1. An apparatus for converting fluidic flow into electrical energy, the apparatus comprising:
a focusing chamber having an entrance through which fluidic flow enters the apparatus;
a fin diverter having a convex anterior edge, a posterior edge, a curvilinear concave left flanking surface, and a curvilinear concave right flanking surface, the convex anterior edge being wider than the posterior edge and being positioned forward of the entrance of the focusing chamber for directing fluidic flow into the focusing chamber;
a constricting chamber having an inlet adjacent a downstream end of the focusing chamber to receive the fluidic flow from the focusing chamber, the constricting chamber having a flow passage that converges in a frustum shape from the inlet end of the constricting chamber to an outlet end of the constricting chamber;
a streamliner positioned proximate the constricting chamber for providing laminar quality to the fluidic flow exiting the constricting chamber;
an extraction chamber positioned adjacent the streamliner for receiving the fluidic flow;
an energy converter driven by the fluidic flow passing through the extraction chamber for producing electrical energy; and
a diffusing chamber positioned to receive at an inlet end the fluidic flow passing out of the extraction chamber, the diffusing chamber having a flow passage that diverges from the inlet end of the diffusing chamber to an exhaust end at which the fluidic flow exits the apparatus.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the focusing chamber, the constricting chamber, the extraction chamber, and the diffusing chamber form a seamlessly concatenated assembly.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the seamlessly concatenated assembly is configured to receive a flow of air between buildings.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the focusing chamber comprises at least four frustum-shaped planes converging to join the inlet end of the constricting chamber.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the focusing chamber comprises a set of two contiguous openings at right angles to each other, the set of two contiguous openings each containing a separate fin diverter.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the fin diverter extends vertically across a centerline of the focusing chamber, and wherein the convex anterior edge comprises a first arc, and the posterior edge is convex and comprises a second arc, and wherein the first arc has a radius larger than that of the second arc.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the extraction chamber comprises four planar, rectangular surfaces enclosing the energy converter.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the extraction chamber comprises a removable panel for accessing the energy converter.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the diffusing chamber comprises at least four frustum-shaped places diverging from an outlet of the extracting chamber.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the energy converter comprises a device selected from the group consisting of non-rotational conversion device, vertical axis turbine, horizontal axis turbine, water vertical axis turbine, and combinations thereof.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the energy converter is centered within the extraction chamber and oriented towards an inlet of the extracting chamber.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the energy converter is connected to the extracting chamber by a plurality of support posts.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 and further comprising a second energy converter positioned within the extraction chamber in tandem with the energy converter for converting remaining wind kinetic energy into electrical energy.
14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the streamliner comprises a plurality of streamlining membranes, the streamlining membranes being secured by a plurality of rigid frames for removably affixing the streamlining membranes within the extracting chamber.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the plurality of rigid frames comprise at least one handle accessible from an exterior surface of the extracting chamber.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 and further comprising a plurality of gaskets for sealing the plurality of streamlining membranes to an interior surface of the extracting chamber.
17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein at least one of the plurality of membranes comprises a wire mesh screen.
18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein at least one of the plurality of membranes comprises a honeycomb structure for providing the laminar quality to the fluidic flow.
19. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a plurality of panels of the chambers comprise cavities for placement of sound insulating material having a sound transmission class rating between 30 and 60.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus for detecting a belt-cutoff of a dryer, comprising:
a drying drum accommodating a laundry therein;
a motor applying a rotational force to the drying drum and provided with a pressing element protruded from one side of an outer circumference thereof;
a base on which the motor is seated;
a belt wound around the drying drum and a rotating shaft of the motor; and
a belt cut detecting unit provided adjacent to the motor for detecting the belt-cutoff,
wherein the belt cut detecting unit is pressed as the motor is rotated by a turning moment when the belt is cut off,
wherein the pressing element is formed on the outer circumference of the motor as it is curved at a predetermined curvature, and
wherein the pressing element includes:
a first bending portion which is curved at a specific curvature in order to prevent the belt cut detecting unit from being pressed by the pressing element;
a second bending portion which is connected to the first bending portion and is curved at a curvature that is greater than the curvature of the first bending portion in order to prevent the belt cut detecting unit from being damaged when the motor is not correctly assembled while the motor is seated on the base; and
a tip in which the first bending portion is converted into the second bending portion.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a spring for supporting the motor,
wherein the turning moment is caused by an elastic force of the spring.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein a radiation element depressed to a predetermined depth is formed in an upper surface of the base on which the motor is seated.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the belt cut detecting unit includes a micro switch.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the amount of the rotation, which allows the tip of the pressing element to contact with the micro switch, is at least the same as the amount of the rotation of the motor corresponding to a straight line from a point, where the spring is elongated, to an initial point of the spring.
6. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the radiation element is preferably curved at the same curvature or more as that of a circle which is formed while the tip of the pressing element rotates, so that the radiation element does not interfere with the pressing element.