US3901033A
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Vapor pressurized hydrostatic drive
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1974-07-09
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Granted: 1975-08-26
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Expires: 1994-07-09
Abstract
Abstract A hydrostatic drive system generally of the type wherein vapor is alternately directed into one of two reservoir tanks so that working fluid in that tank is forced out of the tank by pressure of the vapor and through a fluidic motor to generate a mechanical output before it returns to refill the other tank. When the first tank is substantially depleted, the vapor pressure is directed into the refilled tank so that fluid from that tank now flows through the moter to refill the first, now depleted, tank. In one embodiment, cyclic pressure generated by a vapor generator forces fluid cyclically through an AC fluid motor. In another embodiment, heat from the working fluid is employed to generate the vapor pressure and reduce the temperature of the working fluid passing through the motor. In a further embodiment, the fuel serves as the working fluid and the vapor from the refilling tank is combusted to provide heat to convert the fuel from its liquid to vapor state. In another embodiment, the combustion gases are combined with the vapor so that, when water is the working fluid, the water vapor in the combustion gases serves as make up working fluid. In a further embodiment, heat from working fluid on its way to the motor is transferred to other working fluid in a second system to drive a second motor. Further aspects of the invention are set forth below.
Inventors
- 👤 Roy E Mcalister
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 16:36
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H43/00; F04; F04F; F04F1/00; F04F1/06; F04F1/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
487 words
An energy conversion system comprising: first means for containing a first working fluid, second means for containing said first working fluid, first motor means operatively communicating with said first working fluid in said first and second containing means for receiving said first working fluid so that said first working fluid flows into and out of at least a portion of said first motor means so as to generate a mechanical motion, first means for transmitting said first working fluid from said first containing means to said first motor means, second means for transmitting said first working fluid from said sEcond containing means to said first motor means, third means for transmitting said first working fluid from said motor means to said first containing means, fourth means for transmitting said first working fluid from said motor means to said second containing means, means for alternately supplying a given fluid in a vapor phase to said first containing means at a pressure such that said working fluid is forced from said first containing means, through said first transmitting means, into and out of said portion of said motor means through said third transmitting means and into said second containing means and to said second containing means at a pressure such that said first working fluid is forced from second means, through said second transmitting means, into and out of said portion of said motor means, through said fourth transmitting means and into said first means, third means for containing a second working fluid different from the working fluid in said first and second containing means fourth means for containing said second working fluid, means for receiving said given fluid in a liquid phase and for heating said given fluid in said liquid phase to convert it to said given fluid in said vapor phase, second motor means operatively communicating with said second working fluid in said third and fourth containing means for receiving said second working fluid so that said second working fluid flows into and out of at least a portion of said second motor means so as to generate a mechanical motion, fifth means for transmitting said second working fluid from said third containing means to said second motor means, sixth means for transmitting said second working fluid from said fourth containing means to said second motor means, seventh means for tansmitting said second working fluid from said second motor means to said third containing means, eighth means for transmitting said second working fluid from said second motor means to said fourth containing means, first heat exchanger means associated with said first and said seventh transmitting means for transmitting heat from the fluid in said first transmitting means to the fluid in said seventh transmitting means, and second heat exchanger means associated with said second and eighth transmitting means for transmitting heat from fluid in said second transmitting means to the fluid in said eighth transmitting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
487 words
An energy conversion system comprising: first means for containing a first working fluid, second means for containing said first working fluid, first motor means operatively communicating with said first working fluid in said first and second containing means for receiving said first working fluid so that said first working fluid flows into and out of at least a portion of said first motor means so as to generate a mechanical motion, first means for transmitting said first working fluid from said first containing means to said first motor means, second means for transmitting said first working fluid from said sEcond containing means to said first motor means, third means for transmitting said first working fluid from said motor means to said first containing means, fourth means for transmitting said first working fluid from said motor means to said second containing means, means for alternately supplying a given fluid in a vapor phase to said first containing means at a pressure such that said working fluid is forced from said first containing means, through said first transmitting means, into and out of said portion of said motor means through said third transmitting means and into said second containing means and to said second containing means at a pressure such that said first working fluid is forced from second means, through said second transmitting means, into and out of said portion of said motor means, through said fourth transmitting means and into said first means, third means for containing a second working fluid different from the working fluid in said first and second containing means fourth means for containing said second working fluid, means for receiving said given fluid in a liquid phase and for heating said given fluid in said liquid phase to convert it to said given fluid in said vapor phase, second motor means operatively communicating with said second working fluid in said third and fourth containing means for receiving said second working fluid so that said second working fluid flows into and out of at least a portion of said second motor means so as to generate a mechanical motion, fifth means for transmitting said second working fluid from said third containing means to said second motor means, sixth means for transmitting said second working fluid from said fourth containing means to said second motor means, seventh means for tansmitting said second working fluid from said second motor means to said third containing means, eighth means for transmitting said second working fluid from said second motor means to said fourth containing means, first heat exchanger means associated with said first and said seventh transmitting means for transmitting heat from the fluid in said first transmitting means to the fluid in said seventh transmitting means, and second heat exchanger means associated with said second and eighth transmitting means for transmitting heat from fluid in said second transmitting means to the fluid in said eighth transmitting means.
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