Folks,
I did a search for previous posts but I don't think anyone posted it. I found a patent issued last year for a Super Lifter on steroids!
Check out google patents, you can even D/L a PDF if you like.
http://tinyurl.com/45j9gf
And in case the tiny URL doen't go through, the big link is:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=-gR_AA ... n#PPA38,M1
And if that doesn't work, check out Patent 7182295.
This device is novel as it uses a different method of ionization for the capacitor plates. The lifters use a high voltage (HV) DC power supply. Well, the HV can be a hazard, especially if you get your ribs between the electrodes! You could have a mess of charcoal ribs and you might not live to tell about it!
But the good news is that this patent suggests using ultraviolet (UV) bulbs. Now they make ultra high brightness UV light emitting diodes (LEDs). You could cover the panel in UV LEDs and this would ionize the air around the plate, thus charging the plate without HV DC. Clever! And I think the ones that Luzon makes are also surface mount. So you could have a lightweight array of UV LEDs, assembled in rows and columns like a solar panel but in reverse. And it is battery operated. We won't need so many 9-volt batteries here, Trickfox! Oh, BTW, Scott Redmond also references the B-B effect in his patent.
So since the goal of Project Pegasus is to
build something, I propose we try this. Maybe not so elaborate, just a working model for now. Then later on, maybe a desk toy. After that, who knows?
Thoughts anyone?
LET'S DANCE!!!
MagicBill
P.S. (Mikado, save some ribs for Mr. Trickfox!)