Sonic resonator for use with sonically driven apparatus

• US 3,342,076 A
• Filed: 10/15/1965
• Issued: 09/19/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bodine, Albert G.
• Original Assignee: Bodine, Albert G.
• Inventors: Bodine, Albert G.
• Application Number:
  US04/496,468
• Time in Patent Office: 704 Days
• US Class Current: 74/87
• CPC Class Codes: B06B 1/10 making use of mechanical energy B06B1/18, B06B1/20 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18552 Unbalanced weight

Claims

1. A SONIC FLUID RESONATOR, COMPRISING:

MEANS DEFINING A FLUID-TIGHT VARIABLE VOLUME ENCLOSURE;

A BODY OF FLUID CONFINED WITHIN SAID ENCLOSURE;

A VIBRATORILY MOVABLE MASS, REACTIVELY COUPLED TO SAID BODY OF FLUID;

A SOURCE OF SONIC ENERGY COUPLED TO SAID BODY OF FLUID AND TO SAID MASS, AND HAVING A FREQUENCY WHICH RESONATES AN ACOUSTIC CIRCUIT COMPRISING SAID MASS AND SAID BODY OF FLUID;

AND AN ACOUSTICAL LOAD ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID CIRCUIT, WHEREBY SAID LOAD ELEMENT IS SONICALLY DRIVEN AT SAID FREQUENCY.