Magnetic Power Amplifier This invention relates to a magnetic power amplifier Description According to the invention, there is provided a magnetic power amplifier comprising a rotating plurality of magnets alternately presenting North and South pole faces towards reciprocating drive components within individual slide chambers, said drive components includes magnet means, which, due to synchronism of the reciprocating motion of the drive component with the rotating magnets, are alternately displaced along their slide chambers by a rotating magnet at one end into repulsion by the like for like position of the poles on the opposing magnet on the drive component, and attracted towards the other end by another rotating magnet which is displaying the opposite pole to the magnet on the other end of the drive component. In certain situations the rotating magnets could be assisted by or replaced by Electro-magnets in particular when a like situation in regards to the opposing magnet to effect repulsion within the reciprocation stroke, and coupling means linking the drive component to the rotating main drive disc or gear to enable the aforesaid synchronisation. In one arrangement the coupling means comprises a drive arm pivotally mounted to the drive component at one end, and at the other end pivotally mounted to the outer face of the rotating main drive gear. The main drive gear is attached to a drive shaft to enable a spur gear to be located along the drive shaft to enable power to be taken out of the magnetic power amplifier.

The invention is further described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:.

Figure 1 is a side view of the complete Linear Magnetic Power Amplifier type 1 incorporating six drive components.

Figure 2 is a side view of the Linear Magnetic Power Amplifier with a single drive component.

Figure 3 is a top view of the Linear Magnetic Power Amplifier incorporating six drive components.

Figure 4 is a top view of the Linear Power Amplifier with a single drive component.

Figures 5a and 5b respectively are side and front views of the drive component.

Figures 6a is a top view of the flat sides of a round disc or rod shaped magnet that has been energised on the edge of the circumference showing the direction of the lay of the layered energised platelets and the position of the line of division between the poles described as the equilibrium line.

Figure 6b is a view of the edge of the circumference of a round disc or rod shaped magnet that has been energised on the edge of its circumference showing the direction of the aligned layered platelets and the line of division between the North and South Poles.

Figures 7a and 7b showing the two flat halves of a round disc or rod shaped magnet that has been energised on the flat surfaces and the layered alignment of the platelets demonstrating that both North and South poles appear on the same surface of the edge of circumference.

Figure 7c is a view of one half of a round disc or rod shaped magnet that has been energised on the flat surfaces showing a North pole face with whole of the edge of circumference being systematically effected by the North pole.

Figure 7b shows a view of the other half of a round disc or rod shaped magnet that has been energised on the flat surfaces showing the South pole face and its effect upon the outer edge of circumference.

Figures 8a, 8b and 8c show a series of ideal synchronisation between the position of the multiples of the Magnetic Drive Components along their individual slide chambers and the position of the synchronised poles on the opposing rotating magnets.

Referring to the drawings, the illustrated power units Fig 1 and Fig 2 are by way of example only, both comprise of elongated slide chambers 11 within which are positioned a number of rotating magnets 12 which alternately present North and South pole faces at opposite ends of the interior of the slide chambers 11, type 1 and type 2 are the preferred methods.

Within the slide chamber 11 there is a drive component 9, shown in more detail in figures 5a and Sb, which reciprocates along their individual slide chambers thereof. The drive component 9 incorporates strong magnets 10 aligned with the direction of reciprocation so that in operation at the end of each reciprocation stroke, the drive component 9 arrives at the end of its stroke without touching the rotating magnet while at this point in its rotation it is momentarily at the point of equilibrium 22, before changing to like poles with the opposing magnet on the drive component 9 thereby causing the mode of repulsion at the same time that one rotating magnet 12 changes to repulsion the rotating magnet 12 at the other end of the drive component chamber 11 will also be at equilibrium before changing to attract. Therefore the drive component 9 will be repelled by a like pole face on the rotating magnets 12 at one end and attracted by the opposite pole face of the rotating magnet 12 at the other end. The synchronisation required to achieve this is by couplings consisting of drive arms 14 and drive gear 15, which the line couples the drive component 9 to drive gears 15 so that the main drive gear 15 rotates in such synchronism with the reciprocation of the drive component and the rotating magnets 12 so that an appropriate pole face is positioned to repel or attract the drive component 9 at the end of each stroke of reciprocation of the drive component 9. In the arrangement shown, the Linear Magnetic Power Unit Amplifier Type 1 is made up of eight magnets 12 and six drive components 9, each drive component 9 has oppositely facing drive components magnets presenting North and South poles at its ends, which are repelled by a like pole face of the rotating magnets 12 at one end and attracted by an opposite pole face on the other end rotating magnet 12 of each stroke of reciprocation the individual drive component 9. Clearly, however, variations are possible in the number of revolving magnets 12 and drive components 9 used to make up a magnetic power amplifier and the way the pole faces are arranged to maintain a synchronised motion of the drive gear 15, the drive component 9 and the rotating magnets 12, Figures 8a, 8b and 8c.

Once started any combination of two or more drive components 9 synchronised by alternating the coupling of the drive components 9 to the drive gear 15 will continue to operate until deliberately stopped, as by a suitable brake or by at least two of the revolving magnets 12 being withdrawn from the power amplifier see Figs. 3 and 4, by the speed regulating shaft 23.

The withdrawal and return motion of the revolving magnets 12 by the regulating shaft 23 would incorporate an elongated spur bar stock gear 24 and this could be operated by a lever and wire or other means. The withdrawal and return motion of the revolving magnets 12 disrupts the power of attraction or repulsion that exists between the alternating poles on the rotating magnets 12 and their synchronisation with the magnets on the drive component 9 thereby allowing the Power Amplifier to be regulated or stopped without losing its synchronisation through the synchronisation gears 18.

The synchronism of the various moving parts of the power unit is maintained by the regulating shaft 23 having elongated gears 24 which are coupled by the row of synchronisation gears 18. The regulating shaft 23 could pass through to withdraw and return the rotating magnets 12 from any number of power units placed side by side to create a multiple magnetic power amplifier to generate higher volumes of power.

One example of a possible use for a Magnetic Power amplifier is on a pedal cycle, where once the rotation of magnets 12 has been started by the pedalling action through the power input gear 16, the output drive gear 17 would be coupled to one wheel of the cycle to boost the speed that could be achieved by pedalling alone, and by regulating the size and power of the magnets, many other uses of the Magnetic Power Amplifier, such as driving a generator can be envisaged on most machinery requiring a power source. In some cases, the starting and running of a single drive component 9 Magnetic Power Amplifier could be by the use of a small electric motor, wind power or water power is possible.

It is also to be noted that, especially if a large number of Magnetic Power Amplifiers are employed to make up a high powered magnetic power amplifier, the power transfer gear could be replaced by a cam shaft and, in all cases pulleys and belts or sprockets and chains could replace the synchronised gear coupling made up by synchronisation gears 18.

According to this invention the magnets 12 could be in the form of a round magnetic disc Figs 6a and 6b which has been energised so that the most active and powerful surface of the magnetic North pole (n) is contained within one half of the outer edge of the circumference Fig. 6a and Fig 6b and the most powerful surface of the magnetic South pole within the other half so that the magnetic power of attraction and repulsion of the round disc magnet is equally from within the depth of two halves of the edge of its circumference.

Within the production of suitable material for magnetisation the platelets of the material used are encouraged to build up in a layered form to the required thickness in plate form or other specific shapes. In the production of round disc shaped magnets which are either cut from round material or moulded in a round shape prior to magnetisation the specific North and south poles are created respectively on the opposing flat sides of the disc, this means that the most powerful areas of attraction and repulsion are on the flat sides of the round disc shaped magnet. This creates a magnetic disc which, because of the conflict between North and South poles which are side by side within the thickness of the round disc magnet Figs. 7c and 7d which means that the power of attraction by one pole on one half of the edge of circumference is largely cancelled out by the repulsion of the other pole.

This invention requires the material for magnetisation to be layered as shown in Fig 6b. So that the disc can be magnetised on the edge of its circumference Fig 6a to establish the maximum attraction and repulsion to another magnet from within two halves of the magnet separated by the line of the diameter thereby creating two separate halves of the magnet with each half having an edge of circumference that is wholly of one pole. When a round magnetic disc is made in this manner it provides maximum attraction or repulsion within the full width of the round disc circumference edge Figs 6a and 6b.

The object of this invention is to provide a means whereby, when the magnetic disc is rotated around a means of pivotal 25 situated within an alignment with the centre of the diameter of the round magnetic disc, the round disc or rod shaped magnet 12 will provide an alternating attract and repel motion of maximum power to another magnet face.

It is important that when a magnet 10 on one end of the drive component 9 is facing a rotating magnetic face on the circumference of the disc magnet 12 to which it would naturally be attracted, that the magnet 10 on the other end of the drive component 9 is faced by a magnetic face on the round magnetic circumference disc magnet 12 to which it would naturally be repulsive, whereby when the magnetic drive component 9 is positioned within the slide chamber 11 in synchronisation with the two alternating poles on the magnetic circumference disc magnets 12 there is provided the means to achieve the maximum power available from the alternating attract and repel synchronisation between the rotating magnetic discs 12 at each end of the slide chamber 11 and the magnetic drive component 9.

It is important that all rotating magnets are synchronised within the position of their respective poles in relation to each other in order to reduce friction within their collective motion, although this would not need to apply to the two magnets 12 that are on each end of a drive component chamber 11 because their field of magnetisation is interrupted by the magnets 10 on the drive component 9.

The importance of having the circumference edge of the magnetic disc in two halves of the diameter of the round magnet one half being magnetic North pole and the other half magnetic South pole is further demonstrated within Figs 6a and 6b respectively, whereby the clockwise rotation of the round magnet 12 at one end of the slide chamber 11 has created an attraction through its North pole face to the South pole (s) outer face of the opposing magnet on the drive component 9 and this will provide power to move the drive component 9 to that end of the slide chamber, at the same time the rotating magnet 12 at the other end of the slide chamber 11 is presenting a magnetically repulsive face, in a like for like position towards the magnet 10 at the end of the drive component 9 to provide the remainder of the power needed to move the drive component to the other end of the slide chamber 11 with maximum force.

At the precise moment that the drive component 9 reaches the slide chamber 11 the position of the two magnetic halves of the circumference edge of the round magnet 12 will momentarily reach equilibrium within its synchronised reaction with the face of the opposite magnet face 10 on the drive component 9 from that moment the relationship between the pole on the rotating magnet and the magnet 10 on the drive component 9 will change to like poles on the rotating magnet at the end of the drive chamber 11 that the drive component 9 has just arrived at, and this will cause the drive component 9 to be repelled away along the slide chamber 11 while in perfect synchronisation the rotating magnet 12 at the other end of the slide chamber 11 will have passed through its own point of equilibrium 22 from repel to attract, although there is usually near if not total equilibrium at the point of division between the two poles on the round magnetic circumference edge, on some occasion this may be slightly biased towards attraction, this is not important to the overall synchronisation of the power unit because of the speed in which the magnets 12 would be rotating.

The length of each reciprocating stroke from one end of the drive component chamber 11 to the other is controlled by the diameter of the rotating magnets 12.

When a number of magnetic power units are placed side by side and coupled together to provide an intermittent synchronisation between the motion of each drive component 9 or each set of drive components and the rotating round magnets 12 this multiple power amplifier will provide greatly increased power.

Drive Component Drive Component Magnets Drive Component Slide Chamber Rotating Magnet The Strongest Point of the Magnetic Poles Drive Arm Drive Gear Power Input Gear Power Output Gear Synchronisation Gears Synchronisation Locking Gear Drive Component Locking Chamber Drive Component Slide Chamber Slide Guide Line of Equilibrium Speed Regulating Shaft Elongated Gear Means of Pivotal Direction of the Alignment of Platelets in a Magnet