Weight driven rotary power generating apparatus
The present invention entails a weight driven rotary power generating apparatus that is designed to efficiently provide energy that can be harnessed and effectively utilized. Forming the weight driven rotary power generating apparatus of the present invention is a heavy flywheel rotatively mounted within a frame structure and including a plurality of radially extending and circumferentially spaced projectors or drive panels that extends from the flywheel. Peripherally disposed about said flywheel is a closed, off-axis weight track that includes a plurality of weights movable therein. Because of the off-axis orientation with respect to the flywheel, the track is oriented such that as the weights fall due to gravity through a falling run of said track, they engage said projectors projecting from said flywheel and act to drive said flywheel. Once past the falling run, the power generating apparatus is provided with a chain weight transfer assembly that engages the weights as they enter a return run of said track and act to transfer said weights to an elevated position where they may be held and selectively released in accordance with the rpm of said flywheel. Once released, the respective weights again move through the falling run and act to drive the flywheel as just described.
- Assignee:
- EDB-83-085000
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4333548
- OSTI ID:
- 6452433
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 2 May 1980; Other Information: PAT-APPL-146353
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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