Selfrunning Waterpump-generator device runs 60 Watts lamp...

[CLaNZeR]

I will be making a new video next week with the machine up on caster wheels and the machine will be running while I am walking around it 360 degrees.  There will also be better lighting, longer running time and the machine will be in the middle of  the room to demonstrate that there are no hidden wires or compartments.  Additionally, the video will show an update on the pump. Sorry I haven't gotten back sooner but I have been swamped with emails.

Nice one James

Be cool if the tank sides were transparent as well.

Look forward to seeing more of this one.

Cheers

Sean.

[Vortex1]

It is curious to me that many of the aforementioned esteemed patent holders and others have avoided publishing as a patent the notion expressed by many elementary school children in their scribbly crayon drawings. That would be the notion that one could have a windmill driven by an electric fan (which is plugged into the output of the windmill)

The absurdity of such a notion is perhaps too obvious in the above cited example, yet more complex versions of a similar style of reasoning, poorly engineered, and executed with the skill and insight of the fellow on the Red and Green show seem to get attention.

It now appears that the USPTO is a bureau which is quite happy to exchange nearly worthless paper for completely worthless paper, where the most absurd non-working ideas will be granted a patent, as long as the appropriate fees are paid and the idea appears "novel".  The device does not have to work, a demonstration of it actually working to USPTO officials is not required, nor is the operating principle required to be taught in the patent.

The image of a USPTO waiting room full of strange looking applicants with boxes covered with brown paper, and in those boxes something that actually might work as advertised, is an image of a bygone era.

I suppose the next patent I will run across will be for an aircraft that lifts itself up with a large rubber band which is of course attached to a hook, said hook further attached to a rigid member which is said extension above the fuselage.

This is not to say that there are not good and worthwile patents issued, it just seems there are a lot of junk ideas people spend money on, perhaps to to sell to the gullible, perhaps to impress their friends. Another possibility is that some of these applicants are just really sincere but misguided individuals lacking very basic engineering skills.

So if you want to get rich someday, don't just sit there, patent some crazy idea, doesn't matter how absurd. Then if someone should build something that vaguely resembles your idea, you have a license to sue.  And chances are a judge will be appointed who hasn't got a clue, and will have to be taught by "experts" on the subject matter. Depending on how glazed over the judge gets with confusion, you may then have a 50-50 chance of winning the suit......not bad odds .....all or nothing.

Good night and good luck.

[khabe]

Where is it, fervent believers?
khabe

[guyver2k]

Does anyone know the PSI on any optimally similar pumps? It is a major actor and i believe this idea can be completely improved to ultimate efficiency.
any recommendations on pumps that can take a little resistance pressure and are meant for continual usage?
I have a few ideas that i think will work far from this guys design for maximum efficiency and i wanna test them out!

[starcruiser]

I am still waiting for someone to link this to a tesla turbine instead of a paddle wheel.

:-)