Patent Application
20090139169
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to deflection devices. More specifically, the application is a bad weather deflector for buildings, sidewalks, bridges, sea-shores and beaches used for the reduction of wind erosion and or water erosion, surge or wash over and gusts that often promote the development of dangerous and destructive eddy currents, shear or other such affects; usually causing immediate damage or eventual complete destruction. The Anti-Hurricane Attacker device is forthwith known as AHA.
2. Description of Related Art
A number of different deflector devices or structures have been devised for the reducing of loadings against aircraft, cars, buildings and other structures susceptible to the adverse affects of bad weather syndrome. In most cases, aerodynamic designs have served to improve performance and attempt to remedy the affects of bad conditions and or potential damage by pure deflection means. Nonetheless, bad weather interference has been documented as the prime cause for disasters over the many years of record taking. Whole structures have been destroyed because proper defense measures against bad weather syndrome were not considered important enough safety features or were so cost prohibitive so as to forgo their uses.
Conventional deflector devices have attempted to make improvements in the regard of safety by the redirection of the bad influence to reduce the apparent loading of the area affected; however, much improvement is still needed. Thus a deflection device as herein described is needed to not only reduce the loading on the affected area but also to reduce the amount of loading force being directed at the area. This is a significant differentiation.
The Inventor notes that the U.S.P.T.O. has records of previous patents granted with similar wordings of:
Hurricane and wind=815 records found
Hurricane and water=688 records found
These are to be fully investigated as part of the thorough search process for actual patent filing; however, the first pass did not reveal anything significant to prevent this Utility filing.
As seen in the stated archives, most previous inventions merely act in a manner to re-direct (deflect) the oncoming or incoming wind or water away to a different direction. The AHA is specifically designed to redirect the energy of the bad weather syndrome (wind and/or water) back into the face of the incoming element. The AHA device incorporates several principles, which in incorporation of each other make for a sound weapon against bad weather syndrome. The law of physics in having to push against a reflective force is known through Newtons 2nd and 3rd laws of motion and reaction, that of half mass times velocity squared (impact). In other words, the harder you push the incoming force, so will a proportionate force of passed resistance be accommodated. The feasibility is the use of that incoming energy against itself, with an inbuilt adaptive accelerator, thereby comparatively reducing that incoming force for however long and strong said force is. The design also incorporates two other aspects of physics in its operation, that of Hookes Law regarding the equilibrium to compression ratio of the springs holding the faceplate and the use of Bernoulli's principle of the venturi effect regarding pressure and velocity when the incoming force overcomes the faceplate to thrust upwards and exit the nozzles.
The AHA device is used for areas of protection against high-energy forces which other devices are not capable of, as found in dealing with Hurricanes or Tsunami events, facing both elements of water or wind or combination thereof.
The AHA device according to the invention is a relative bad weather deflector (wind and/or water) for various structures such as buildings, bridges, sidewalks, seashores and beaches and other like places or locations; in which it serves to reduce directly the bad weather syndrome by the reducing of the amount of effective incoming material affecting the specific area requiring safety from such damage or interference. If the affects of hurricane Katrina could have been reduced by 25% or 10%, then obviously less damage would have resulted and substantial costs adverted in repair or replacements of materials so affected by such weathering action.
The AHA has an angular accurate three dimensional design, consisting of front face and two sides (shell) having an internal cavity for the intake, passing and onward passage to exhaust the deflection of the bad weather syndrome to reduce loadings on the various applicable structures/places (bridges, buildings, sidewalks, seashores or beaches).
At least one faceplate is disposed within the cavity on top and bottom portions of the AHA for attachment with an interior wall portion of the device. The top portion of the faceplate is secured by at least one cantilevered spring member. The bottom portion of the faceplate is fastened by at least two mechanical fasteners such as stem and bolt fasteners and may be optionally fastened by welding or other bonding to a roll bar. The special aerodynamic design structure of the AHA disperses relative wind or water in at least three directions.
At least one skirt attachment (front or side) is of a set size, selection from an optional choice. The size is accordingly used to set the angle of incoming force attack in the relationship to the internal faceplate.
Accordingly, it is the principle object of the invention to provide a bad weather syndrome (wind or water) reducing the attack loading by directly deflecting returning force against the incoming force.
It is a secondary object of this invention to provide an anti-bad weather syndrome deflector, which reduces relative wind or water by redirection force in other distinct directions.
It is an object of the invention to provide anti-bad weather syndrome deflector that can be produced in various materials resistant to elements of wind or water in various metallic bases, composite materials or plastic moldings thereof.
It is a further object of the invention to provide an anti-bad weather syndrome deflector that requires minimum number of fasteners for easy installation or later removal.
It is an object of the invention to provide an anti-bad weather syndrome that has improved elements and arrangements thereof in an apparatus for the purposes described which is inexpensive, simple, dependable and fully effective in accomplishing its intended purpose.
These and other objects of the present invention will become readily apparent upon further review of the following specifications and associative drawings.
The present invention is directed to a bad weather syndrome deflector for reducing adverse loadings. The preferred visual embodiments of the present invention are depicted in Figs. attached.
The embodiment of the present invention will be described below, utilizing the
The operation of the invention in a basic run through of workings. The invention as stated will be positioned in the direct pathways of the incoming bad weather syndrome (15), where the capture of some of those elements from that force are now into the Inlet area (6), the side skirts (3A) direct the force upwards into the lower cavity area underneath the faceplate (7) which is being held in the lower position of closed, by the spring member (7A). With the overcoming force of the elements pushing the faceplate upwards, said force enters the internal cavity (8) and is being pushed against the faceplate (7) and it forces its self past the faceplate, Hookes law applies here (12), the narrow passage causes the area to be the Venturi effect (9) where Bernoulli law (14) is in effect, changing the pressure into velocity of the element force (15) further upwards to the top plate (4) having the swivel housing (4A) containing the nozzles (4B). The element force exits the cavity through the nozzles, which point in set direction, causing the outlet area (5) to now come into contact with the oncoming elements (15) causing the zone of impact (16) and the law of Newton (13) regarding impact affecting the onslaught by reduction of the bad weather syndrome by pushing back against the incoming elements.
The construction of the present invention is shown in the
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