Radiometer generator
First Claim
1. An electric generator comprising a dynamoelectric machine having an input drive shaft and output electrical terminals, a torque converter having an output member connected to rotate said drive shaft and energy receiving means for driving said drive shaft, and means including a radiation absorber/emitter surface operatively associated with said torque converter for absorbing radiation and transmitting it to nearby gas molecules and imparting energy to them to cause them to travel and impart energy to said energy receiving means, said absorber/emitter surface and nearby gas molecules imparting kinetic energy to said torque converter responsively to incident radiation.
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Abstract
A self-contained system embodying the principles of the radiometer, the otheoscope, and the dynamoelectric machine is provided to derive an output of electrical energy from an input of radiant energy, and in particular infra-red energy, from the surrounding environment, and for amplifying that output. The system is suitable for airborne and space as well as terrestrial applications.
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27 Claims
- 1. An electric generator comprising a dynamoelectric machine having an input drive shaft and output electrical terminals, a torque converter having an output member connected to rotate said drive shaft and energy receiving means for driving said drive shaft, and means including a radiation absorber/emitter surface operatively associated with said torque converter for absorbing radiation and transmitting it to nearby gas molecules and imparting energy to them to cause them to travel and impart energy to said energy receiving means, said absorber/emitter surface and nearby gas molecules imparting kinetic energy to said torque converter responsively to incident radiation.
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23. An electric generator comprising
a dynamoelectric machine having an input drive shaft and output electrical terminals, a torque converter connected to said shaft, said torque converter including a plurality of light-weight vanes radially connected to said shaft, radiation absorber/emitter means for driving said vanes and rotating said shaft, said absorber/emitter means including surface means for absorbing radiant energy and heating up and emitting heat to agitate nearby gas molecules and thereby create a molecular wind that rotates said vanes to rotate said input drive shaft of said dynamoelectric machine and generate electricity.
- 24. A power amplifier comprising a plurality of dual otheoscopic generators and individually associated dynamoelectric machines linked into a chain to produce increasingly more powerful generators, said otheoscopic generators each including a plurality of movable vanes, said amplifier further including a plurality of pairs of spaced electrodes, a plurality of rectifying means, and a plurality of induction coils each having an input associated with the output and an individual one of said dynamoelectric machines and an output associated with one of said rectifying means, the output of each of said rectifying means being applied between the spaced electrodes of an associated one of said pairs of spaced electrodes, successive ones of said pairs of spaced electrodes being positioned to intercept a portion of the path of the movable vanes of the successive otheoscopic generator in the chain whereby a molecular stream established between pairs of said electrodes impinge upon said movable vanes to supplement the kinetic energy output of said successive generator.
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