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US4057961:
Pulse-jet water propulsor
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Payne, Peter R.; Annapolis, MD 21401
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1977-11-15
/ 1975-05-22
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| Application Number: |
US1975000580096
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
B63H 11/12;
F01K 15/04;
F01K 27/00;
F02G 1/043;
IPC-7:
B63H 11/06;
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| ECLA Code: |
B63H11/12; F01K15/04; F01K27/00; F02G1/043F; R02G254/30;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
060/221;
060/595;
060/596;
092/134;
417/010;
417/380;
417/401;
440/038;
Original:
060/221;
092/134;
417/010;
417/380;
417/401;
060/595;
060/596;
115/011;
115/014;
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417/364,380,401,10
060/595,596,221
092/134
115/011,14
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| Abstract: |
A new heat engine in which liquid moves in a tube, one end of which is closed. The tube is heated at the closed end, and the liquid oscillates along the length of the tube. When the liquid interface enters the hot section, some of the interface vaporizes, so that the pressure in the space between the interface and the end of the tube increases, and the interface is forced back into the cooler section of the tube. The vapor then condenses, the pressure falls, and the liquid moves back toward the hot end.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Sughrue, Rothwell, Mion, Zinn and Macpeak ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Ostrager, Allen M.;
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| INPADOC Legal Status: |
None
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 358,232 filed on May 8, 1973 now U.S. Pat. No. 3,898,800.
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| Claim |
What is claimed is:
1. A water pulse-jet engine comprising:
- a. a tubular member, said tubular member being closed at one end and open at the other end to a source of water such that the water has access to said tubular member;
- b. said open end having a bifurcated duct with inlet and outlet ports and valve means associated with each of said ports;
- c. a piston disposed in said tubular member to urge said water out of said outlet port during movement in one direction in said tubular member and permitting water to flow into said tubular member during movement in the opposite direction, said valve means being coordinated with the movement of said piston by internal pressure variations in said bifurcated duct;
- d. means for oscillating said piston in said tubular member thereby producing useful power by the movement of water through said outlet port, comprising a source of compressed air disposed at the closed end of said tubular member;
- e. a vacuum system for initially starting the engine by evacuating the space between said piston and said closed end, comprising a vacuum valve, a conduit coupling said vacuum valve to said tubular member and a vacuum pump coupled to said vacuum valve;
- f. valve means disposed at said closed end to selectively gate the compressed air into and out of the tubular member; and
- g. a liquid level sensor positioned in said tubular member, said liquid level sensor controlling the operation of said vacuum system in response to increased liquid level in said tubular member.
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