BUOYANCY MOTOR

Abstract: The buoyancy motor is an environmental friendly, ecological motor, which is based on a method for its building and operation, that takes advantage of a liquid's buoyancy for the creation of circular motion. This motor has a pivot firmly bound with a circular surface that can revolve and consists part of the liquid's tank inner wall. In the circumference, this surface has receptors through which cylindrical empty compartments can enter and come out with the help of mechanisms - guides. Some number of these compartments enter one after the other in the liquid while at the same time some other come out. Liquid's buoyancy forces the compartments that are in the liquid into movement. This movement is converted into pivot's circular motion, through the circular surface on which these compartments are based. This way the motor converts liquid's buoyancy into circular motion which can be used for the production of inexhaustible, cheap and environmental friendly energy.

Description: BUOYANCY MOTOR This invention relates to a method of manufacturing and operating a motor, driven by liquid's uplift power, known as "buoyancy". This power is transformed into circular motion. Based on this method, we can manufacture several types of motors. These motors can be used mostly for producing cheap, environmental friendly and inexhaustible energy. Until today, motors were divided in two basic categories: the environmental friendly motors, which are less commonly used, and the non - environmental friendly motors, which are most commonly met. The non - environmental friendly motors use mostly solid, liquid or gaseous fuels. They are polluting, have high building and operating cost, depend always on the fuel source and some of them, such as nuclear power stations, are sometimes even dangerous. The environmental friendly motors, such as solar or wind power systems have a non-continuous operation, depend on the weather conditions and operate periodically (day - night) or momentary (wind - lack of wind). Therefore, they are ineffective and not self-sufficient and as a result they are usually replaced by the first ones. This means on the one hand that whatever advantages they might have eventually become a disadvantage and on the other hand that their operating cost rises. All motors that will be manufactured by this method, will have a main pivot, around which there are receptors of material bodies, whose weight is less than the liquid's, such as empty compartments. In parallel to them there is a tank with liquid. The operation of this motor is as follows: a specific number of these compartments are inside the liquid and therefore buoyancy, with direction from bottom to the top, is applied to them. Hence, each one of the sunken compartments moves to the liquid's surface and makes the pivot rotate. As soon as each one of them reaches the liquid's surface, it exits the liquid and by following circular route reaches the bottom of the tank, where it enters into the liquid again and follows the same procedure. In this way, a continuous motion of the pivot is being accomplished. Buoyancy motors have the following advantages: Firstly, they use buoyancy and since the liquid element is the most widespread element in the earth's surface, they can operate with no significant cost. Secondly, their operation has no time limit, because as long as liquids exist, buoyancy will exists too. Thirdly, they are environmental friendly and have continuous operation. Fourthly, they are simple in building and economic in operation. And fifthly, they don't depend on fuel or weather conditions and they provide energy with self-sufficiency and independence for their user. The invention is described, in the attached figure, with the help of an example. Figure 1, shows the front view of a rotating circular surface with the compartment's receptors. Figure 2 displays the front view of the liquid's tank. Figure 3 demonstrates in detail a compartment with the receptor and its components. Figure 4 demonstrates the front view of the compartment's reverse side, with its wheel and legs. Figure 5 shows the ground plan of the motor's top side, heaving removed the upper part of the liquid's tank and the upper circumferential part of the circular surface. Figure 6 presents a perspective view of the motor. Next, follows an analytical presentation of this invention by using the example which is shown in the attached figures. Figure 1, shows the front view of the cylindrical surface of the motor, which bears in points (3) and (9) two narrow circular surfaces, that extend backwards. This circular surface has twelve round openings (5), inside which equal number of compartments (21) can reciprocate as it is shown in figures 3,4,5 and 6. In the circumference of each one of these twelve openings (5), there is an insulation receptor (7) and a cylindrical receptor (6), on which the compartment (21) is based, and extends forwards. The compartment's receptors (6) are bound together with a cylindrical frame (4), which supports their structural strength. In the center of this circular surface, there is a pivot's receptor (1), through which passes the pivot (29), as it is shown in figures 5 and 6. The pivot (29) is bound together with the circular surface. Finally, the area (2) that is not in contact with the liquid and the area (8) that it is are noted. Figure 2 demonstrates the front view of the liquid's tank. The shape of the tank is cylindrical. The back wall of the tank is closed while the front is open. This tank consists of two cylinders (13 and 16), which have the same height. On the front edge of these cylinders and around their external circumference, there is insulation (14) and (17) (as it is better shown in figure 6). In the back side of the tank, there is an opening (10) through which passes the pivot (29) of figures 5 and 6. In the external surface of this side there is one more opening (11) of the pivot's ball - bearing (20) (figure 5, 6) that supports the pivot (29). In the back surface there is one more opening (18), so that the area (12) that contains no liquid, can ventilate. The area (15) is the liquid's area. It is important to mention that the back side and the external cylinder are noted with the same number (16). The circular surface of Figure 1 fits with the front side of the tank of figure 2 and can rotate. Figure 3 presents in detail one of the twelve compartments (21) of the motor (which when are inside the liquid under the influence of buoyancy that makes the motor move) and the area around it. The compartment (21) is a cylinder which has a thin, light and strong inner wall. This compartment except for this cylindrical surface has only one base (35), whose surface tends to be spherical and is always in contact with the liquid. The other base of compartment is open and from its circumference begin three legs (23), which come together in one point and support the wheel's (26) axle. Through this arrangement, the compartment (21) can move in and out of the liquid. Around the compartment (21) there is a receptor (6), on which the compartment is based, and moves with the assistance of lubricant. This receptor (6) includes also the insulation's receptor (7). The insulation prevents the liquid in the tank from leaking while the compartment reciprocate. The receptors (6 and 7) are based on one hand on the circular surface (22) and on the other on the frame (4) between the receptors (6 and 7) that supports their strength. Figure 4 shows the front view of the open base of the compartment (21). It shows how the three legs (23) are placed in a way that they always face the motor's pivot (29). It also shows the wheel (26), which moves freely around its axle, and whose one side is wider than the other in a way that a channel is created. This happens so that the wheel (26) can follow the guides (24) or (25) of figures 5 and 6, which are described below. Figure 5, shows the ground plan of the top front part of the motor, having removed the upper part of the liquid's tank (figure 2) and the upper circumferential part of the circular surface (shown in figure 1), so that the position of the compartments (21) can be shown better. Here, except from the above mentioned parts (figures 1,2,3 and 4), some new ones are displayed. These are: The pivot (29) of the motor, that rotates with the circular surface (22), which is the flat part of the surface in figure 1 without the cylindrical surfaces (3 and 9). The gear (19) of the pivot (29) through which the motion of the motor is transferred. The two ball-bearings of the pivot (29). The first one (20) lies behind the liquid's tank (16) and the second one (28) in the other side of the pivot (29) on a stable position (27). These two ball-bearings are the base that supports the pivot (29). In this figure also appears the two mechanisms with which the compartment (21) enters and exits the liquid. These mechanisms are being called "guides". The "entry" guide is (24) and the "exit" guide is (25). These guides are real parts of the surface of a hypothetical cylinder, which have the same imaginable pivot with the motor's pivot (29) and cncumference that coincides with the track that the wheel (23) of the compartment (21) follows while revolving. These guides are stable and are based on positions outside the motor. The guide (24) is bigger and has two levels. The first one (24.1) is closer than the second one (24.2) to the circular surface (22). In the bottom side of the guide (24), the two levels meet each other with an inclination as it is shown in figure 6. For most of the circular distance, the wheels (26) of the compartment (21) move on the guide (24) in such a way that when they are on level (24.2), the compartments (21) are out of the liquid. By following the guide's (24) inclination the compartments go to level (24.1) and enter the liquid. The guide (25) is smaller and is placed in the upper part of the route, that the compartment's (21) wheel (26) follows. It takes the wheels (26) from the guide's (24) level (24.1) and takes them with his inclination into the level (24.2), which means that it makes the compartments (21) exit the liquid. This figure, also shows the insulation (30) of the compartment (21). From this point forward begins the motor's operation analysis. The compartments (21), that appear in the left part of the figure, with the help of the guide (24.1) are in the liquid's tank (16) and buoyancy is applied to them. Therefore they begin to move from the bottom part of the tank (16) to the upper part. But, by being the compartments (21) connected through their receptors (6) with the circular surface (22), is this motion turned into circular and makes the surface (22) with the attached pivot (29) move. When each of the compartment (21) reaches the upper part of the tank (16), (this motion is shown in the center of figure 5), its wheel (26) follows the guide (25) and the compartment (21) exits the liquid. Then, the compartment's (21) wheel (26) moves on the guide (24.2) and the compartment (21) is shown among others in the right side of figure 5. They are now out of the liquid and continue the circular motion to the bottom. When each one of the compartments (21) reaches the bottom of the tank, by following the guide's inclination from level (24.2) to level (24.1) it enters the liquid again, buoyancy is applied again and it makes the compartment move upwards again. This way a continuous circular motion is created that makes the pivot (29) move. In this example, the motor has twelve compartments (21). While the motor operates in the same time there are five compartments (21) on which buoyancy is always applied, one compartment enters the liquid, one exits and five are out of the liquid and follow the motion. All the materials of the moving parts of the motor are light and resistant. Figure 6 shows the perspective view of the motor. Here, among other things some new parts of the motor are shown: the expansion of the liquid opening (31), the filling opening (32) and the effluence opening (33). These openings are connected with pipes. Moreover, the supporting base (34) of the circular surface (22) with the pivot (29) is shown. Starting from the top of the figure, appears the liquid's tank, whose front view is shown in figure 2. Furthermore, the area (12) which has no liquid is shown, so that a big part of the area (2) of the circular surface (22) (figure 1) can be relieved from the liquid's pressure, that would exist in this area. In addition, a circular area (15) is created, in which the existing liquid obtains circular motion, which, affects also the compartments (21) when they are in the liquid, by increasing their speed. In the middle of the figure appears the circular surface (22) with the compartments (21). For the simplicity of the figure the receptors (6) and (7), the frame (4) and the legs (23) of the wheels (26), except for one, have been left out. Here also appears the places of the wheels (26) on the guides (24) and (25). It is noted that the internal surface of the guides (24) is linear for better understanding of its shape. The wheels (26) "step on" the guide (24) for the biggest part of their route, except for when the compartments (21) exit of the liquid and then "step on" the guide (25). This happens so that the circular surface (22) can be relieved from the additional pressure that the compartments (21) would suffer, if their exiting of the liquid was based only in it. In the bottom of the figure appears the motor's pivot (29), which is based on the ball-bearings (20 and 28), and is bound together with the circular surface (22) and one base (34). The direction in which the motor moves both in figure 5 and 6 is from left to right.

Claims: CLAIMS 1. A method of building and operating motors consisting in any mechanical arrangement, which for the creation of circular motion is in contact with the liquid, is characterized by the use of material bodies lighter than the liquid, in circular arrangement around the pivot and is exploiting the liquid's buoyancy that is applied in some of these material bodies when they are periodically with the help of a mechanism, inside the liquid, is a buoyancy motor. 2. The buoyancy motor is characterized by an arrangement, which consists of a surface of circular or cylindrical shape (22), which is part of a vertical inner wall of the corresponding liquid's tank (16), which is firmly bound with a pivot (29), which can revolve and bears unlimited number of receptors (6) of material bodies (21) lighter than the liquid. These bodies bear a contact system (23) with stable guides (24), (25) which consists of one or more wheels (26). 3. The buoyancy motor accordingly to claim 1 is characterized by the fact that it has an unlimited number of material bodies lighter than the liquid, which can be either empty compartments or consist of solid material bodies. 4. The buoyancy motor accordingly to claim 1 is characterized by the fact that it has a pivot (29) and bears at least one mechanism (19) for the motion's transport. 5. The buoyancy motor accordingly to claim 1 is characterized by the fact that the liquid's tank (figure 2), which is used, can have any shape

Inventors: DIKAIAKOS DIMITRIOS, DIKAIAKOS, DIMITRIOS
Applicants: DIKAIAKOS DIMITRIOS, DIKAIAKOS, DIMITRIOS
Application year: 2000
Main classification: F03B17
IPC codes: F03B17