Abstract: The present invention relates to a unipolar current electrical machine operable as a switched reluctance motor, comprising a motor structure and a control unit. The motor structure comprises a plurality of disk-shaped annular stator elements stacked and spaced equidistantly from each other and mounted on a frame; a plurality of disk-shaped rotor elements mounted on a rotational axis and spaced equidistantly from each other such that successive rotor elements are positioned between successive stator elements; a plurality of electrical windings on each of the stator elements, which when energized with a current flow, produce a magnetic field in a direction substantially parallel to the axis; and a return path for completing a magnetic flux path in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on successive stator elements and through the rotor elements for generating a rotational force in the rotor elements; and a rotor position sensor. A rotor position sensor provides a signal to the control unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an A. C. electrical machine comprising: a plurality of disk-shaped annular stator elements stacked and spaced equidistantly from each other and mounted on a frame; a plurality of disk-shaped rotor elements mounted on a rotational axis and spaced equidistantly from each other such that successive rotor elements are positioned between successive stator elements; a plurality of electrical windings on each of the first stator elements, which when energized with a current flow, produce a magnetic field in a direction substantially parallel to the axis; and a return path for completing a magnetic flux path in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on successive stator elements and through the rotor elements for generating a rotational force in the rotor elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an A. C. electrical machine comprising: a plurality of disk-shaped annular stator elements stacked and spaced equidistantly from each other and mounted on a frame; a plurality of disk-shaped rotor elements mounted on a rotational axis and spaced equidistantly from each other such that successive rotor elements are positioned between successive stator elements; a plurality of electrical windings on each of the first stator elements, which when energized with a current flow, produce a magnetic field in a direction substantially parallel to the axis; and a return path for completing a magnetic flux path in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on successive stator elements and through the rotor elements for generating a rotational force in the rotor elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an A. C. electrical machine comprising: a plurality of disk-shaped annular stator elements stacked and spaced equidistantly from each other and mounted on a frame; a plurality of disk-shaped rotor elements mounted on a rotational axis and spaced equidistantly from each other such that successive rotor elements are positioned between successive stator elements; a plurality of electrical windings on each of the first stator elements, which when energized with a current flow, produce a magnetic field in a direction substantially parallel to the axis; and a return path for completing a magnetic flux path in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on successive stator elements and through the rotor elements for generating a rotational force in the rotor elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an A. C. electrical machine comprising: a plurality of disk-shaped annular stator elements stacked and spaced equidistantly from each other and mounted on a frame; a plurality of disk-shaped rotor elements mounted on a rotational axis and spaced equidistantly from each other such that successive rotor elements are positioned between successive stator elements; a plurality of electrical windings on each of the first stator elements, which when energized with a current flow, produce a magnetic field in a direction substantially parallel to the axis; and a return path for completing a magnetic flux path in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on successive stator elements and through the rotor elements for generating a rotational force in the rotor elements.

Abstract: A cigarette substitute article comprises one or more rod segments made of a gathered web or filamentary tow material in which a flavorant is embedded in liquid or powder form or in a breakable flavorant-containing capsule. The components of the article are designed to be fabricated using conventional cigarette making and cigarette filter making machinery.

Abstract: Restraining methods and apparatus for restraining violent detainees, including a rigid binder for binding the upper and lower legs of the detainee, a waist belt, and suspender straps for joining the binder to the waist belt. An erection tether for maintaining the detainee erect by being tautly stretched between an attaching ring at the back of the waist bait and an overhead hook provided for the purpose of maintaining the detainee erect. An alternate embodiment comprises a continuous sheet or sectioned sheets of relatively non-flexuous support material as leg flexure preventing means.