摘要 |
A tilting or gyrating plate or track electrical power generating mechanism receives cyclically varying mechanical forces Fl to F4, and drives electrical generator 6 via wheel 2 rolling around surface 1. Surface 1 is in the form of a circular track which may be supported on a pillar 17 via gimbals 18. A free wheel 14 may be used to determine the instantaneous lowest point or zero slope of surface 1. The point of instantaneous maximum slope will be 90 degrees behind the point of minimum slope and the generator wheel 2 can be maintained at this point by adjusting generator 6 output. Output may be controlled by varying current in the generator field windings, and connections to the generator may be made by slip-rings. There may be a second apparatus operated in anti-phase to improve balance (figure 9). |