"Implosion is no invention in the conventional sense, but rather the
renaissance of ancient knowledge, lost over the course of time."
This drinking bird visitation verily begs to vision vessel volume,
velocity, vehicle validity and choice of vapor. Does it not?
Even though they fully respect the laws of thermodynamics, there are a
few conceptual or real devices that appear to be in "perpetual
motion." Closer analysis reveals them to actually "consume" some sort
of natural resource or latent energy like the phase changes of water
or other fluids or small natural temperature gradients. In general,
extracting large amounts of work using these devices is difficult to
impossible.
Some examples of such devices include:
* The drinking bird toy functions using small ambient temperature
gradients and evaporation.
* A capillarity based water pump functions using small ambient
temperature gradients and vapour pressure differences.
* A Crookes radiometer consists of a partial vacuum glass
container with a lightweight propeller moved by (light-induced)
temperature gradients.
* Any device picking up minimal amounts of energy from the natural
electromagnetic radiation around it, such as a solar powered motor.
* The Atmos clock uses changes in the vapor pressure of ethyl
chloride with temperature to wind the clock spring.
> "Implosion is no invention in the conventional sense, but rather the
> renaissance of ancient knowledge, lost over the course of time."
Dhuh, sure right. I'm quite sure that even cavemen realized that when
you remove a critical supporting structure, the cave would
collapse.So, I believe it safe to say that the implosion of buildings
is the invention of cave men. :-)
Harry C.
kinetic (shaking),
thermal (heat changes),
barometric (air pressure changes),
wireless electricity (radio),
radiant energy (solar),
hydro (Gravity),
impact from rain,
And we are free to use the energy from pressing buttons, flicking
switches, pulling levers and jerking cords in order to operate a
device.
It all depends on how much energy the appliance consumes when it does
and for how long it needs power input.
But lets look at the drinking birds some more.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8160773907297845029
Lets create a rotational device from this.
The minto wheel uses heat.
http://my.voyager.net/~jrrandall/MintoWheel.html
This doesn't seem necessary at all.
The spheres from the drinking bird can be replaced with tubes.
Such tubes can be many meters in length.
I also believe the evaporation medium can be improved by lamination
and that evaporation may benefit from faster movement though up-
scaling.
I wonder what - the ideal pressure (vacuum), the ideal (legal) fluid
and the best gas to use - would be.
Would the fluid make any difference? The power is generated by the
vacuum lift after all.
It does work (of course)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq3K6Ma0wIU
He should add one of these.
http://w3c.shopsafe.com.au/featuredmerchants/clean_water_tall_silo_waterer_petshop_online_com_au.htm
A drinking bird invented by Miles V. Sullivan Ph.D. inventor-scientist
at Bell labs. (V for vapor.)
US patent 2402463 Application August 6,1945
http://www.google.com/patents?id=9SVtAAAAEBAJ&dq=2402463
This invention relates to a power device useful in actuating amusement
and advertising devices and the like. Power devices usually require
considerable attention or expenditure of fuel or electricity for their
operation whereas this invention appears to the casual observer to be
an example of perpetual motion. Actually, this device requires no
attention and requires no fuel in the ordinary sense, as its operation
may be effected by atmospheric phenomena associated with ambient air.
The power, therefore, is created by the inherent characteristics of
this invention, and the principle may be utilized for supplying power
to various articles or devices where movement of the whole device or
parts thereof is desired. Specifically this device is shown as adapted
to a bird form that rotates about a support and dips in and out of a
container of water, which operation is effected by evaporative cooling
in common ambient air, arranged in such manner as to maintain a
temperature differential of the parts. The entire hollow structure is
shaped into a bird form with two divided spaces arranged so that the
head and body may be maintained as cool and warm portions
respectively. An elongated hollow member, in the form of a tube,
extends from the boundary of the head at the point of juncture with
the body to an appropriate distance into the interior of the body. A
beak, attached to the head, is maintained in a wetted state by
constant dipping into a dish of water with each oscillation of the
device. This beak may be formed of separate wicking material that
extends over the head or it may be formed as a part of the head
structure and surfaced with an absorbent medium, or the surface of the
beak and head may be granulated so as to serve as a wick and thus
maintain the head in a wetted state. Evaporative cooling will then
maintain the head at a temperature lower than that of the ambient air
depending on the relative humidity. The body of the bird, being not
subject to evaporative cooling but having a relatively large area
exposed to the ambient air will be maintained approximately at the
temperature of the ambient air. Thus a temperature differential will
be maintained between the two parts and the device will operate as
described. With the above and such other objects in view, as may
hereinafter more fully appear, the invention consists of the novel
construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be
hereinafter more fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing, wherein are shown embodiments of this invention, but it is to
be understood that changes, variations and modifications may be
resorted to which fall within the scope of the invention, as claimed.
In the drawing. [snip]
The device may be made as an article of amusement or a power device,
and the device will operate through its condensing, vaporizing: and
pressure differential cycles, the time between each cycle being
dependent on the temperature differential between the warm and cool
ends of the device.
What I claim is:
1. - a tube within said body and communicating at one end with said
member, a volatile liquid in said body, vaporization of said liquid in
said body producing a pressure whereby a portion of said liquid will
be forced into said member, means A power unit comprising a hollow
elongated body, a hollow member at one end of said body, rockably
supporting said body whereby the latter will rock downwardly to
position said tube at the opposite end thereof at least partially out
of the liquid in said body whereby the liquid in said member will
gravitatingly flow through said tube ^" and back to said body, and
means carried by said member for effecting a temperature differential
between said member and the opposite end of said body.
2. - A power unit, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said last named
means comprises moisture retaining means on the exterior of said
member.
3. - A power unit, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said last named
means comprises a fibrous element carried by said member.
4. - A power unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein said last named
means comprises granular means fixedly carried by said member.
5. - A self-contained rocking toy comprising a water receptacle, water
in said receptacle, a bird simulating member, and means rockably
mounting said member on said receptacle, said member comprising a
hollow elongated, substantially evacuated body, a hollow condensing
member at one end of said body, a tube within said body extending
lengthwise thereof and communicating at one end with said condensing
member, and means carried by said condensing member adapted to
periodically contact the water in said receptacle whereby to produce a
temperature differential between said condensing member and said body.
6. A novelty device comprising a pair of hollow members, a tube
extending between, and communicating with, said members, said tube at
one end thereof extending into one of said members and having a free
end therein, means rockably supporting said members, a weight carried
by the other member, means carried by said weight for effecting a
temperature differential between said members, and a volatile liquid
normally disposed in said one member, the free end of said tube being
normally immersed in said liquid, vaporization of some of said liquid
in said one member producing a pressure on the remainder of the liquid
whereby a portion of said liquid will be forced into the other member
to thereby effect downward rocking movement of said other member to a
degree whereby the free end of said tube will be at least partly out
of the liquid in said one member, and said tube will be inclined to
the horizontal to thereby provide for the gravity flow of liquid from
said other member to said one member.
This one is also interesting
http://www.google.com/patents?id=Oy1JAAAAEBAJ&dq=2659215
And here is Edward Doran's rotary application.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=kEd-AAAAEBAJ&dq=7150670
This violent viral vaporization and violent virtue of vessel pressure
verily stands to vow to vanquish these ventures of venal virulent
energy vermin vouchsafing their vulgar and vicious vocabular law
violations.
To veer vision to vegitation vitalised by evapotranspiration. The US
Environmental Protection Agency vowed to voice an acre corn vaporises
verily a volume of 4000 gallons of water each day.
Well, that's is so, wrong, it's why the people with actual energy
brains (read not QM idiots) invented RISC++, C++, fiber optics,
laser-guided phasors, non McDonald's Holograms, CD+rw, DVD-rom,
DVD-ram, DVD-rw,
HDTV, Bi-optical Computers, USB, XML,, Mini Hard Disks, E-
publishing, All-In-One Printers,
On-Line Publishing, On-Line Banking, AUVs, Digital Terrain
Mapping,
and Post Ford Batteries, And the emphasis is on very Post Ford.
Since the only thing wank Ford evens knows about batteries is GM.
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> * The Atmos clock uses changes in the vapor pressure of ethyl
> chloride with temperature to wind the clock spring.
>
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1 - I always win. You might as well give up now and save face.
2 - All refrigeration tables are wrong.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/adam_grosser_and_his_sustainable_fridge.html
3 - How does a refrigerator work?
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/how_it_works/refrigerator.html
3.1 - Compression heats
3.2 - Decompression cools
4 - Chloroflourocarbon Phase Out
http://www.refrigeration-engineer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1503
"In the early 80's sceintests were ringing alarm bells, global weather
patterns were changing, the 80's witnessed drought conditions ,
particularly in Africa. Global Warming was becoming an issue.
Deforestation of the Amazon was blamed to an extent, emission of
greenhouse gases was another. Ozone levels were decreasing and a hole
was "discovered" at the poles, this it was claimed was getting bigger.
If memory serves me correct, Chlorine, a component of refrigerants
used in refrigeration was blamed as a cause of the destruction of
Ozone. Scare stories about the ice caps at the poles melting and
cities being subdued by floods added to public concerns. The increase
in the incidence of skin cancers was another fear being bandied by the
media. Concerns about the environmental, backed by sceintific proof
culminated in the Montreal Protocol, where it was agreed that
refrigerants would be phased out and replaced with alternatives. Were
the scientests correct? Has the decrease in ozone stabalised, is the
size of hole getting larger? I dont know, is the simple answer. The
million dollar question is.........were they right to have banned the
old refrigerants?"
ah-ha !!