Atomic battery with beam switching
First Claim
1. An atomic battery with beam switching comprising in combination:
- a vessel constructed of an airtight, electrically insulating material, having outer walls defining a generally airless inner cavity, said cavity consisting ofa lower cavity section, said lower cavity section extending upward into at least one pair of upward projecting, upwardly elongated, branch cavity sections, where each pair of said branch cavity sections consists of a first and a second branch cavity section, and where said lower cavity section and said branch cavity sections are connected bya neck cavity section,said lower cavity section containing at its lower inner surfaceemitter electrode means, further comprising radioactive material emitting electrically charged particles;
at least one pair of reflecting electrode means;
a plurality of collecting electrode means;
control network means, comprising windings and capacitors;
connecting means interconnecting said control network means with collecting electrode means, and with said reflecting electrode means and with an external load.
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Abstract
An electric power generating apparatus that is powered primarily by the emission of electrically charged particles from radio-active materials enclosed in an evacuated vessel of glass or the like. An arrangement of reflecting electrodes causes a beam of particles to switch back and forth at a high frequency between two collecting electrodes that are connected to a resonating tuned primary circuit consisting of an inductor with resonating capacitor. The reflecting electrodes are energized in the proper phase relationship to the collecting electrodes to insure sustained oscillation by means of a secondary winding coupled inductively to the primary winding and connected to the reflecting electrodes. Power may be drawn from the circuit at a stepped down voltage from a power take-off winding that is coupled to the primary winding. The disclosure also describes a collecting electrode arrangement consisting of multiple spatially separated electrodes which together serve to capture a maximum of the available particle energy. A self-starting arrangement for start of oscillations is described. A specially adapted version of the invention utilizes two complementary beams of oppositely charged particles which are switched alternatingly between the collecting electrodes.
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11 Claims
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1. An atomic battery with beam switching comprising in combination:
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a vessel constructed of an airtight, electrically insulating material, having outer walls defining a generally airless inner cavity, said cavity consisting of a lower cavity section, said lower cavity section extending upward into at least one pair of upward projecting, upwardly elongated, branch cavity sections, where each pair of said branch cavity sections consists of a first and a second branch cavity section, and where said lower cavity section and said branch cavity sections are connected by a neck cavity section, said lower cavity section containing at its lower inner surface emitter electrode means, further comprising radioactive material emitting electrically charged particles; at least one pair of reflecting electrode means; a plurality of collecting electrode means; control network means, comprising windings and capacitors; connecting means interconnecting said control network means with collecting electrode means, and with said reflecting electrode means and with an external load. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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