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 Title: |
US3940060:
Vortex ring generator
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Viets, Hermann; Dayton, OH 45409
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1976-02-24
/ 1974-08-23
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| Application Number: |
US1974000499939
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A01G 15/00;
B64F 1/18;
Core:
B64F 1/00;
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IPC-7:
E01H 13/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A01G15/00; B64F1/18;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
239/014.1;
446/024;
Original:
239/014;
046/009;
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| Field of Search: |
239/014,2,135,99,101,456
046/009
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| Government Interest: |
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the United States Government for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalty thereon.
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| Priority Number: |
| 1974-08-23 |
US1974000499939 |
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| Abstract: |
A vortex generator including a heat source in the base of a cylindrical member with a circular ringwing in the shape of an airfoil which is lifted upward and then impulsively released to move rapidly downward and thus generate a vortex behind it. The vorticity in the core of the vortex is highly concentrated and moves rapidly upward through cloud cover. A strong light in the center of the vortex will shine to great heights making it especially useful as an airport beacon or the like. When the invention is used with a chimney, the effluents therein are caused to proceed rapidly upward through atmospheric obstacles such as thermal inversions which have been cleared by the action of the vortex.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Rusz, Joseph E. ;
Tashjian, Arsen ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Love, John J.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:
1. A vortex ring generator for use in clearing atmospheric obstacles in the path thereof, said vortex generator comprising a circular cylinder having a heat source in the base thereof, a ringwing surrounding the upper portion of said circular cylinder, and means for periodically raising and rapidly lowering said ringwing at a predetermined frequency rate to create a vortex therebehind, said vortex being highly concentrated for rapid upward movement thereby clearing the atmosphere for relatively great distances above the vortex generator.
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| Forward References: |
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