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. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | UNITED PATENTS OF THE CEILING ·· PLATE III ·· APPARATUS FOR HOVERING A SMALL CLOUD AT GREAT EXPENSE ·· SHEET 1 OF 1 ·· FILED: A WEDNESDAY ·· CLASS: D.O.-NOTHING | |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __ | | | | .-'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'-. | | .' ╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲ '. FIG.1 ·· THE GOAL ······························ | | .' ╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲╱\__╲ '. a small cloud · hovering · near a ceiling | | : ┌────────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌────────────┐ ░ serene ░ : glowing low · doing nothing whatsoever | | | │ (◕‿◕‿⚆) │····│ ESP32 │····│ (⚆‿◕‿◕) │ ░ & idle ░ | ◄ FIG.6 ················································ | | | │ LOBE · W │ │ µCTRL │ │ LOBE · O │ ░░░░░░░░░ | the two lobes diffuse calmly through one mylar skin | | : └─────┬──────┘ └───┬────┘ └─────┬──────┘ : while everything below them strains & shrieks | | '. '·. ·│· .·' .' ················································ | | '-..__ '-.._ ░▒▓RGB▓▒░ _..-' __..-' | | '-._ '-.._________________..-' _.-' | | '·. | net of frayed string | .·' | | '-. /| holding the whole dream |\ .-' ┌── DETAIL ENLARGED · fig.2a ───┐ | | [G] the whistle screams ──────────► ╱ .-' | aloft by knots & hope | '-. ╲ │ the critical knot, magnified │ | | so that someone, somewhere, ╱ ·' '·.____________________.·' '·. ╲ │ \ * / │ | | knows the cloud is fine ╱ ·' ▒ THE SUSPENSION TRUSS ▒ '·. ╲ │ \ (X) / <- a clothes-peg │ | | ___ [F] ╱ ·' ╔════╤════╤════╤════╤════╤════╗ '·. ╲ [F] │ ===#(X)#=== clamps the strand │ | | .-' '-. <- steam ╔════╧═╗ │ ║ () │ () │ () │ () │ () │ () ║ │ ╔═╧════╗ │ / | \ it must not slip │ | | ( ~~~~~ ) piped up to ║ ◢◣◢◣ ║─┘ ╚══╤═╧══╤═╧══╤═╧══╤═╧══╤═╧══╤═╝ └─║ ◢◣◢◣ ║ │ knot no.7 · rated: forever │ | | '-.___.-' inflate the ║ ◣◢◣◢ ║ pulley ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ◣◢◣◢ ║ └──────────────····················┘ | | FIG.3 BOILING envelope ╚══╤═══╝ block ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╚═══╤══╝ | | ┌──────────────┐ │ belt ║ a row of six pulleys │ belt LEGEND OF SUBASSEMBLIES ···················· | | │ _...._ │ .----┴----. ║ each doing one-sixth of .----┴----. [A] cat-treadwheel ...... drives belt | | │ .' _ _ '. │ <- FIG.3a | ◯◯◯◯◯ | ◄ belt ║ almost nothing at all | ◯◯◯◯◯ | [B] boiler & kettle ..... lift-gas | | │ |."` ^ `". │ the kettle | ◯ () ◯ | drum ║ | ◯ () ◯ | [C] bellows + flatiron .. trims pressure | | │ \_;`---'|// │ (jgs, redrawn) | ◯◯◯◯◯ |════════╝══════════════════════════════════| ◯◯◯◯◯ | [D] seesaw ballast ...... fine balance | | │ | ;/ │ '----┬----' .------------------------. '----┬----' [E] frayed-string truss .. holds it aloft | | │ jgs\_ _/ │ │ / BELLOWS \ │ [F] suspension truss ...... bears the load | | └──────────────┘ [B] │ shaft [C] ( <<<==== AIR ====>>> ) │ shaft [G] kettle-whistle alarm .. says 'all is well' | | ║ ║ .---┴---. \ worked by a falling iron / .----┴----. [H] the operatives .......... two, diligent | | ║ ║ <- bent tubing | ╲╱╲╱ | flywheel '------------┬-----------' | ╲╱╲╱ | fly ················································ | | ┌───────╨──╨───────┐ | () | spins from ║FLATIRON║ │ | () | wheel CLAIMS ···················································· | | │ ╔══╗ candle ░ │ | ╱╲╱╲ | the wheel ╚═══╤════╝ │ counterweight| ╱╲╱╲ | 1. that it lingers. | | │ ║()║ burners │ <- FIG.3b '---┬---' belt ◄═════════╗│ │ drags bellows '---┬---' 2. that all this cost was reasonable. | | │ ╚══╝ ,;;;;;, ◄──┘ heat the ════╝│ ││ ▼ shut, slowly ╲┘ 3. that being-here is worth a machine. | | │ ░ ,;::::::::;, ░ │ boiler [A] │ ┌─────────────┐ ││ [D] seesaw ballast-balance ················································ | | │ ;;:: /( ::; │ ┌───┴───┐ treadwheel │ ││ ____________________ | | │ ';;::.\c/.::;' │ / ◜◝◞◟ \ /\___/\ │ │└──────╱ ╲──────╲────. ASSIGNEE ·············································· | | │ '';| |;'' │ | ◜ /ᐠ ꞈ ᐟ\ ◞ |◄══════┘ │ ╱ o sand ╲ knot ╲ '. the corner of your studio, near the | | │ jgs | | │ | ◟ RUN ◜ | cat at full ▽▽▽▽▽▽▽▽▽ ╲ ◄═════╲═══. '. ceiling, glowing low, while the kettle | | └────────┴─┴───────┘ \ ◟◝◞◜ / gallop, going '----------' ╲ ╲ '·. whistles & you make the dinner. | | '--┬┬--' precisely nowhere ╲ ╲ '·. ················································ | | ┌─ DETAIL · fig.4a ─┐ ╔╧╧╗ to drive the belt a sandbag ╲ knot ╲ '·. REVISION ·············································· | | │ the eye, FIG.4 │ ║▒▒║ pedestal counterpoise ╲ ╲ '·. none. the cloud was right the first | | │ ┌──┐ .──. │ ╚══╝ ░░░░░░░░ ╲ ╲ '·. time. it asked only to be present. | | │ │[o]│( ()) cam │ .──────────────────────────────────────────────. ░░░░░░░░ ╲ ╲ '·. ················································ | | │ └──┘ '──' jgs │ / THE FLOOR, BEARING ALL OF THIS WITHOUT COMMENT \ anvil ╲ ╲ '·. | | └───────────────────┘ /________________________________________________ __\ ╔════╗ ╲ ╲ '·. .------------------------------------. | | ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ╚════╝ ╲ ╲ '·. | meanwhile · for comparison · fig.0 | | | ╲ ╲ | /\_/\ works without | | | [A] cat runs ─► [B] wheel turns boiler-belt ─► [C] kettle boils ─► [D] gas inflates skin ─► [E] bellows trim ╲ knot ╲ | ( -.- ) any power at all. | | | ─► [F] string-truss takes the strain ─► [G] whistle confirms success ─► [H] cloud hovers, glowing low, idle. ╲ ╲ | > ^ < ᵖᵘʳʳ | | | ╲_______╲ | /| |\ | | | FIG.9 ·· THE TIRED PUNCHLINE ·· all of the above so that a cloud may linger near a ceiling and do nothing, | scramble · prior art | | | while a cat, asleep, achieves the identical end-state with no apparatus, no whistle, and no expense. 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