THEREOF

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present application claims the benefit of priority to Indian provisional patent application No 202121014412 filed on March 30, 2021 and entire provisional specification.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure generally related to an apparatus to generate kinetic energy by use of the gravitational force. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus to generate continuous kinetic energy by use of the gravitational force.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

It has been always a concern in recent years to create alternate sources of energy as there are very limited sources of energy. As an alternative, currentlyother sources are used such as wind, water, sunlight and the like. Recently, a new and permanent source of energy has been discovered to produce kinetic energy, i.e. use of gravitational force. Many machines are created to use gravitational force to generate kinetic energy.

Currently used devices for generating kinetic energy using gravitational force are complex in design and are very expensive.

To overcome the limitation of the prior art, an apparatus has been designed to generate kinetic energy from the gravitational force, which is easy to handle and is inexpensive.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present disclosure is to ameliorate limitation of the existing method.

Another object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus to generate kinetic energy from the gravitational force. Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus to generate kinetic energy which is efficient.

Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus to generate continuous kinetic energy. Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus to generate variable kinetic energy.

Another objection of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus to generate kinetic energy which is inexpensive.

Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide a method to generate kinetic energy using the gravitational force.

More advantages of the present disclosure will be explained in the detailed description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure will now be illustrated using accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of an apparatus according to the present disclosure to generate kinetic energy using the gravitational force.

Figure 2 illustrates a perspective view of a main shaft of the apparatus of Figure 1.

Figure 3 illustrates a cross sectional view of the apparatus of Figure 1 showcasing connecting plates, connecting bars and inner radial slots.

Figure 4 illustrates a perspective view of the apparatus of Figure 1 showcasing top weighing plates, worm gear and shaft coupling.

Figure 5 illustrates a cross-sectional view of an apparatus according to the present disclosure to generate kinetic energy using the gravitational force. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Referring now to Fig. 1 and 2, there is shown a kinetic energy generating apparatus 100 from the gravitational force. The kinetic energy generating apparatus 100 includes a main shaft 102 having first end 104 and second end 106. The main shaft 102 is a cylindrical shaped solid rod. Alternatively, the main shaft 102 may be hollow. The main shaft 102 is made up of mild steel. Optionally, the main shaft 102 may be made up of an alloy steel such as nickel, nickel-chromium or chromium-vanadium steel for high strength. The main shaft 102 is divided longitudinally into two sections from its centre point.

Further, the apparatus 100 includes an eccentric coupler 108 bolted at each end 104, 106 of the main shaft 102. An axis of rotation of the eccentric coupler 108 and the main shaft 102 is parallelly offset to each other. An eccentric drive shaft 110 abutted to the eccentric coupler 108 at first end 104 of the main shaft 102. The eccentric drive shaft 110 is an input shaft. A main circular plate 112 is placed vertically coaxially on the eccentric coupler 108 bolted at each end 104, 106 of the main shaft 102. The axis of rotation of the main shaft 102 and the main circular plate 112 is perpendicular to each other. The main plate 112 may be of any other shape such as pentagonal, hexagonal or polygonal. The main plate 112 is provided with radial slots 114 on inner surface 116. The radial slots 114 on inner surface 116 of the main circular plate 112 are placed at an angular distance of 45 degrees from each other. In a current embodiment, there are eight numbers of inner radial slots 114. Alternatively, the number of inner radial slots 114 may vary based on the shape of the main plate 112 or the angular distance between the radial slots 114. Furthermore, plurality of connecting bars 118 are horizontally supportably fixed on the inner surfaces 116 of the main circular plates 112. The connecting bars 118 are cylindrical shaped solid rod. Alternatively, the connecting bars 118 may be hollow. The connecting bars 118 are made up of mild steel. Optionally, the connecting bars 118 may be made up of an alloy steel such as nickel, nickel-chromium or chromium-vanadium steel for high strength.

Further, plurality of bearings 120 are mounted equidistantly on the main shaft 102. In current embodiment, there are eight numbers of bearings in each section of the main shaft 102. The bearings 120 are separated by a spacer. The bearings 120 have one protrusion 122 on its outer surface 124. The bearing 120 comprises a bearing holder, an internal circlip and an external circlip. A plate holder 126 pivotally bolted 128 to the protrusion 122 on the bearing 120. Alternatively, pivotable hydraulic cylinder may be fitted to the protrusion 122 on the bearing 120. As shown in Fig. 3, the apparatus 100 includes plurality of connecting plates 130. The connecting plates 130 are slid ably fitted into the radial inner slots 114 of the main circular plates 112. A radial inner end 132 of the connecting plate 130 is fitted to the plate holder 126. The connecting plates 130 may be slid ably moved in the inner slots 114 of the main circular plates 112 with the help of pivotable hydraulic cylinder attached on the protrusion 122 on the bearing 120. The stepped shaft is bolted to the outer surface 139 of the main circular plate 112 mounted on the eccentric coupler 108 bolted at second end 106 of the main shaft 102. The stepped shaft 137 is an output shaft.

As shown in Fig. 4, plurality of top weighing plates 134 are fitted on a radial outer surface 136 of the connecting plate 130 in a balanced manner. In current embodiment, the top weighing plates 134 are trapezoidal blocks. Alternatively, the top weighing plates 134 can be of any shape and size. Further, a worm gear 138 is placed coaxially at outer side of the main circular plate 112 on the eccentric drive shaft 110. The worm gear 138 rotates the main shaft 102 about an axis of the eccentric coupler 108 in an eccentric manner. A shaft coupling 140 is configured to have one end with warm shaft 142, which is rotatably engaged to the worm gear 138 and second end with provision 144 for input means. The input means may be mechanically operated lever, electric motor or hydraulic motor. The shaft coupling 140may be configured to be rotated in clockwise direction or anticlockwise direction. Further, when the worm gear 138 rotates at an appropriate degree, it rotates the main shaft 102 with the same degree of rotation about an axis of the eccentric coupler 108 in an eccentric manner. Further more, it leads to radially slide plurality of the connecting plates 130 into the inner radial slots 114 of the main circular plates 112 due to pivotal attachments of the plate holder 126 with the bearings 120 mounted on the main shaft 102. The sliding movements of the connecting plates 130 affect balanced state of plurality of the top weighing plates 134 and move the top weighing plates 134 in an opposite direction of rotation of the main shaft 102 in effect of the gravitational force. Thereby, the main plate 112, the connecting bar 118, the connecting plates 130 and the stepped shaft 137 rotate in an opposite direction of the rotation of the main shaft 102. Alternatively, in the absence of the top weighing plates 134, the weight of the connecting plates 130 alone may loses the equilibrium and rotates the main plate 112, the connecting bar 118, the connecting plates 130 and the stepped shaft 137 rotate in an opposite direction of the rotation of the main shaft 102. This produces a kinetic energy continuously due to persistent imbalanced state of plurality of the top weighing plates 134. As the top weighing plates 134 loose its equilibrium, it is not possible to achieve balanced state on its own as the top weighing plates 134 continuously rotate due to gravitational force. As top weighing plates 134 rotate continuously, they provide continuous rotation to the stepped shaft 137in an opposite direction of the main shaft 102. Thus, the stepped shaft 137 generates continuous kinetic energy. The continuously generated kinetic energy can be converted into electrical energy by use of any devices known in the art, such as dynamometer or any such similar applications. Alternatively, this kinetic energy can be used in any other processes such as supporting any internal mechanism of the apparatus 100. Thus, the apparatus 100 provides continuous kinetic energy to produce continuous electrical energy.

In operations, initially due to the weight of the top weighing plates 134, all the connecting plates 130 at the bottom potion of the apparatus 100 are at complete slide out position. When the shaft coupling 140 is rotated in clockwise direction, for example by 90 degrees, by the mechanically operated lever, it transfers the same degrees of rotation to the main shaft 102 through the worm gear 138. This leads to radial sliding movement of plurality of the connecting plates 130 into the inner radial slots 114 of the main circular plates 112 due to pivotal attachments of the plate holder 126 with the bearings 120 mounted on the main shaft 102. Now, at this point, few connecting plates 130 on the left side of the apparatus are in complete out position, which automatically forces the top weighing plates 134 to rotate in anti-clockwise direction due to gravitational force. Thereby, the main plate 112, the connecting bar 118, the connecting plates 130 and the stepped shaft 137 rotate in an anti-clockwise direction which is opposite to the direction of the rotation of the main shaft 102. As the top weighing plates 134 loose its equilibrium and rotates continuously due to gravitational force, they provide continuous rotation to the stepped shaft 137 in an opposite direction of the main shaft 102. Thus, the stepped shaft 137 generates continuous kinetic energy. The generation of the kinetic energy can be varied based on the degree of the rotation of the input shaft. Alternatively, the output can be varied based on the weight of the top weighing plates 134.

Further, to stop the apparatus 100 or to vary speed of rotation of the outer shaft 110, the shaft coupling 140 is rotated in the reverse direction. For example, initially the outer shaft 110, and so, the main shaft 102 is rotating in clockwise direction. The speed of the rotation of the main shaft 102 is reduced or the apparatus 100 is completely stopped by varying or stopping the movement of the worn gear 138 and the worm shaft 142. So, based on degree of rotation of the worm shaft 142 in the reversed direction, the variation in speed of rotation of the outer shaft 110 is achieved. The speed of the outer shaft 110 in reversed direction is directly proportional to the degree of movement of the worm shaft 142 when in the reversed direction. The shaft coupling 140 can be rotated in a desired direction of rotation manually or automatically.