Patent ID: 6962052
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: F03G,G21K,H05H

Abstract:
1. A device for converting environmental heat into a usable form of energy, said device comprising at least one mechanism contactable with a fluid comprising randomly moving particles and said at least one mechanism selectively blocking more of said particles that are moving in a first general direction relatively to said at least one mechanism, than the particles that are moving in a second direction opposite to said first general direction, such that there is created thereby at least one imbalance, and wherein said mechanism comprises at least one of the following: a) a plurality of unidirectional stoppers mostly facing in a one common direction, wherein said unidirectional stoppers block more from said particles arriving from said direction as compared with particles from said particle arriving in opposite direction to said above direction; b) a plurality of unidirectional elements mostly facing in a one common direction, wherein said unidirectional elements block more from said particles arriving from said direction as compared with particles from said particles arriving in opposite direction to said above first one direction.