Atmospheric
& RF Electricity Collectors
GB
157263
Process and Apparatus for
Converting
Static Atmospheric Electrical Energy into Dynamic Electrical Energy of
any Suitable High Periodicity
Abstract -- Atmospheric
electricity, utilizing; influence
machines.-Static atmospheric charges are converted into
alternating-currents of any desired frequency by rotary machines, the
stator and rotor elements of which form condensers having a capacity
which varies during the revolution as described in Specincation
157,262. In the simplest form, Fig. 2, the curved stator plates 2, 1
are connected to earth E2 and the aerial A which collects the
atmospheric charges and is earthed through a safety spark gap F. The
rotor is motor-driven and consists of concentric plates 3, 4 joined
through slip-,rings (not shown) to an inductance 9 shunted by a
condenser 5. With a given aerial polarity, rotation of the plates 3, 4
causes current reversals on the circuit A, 1, 9, 2, E@, whereby
oscillations are set upon the circuit 9, 5, these being tapped by leads
11, 12. The condenser 5 may consist of concentric tubes rotating with
the rotor or of two juxtaposed wound spirals having capacity. The
stator and rotor condenser plates may extend over nearly a semicircle
in place of the quadrants shown in Fig. 2 and the rotor may comprise
two consecutive cylindrical plates or coil condensers each divided into
halves, the inner half of each being connected to the outer half of the
other. Fig. 7 shows a form in which rings 1, 2, mounted in a casing
comprising upper and lower parts insulated from each other, are
connected to the stator condenser plates at intervals. The rotor plates
3, in equal number, are connected to slip-rings 5, 6 from which
alternating-current is taken by brushes when the rotor is motor-driven.
The rings 1, 2 are respectively connected to the aerial collector and
earth E2. Several methods of grouping the stator-rotor condenser pairs
and the components of the oscillating circuit are described. The
oscillatory current in the rotor circuit may react through a
transformer on the main charging current and two pairs of stator and
rotor plates 1, 2, 3, 4, Fig. 13, may be employed arranged on diameters
at right-angles, the oscillatory circuit in this case consisting of a
mutual inductance 5 having capacity and a portion of an adjustable
inductance 9 in the stator earth connector E2. By suitably
proportioning the stator and rotor plates, 'resonance may be
established, whereby undamped waves may be produced. In the form shown
in Fig. 15, for high-frequency oscillations, the aerial A and earth
wire are tapped at points between the stator plates 1, 2 and condensers
16, 18 which are joined through an inductance 9. The rotor current is
conveyed to the power circuit 11, 12 through transformers 10,
10<a>. The members composing the stator and rotor plates may be
slotted, as shown in Fig. 8, with holes 1 for attaching them to the
frame, or they may have spiral slots in their surfaces. Alternatively,
they may be formed by embedding spiral wires 3 in a vulcanite mass 1 so
as to give a smooth surface as shown in Fig. 11.
French Patent #
551,882
Apparatus for Capture of Electric Currents in the Atmosphere
French Patent #
565,395
Combined Apparatus for Capture of Atmospheric Electric
Currents with Immediate Implementation
US
28793
Electric Apparatus
Abstract -- An aerostat for
obtaining atmpspheric and terrestrial electricity...
US
126356
Improvement in Collecting Energy
for
Telegraph
Abstract -- A tower for the
purpose of receiving and imparting natural electricity, so as to be in
constant contact with the upper stratum of electricity which surrounds
the earth, by tapping which a never-failing supply is formed when
brought into contact with the earth.
US
129971
Telegraph Power
Abstract -- Utilizing natural
electricity and establishing an electrical current without the aid of
wires, batteries, or cables...
US
674427
Collecting Atmospheric Electricity
Abstract
-- An appartus for
colecting and driving or conducting atmospheric electricity which
renders it practicable to obtain material quantities of teh same in
serviceable form.
US
911260
Collecting Atmospheric Electricity
Abstract -- A method of
colecting electricity from a strata laden with electricity at high
altitudes in the atmoshere, through the medium of a wire cable
suspended from one or more balloons ...
US
1014719
Collecting Atmospheric Electricity
Abstract -- A method of
colecting electricity from a strata laden with
electricity at high altitudes in the atmoshere, through the medium of a
wire cable suspended from one or more balloons ...
US
1540998
Conversion of Atmospheric
Electric
Energy
Abstract -- Method of obtaining
atmospheric electricity by means of metallic ballon collectors...
GB 149,917
Improvements in & Relating to Radio Communication
Systems
Abstract
-- Radio transmission and reception through the use
of living vegetable organisms such as trees, plants, and the like.
US
1826727
Radio Apparatus
US
2143437
Radiant Energy System
Abstract -- An apparatus for
receiving and transmitting radiant energy within a wide range of
frequencies without necessity of a source of local energy.
US
2813242
Powering Electrical Devices with
Energy Abstracted from the Atmosphere
Abstract -- A convenient and
economical provision of power for the operation of electronic circuits
and devices using transistors, and of other electrical devices hving
modest power requirements.
US
3205381
Ionospheric Battery
Abstract -- A method and
apparatus for tapping the enormous reservoir of energy existing in the
ionosphere...
US
3273066
Apparatus for Detecting
Changes in the
Atmospheric Electric Field
Abstract -- A cloud detector
and or an apparatus for sensing electrostatic conditions in the earth's
atmosphere...
US
3760257
EM Wave Energy Converter
Abstract -- Electromagnetic
wave energy is converted into electric
power with an array of mutually insulated electromagnetic wave absorber
elements each responsive to an electric field component of the wave as
it impinges thereon. Each element includes a portion tapered in the
direction of wave propagation to provide a relatively wideband response
spectrum. Each element includes an output for deriving a voltage
replica of the electric field variations intercepted by it. Adjacent
elements are positioned relative to each other so that an electric
field subsists between adjacent elements in response to the impinging
wave. The electric field results in a voltage difference between
adjacent elements that is fed to a rectifier to derive d.c. output
power. The element pairs may be arranged in a two-dimensional array to
provide power conversion of randomly polarized electromagnetic waves,
such as sunlight.
US
3931577
Radio Receiver Protection Arrangement
Abstract -- A receiver
protection arrangement in which a voltage dependent on aerial voltage
and a voltage dependent on aerial current are aggregated and applied to
means responsive to a predetermined aggregate level to effectively
short circuit the aerial lead. Additional means may be provided to
dissipate energy in the input stage of a protected receiver to cause a
reduced impedance to be reflected across the output of the protective
arrangement.
US 4,628,299
Seismic Warning System Using RF Energy Monitor
Abstract -- The ambient
broadband radio frequency field strength
from broadcast stations is monitored (Figure 4) by periodic sampling
(50,
52). A warning indication is provided if the field strength drops
significantly.
Drops in such field strength have been correlated empirically with the
occurrence of seismic activity, usually several days later. Thus the
indication
serves as an early warning of an impending earthquake. In one preferred
embodiment, a broadband, horizontal, very long monopole antenna (40)
was
connected to a rectifying and smoothing circuit (Figure 3) to provide a
dc output proportional to the ambient rf field...
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