 1) The rollers must be tangent to the drives 2) The reciprocating shafts must be tangent to each other. 3) The bifurcated elemnts must be tangent to the shaft and joined centrally. When we push the first shaft, the rollers are pushed against the drives. The pressure is transferred to the bifurcated element. Though the motion of the plates, the pushing action is changed into pulling action. At the same time, the shafts and the rollers are equally pushed.
Preliminary testing showed that a force of 100kg gave initial force of 6kg, final force of 60kg and displacement of 70mm. This is due to the lateral length of the rhombuses (at the initial motion of the multiplier) which gives 6kg. As the shaft moves, the pressure is reduced and the kilograms increase. At the terminal position, the rhombuses work as a shaft and we have pressure acting on a surface, giving 60kg (friction substracted). In my opinion, if we use plates of greater length (10, .20 and 30mm respectively) and initial displacement of 10mm, we will have again initial pressure of 6kg and final 60, as well as total length appropriate for various reciprocating engines. In order to reduce the length of the multiplier, we can apply another connection : for example the third rhombus can be connected to the rhombus (at its first end) and to the output shaft (at the other end). In large engines, the multipliers can have 4 or 5 rhombuses with smaller size and lower performance. The useful length of each multiplier is a function of the length of element N9. the height starts from 0mm and should end at 10mm. Figure 7 shows a unit with 3 multipliers. Multiplier (A) gets an input from crank 6 and plate 9. The terminal shaft 16 drives rod 19, which is fixed with the terminal reciprocating shaft 16. Rod 19 drives lever 20 which is supported at multiplier (C). Multipliers (C) and (B) are connected at the same way. We tested the device and applied initial force 6kg. The output was 60kg and the displacement was 70mm. If the initial displacement is 8mm, then the distance of the lever must be 250mm. In that case, multiplier (C) gives an initial force of 36kg and a final force of 360kg. The offset plates (Fig.1) N9 have an adjustable height. A regulator can change their height and hence control the revolutions the load and the «stop» position.