SYSTEM FOR CREATING MOVEMENT USING A HEAT SOURCE AND CONTROLLED BY SURFACE TENSION EFFECTS
First Claim
1. A device for steering toward a central area a heat source that floats on a liquid and is repelled away from an outer region of the liquid, the device compromising:
- an outer object, at least one heat-source container configured to float on the surface of a liquid, at least one structure connected to the heat-source container;
the outer object configured to create, through surface tension, a first meniscus on the liquid surface along at least one wall of the outer object;
the heat-source container configured to create, through surface tension, a second meniscus on the liquid surface along the outer perimeter of the heat-source container wherein the curvature of the second meniscus opposes the curvature of the first meniscus in order to create resistance that inhibits the heat-source container from moving horizontally toward the outer object;
the structure connected to the heat-source container configured to allow a heat source to be placed beneath part of the structure wherein the structure generates a horizontal force as heat rises from the heat source and creates a vertical thermal air flow that impinges on the structure and causes the thermal air flow to be redirected to a partially horizontal thermal air flow that generates the horizontal force that causes the floating part to move.
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Abstract
A device is presented that comprises a floating body/s that create a meniscus that is either concave or convex in a liquid surface along a perimeter of the floating body/s, and a blade/s that are connected to the floating body/s which can change the direction of a flow of fluid, where there is another meniscus on the liquid surface that is curved in an opposing direction of the first meniscus so the second meniscus is able to repel the floating object from the first meniscus. So, if the first meniscus created by the floating body/s is convex, then the other opposing meniscus on the liquid surface is concave, or if the first meniscus is concave, then the second opposing meniscus is convex. Thus, embodiments can create various movements when fluid flow interacts with the blade/s yet be repelled from areas on the liquid surface. Other embodiments are described and shown.
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1. A device for steering toward a central area a heat source that floats on a liquid and is repelled away from an outer region of the liquid, the device compromising:
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an outer object, at least one heat-source container configured to float on the surface of a liquid, at least one structure connected to the heat-source container; the outer object configured to create, through surface tension, a first meniscus on the liquid surface along at least one wall of the outer object; the heat-source container configured to create, through surface tension, a second meniscus on the liquid surface along the outer perimeter of the heat-source container wherein the curvature of the second meniscus opposes the curvature of the first meniscus in order to create resistance that inhibits the heat-source container from moving horizontally toward the outer object; the structure connected to the heat-source container configured to allow a heat source to be placed beneath part of the structure wherein the structure generates a horizontal force as heat rises from the heat source and creates a vertical thermal air flow that impinges on the structure and causes the thermal air flow to be redirected to a partially horizontal thermal air flow that generates the horizontal force that causes the floating part to move. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
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8. A device for steering toward a central area a heat source that floats on a liquid and is repelled away from a repelling object, the device compromising:
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at least one heat-source container configured to float on the surface of a liquid, at least one structure connected to the heat-source container, at least one repelling object configured vertically to be positioned at, and create, through surface tension, a first meniscus on, the surface of the liquid and configured horizontally to influence the horizontal position of the heat-source container; the heat-source container configured to create, through surface tension, a second meniscus on the liquid surface along the outer perimeter of the heat-source container; the structure connected to the heat-source container configured to allow a heat source to be placed beneath part of the structure wherein the structure generates a horizontal force as heat rises from the heat source and creates a vertical thermal air flow that impinges on the structure and causes the thermal air flow to be redirected to a partially horizontal thermal air flow that generates the horizontal force that causes the floating part to move; the repelling object configured to create the first meniscus wherein the curvature of the first meniscus opposes the curvature of the second meniscus in order to create resistance that inhibits the heat-source container from moving horizontally toward the repelling object. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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