Rotor configuration
View Patent ↗The present technology is directed to the design and relative placement of a plurality of rotor vanes against which a directional fluid flows thereby exerting a force against the vanes and rotating the vanes in a desired direction. The plurality of vanes is disposed about a central axis such that when the fluid exerts its force against the vanes the vanes rotate continuously about the central axis.
1 . A rotor configuration comprising:
a first substantially flat support flange;
a second substantially flat support flange;
each flange bounded by a circumferential edge and having a center;
three vertical vanes, each vane comprising a height with a top and a bottom, a curved construction, a first end and a second end, the vane tops attached to the first flange, vane bottoms attached to the second flange; the first vane end terminating laterally at or near the circumferential edge of the flange, and the second vane end terminating laterally inwardly of the circumferential edge a distance away from the center of the flange, wherein the terminating second end of the vane is located adjacent the centerpoint of the concave side of an adjacent vane such that a portion of directional fluid/air flow acting against the concave side of the vane is directed against or near the centerpoint of the concave side of an adjacent vane;
the first ends of the vanes displaced about one hundred and twenty degrees from each other relative to the center of the flange; and
an open well defined by the vanes and located about the center of the flange to provide an unobstructed passageway of fluid/air flowing from the concave side of a vane across the open well to the concave side of an adjacent vane.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each curved vane defines a concave and convex surface, with each concave surface of each vane facing a convex surface of an adjacent vane.
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the open well is free of any physical structure or obstruction between the flanges.
4 . A stacked rotor assembly comprising:
a plurality of rotor configurations in a stacked arrangement, each rotor configuration comprising:
one or more substantially flat support flanges, each flange bounded by a circumferential edge and having a center;
three vertical vanes, each vane comprising a height with a top and a bottom, a curved construction, a first end and a second end, the vanes attached to one or more flanges, the first vane end terminating laterally at or near the circumferential edge of a flange, and the second vane end terminating laterally inwardly of the circumferential edge a distance away from the center of a flange, wherein the terminating second end of the vane is located adjacent the centerpoint of the concave side of an adjacent vane such that a portion of directional fluid/air flow acting against the concave side of the vane is directed against or near the centerpoint of the concave side of an adjacent vane;
the first ends of the vanes displaced about one hundred and twenty degrees from each other relative to the center of a flange; and
an open well defined by the vanes and located about the center of the flanges to provide an unobstructed passageway of fluid/air flowing from the concave side of a vane across the open well to the concave side of an adjacent vane.
5 . The apparatus of claim 4 wherein each curved vane defines a concave and convex surface, with each concave surface of each vane facing a convex surface of an adjacent vane.
6 . The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the open well is free of any physical structure or obstruction between the flanges.
7 . The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the flanges from one rotor configuration to an adjacent rotor configuration are displaced circumferentially such that the vanes from one rotor configuration do not overlie the vanes of the adjacent rotor configuration such that each rotor configuration is presented at a different angular rotation in the stack.