Device for actuating a reciprocating recovery means for underground fluid
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F16H-003/70
F16H-001/32
출원번호
UP-0841519
(2007-08-20)
등록번호
US-7651428
(2010-02-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Jones, Dan
출원인 / 주소
Epi-Energy, Ltd.
대리인 / 주소
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
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초록▼
A device for actuating a reciprocating recovery apparatus for recovery of underground fluid. The actuating device has a centrally aligned input component, that transversely receives an output component through a central aperture, and is engaged with a driving mechanism. Torque is increased about the
A device for actuating a reciprocating recovery apparatus for recovery of underground fluid. The actuating device has a centrally aligned input component, that transversely receives an output component through a central aperture, and is engaged with a driving mechanism. Torque is increased about the central output component as a series of axially aligned, but centrally offset, lobes push a corresponding driver disc around the central output at reduced velocity and increased torque. Each driver disc moves in eccentric fashion, yet remains engaged with a corresponding, centrally aligned take off member, each of which is further in combination with the central output component.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A device for actuating a reciprocating recovery means for recovery of underground fluid, comprising: an input component, where said input component is configured for receiving and engaging a driving mechanism; one or more lobes, where a lobe is adjacently positioned with resp
What is claimed is: 1. A device for actuating a reciprocating recovery means for recovery of underground fluid, comprising: an input component, where said input component is configured for receiving and engaging a driving mechanism; one or more lobes, where a lobe is adjacently positioned with respect to said input component, where each lobe is axially aligned, but centrally offset, from said input component and an output component, and each lobe being rotationally coupled with said input component so that each lobe and said input component share the same rotational speed; one or more driver discs, said driver discs being engaged with said input component through a corresponding lobe, wherein each disc is centrally, axially aligned about a corresponding lobe, where each disc moves about said input component in eccentric fashion with reduced speed, responding to rotational force applied to said input component by said driving mechanism via said corresponding lobes; one or more take off members, said take off members engaged with a corresponding driver disc such that each rotates about said input components with the same speed, where each take off member is centrally, axially aligned with said output component and rotationally coupled with such so that each take off member and said output component share the same reduced rotational velocity; a housing; where said housing substantially covers said input component, said output component, said lobes, said driver discs, and said take off members, where said housing is engaged with said take off members and said driver discs such that each may freely rotate within said housing, and where said housing is configured to remain fixed with respect to the surrounding environment of said device. 2. A method for actuating a reciprocating recovery means for recovery of underground fluid, comprising the steps of: rotating an input component, where said input component is further comprised of an aperture configured to receive an output component therein, and a component for receiving and engaging a driving mechanism; rotating one or more lobes, where a lobe is positioned on either side of said input component, where each lobe is axially aligned, but centrally offset, from said input component and said output component, and each lobe being rotationally coupled with said input component so that each lobe and said input component share the same rotational velocity; rotating one or more driver discs, said driver discs being engaged with said input component through a corresponding lobe, wherein each disc is centrally, axially aligned about a corresponding lobe, where each disc moves about said input component in eccentric fashion with reduced speed, responding to rotational force applied to said input component by said driving mechanism via said corresponding lobes; rotating one or more take off members, said take off members engaged with a corresponding driver disc such that each rotates about said input components with the same speed, where each take off member is centrally, axially aligned with said output component and rotationally coupled with such so that each take off member and said output component share the same reduced rotational velocity; a housing; where said housing substantially covers said input component, said output component, said lobes, said driver discs, and said take off members, and said housing further contains an aperture about said input component, where said housing is engaged with said take off members and said driver discs such that each may freely rotate within said housing, and where said housing is configured to remain fixed with respect to the surrounding environment of said device. 3. The device of claim 1 wherein said driver discs and said take off members are engaged with one another through a series of loosely seated bearings, said bearing being partially seated within each driver disc and each take off member. 4. The method of claim 2 wherein said driver discs and said take off members are engaged with one another through a series loosely of seated bearings, said bearing being partially seated within each driver disc and each take off member. 5. The device of claim 1 wherein said driver discs and said take off members are engaged with one another through a combination of dowels and rings where dowels protruding from each disc and each take off member engage a ring at diametrically opposite locations along said ring, and where each dowel revolves along the ring as said disc moves about said input. 6. The method of claim 2 wherein said driver discs and said take off members are engaged with one another through a combination of dowels and rings where dowels protruding from each disc and each take off member engage a ring at diametrically opposite locations along said ring, and where each dowel revolves along the ring as said disc moves about said input. 7. A method for actuating a device, said method comprising: rotating an input member comprising a central portion, said input member in rotational communication with at least a first and second lobe, said first and second lobe each having the same axis of rotation as said central portion, wherein said first and second lobes are centrally offset, by the same amount in a diametrically opposite direction, from the axis of rotation of said central portion; eccentrically rotating a first and second driver disc in response to rotating said first and second lobe, respectively, said eccentric rotation of said first and second driver disc being in a direction opposite of said rotation of said input member; rotating a first and second take off member in response to eccentrically rotating said first and second driver disc, respectively, said first and second take off member having the same axis of rotation and center of rotation as said central portion, said rotation of said first and second take-off member being in a direction the same as the rotation of said input member. 8. The method of claim 7 further comprising rotating an output member in response to rotating said first and second take off member, said rotation of said output member being in a direction the same as the rotation of said input member. 9. The method of claim 7 wherein said rotating a first and second take off member in response to eccentrically rotating said first and second driver disc is accomplished by a plurality of bearings disposed between said first driver disc and first take off member and between said second driver disc and second take off member. 10. The method of claim 9 wherein said bearings are partially seated within said first and second driver disc and said first and second take-off members, said bearings seated within an aperture having a diameter substantially equal to the sum of the diameter of a bearing seated therein and the amount by which said first and second lobes are offset from said central portion. 11. The method of claim 7 wherein said eccentrically rotating a first and second driver disc in response to rotating said first and second lobe, respectively, is accomplished, at least in part, by a plurality of bearings disposed between said first driver disc and said first lobe and between said second driver disc and said second lobe, said bearings allowing each lobe to rotate within said driver disc, while each driver disc remains centrally aligned with respect to its corresponding lobe. 12. The method of claim 7 wherein each driver disc eccentrically rotates in a direction opposite of the rotation of each lobe at a reduced speed and increased torque. 13. An actuating apparatus, said apparatus comprising: an input member comprising a central portion, said input member in rotational communication with at least a first and second lobe, said first and second lobe each having the same axis of rotation as said central portion, wherein said first and second lobes are centrally offset, by the same amount in a diametrically opposite direction, from the axis of rotation of said central portion; a first and second driver disc, each disc eccentrically rotated in response to rotating said first and second lobe, respectively, said eccentric rotation of said first and second driver disc being in a direction opposite of said rotation of said input member; a first and second take off member, each take off member rotated in response to eccentrically rotating said first and second driver disc, respectively, said first and second take off member having the same axis of rotation and center of rotation as said central portion, said rotation of said first and second take-off member being in a direction the same as the rotation of said input member. 14. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising an output member rotated in response to rotating said first and second take off member, said rotation of said output member being in a direction the same as the rotation of said input member. 15. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said rotating a first and second take off member in response to eccentrically rotating said first and second driver disc is accomplished by a plurality of bearings disposed between said first driver disc and first take off member and between said second driver disc and second take off member. 16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said bearings are partially seated within said first and second driver disc and said first and second take-off members, said bearings seated within an aperture having a diameter substantially equal to the sum of the diameter of a bearing seated therein and the amount by which said first and second lobes are offset from said central portion. 17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein eccentrically rotating a first and second driver disc in response to rotating said first and second lobe, respectively, is accomplished, at least in part, by a plurality of bearings disposed between said first driver disc and said first lobe and between said second driver disc and said second lobe, said bearings allowing each lobe to rotate within said driver disc, while each driver disc remains centrally aligned with respect to its corresponding lobe. 18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein each driver disc eccentrically rotates in a direction opposite of the rotation of each lobe at a reduced speed and increased torque. 19. A method for actuating a device, said method comprising: rotating an input member comprising a central aperture, said input member in rotational communication with at least a first lobe, said first lobe having the same axis of rotation as said central aperture, wherein said first lobe is centrally offset from the axis of rotation of said central aperture; eccentrically rotating a first driver disc in response to rotating said first lobe, said eccentric rotation of said first driver disc being in a direction opposite of said rotation of said input member; rotating a first take off member in response to eccentrically rotating said first driver disc, said first take off member having the same axis of rotation and center of rotation as said central aperture, said rotation of said first take-off member being in a direction the same as the rotation of said input member; and rotating an output member in response to rotation of said first take off member, wherein said output member traverses said central aperture of said input member. 20. The method of claim 7 further comprising rotating an output member in response to the rotation of said first and second take off members, the rotation of said output member being accomplished by coupling said first and second take off members to said output member. 21. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said first and second take off members are coupled to an output member.
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