Patent Application
20140231414
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to heat generators and more particularly pertains to a new magnetic heat generation and transfer apparatus and method for generating transferable usable heat.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of heat generators is known in the prior art. More specifically, heat generators heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
The prior art includes a magnetic heater having a conductor assembly and a magnet assembly. The magnet assembly is adapted to rotate relative to the conductor assembly about an axis so as to induce eddy currents in the conductor assembly when relative motion is produced between the conductor assembly and first magnet assembly. The conductor assembly defines a fluid path therein for the transfer of heat from the conductor assembly to a fluid. The magnetic heater is a component of a heat generation system comprising an internal combustion engine having a drive shaft for rotating the magnet assembly. The heat generated by the magnetic heater, as well as the beat generated by the engine from the engine exhaust and engine cooling system, is combined to heat a fluid. Another prior includes a magnetic heater having a conductive member and a first magnet assembly comprising a frame and at least one magnet disposed a distance adjacent the conductive member, wherein the first magnet assembly and the first frame are adapted to rotate relative to each other about an axis so as to induce eddy currents in the conductive member when relative motion is produced between the conductive member and the first magnet assembly, the at least one magnet adapted to move relative to the frame in dependence on the change in the rate of rotation of the frame. The magnetic heater is provided with a passive relative-positioning actuator adapted to move one or more magnets in an axial direction and a radial direction relative to the frame. Such movement is exploited to control the magnetic field strength at the conductive member by controlling, among other things, the conductor/magnet spacing. While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new magnetic heat generation and transfer apparatus and method.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new magnetic heat generation and transfer apparatus and method which, has many of the advantages of the heat generators mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new magnetic heat generation and transfer apparatus and method which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art heat generators, either alone or in any combination thereof. The present invention includes a base; an air mover assembly mounted to the base and Including a power source with a rotatable drive shaft and also including disc members spaced apart and attached to the rotatable shaft; and a heat generating assembly mounted to the base and including pivotable elongate support members and hi agnatic members attached to the elongate support members for generating eddy currents resulting in heat generation. None of the prior art includes the combination of the elements of the present invention.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the magnetic heat generation and transfer apparatus and method in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may he better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the assembles of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are fox the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a new magnetic heat generation and transfer apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the heat generators mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new magnetic heat generation and transfer apparatus and method which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art heat generators, either alone or in any combination thereof.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new magnetic heat generation and transfer apparatus and method for generating transferable usable heat.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new magnetic beat generation and transfer apparatus and method that is monitored with sensors and a fan is used to transfer the generated heat through conduits.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new magnetic heal generation and transfer apparatus and method that automatically controls the spacing of the magnets to the conductors to effectuate maximum efficient heat.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
The invention will be better understood and objects other than these set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein;
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The heat generating assembly 24 may further include an actuator 34 such as a hydraulic pump in communication with and conventionally connected to the support shaft 25 for pivoting the support shaft 25 and the elongate support members 26 and moving the magnetic members 29 relative to the respective disc members 26 as desired. The magnetic members 29 on the adjacent elongate support members 26 heat the respective disc members 15 when the magnetic members 29 are movably disposed to either side of the respective rotatable disc members 15 and with the respective disc members 15 rotatably disposed between and axially aligned with the magnetic members 29 on the elongate support members 26. The respective disc members 15 are not heated with the eddy currents when the magnetic members 29 on the adjacent elongate support members 26 are moved away from either side of and not in axial alignment with the respective disc members 15 and the respective disc members 15 are not disposed between the magnetic members 29 on the adjacent elongate support members 26.
The magnetic heat generation and transfer apparatus and method 10 may further include sensors 30 conventionally arranged proximate to the heat generating assembly 24 and in conventional communication with the drive shaft 14 to detect heat generation and rotational speed of the drive shaft 14, and may also include a central processing unit 31 in conventional communication with the sensors 30 and with the power source 13 and the actuator 34 to control the positioning of the magnetic members 29 relative to the disc members 15 and to control the rotational speed of the drive shaft 14.
In use, the magnetic members 29 are positioned relative to the disc members 15 using the actuator 34 and the central processing unit 31. To generate heat, the magnetic members 29 are moved in close proximity to the rotatable disc members 15 to create magnetic fields in spaces between adjacent elongate support members 26 with the eddy currents being created from the magnetic fields and heating the disc members 15 as the disc members 15 rotate through the magnetic fields. The elongate support members 26 adjacent to one another are pivoted by the support shaft 25 and are moved to opposite sides of the respective rotatable disc members 15 with the respective disc members 15 disposed between the magnetic members 29 on the adjacent elongate support members 26. The eddy currents generated by the opposite magnetic poles of the magnetic members 29 neat the respective disc members 15 as the disc members 15 rotate through the magnetic fields. The central processing unit 31 in cooperation with the sensors 30 controls the positioning of the magnetic members 29 in relationship to the disc members 15. The central processing unit 31 energizes the actuator 34 which pivots the support shaft 25 and the elongate support members 26 adjacent to one another. To control the heat and to cool the disc members 15, the central processing unit 31 actuates the support shaft 25 to pivot the elongate support members 26 and the magnetic members 29 away from opposite sides of the disc members 15 with the disc members 15 not disposed between the magnetic members 29 on the adjacent elongate support members 26.
The heat generated may be transferred and used with air moved by the fan units and with the air moved in relationship to the disc members 15 and the magnetic members 29. As controlled by the central processing unit 31, the disc members 15 and the blades 20 are actuated and rotated by the power source 13 thus causing air to flow about the disc members 15 and the magnetic members 29 to provide a flow of usable heat to and through directional units such as tubes or other ducts or conduits.
As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the pans of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the magnetic heat generation and transfer apparatus and method. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to lima the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.
