Fernando Sixto Ramos Solano from Peru has invented an interesting mechanism that he claims can increase the mechanical force in a system. With a 100 watt motor on the input, it could run a 500 watt generator if the claims are true. The invention appears to be doing as claimed and he even won the bronze medal in the category of mechanics and industrial processes of the 41st Edition of the International Salon of Inventions, held in Geneva (Switzerland).
It looks fairly simple but has a very interesting mechanism, which can work two ways. It has 2 shafts with wheels on both ends of each shaft. Between the shaft, there is a "connecting rod" that is offset from center. When you turn one of the wheels, the other wheel set can turn in the same direction. In that mode, nothing happens and the rod just moves like it does on a locamotive. But, when it is set so that you turn one wheel set, the opposite axle will turn in the other direction and the connecting rod will actually make a figure 8.
There is also a weight on top (vertical rod) - when watching it run, it shakes about quite a bit. There are quite a few videos online of the demo and even some replication attempts to re-create the mechanism, which quite a few people are doing. But there aren't any efficiency claims from these replications yet.
This video is in Spanish but is one of the early news stories about the invention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEW4ySAqyuU
Here is a great video of one of the first replications. You can see that the shaft is notched so that the connecting rod is offset:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wz0XALlLNU
A larger replication by someone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbUIyI1ufIQ
Another breakdown of the mechanism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fslf98aw7E
It looks fairly simple but has a very interesting mechanism, which can work two ways. It has 2 shafts with wheels on both ends of each shaft. Between the shaft, there is a "connecting rod" that is offset from center. When you turn one of the wheels, the other wheel set can turn in the same direction. In that mode, nothing happens and the rod just moves like it does on a locamotive. But, when it is set so that you turn one wheel set, the opposite axle will turn in the other direction and the connecting rod will actually make a figure 8.
There is also a weight on top (vertical rod) - when watching it run, it shakes about quite a bit. There are quite a few videos online of the demo and even some replication attempts to re-create the mechanism, which quite a few people are doing. But there aren't any efficiency claims from these replications yet.
This video is in Spanish but is one of the early news stories about the invention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEW4ySAqyuU
Here is a great video of one of the first replications. You can see that the shaft is notched so that the connecting rod is offset:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wz0XALlLNU
A larger replication by someone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbUIyI1ufIQ
Another breakdown of the mechanism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fslf98aw7E
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