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How the gravity engine created.

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DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17464.55040

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How the gravity engine created.

I called my invention Patent Application No 2013267055 the Method for converting force
into rotary motion.

In physics, a force is any interaction, which tends to change the motion of an object. In other
words, a force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (which includes to begin
moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate. We describe forces also as a push or pull on
an object. They can be due to phenomena such as magnetism, gravity, wind or anything that
might cause a mass to move. Still more particularly this invention designed for converting
gravitational force into rotary motion.

This conversion does not require the use of an additional external energy in accordance with
the approval of the physics that any physical force alone can compel an object with mass to
change its speed, which includes beginning moving from a state of rest.

There is no doubt the gravitational force is the reality and it is one of the four fundamental
forces of nature. Unlike wind, water, or solar energy sources, gravity is a force with a
constant value on earth. This force causes my engine to be in motion in full accordance with
the laws of physics.

For centuries, man has used weight-driven mechanical clocks that powered by the
gravitational pull of heavy weights slowly falling down. If the clock is equipped with a strike
(gong, bell, rods, etc.), then a second or even third weight is used to put them in motion.
Today a "Gravity Light" allows a cheap LED kit to run for up to thirty minutes free through
no more than a three-second pull on a cord. It is known many others mechanisms that use this
principle. Unfortunately, all of them have the disadvantage - we must return weights to their
upper position by hand hourly, daily or weekly. If not, they stop. They stop working not
because gravitational force terminates but because a cord wound on the winding drum of the
main wheel unwinds over all its length. However, this situation is not hopeless and known
devises can be developed to non-stopping version making some changes in weight driven
mechanism. My invention is an example how to develop of such mechanisms.

Here is an abstract and main picture describing the invention

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ABSTRACT

A gravity engine (1) which

includes a rotatable output shaft
(2) with a platform (3) mounted
on frame (4), multiple bell
cranks assemblies (5) arranged
on said platform along the
edges in a rotor (6) with a
vertically movable weight (7)
installed on the shaft with its
edges on upper hands of the bell
cranks (8), the lower hands of
which placed against a power
rod (9) with guiding wheels
(10), multiple cylindrical
wheels (11) with helical rails
(12) and their own shafts (13)
both ends of which connected to
flexible joints (14) arranged
about the rotor in first main
transmission (15) seated in the
bearing brackets (16) attached
to the frame (4) and arranged in
a dynamic stator (17) with
helical rails (12) under
permanent gravitational pushing
of the guiding wheels (10) in
the tangent direction, and at
least one transmission (18) for
transmitting torque from stator
(17) to output shaft (2).

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The invention is very difficult to understand because it uses mechanical design, never before
used in mechanical engineering. The purpose of this presentation is to introduce a unified
kinematic scheme of the engine and give a simple explanation of its operating principle.

Fig. 2.

Perspective view of the gravity engine illustrated in Fig. 1.

The gravity engine 1 includes frame 4, rotor 6, dynamic stator 17 and at least one
transmission 18 (Fig. 1) for transmitting torque, rate and the rotation direction from the
dynamic stator 17 to rotor's shaft 2.

Engine uses a heavy weight 7 in the form of a cylinder as a source of gravitational force F.
There is the inlet in the centre of the weight with internal splines. Rotor’s shaft 2 with
platform 3 installed on a frame 4 has external splines that fit into corresponding internal
splines in the weight inlet. Weight 7 installed on said external splines for providing the
weight with the possibility of vertical sliding on the rotor's shaft over platform 3. Multiple
bell crank assemblies 5 arranged along the edges of said platform. They provide the
decomposition of the gravitational force F, acting downward, into equal component forces
F/n, and acting in a horizontal plane in a radial direction. Every bell crank assembly 5 is
comprised of an "L" shaped crank 8 which upper horizontal hand is under the heavy weight 7

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and lower vertical hand placed against the power rod 9 with a guiding wheel 10 on its end.
The power rod 9 installed on a bell crank assembly base 5 with the possibility of horizontal
sliding in a radial direction. The guiding wheels 10 finalize the structure of the rotor. They
are the major parts emitting gravitational component forces F/n on the dynamic stator 17. A
dynamic stator has multiple cylindrical wheels 11 with the same diameter, each having its
own shaft 13 connected to the shaft of the next cylindrical wheel by means of a flexible joint
15. Both ends of joints 15 seat in the bearing bracket 16 fixed on the engine frame 4 and
arranged about the rotor in a main endless transmission consisting of wheels 11 and flexible
joints 15. Every cylindrical wheel 11 of the dynamic stator has helical rails 12 affixed at an
acute tangent angle upon the wheel. The helical rails finalize the structure of the dynamic
stator. They are its major parts, taking the gravitational push of the rotor guiding wheels 10.
Multiple bell cranks 8 of the rotor transmit the weight's gravitational force components to
multiple power rods 9 with guiding wheels 10 on their ends, which permanently push all
guiding rails 12 of the dynamic stator wheels at an acute tangent angle. This action sets all
dynamic stator wheels 11 and the rotor 6 with heavy weight 7 in rotary motion at the same
time. At least one additional transmission 18 consists of a set of bevel gears for transmitting
torque, rate and the rotation direction from the stator's guiding wheels 10 to the rotor's shaft.
This transmission provides the gravity engine with the synchronization and stabilization of
the rotor's guiding wheels 10 rolling along the dynamic stator's endless helical rails 12.

Due to the high density of the engine components in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, some of them remain
closed for viewing. This makes it difficult to determine the links between them and
understand their interactions. To get out of this difficult situation I has removed all bell crank
assemblies 5 from platform 3 except one, and all helical rails 12 from wheels 11 with the
exception of one. This provides a good overview of the remaining components of the design
on following picture Fig. 2 - 1.

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Fig. 2-1.

3D view of the gravity engine after the removal components playing a supporting role.

This picture shows, the essence of the invention Patent Application No 2013267055 does not
change if the engine has only one rail 12 on the dynamic stator’s wheels 11 and one bell
crank assembly 5 with power rod 9 and guiding wheel 10 under weight 7 load with force F =
mg.

Gravity engine can really work using heavy weight 7, only one bell crank assembly 5 and one
endless helical track 12. This is a point from which I begun to create this gravity engine. It
was easy to create an experimental model, consisting of platform 3, one bell crank assembly
5, one dynamic stator’s wheel 11 with rail 12, one transmission 18 and weight 7 affecting bell
crank assembly 5. Using this simple model, I could see how it works and make the
appropriate experiments and measurements. A plurality of bell crank assemblies 5 and
plurality helical rails 12 are necessary to distribute the powerful workload of gravity force F
evenly for all wheels 11 of the dynamic stator 17.

Fig. 2-2 is a perspective side view on the main components of the gravity engine Fig. 2-1 in
part section illustrating in detail how the torque from the dinamic stator's wheels 11 is
transmited to the rotor shaft 2. A vector diagram illustrates the tangential component of force

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action and curved arrows show the rotation directions of all revolving components and
explain new conversion method of physical force into rotation.

Fig. 2-2.

We can see now the kinematic diagram of the gravity engine is such as simple as kinematic
diagram of the weight driven grandfather’s clock.

Fig. 2-3.

Here both kinematic diagrams placed on one picture for detailed comparison of their abilities.

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The force of gravity F sets in motion the mechanism of the grandfather's clock by puling cord
wrapped on a drum down in the tangential direction. The same thing happens in the engine.
The force of gravity F affect the helical rail making one continuous track on the surface of
the toroidal mechanical design, which is analogous to the cord on the drum, also in the
tangential direction (at an acute tangent angle). The force F that pushes the horizontal arm of
the bell-crank 8 down transmits to the guiding wheel 10 via power rod 9. Bell-crank 8
changes the direction of this force action from vertical to horizontal and increases it action in
L1/L2 times, where L1 is length of upper horizontal hand of the bell-crank and L2 is length of
vertical hand. All cylindrical wheels of the dynamic stator (the toroidal mechanical design)
starts to rotate clockwise under the influence of this power, guiding wheel 10 starts to move
along the endless helical rail and all engine components begins to rotate in directions
indicated by the arrows. You can watch how it works here: http://makeagif.com/9V3eDX.

As you can see, these two mechanisms have the same operating principle and use gravity as
driving force. However, the behaviour of the weights at these mechanisms is very different.
Weight of the grandfather's clock goes down and unwinds cord, but weight in the engine
takes on rotation, but never changes its height position.

Toroidal mechanical construction 17 never before used in engineering though has unique
properties. The uniqueness lies in the fact that in the synchronous rotation of all cylinders 11,
forming torus 17, helical rails on their surfaces create continuous endless railways on the
inner surface of the torus, where the rotor’ guiding wheels roll under the influence of the
physical force endlessly to breakage or complete wear of the engine components.

Weight-driven clocks use the most primitive method of the gravitational force conversion
into rotation and simple means to fulfil this action: a drum and long cord, which wound on a
drum. When cord unwind, they stop working. Clocks stop working not because gravity stops
working, but because this simple method has limitations that are directly related to using
drum and cord for getting rotational movement.

The cited figures illustrate the process of creating and development of the invention. The
prototype of my engine was the grandfather's weight driven clock. I did not like the idea of
using a cord wrapped on a drum. This idea need a periodic pull on a cord that lifts the weight
to return mechanism to the original state. I have been looking for ways to ensure the
continuous work of this mechanism under the influence of gravity. The result was the
creation of continuous track on the surface of the flexible toroidal mechanical design. It

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replaced the drum and the cord of the grandfather's clock. The evolution of my idea occur in
the order shown in the pictures. This means that the picture Fig. 2-3 was the beginning of the
development of idea and Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 in my Application No. 2013267055 became the
result of the engine creation.

Now you can compare the performance of two engines, one of which with a full and another
with a reduced composition of the working components http://makeagif.com/7D2w46 ,
http://makeagif.com/X4ZQuP , http://makeagif.com/9V3eDX.

Gravity as an energy source is hard to beat. It is free, it is in endless supply, and we do not have to
import it, mine it, refine it, or grow it. It is powerful force that keeps us rooted to the ground and
could end up powering our house someday.

How the gravity engine created.

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