Heat engine with corrugated shape memory drive belt
US4996842A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF03G7/0641
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An endless drive belt made of shape memory material is entrained about spd pulleys, one of which projects into a thermal heating region within which the drive belt undergoes contraction to form corrugations therein through which variable spaced contact is established with said one of the pulleys to induce rotation thereof and movement of the belt. The belt expands as it moves out of the thermal heating region causing the corrugations to flatten out as the belt approaches the other pulley.
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