Power plants – Reaction motor – Method of operation
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-27
2001-06-26
Thorpe, Timothy S. (Department: 3746)
Power plants
Reaction motor
Method of operation
C060S221000, C415S090000, C440S076000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06250071
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to a housing for a disk rotor propulsion turbine system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a housing for a disk rotor propulsion system having a generally wedge-shaped front end, an intake opening, and an outflow opening for use in a propulsion system as well as a method for using the same.
It is, of course, generally known to provide propulsion systems and housings that are designed to move a craft through a fluid medium. Moreover, it is generally known to provide pumps or engines that are designed for use with a plurality of disks stacked one atop another with minimal spacing therebetween. The disks, upon high speed rotation, provide an engine or motor with high power output using relatively low amounts of input energy.
Known disk rotor systems are generally used as pumps. The typical housing for a disk rotor system is generally cylindrically-shaped with an inflow opening along a longitudinal axis of the cylinder and an outflow tube that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. As the disks spin, centrifugal forces draw the material from the opening at the axis of the disks to a periphery of the disks. The outflow opening generally allows the material to be expelled from the housing. These pumps are generally stationary systems and are not designed or shaped to move through the material being pumped.
It is known, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,768,920, to provide a housing having a generally cylindrical chamber formed by a pair of circular endwalls connected by a peripheral wall within which is mounted a disk rotor system. The housing includes an inlet into the chamber and an outlet from the periphery of the chamber. In operation, fluid, such as air or water, is introduced through the inlet port and directed into an axial opening of the system of disks. Rotation of the disks along with the viscosity of the fluid imparts a propulsive force thereto.
As fluid enters the disk system, fluid molecules attach to the disk surfaces to form a boundary layer. The boundary layer serves as a molecular buffer between the disk surface and the fluid contents. As the rotor is powered and the disks spin, the boundary layer attracts and drags along other layers of molecules through the centrifugal force. The dynamic force propels the fluid which is then expelled from the system of disks along the periphery of the disks through an output opening.
A need, therefore, exists for an improved housing for the disk rotor system to provide an efficient and low cost propulsion system capable of aerodynamic movement through a pumped medium.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to a housing for a propulsion system containing a plurality of disks for use with a fluid, such as air or water, as well as a method for using the same.
To this end, in an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus has a housing that has a first end, a second end, a first side and an interior compartment wherein the first end has a wedge shape. A first intake opening is provided in the first side of the housing. An outflow opening is provided at the second end of the housing.
In an embodiment, a second intake opening is provided in a second side of the housing.
In an embodiment, the second end has a planar face and is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the housing.
In an embodiment, the outflow opening is rectangularly shaped.
In an embodiment, the first intake opening is rectangularly shaped.
In an embodiment, the housing has a second side wherein the first side and second side form the wedge-shaped first end of the housing.
In an embodiment, the housing has a second side wherein the first and second sides form the wedge-shaped first end of the housing. The housing has a third and fourth side wherein the third and fourth sides are planar and parallel with respect to each other and perpendicular with respect to the first and second sides.
In an embodiment, the first intake opening directs a fluid into the interior compartment of the housing.
In an embodiment, the wedge-shaped first end provides for streamlined motion through a fluid.
In an embodiment, the outflow opening in the second end of the housing directs a fluid away from the interior compartment of the housing.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a system is provided. The system has a housing that has a first end, a second end, a first side and an interior compartment wherein the first end of the housing has a wedge shape. An interior compartment is contained within the housing. A first intake opening is provided in the first side of the housing. An outflow opening is provided at the second end of the housing. A propulsion system has a plurality of disks within the interior compartment of the housing.
In an embodiment, the intake opening is capable of directing a fluid directly into an axial opening of each of the plurality of disks.
In an embodiment, the system has a drive shaft on which each of the plurality of disks is rotatably attached.
In an embodiment, a motor is connected to the drive shaft capable of driving the propulsion system.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of using a disk propulsion system is provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a housing having a first end, a second end, a first side and an interior compartment wherein the first end of the housing has a wedge-shape opening in the first side of the housing and further wherein the housing has an outflow opening in the second end of the housing; providing a propulsion system having a plurality of disks within the interior compartment of the housing.
In an embodiment, a motor is attached to the plurality of disks.
In an embodiment, the plurality of disks is rapidly rotated to provide a propulsive force to the housing in the fluid.
In an embodiment, a shaft is provided between the rotor and the housing.
In an embodiment, fluid is pulled through the intake opening and allowed to flow through the housing.
In an embodiment, a fluid is ejected from the housing through the outflow opening.
It is, therefore, an advantage of the present invention to provide an apparatus, a system and a method to provide a housing that moves through a fluid, such as air or water.
Another advantage of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, a system and a method to provide a propulsion system connected to a motor or an engine.
A further advantage of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, a system and a method to provide a plurality of disks as a propulsion system in order to provide greater efficiency than standard propulsion systems.
Yet another advantage of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, a system and a method to allow for streamlined movement through a fluid.
A still further advantage of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, a system and a method to provide a unique placement of openings to allow fluid to flow through the housing.
A still further advantage of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, a system and a method to provide a non-impingement type rotor system that minimizes damage to the rotor.
A further advantage of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, a system and a method to allow the rotor to operate without damage during cavitation, volume fluctuations, and during shut-off.
Yet another advantage of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, a system and a method to allow impurities in the fluid to pass through the rotor system without damaging the rotor system or creating inefficiencies within the system.
Additional features and advantages of the present invention are described in, and will be apparent from, the detailed description of the presently preferred embodiments and from the drawings.
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Gartenberg Ehud
Patents+TMS
Schmoll & Halquiss
Thorpe Timothy S.
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