Linear electric generating system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION: The linear electric generating system of the invention is powered by a railroad vehicle 1 (FIGS.
1 and 2) moving along a railroad track having spaced parallel rails 2 and 3 (FIG.
2).
The railroad vehicle 1 may comprise one or more units of rolling equipment such as, for example, one or more railroad cars.
The railroad vehicle 1 has an undercarriage 4 and wheels 5, 6, and so on (FIG.
2).
The wheels roll along the rails 2 and 3 of the railroad track and the undercarriage 4 is spaced above the rails 2 and 3 and the area between said rails.
The linear electric generating system of the invention comprises a plurality of electromagnets, of which one electromagnet 7 is shown in FIG.
2, mounted on the undercarriage 4 of the railroad vehicle 1 and producing a magnetic field.
The electromagnets may comprise any suitable electromagnets of the type used in electric generators and motors.
A coil device 8 (FIGS.
2 and 3) is mounted between the rails 2 and 3 and extends in the same direction as said rails.
The coil device preferably comprises a third rail 9 (FIGS.
2 and 3) of electrically non-conductive material equidistantly spaced between and substantially parallel to the rails 2 and 3 of the railroad track.
The third rail 9 is electrically insulated from ground and has an electrically conductive coil 10 (FIG.
3) wound thereon.
The coil 10 may comprise any suitable type usually utilized in electric generators and motors, but extending linearly, rather than being wound in the manner of electric motors and generators.
The coil device is positioned, as shown in FIG.
2, in the magnetic field generated by the magnets 7, and so on, so that as the magnetic field produced by the magnets moves along the coil device, with the movement of the railroad vehicle 1, said magnetic field produces electrical energy in said coil device.
An output conductive device comprises electrical conductors 11 and 12 electrically connected to the coil 10 of the coil device 8 for deriving the electricl energy produced in said coil and supplying such electrical energy to an electrical distribution and/or storage plant 13 (FIG