Falling wheel, chain motor
CA 2367887 A1 · Owner: Woods, John T. · Inventors: Woods, John T.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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In previous efforts to construct a weight motor 'equal and opposite' , reactions have thwarted success. In the design of this motor, two shafts with fixed journal box positions, and their, respective wheels flank a middle 'floating' shaft and its wheels and through , their unequal, positions of support split the force into a dominant force (which determines the order of rotation), and a recessive force which must follow the dominant order. On the middle float shaft are two, gears: one with a very small diameter and a second which is very large when compared to the, first. Both gears travel in unison around the floating shaft. On one side of the floating shaft is an extremely large gear …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 11, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 11, 2022.
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