JP2552633B2 - Rotating device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention uses a buoyant force formed by air supplied to an air storage chamber provided at an outer peripheral edge of a rotating wheel rotatably supported and mounted in a water tank. The present invention relates to a rotating device that generates energy by rotating.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, various rotary devices for generating rotary energy by utilizing air buoyancy in water have been proposed, for example, JP-A-55-37571 and JP-A-56-113065. JP-A-56-1185
No. 75, JP-A-56-161184, JP-A-1-124378, etc., air is supplied from the bottom side of the water tank to a bucket attached to a circulating belt and stored in the bucket. There is a buoyancy bucket circulation type in which the belt is circulated and rotated by utilizing the buoyancy of the air. Further, as disclosed in JP-A-56-23573, either the left or right half of the rotating wheel is arranged in the water tank, and the buoyancy chamber and the gravity chamber are alternately arranged to partition the inside of the rotating wheel. In the buoyancy chamber located inside, due to buoyancy,
In the gravity chamber located outside the water tank, there is a buoyancy rotating wheel type in which the rotating wheel is rotated by gravity. Furthermore, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-175873, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-113578.
As described in Japanese Patent Publication, etc., the air is sequentially moved between the upper one and the lower one of the water tanks among a large number of contracting air boxes attached to a belt circulating in the water tank. There is an air exchange buoyancy bucket circulation type in which the belt is rotated by rotating the belt.
Furthermore, JP-A-6-1293 proposed by the present inventor
As described in Japanese Patent No. 38, the air is supplied from the shaft side of the rotating wheel to an air storing chamber formed around the rotating wheel rotating in the water tank, and the buoyancy obtained in the air storing chamber and the air storing chamber are There is a shaft air supply type in which the rotating wheel itself is rotated by the gravity obtained by reaching the upper direction and injecting the liquid.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned buoyancy bucket circulation type, if the bucket does not circulate so as to be positioned while the supplied air is floating, the bucket reliably captures the air. In some cases, the trapping efficiency was deteriorated, and the supply air wasted. In addition, the buoyancy rotating wheel type must sufficiently seal the rotating wheel that rotates inside and outside the water tank at the boundary surface with the water tank, and rotational friction resistance occurs with the sealing means for that purpose, so it is sufficient. It was difficult to obtain the turning force. Furthermore, in the air exchange buoyancy bucket circulation type, the air transfer from the upper air box to the lower air box may not be performed reliably, so that the lower air box is not sufficiently supplied with air, so Sometimes buoyancy did not occur.
Furthermore, since the shaft air supply type requires that air be forcibly supplied to the inside of the shaft and the spoke-shaped air supply system paths, a slight loss of air pressure is recognized and it is not always efficient. It wasn't.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the various existing circumstances as described above. In contrast to a rotary wheel that is rotatably supported and mounted in a water tank, the present invention is provided outside the rotary wheel. It is assumed that the air is directly and sequentially supplied to the air storage chamber formed continuously in the peripheral edge and is rotated by the buoyancy formed in the air storage chamber, which improves the efficiency of buoyancy formation and smooth rotation operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotating device capable of generating a predetermined amount of energy.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a rotating wheel 10 rotatably supported in a water tank 1 in a submerged state is continuously connected to an outer peripheral edge of the rotating wheel 10. The air supply mechanism 2 is provided in the plurality of air storage chambers 15 arranged.
0 is supplied to the rotary wheel 10 by the buoyant force of the air stored in the air storage chamber 15, and the air storage chamber 15 has an outer surface along the radial direction of the rotary wheel 10. An air intake portion 16 directed to one side,
An air escape portion 19 that faces the rear side in the rotation direction of the rotating wheel 10 is formed with an opening, and an air supply mechanism 20 is also provided.
Is elastically oscillated along with the fixed air supply pipe 22 connected to the air supply source 21 and arranged in the water tank 1 along the rotation direction of the rotating wheel 10, and is accompanied by the rotation of the rotating wheel 10. It is opened by engaging with the end of the air intake portion 16 of the air storage chamber 15 that moves on the bottom side inside the water tank 1 and has an opening / closing valve 25 at the upper end that communicates with the air intake portion 16 at the time of opening, and the fixed air A swing air supply pipe 23 that is swingably connected to the supply pipe 22 is provided. Further, the on-off valve 25 has a valve seat 2 formed at the opening of the rocking air supply pipe 23.
6, and the intake supply port end 1 in the air intake part 16 that engages
7, a valve body 27 that is retracted inside by a pressing force from the opening end side to open the valve opening, and is integrally attached to the upper portion of the valve body 27 via a valve rod 28, and an air supply hole 29 is opened. And an operating body 31 which is slidable at the opening,
A return spring 32 for closing the valve body 27 by contacting the valve seat 26 by returning the operating body 31 to the original position can be provided. Further, an elastic restitution unit 35 for returning the oscillating air supply pipe 23 to the original position after the oscillating operation is provided. The elastic repellent unit 35 is provided with the water tank 1 as the rotating wheel 10 rotates.
The oscillating air supply pipe 23 rotates the rotating wheel 10 at a position where the intake supply port end 17 starts to engage with the opening / closing valve 25 of the oscillating air supply pipe 23 when moving on the bottom side of the rotating car 10. Stopper 36 that regulates and holds it in its original position that is inclined rearward in the direction
And a return spring 37 for returning the oscillating air supply pipe 23 that oscillates to the front side in the rotation direction of the rotating wheel 10 as the rotating wheel 10 rotates to the original position on the rear side.

[0006]

In the rotating device according to the present invention, the rotating wheel 10 submerged in the water tank 1 has buoyancy obtained by supplying compressed air from the air supply source 21 in the air supply mechanism 20. Is rotated in the aquarium 1. At this time, the air supply mechanism 20 supplies air to the air storage chamber 15 at the lowest position in the rotating wheel 10 to generate buoyancy in the air storage chamber 15. In the air supply mechanism 20, the insertion of the intake supply port end 17 of the air storage chamber 15 into the opening / closing valve 25 at the upper end of the rocking air supply pipe 23 is performed by the rotary wheel 1
The intake supply port end 17 that moves with the rotation of 0 opens and closes the on-off valve 2.
By pressing the operation body 31 in 5 and pushing down the valve body 27 to open the valve port, air is jetted and supplied into the air storage chamber 15 to fill the air storage chamber 15. Further, the air supply mechanism 20 swings its rocking air supply pipe 23 with the movement of the intake supply port end 17, and at the same time, automatically operates the operating body 31 with the rotation of the rotary wheel 10 from the start of the engagement. The air is surely jetted and supplied into the air storage chamber 15 until the engagement is released. Then, after the supply is completed, the valve opening is closed at the same time when the elastic restitution unit 35 automatically returns to the original position, the adjacent air storage chamber 15 reaches the predetermined position, and the intake supply port end 17 is engaged. It is assumed that the air storage chamber 1 is on standby until the start of the combination, and similarly, the air storage chamber 1 adjacent to the air storage chamber 1
Air is continuously supplied to No. 5. Air storage chamber 15
The air stored therein causes a buoyancy here, and one side of the rotating wheel 10 is levitated, so that a rotating force is generated in the rotating wheel 10 itself. On the other hand, when the air storage chamber 15 reaches the upper direction, the air escape portion 19 discharges the air in the air storage chamber 15 and at the same time introduces water into the inside, and conversely, the rotating wheel 1
The other half side of 0 is settled, and this is also converted into the rotating action of the rotating wheel 10.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, reference numeral 1 is a water tank filled with a liquid such as water. The rotating wheel 10 is rotatably supported by a bearing portion 2 formed inside the water tank 1, for example. Of course, the rotating wheel 10 can be supported by the shaft 12 which is the center of rotation in a watertight manner via bearings provided on both left and right side walls of the water tank 1.

The rotary wheel 10 itself has a shaft body 12, and a plurality of air storage chambers 15 are continuously formed at the outer peripheral edge of a rotary wheel main body 11 formed in a disk, spoke structure or the like. Further, in each of the air storage chambers 15, the air intake portion 16 directed to the outer side along the radial direction of the rotating wheel 10 and the rear of the rotating direction of the rotating wheel 10 (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 1). The air escape portion 19 facing the side is formed with an opening.

Further, the air storage chamber 15 is composed of the rotating wheel main body 11
So that each of them is continuously installed independently along the outer edge of
For example, the outer peripheral edge of the rotary wheel main body 11 is divided into 24 equal parts, and the bucket structure is partitioned and formed in a size.
The buoyancy of the air supplied by the air supply mechanism 20 described later causes a levitation action to rotate the rotating wheel 10 itself. The outer peripheral wall of the air storage chamber 15 itself is curved so as to be slightly bulged outward, and the rear side of the air storage chamber 15 should be expanded slightly outward as compared with the front side in the rotation direction. In addition, an opening is formed on the rear side, and the rotation of the rotating wheel 10 itself prevents the water tank 1 from rotating.
It is designed to rotate smoothly without receiving the resistance of water inside.

The air intake section 1 in the air storage chamber 15
6, the air escape portion 19 is provided in the opening on the rear side of the rotating wheel 10 itself as shown in the drawing, and the air intake portion 1
Reference numeral 6 is a pipe-shaped member extending from the outside of the opening to the inner bottom of the air storage chamber 15, and the air escape portion 19 is the opening itself. That is, the air intake portion 16 is an opening portion that extends outward along the diametrical direction of the rotating wheel 10, for example, a pipe-shaped intake supply port that protrudes outward from one of the end positions of the opening portion. It is composed of an end 17 and an ejection supply port end 18 which is continuous with the intake supply port end 17 in a slanted manner so as to reach the front side in the rotation direction of the rotating wheel 10 in the inner bottom portion of the air storage chamber 15. (See FIGS. 1 and 3). By doing so, particularly when buoyancy air is supplied by the air supply mechanism 20 into the air storage chamber 15 that has reached the lower position in the water tank 1 due to the rotation of the rotating wheel 10 itself, the air storage chamber In the inside of 15, the water in the air storage chamber 15 can be sequentially drained from the upper position thereof through the air escape portion 19 positioned below, and the air storage chamber 15 can be filled with air reliably and quickly.

An air storage chamber 15 which is sequentially moved along the bottom of the water tank 1 as the rotating wheel 10 rotates.
Each of them is provided with an air supply mechanism 20 for supplying and filling the air for buoyancy. The air supply mechanism 20 is connected to an air supply source 21, and elastically oscillates along with the fixed air supply pipe 22 arranged in the water tank 1 and the rotating direction of the rotating wheel 10 to rotate the rotating wheel. The air intake part 16 in the air storage chamber 15 which moves on the bottom side in the water tank 1 with the rotation of 10.
It is opened by engaging the end, and at the time of opening, the air intake part 16
And an oscillating air supply pipe 23 swingably connected to the fixed air supply pipe 22.

The air supply source 21 is arranged outside the water tank 1 and, as shown in FIG. 1, is rotated so as to be driven by the rotation of the shaft body 12 obtained by the rotation of the rotating wheel 10, for example. For example, an air pump driven by a belt 4 by the rotational force of a pulley 3 arranged inside or outside 1 is used to compress the atmosphere.

The fixed air supply pipe 22 supplies the compressed air obtained by the air supply source 21 outside the water tank 1 to the position of the air storage chamber 15 in the rotating rotating wheel 10 to which the air is supplied. It is provided in the water tank 1 through one wall.

The oscillating air supply pipe 23 is watertightly connected to the tip of the fixed air supply pipe 22 at its base through an oscillating portion 24 whose inside is in communication with each other. Further, the on-off valve 25 provided at the upper end of the rocking air supply pipe 23, when the air intake portion 16 of the air storage chamber 15 is engaged, the air intake portion 16 is rotated by the rotation of the rotating wheel 10 so that the water tank 1 has a water tank 1.
The air that is released by the pressing action due to the vertical difference when moving along the bottom part of the air and is supplied from the air supply source 21 through the fixed air supply pipe 22 and the rocking air supply pipe 23
It is jetted into the air storage chamber 15 via 6. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the opening / closing valve 25 itself has a valve seat 26 formed at the opening of the rocking air supply pipe 23 and the intake supply port end 17 of the air intake part 16 engaged with the valve seat 26. The valve body 27 which is retracted by the pressing force from the inside to open the valve opening is integrally attached to the upper portion of the valve body 27 via the valve rod 28, and the air supply hole 29 is opened at the opening. It is provided with an operating body 31 which is slidable, and a return spring 32 which closes the valve body 27 by contacting the valve seat 26 by returning the operating body 31 to the original position.

The on-off valve 25 itself is opened when the intake supply port end 17 is engaged with the open end thereof, and is always open when the intake supply port end 17 does not exert a pressing action. It is closed so that the engagement state with the intake supply port end 17 is maintained as the air storage chamber 15 moves,
For example, as shown in the drawing, the diameter of the intake supply port end 17 is made smaller than the opening edge diameter of the opening / closing valve 25, and the air storage chamber 15 is installed just before the rotation of the rotating wheel 10 reaches the lowermost position. The inlet / outlet port end 17 is gradually fitted into the on-off valve 25. Then, while being fitted, the operating body 31 is gradually pushed toward the lowermost position to open the valve body 27, and the air supply holes 29 centrally arranged inside the intake supply port end 17 are used to collect the air. Air is surely supplied into the inlet / outlet port end 17, and
The air is sufficiently supplied into the air storage chamber 15 before the engagement with is released.

Further, in order to maintain a reliable engagement between the oscillating air supply pipe 23 and the intake supply port end 17 during the air supply, for example, the outside of the intake supply port end 17 is provided. While fitting the intake supply port end 17 into the on-off valve 25,
A pressing engagement piece 34 that engages with the outer peripheral edge of the on-off valve 25 is formed in a protruding manner so as to swing while swinging the swinging air supply pipe 23. The pressing engagement piece 34 may be formed so as to project on the opening / closing valve 25 side.

Further, an elastic repellent original means 35 is provided at the bottom of the water tank 1 so that the oscillating air supply pipe 23 returns to its original position after the oscillating operation. This repellency restoration means 35
As shown in FIG. 1, the intake supply port end 17 starts to engage with the open / close valve 25 of the rocking air supply pipe 23 when moving on the bottom side of the water tank 1 as the rotating wheel 10 rotates. The stopper 3 that holds the rocking air supply pipe 23 in the original position in which the rocking air supply pipe 23 is tilted rearward in the rotation direction of the rotating wheel 10 is held.
6 and a return spring 37 for returning the oscillating air supply pipe 23 that oscillates to the front side in the rotation direction with the rotation of the rotating wheel 10 to the original position on the rear side. In the illustrated example, the stopper 36 has a substantially inverted L shape when viewed from the side and is erected on the upper surface of the bottom of the water tank 1, and the return spring 37 connects the rocking air supply pipe 23 and the stopper 36. It is arranged so as to exert a repulsive force of a shrinking tendency between the respective positions in the vicinity of the bases.

Next, an example of use of the device of the present invention will be described. The rotary wheel 10 is arranged in the water tank 1 in a submerged state, and compressed air from the air supply source 21 in the air supply mechanism 20 is supplied to the rotary wheel 10. The air is supplied into the air storage chamber 15, and at this time, the air is supplied to the air storage chamber 15 at the lowest position in the rotating wheel 10 to generate buoyancy in the air storage chamber 15.

That is, when the compressed air from the air supply source 21 is supplied to the oscillating air supply pipe 23 through the fixed air supply pipe 22, the open / close valve 25 at the upper end of the oscillating air supply pipe 23.
The intake supply port end 17 of the air storage chamber 15 is fitted into the inside,
When the intake supply port end 17 that moves along with the rotation of the rotating wheel 10 presses the operating body 31 of the on-off valve 25 and pushes down the valve body 27, the valve opening opens and the air storage hole passes through the air supply hole 29. Air is jetted and supplied into 15 to fill the air storage chamber 15. When air is supplied and stored in the air storage chamber 15 in this way, buoyancy is generated here, and as a result, one half body side of the rotating wheel 10 is levitated. Then, a rotating force is generated in the rotating wheel 10 itself, and similarly, compressed air is sequentially supplied into the adjacent air storage chambers 15 to rotate the rotating wheel 10 itself. When the air storage chamber 15 reaches the upper direction due to this rotation, the air in the air storage chamber 15 is discharged through the air escape portion 19, and at the same time, water is introduced into the inside of the air storage chamber 15. Rotating car 1
The other half body side of 0 is settled and converted into the rotating action of the rotating wheel 10, so that the rotating wheel 10 continues to rotate.

At this time, at the outermost peripheral edge portion of the rotating wheel 10, the air escape portion 19 formed as an opening on the rear side in the rotating direction of the rotating wheel 10 itself has an air storage chamber when it is located below during rotation. Air supplied to the inside of the rotating wheel 10
The water is discharged into the water tank 1 at the rear side of the rotation of the. Therefore, at the same time as this discharge, the rotating wheel 1
The air storage chamber 1 that settles downward again with the rotation of 0 itself
The water in the water tank 1 is introduced into the tank 5 to smoothly increase the sedimentation action.

Further, the air escape portion 19 is provided in the rotary wheel 10
It can also be formed in a nozzle shape projecting rearward in the rotation direction of No. 1, so that when the air is discharged from the air storage chamber 15 that sequentially reaches the upper direction with the rotation through the air escape unit 19, There is also an advantage that the discharging action can be used for the rotation of the rotating wheel 10.

Further, as described above, the shaft body 1 of the rotating wheel 10
A pulley 3 is fixed to the water tank 2 inside or outside the water tank 1, and can be used as power for the air supply source 21 via the belt 4 by the pulley 3, and a generator (not shown) is used. Make sure that the specified power can be obtained by driving.

[0023]

The present invention is configured as described above.
For this reason, the rotary wheel 10 rotatably supported in the water tank 1 is directly installed in the air storage chamber 15 continuously arranged at the outer peripheral edge of the rotary wheel 10. Air is jetted and supplied by the air supply mechanism 20 that is connected to and engaged with the air wheel, and is rotated by the buoyancy formed by the air supplied to the respective air storage chambers 15 while being sequentially moved along the circumferential direction of the rotating wheel 10. Is something that can be done.

In addition, at this time, on one half side of the rotating wheel 10, the supplied air is levitated by the buoyancy generated by the respective air storage chambers 15 filled with air, while on the other half side of the rotating wheel 10. As the rotating wheel 10 itself rotates, air is discharged from the air storage chamber 15 located in the upward direction, and at the same time, the water in the water tank 1 is introduced and settles, so that the rotating wheel 10 itself rotates continuously and smoothly. To do.

Further, since buoyancy air is directly supplied to each of the air storage chambers 15 continuously arranged on the outer peripheral edge of the rotating wheel 10 through the air supply mechanism 20, the buoyancy bucket circulation type is used. However, since there is no loss or waste of the supply air and all of the supply air is reliably supplied into the air storage chamber 15, the efficiency of buoyancy formation and the smoothing of the rotary operation can be obtained.

That is, in the air supply mechanism 20,
A fixed air supply pipe 22 connected to an air supply source 21,
An oscillating air supply pipe 23 that is elastically oscillated along the rotational direction of the rotating wheel 10 and is oscillatably connected to the fixed air supply pipe 22 is provided. Since the opening / closing valve 25 is opened by engaging with the end of the air intake portion 16 of the air storage chamber 15 and communicates with the air intake portion 16 when opened, the intake supply port end 17 is inside the opening / closing valve 25. When is fitted, the intake supply port end 17 that moves along with the rotation of the rotating wheel 10 presses the operating body 31 and pushes down the valve body 27 to open the valve mouth. Air can be directly and reliably jetted and supplied, and the air storage chamber 1
The inside of 5 is efficiently filled without waste.

Further, the on-off valve 25 is inserted into the valve seat 26 by the pressing force of the intake supply inlet end 17 that engages with the valve seat 26, and opens and opens through the valve body 27 and the valve rod 28. Since the slidable operating body 31 having the air supply hole 29 opened integrally and the return spring 32 that returns the operating body 31 to the original position and closes the operating body 31, the intake supply port end 17 is provided. It is automatically opened and closed by applying and releasing the pressing force by, and as a result, air is jetted and supplied into the air storage chamber 15 automatically, and because it is mechanically simple, there is no fear of failure. , Maintenance is also very easy.

Further, the elastic restitution means 35 in the air supply mechanism 20 corresponds to the position where the intake supply port end 17 which moves with the rotation of the rotating wheel 10 starts to engage with the on-off valve 25. Since the stopper 36 for restricting and holding the oscillating air supply pipe 23 at the original position and the return spring 37 for returning the oscillating air supply pipe 23 after the oscillating to the original position are provided, the intake supply port end 17 and The rocking of the rocking air supply pipe 23 itself performed after the start of the engagement can be automatically returned to the original position after that, and the engagement of the intake supply port end 17 in the adjacent air storage chamber 15 is started. The same operation can be repeated.

Therefore, a rotative driving force can be obtained by the buoyant force of the air that is sequentially supplied, and this rotational driving force can be used as, for example, the generation of electric power by the generator and the driving source of other various devices. It is versatile as a generator of a predetermined amount of energy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic side sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the same main portion.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an air storage chamber of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Water tank 2 ... Bearing part 3 ... Pulley 4 ... Belt 10 ... Rotating wheel 11 ... Rotating wheel main body 12 ... Shaft body 15 ... Air storage chamber 16 ... Air intake part 17 ... Intake supply port end 18 ... Jet supply port end 19 ... Air escape unit 20 ... Air supply mechanism 21 ... Air supply source 22 ... Fixed air supply pipe 23 ... Oscillating air supply pipe 24 ... Oscillating portion 25 ... Open / close valve 26 ... Valve seat 27 ... Valve body 28 ... Valve rod 29 ... Air supply hole 31 ... Operating body 32 ... Return spring 34 ... Pressing engagement piece 35 ... Resilient restitution means 36 ... Stopper 37 ... Return spring

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotary wheel, which is rotatably supported in a water tank in a submerged state, is supplied with air through an air supply mechanism into a plurality of air storage chambers that are continuously arranged at the outer peripheral edge of the rotary wheel to store air. In the rotating device configured to rotate the rotating wheel by the buoyancy of the air stored in the room, the air storing chamber includes an air intake portion directed to an outer side along a radial direction of the rotating wheel, and a rotation of the rotating wheel. An air escape portion directed toward the rear side in the direction is formed with an opening, and the air supply mechanism is
A fixed air supply pipe connected to the air supply source and piped in the water tank, and elastically swings along the rotation direction of the rotating car, and at the bottom side in the water tank as the rotating car rotates. It is opened by engaging the end of the air intake in the moving air storage chamber, has an opening / closing valve at the upper end that communicates with the air intake at the time of opening, and is swingably connected to the fixed air supply pipe. A rotating device comprising a moving air supply pipe. 2. The on-off valve is retracted into the inside by a pressing force from the opening end side by an intake supply port end in an engaging air intake part with a valve seat formed in an upper end opening part of the rocking air supply pipe. The valve body that opens the valve opening with the valve body, the operating body that is integrally attached to the upper part of the valve body through the valve rod, and has the air supply hole that is slidable at the opening, and the operating body. 2. The rotating device according to claim 1, further comprising a return spring that closes the valve body by contacting the valve seat by returning to the original position. 3. An elastic repellency restoring means for returning the oscillating air supply pipe after the oscillating operation to the original position is provided, and this elastic repellency restoring means is provided on the bottom side of the water tank as the rotating wheel rotates. When the intake supply port end moves, the oscillating air supply pipe is inclined to the rear side in the rotation direction of the rotating vehicle at a position corresponding to the position where the intake air supply pipe starts to engage with the on-off valve of the oscillating air supply pipe. And a return spring for returning the swinging air supply pipe, which swings forward in the rotation direction of the rotating wheel itself in accordance with the rotation of the rotating wheel, to the original position on the rear side. The rotating device according to item 1 or 2.