Patent CA-2919937-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WOODS TIMOTHY J
IPC: F16H1/28
Filed: 2016-02-05
Abstract: A collection of wheels are made to turn continuously owing to force imposed upon them by one or more levers. Within the circumference of a very large wheel (called a sun wheel) which in this case is a multi-strand sprocket chain, are a series of smaller wheels. Within the inner anatomy of the motor is a second multi-strand chain, called a venus-earth chain, which carries two more strands of chain than what is carried as a sun chain. Thus, for example, a sun wheel composed of two strands of chain would necessitate a four-strand venus-earth chain; the two middle strands (sometimes called the camel strands) of the venus-earth chain would be dedicated to meeting the Saturn and mercury sprockets, while the outer two strands would be reserved for the earth and venus sprockets. Accordingly, the wheels that engage the sun wheel, and that engage the venus-earth chain, are sprockets: The shafts of the earth wheels, the venus wheels, and the mercury wheels (called the triplet) are fixed in place to the motor support frame via bearings, while the Saturn wheel is allowed to swing/arc about the radius of the center earth shaft according to force presented to a moon shaft which is swung 'up' or 'down' by a pair of lever arms. On the moon shaft is a moon wheel that contacts the inner circumference of the Saturn wheels and consequently forces them up or down too. The largest of the wheels within the sun wheel inner area are two or more Saturn wheels that directly engage the sun wheel; next, and at the center of the sun wheel, are a pair of earth wheels that are smaller in diameter than the Saturn wheels but engage them through the means of available strands of multi-strand sprocket chain, some strands of which are engaged on their inward side by the earth wheels, while other, open strands, are designed to allow the Saturn wheels to engage them on their outward side. Opposite the Saturn wheels, and at half their diameter, are two mercury wheels that engage the sun wheel on the opposite side of the sun circle.  Venus wheels found between the mercury wheels and the earth wheels, are half the size of the earth wheels, and engage the mercury wheels (via the outer side of multi-strand chain) but not the earth wheels.  A multi-strand sprocket chain mounted on the venus sprockets and on the earth sprockets connects the venus wheels and the earth wheels.  Connected via ball bearings to the earth shaft are two lever arms - one on each side of the earth wheels - that in their entirety, reach from the earth shaft past the Saturn wheels, and past the sun wheel circumference. The lever arms are connected to one another by one or more arm-to-arm strut/s. Within the inner circumference of the Saturn wheel and most distal from the earth wheel is a small wheel (called a moon wheel) that may slightly touch the inner circumference of the Saturn wheel. The moon wheel is mounted via ball bearings to a shaft that connects to the levers arms. When the lever arms are forced out of their at-rest position, whether up or down relative to the series of internal wheels, the moon wheel/s is/are also forced up or down against the Saturn wheels. The Saturn wheels thence are forced to move the sun wheel - the wheel of lesser resistance. The earth-venus set of wheels are significantly smaller, and, with their heavier chain, present more resistance. Also, the moon is bearing upon the Saturn surface farthest from the earth wheel presenting yet further pressure on the Saturn wheel to yield and turn toward the sun wheel.  The moon-Saturn-sun-mercury-venus-earth wheels present a mechanical feedback loop that does not stop until force is withdrawn from the lever arms. While all of the descriptions in the earlier patent application related to the galaxy motors that employ gears and cogs are accurate and able to perform as claimed, there are some others, that use sprockets and sprocket chain, which are ambiguous. Because the camel chain sprocket-to-sprocket train designs require that a chain pin/roller come between the adjacent sprockets -Saturn-to-earth, or mercury-to-venus. (I.e. the roller addendum causes there to be additional distance from the earth shaft to the Saturn shaft than occurs where gears are used) This fact necessitates one of the following remedies:   1     One or more additional links can be added to the sun sprocket chain in order to give it a greater diameter/circumference and thereby making it simpler for the Saturn wheel to engage it without any threat of jamming. This step makes it necessary to make the support armature slightly larger too (in designs that use it/them). 2     The earth shaft can be placed slightly out of center, being slightly more distant from the Saturn-sun side of the motor than from the mercury-sun side of the motor. This option is available where the Saturn wheels exist on one side of the motor only (I.e. having in the design, neither a full-tree, nor a double branch configuration of Saturn wheels.) All other chain to sprocket connections should be without slack chain so that the moon and Saturn wheels need not swing very far before the sun wheel responds to them. Where there is excess slack chain between/among connections, the moon wheel and Saturn wheels may swing so far that they jam with the sun wheel as the distance from the sun wheel to the earth shaft (which is out of center) lessens. Note that this offset earth shaft remedy can be used with a rigid sprocket sun wheel. I.e. a class III motor that uses a permanently round, self-supporting sun wheel. As the sun chain lengthens through age and wear, the mercury-venus pair of sprocket wheels may be extended farther from the earth shaft to compensate for the additional length of chain. When this compensation is resorted to, the venus earth chain might also have to be 'stretched' too (if it has not also stretched in proportion). In such a case, an additional full link or offset link might have to be added to the venus-earth chain.  Conversely, links might have to be removed from the venus-earth chain when it lengthens with wear, independent of the condition of the sun chain. Because chain stretches after aging and wear, it is preferable to use a triplet (earth, venus, mercury set) to Saturn design that is 'horizontal'/lateral to the direction of gravitational force. Such a correction allows the stretched chain to be expressed as slack between the wheels that engage the chain, rather than as slack that hangs from the lower wheel, and possibly disengages from it;  or as slack that remains between the engaged wheels, but that distorts/disrupts the continuity of the feedback loop. Thus, for example, a triplet that is horizontal (I.e. anchored on a bench support - half bench, or full bench) allows the slack chain to sag between the wheels, whereas a triplet that is vertical (in a half-ladder or a full ladder configuration) allows the slack chain to fall from its lower/lowest wheel. Because of stretching, and loose fitting of chain-to-sprocket engagements in the instance of the Saturn sprocket meshing with the sun chain, the further installation of a 'keeper' shaft and wheel on the 'moon wheel' end/s of the lever arms insures that a stretched sun wheel cannot be pushed away from secure engagement by sprocket teeth of the Saturn wheel. Instead, the keeper wheel/s prevent/s the sun chain from disengaging from the Saturn sprocket wheel/s, but must continue to revolve. Because the Saturn sprocket allows better performance when the torus wall - inner circumference to outer circumference - is narrow (I.e.  the central cavity is relatively large, and the moon wheel can reach farther from the earth shaft fulcrum of the lever arms to which its shaft is connected), it can be more powerful to add a second Saturn wheel that will also engage the sun wheel. Further, it is useful to place a spacer/washer between the two Saturn wheels that is equivalent in width to the width of the chain plates between the two chain lines of the sun wheel. The spacer/s, attached to both of its neighbouring Saturn wheels, also serve/s to reinforce the strength of the Saturn wheels, and allows there to be only one, stronger, more efficient, moon wheel within the Saturn cavity to service the Saturn wheels. (Note that the inner circumference of the washer shunt is identical to the inner circumference of the Saturn wheels, allowing for good contact by the moon wheel on all three surfaces.) Where armatures are used to support the sun wheel, additional strands of sun wheel chain must be used in which the support armatures nest.  In such cases more strands are necessary in the sun chain. Also, angular momentum is increased in this case, and when Saturn shunts are added, in addition to adding strength to these elements.   Galaxy Energy Extra PARTS LIST i     Mercury shaft 2     Venus shaft 3     Earth shaft 4     moon shaft angel shaft 6     Sun internal gear (very large) 7     mercury gear 8     venus gear 9     earth gear saturn gear 11    angel wheel (travelling sun support/alignment wheel, moving as outrigger spar and/or lever arm move) 12    moon wheel 13    mercury sprocket 14    Saturn internal circumference venus sprocket (to earth sprocket via #17) 16    earth sprocket 17    venus-earth chain 18    pillow block 19    sun sprocket chain support armature Motor support frame/scaffold-    20 base 21 middle support strut 22 side support strut Lever arm               23 half-lever arm 24 full-lever arm lever-to-lever cross strut Chain                   26 pin 27 roller 28 plate 29    fastener (screw, rivet, bolt, nut, etc.) ball or roller bearing 31    bearing flange mount 32    hub (for gear/cog or sprocket wheel) 33    fender washer 34    Saturn sprocket shaft collar 36    frame side element (wall or strut) 37    frame end element (wall or strut) 38    wheel/s and/or shaft, and/or lever arms let-through window in support frame 39    Sun 'sprocket' chain (welded/fixed links) unsupported by armature multi-strand sun 'sprocket' chain - supported by armature , 41             slack chain (in flexible, unsupported sun chain wheel) 42             bearing bench 43             bearing ladder 44             bearing seat 45             mule chain (no free strand) 46             camel chain (having a free 'hump' strand which may be engaged by an adjacent sprocket, and thereby serve as an ersatz gear wheel) 47             V-E-V chain (venus-earth-venus) 48             ladder/stacking shafts 49             benched shafts 50             Saturn (spacer-washer) shunt 51             ship's hull 52             ship's keel 53             ship's propeller 54             ship's drive shaft trough 55             service shaft 56             service sprocket 57             venus to service chain    (a mule chain ((#45))) 58             motor frame footing step 59             venus sprocket to service/utility sprocket 6o             keeper shaft 61             keeper wheel 62             pillow block bearing take-up frame (to adjust for tension variations)