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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1987
Michael T Clouser, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Emhart Industries, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
An elongated bilaminate bender is formed from a pair of piezoelectric ceramic sheets laminated to a conductive metallic strip. In response to an alternating current, the bender bends in a direction substantially perpendicular to its long axis, first one way and then the opposite. One end of a pivot bar is driven by the bender. A spring provides a bias force opposite to the direction that the pivot bar is pushed by the bender, to return the pivot bar when the bender bends in the opposite direction. A pair of pawls attached one on either side of the pivot axis of the bar, alternately drive a ratchet wheel on the bender drive stroke and the return stroke. The ratchet wheel turns a drive shaft. A stop prevents the pivot bar from exactly following the motion of the bender, so that the motion of the drive shaft is independent of voltage fluctuations of the alternating current.