[geeks] Yet another weird one...

[bill pointon]

they must be from delft (sp ? ) -- the place famous for is fine china 
--fff for what they have there is really a crock --- billp

On Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at 02:01 , Kris Kirby wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, David Passmore wrote:
>>
>> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-
>> Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-
>> bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ft00&s1=6362718&OS=6362718&RS=6362718
>>
>> The idea is pretty brilliant; instead of using kinetic motion, as is 
>> done in
>> a regular generator (moving a coil across a magnetic field induces 
>> electric
>> current), this uses electricity to produce a magnetic field that 
>> opposes the
>> field of a permament magnet, sort of like holding two magnets together 
>> by
>> the same pole, they push each other apart. Well this field pushes the
>> magnetic flux of the permament magnet across an opposing coil, and 
>> induces
>> an electric current in it. Since it's not the flux itself but the 
>> movement
>> of it that creates the current, it has to be done in a short burst; 
>> hence
>> the switching you'll see if you read the patent, to produce a sort of
>> alternating current in two sets of input an output coils.
>>
>> This is basically using the magnetic flux stored in a permanent magnet 
>> as a
>> battery, and over time the magnet will lose its magnetic qualities.
>
> And just what town are they from?
>
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