Patent ID: 6206141
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: F03G

Abstract:
A gravity motor using the potential energy of a mass located at a certain height, said potential energy to be transformed through gravity into kinetic energy, said gravity motor comprising:a storage bin (26) to store, at a certain height, a volume of fragmented material (39), said storage bin comprising a base (28) to allow the discharge of said fragmented material (39),a first chute (30) having a superior knee joint (31) communicating with said base, said first chute (30) further comprising means to activate said fragmented material (39) into exiting said base (28), said first chute (30) further having a distance of chute sufficient to accelerate a speed of fall of a discriminate part of said volume of said fragmented material (39) and the transformation of said potential energy into kinetic energy at an exit (58),a rotary part (60) revolving around a central axis passing through a rotor (46) attached to a vane holder wherefrom radially outspring a number of vanes (36), each of said vanes (61) passing through a collecting position under said exit (58) whereat said vane (61) receives said discriminate part of said volume of said fragmented material (39) falling out of said exit (58), said vane acting as cantilever about said central axis and causing a rotation around said central axis at a velocity corresponding to said kinetic energy of said discriminate part of said volume of fragmented material (39), said rotor part (60) comprising rotating means for driving an output (48), said storage bin (26) having a height and a width, and being superposed upon said base (28), said base (28) comprising a sloped bottom (25) and at least one outflow shutter (27) mounted against said sloped bottom (25), said shutter (27) having an inclined face and a cylinder for reciprocating displacement of said inclined face so as to cause the release of discriminate parts of said volume of said fragmented material.