Patent ID: 8434379

Claim:
An apparatus for developing inertial forces, the resultant of which is a unidirectional force, said apparatus comprising: first and second masses (M), said first mass (M) rotating in a first direction on a generic plane and along a closed first path parallel and adjacent to a closed second path of said second mass moving in a second direction opposite the first direction, the first and second paths being symmetrical with respect to a vertical axis coinciding with the axis of symmetry of the paths of said masses (M), said first and second path being comprised between a minimum path and a maximum path, both said minimum path and said maximum path comprised in an outer circumference (C 1 ) having a radius (R 1 ) and a diameter (D 1 ) that is perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of the path of the first and second masses (M), as well as a centre (O) that coincides with the centre of rotation of the first and second masses (M), said minimum path being defined by a circumference (C 3 ) having a radius (R 3 ) equal to 1/10 of the radius (R 1 ) and a centre (O′) set on the axis of symmetry of the path of the first and second masses and tangential to the centre of the circumference (C 1 ), said maximum path being defined by left-hand and right-hand minor circumferences of radius (R K )≦¾(R 1 ), each minor circumference of radius having a centre on the diameter (D 1 ) of the circumference (C 1 ) and being tangential thereto at the end of the circumference, by joining i) a stretch of horizontal chord that joins the two points of tangency with ii) the two minor circumferences, an arc of the right-hand minor circumference, a top arc of the circumference (C 1 ), and an arc of the left-hand minor circumference, wherein said arc of the left-hand minor circumference is symmetrical to the arc of the right-hand minor circumference, and motors, synchronized with one another, arranged to provide movement to said first and second masses (M).