Posted by Davis Landstrom (62.188.8.204) on December 10, 2001 at 02:56:41:
Although this idea is probably not what Bessler actually used in any of his wheels it is an interesting desighn that if made to work could use Gravity in much the same way.
The desighn consists of a series of four or more Hydraulic pistons each one located on a shaft opposite the other, these pistons are connected with flexable pipe in pairs i.e they are each connected to the one on the opposite shaft to them.
Each piston has a sliding weight inside of it, and two of the pistons are filled with water. The whole system could be mounted on a shaft and allowed to rotate, the system would be continually overbalancing because the weight in the piston falling at the bottom of the construct would cause water to be forced out and up into the piston opposite it at the top of the construct, this transfer would be aided by the fact that the weight in the piston at the top of the construct would also be falling so it would create a low pressure area which would help force the water up.
A piston, the 1's represent
the weight that can slide
___/_the length of the piston.
| 1111\
Tube |______1111\\
_/_________ I //
/___________\ I //
// \\ I //
_//_ \\ I // ____
|////| \\I // | | Water leaves
|////| \I// |1111|/this piston
|1111|_____________/ \_____________|1111| and is forced
|1111| /\ /\ |////| by the
|____| // I \\ |////| falling
// I \\ // weight into
// I \\__________// the piston
// I \__________/ opposite.
// I
// ____I_____
\\ |///////1111
\\|///////1111