Could this clockwork compete other storage methods?
Hi :
I'm new to this forum and would like to know your opinion about this invention.
I invented this clockwork of very high ratios to store renewable energy in form of weight falling into deep oceans or wells or to store energy in carbon nanotube super springs :
My machine solve several stage clockwork by avoiding connecting gears directly , however by discharging the energy in steps.
Group number 6 consisted of gear #2 and gear #4 , it moves from side to side continuously to transfer energy between the gears.When the group No (6) moves from right to left rod #8 will release gear #1 and at the same time small gear #2 will touch big gear #1, gear #1 will transfer some of its energy to weaker spring in gear #2, also at the same time small gear #4 will touch big gear #3, so that gear #3 will transfer some of its energy to weaker spring in gear #4.
The opposite happens when the group No (6) moves from left to right:
1) Rod #8 stops gear #1 to save energy.
2) Big gear #2 will touch small gear #3 to transfer some energy to it and to be stored.
3) Big gear #4 will touch small gear #5 to transfer its energy .
Re: Could this clockwork compete other storage methods?
It's pretty hard to figure out what's going on in that sketch. What is the the gear train supposed to do? Be a variable ratio system? What advantage does it have over more traditional gear trains? A given weight * height only can store a fixed amount of energy, same for a spring.