A Practical Guide to 'Free-Energy' Devices

A contact 75, biased towards the annular contact ring 69 by a spring 77, is arranged within the conductive sleeve
72 and in contact with it. The conductive sleeve 72 also contacts a conductor 79 at a base of the bore 81.
The conductor 79 extends to the upper surface of the insulating element 73 near an outer periphery of the
insulating element 73 where the conductor 79 is electrically connected to a flexible contact 83. The flexible
contact 83 connects, one after the other, with a series of radial contacts 85 which are positioned on an upper
inside surface of the housing 53. A weak spring 87 arranged around the splined section 71 engages a stop
member 89 secured on the shaft 55 and the insulating element 73 to slightly bias the insulating element 73
towards the upper inside surface of the housing 53 to ensure contact between the flexible contact 83 and the
upper inside surface of the housing 53. As best seen in Fig.5, the radial contacts 85 on the upper inside surface
of the housing 53 are arranged generally in the form of radial spokes extending from the centre of the housing 53
with the number of contacts being equal to the number of cylinders 20 in the engine 21. The number of degrees
covered by each of the radial contacts 85 gradually increases as the distance from the centre of the upper inside
surface of the housing 53 increases.
In operation of the device of Fig.4 and Fig.5, as the shaft 55 rotates, electricity flows along a path through the wire
45 down through post 47 to the annular contact member 69 which is in constant contact with the spring biased
contact 75. The electrical current passes through the conductive sleeve 72 to the conductor 79 and then to the
flexible contact 83. As the flexible contact 83 rotates along with the insulating member 73 and the shaft 55, the tip
of the flexible contact 83 successively engages each of the radial contacts 85 on the upper inside of the housing
53. As the speed of the shaft 55 increases, the insulating member 73 and the flexible contact 83 attached to it,
move upwards along the splined section 71 of the shaft 55 due to the radial component of the splines in the
direction of rotation under the influence of centrifugal force. As the insulating member 73 moves upwards, the
flexible contact 83 is bent so that the tip of the contact 83 extends further outwards radially from the centre of the
housing 53 (as seen in phantom lines in Fig.4). In other words, the effective length of the flexible contact 83
increases as the speed of the engine 21 increases.
As the flexible contact 83 is bent and the tip of the contact 83 moves outwards, the tip remains in contact with
each of the radial contacts 85 for a longer period of each engine cycle due to the increased angular width of the
radial contacts with increasing distance from the centre of the housing 53. In this way, the length of time over
which each of the valves 39 remains open is increased as the speed of the engine is increased. Thus, a larger
quantity of compressed gas or air is injected into the cylinders as the speed increases. Conversely, as the speed
decreases and the insulating member 73 moves downwards along the splined section 71, a minimum quantity of
air is injected into the cylinder due to the shorter length of the individual radial contact 85 which is in contact with
the flexible contact 83. In this way, the amount of compressed gas that is used during idling of the engine 21 is at
a minimum whereas the amount of compressed gas which is required to increase the speed of the engine 21 to a
level suitable to drive a vehicle on a highway is readily available.
Shown in Fig.6 and Fig.7, is a third embodiment of a valve actuator 41 according to the present invention. This
embodiment includes a curved insulating element 91 having it’s first end able to pivot, being secured by any
suitable device such as screw 92 to the shaft 55 for co-rotation with the shaft 55. The screw 92 is screwed into a
tapped hole in the insulating element 91 so that a tab 94 at an end of the screw 92 engages a groove 96 provided
in the shaft 55. In this way, the insulating element 91 rotates positively with the shaft 55. However, as the shaft 55
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