Energy storage in high frequency vibratory devices

Claim 2

IN A DEVICE FOR INTERMITTENTLY APPLYING VIBRATORY ENERGY TO A WORK OBJECT, THE COMBINATION OF: (A) CONTINUOUSLY OPERATED, ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZED GENERATING MEANS PRODUCING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS AT A FREQUENCY OF AT LEAST 400 CYCLES PER SECOND; (B) MEANS DEFINING A TOOL OUTPUT SURFACE OF INTERMITTENT, ENERGY TRANSFERRING CONTACT WITH THE WORK OBJECT DURING WORK PERIODS OF FINITE DURATION WITH INTERVALS THEREBETWEEN WHEN SAID SURFACE IS OUT OF CONTACT WITH THE WORK OBJECT; AND (C) TRANSMISSION MEANS CONTINUOUSLY TRANSMITTING SAID VIBRATIONS FROM SAID GENERATING MEANS TO SAID TOOL OUTPUT SURFACE, (1) SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS HAVING ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY AT LEAST TWENTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY OF SAID GENERATING MEANS, AND AT LEAST FIVE TIMES AS LARGE AS THE QUANTITY OF VIBRATORY ENERGY TRANSFERRED TO THE WORK OBJECT DURING EACH WORK PERIOD.

Claim 3

IN THE METHOD OF INTERMITTENTLY APPLYING TO A WORK OBJECT VIBRATORY ENERGY PRODUCED BY AN ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZED GENERATOR FOR MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS AT A FREQUENCY OF AT LEAST 400 CYCLES PER SECOND, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING TRANSMITTING SAID VIBRATIONS FROM SAID GENERATOR THROUGH RELATIVELY MASSIVE TRANSMISSION MEANS TO AN OUTPUT SURFACE WHICH IS INTERMITTENTLY DISPOSED IN VIBRATORY ENERGY TRANSFERRING RELATION WITH THE WORK OBJECT FOR PREDETERMINED WORK PERIODS DURING EACH OF WHICH SAID WORK OBJECT RECEIVES A QUANTITY OF VIBRATORY ENERGY AT A RATE GREATER THAN THAT AT WHICH VIBRATORY ENERGY IS SUPPLIED BY SAID GENERATOR, SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS HAVING AN ELASTIC ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY WHICH IS AT LEAST TWENTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY OF SAID GENERATOR AND AT LEAST FIVE TIMES AS LARGE AS SAID QUANTITY OF VIBRATORY ENERGY RECEIVED BY THE WORK OBJECT DURING EACH WORK PERIOD, AND OPERATING SAID GENERATOR CONTINUOUSLY TO SUPPLY SAID VIBRATORY ENERGY AT A RATE IN EXCESS OF THAT REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN VIBRATIONS OF SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS AND OUTPUT SURFACE AT SAID FREQUENCY DURING THE INTERVALS BETWEEN SAID WORK PERIODS SO THAT VIBRATORY ENENERGY IS STORED IN SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS DURING EACH OF SAID INTERVALS, THE DURATION OF EACH OF SAID INTERVALS BEING SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT SUBSTANTIAL REPLENISHMENT IN SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS OF THE STORED VIBRATORY ENERGY DRAWN THEREFROM DURING A PRIOR WORK PERIOD.

Claim 4

IN THE METHOD OF INTERMITTENTLY APPLYING TO A WORK OBJECT VIBRATORY ENERGY PRODUCED BY AN ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZED GENERATOR FOR MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS AT A FREQUENCY OF AT LEAST 400 CYCLES PER SECOND, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING TRANSMITTING SAID VIBRATIONS FROM SAID GENERATOR THROUGH RELATIVELY MASSIVE TRANSMISSION MEANS TO AN OUTPUT SURFACE WHICH IS INTERMITTENTLY DISPOSED IN VIBRATORY ENERGY TRANSFERRING RELATION WITH THE WORK OBJECT FOR PREDETERMINED WORK PERIODS DURING EACH OF WHICH SAID WORK OBJECT RECEIVES A QUANTITY OF VIBRATORY ENERGY AT A RATE GREATER THAN THAT AT WHICH VIBRATORY ENERGY IS SUPPLIED BY SAID GENERATOR, SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS HAVING AN ELASTIC ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY WHICH IS AT LEAST TWENTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY OF SAID GENERATOR AND AT LEAST FIVE TIMES AS LARGE AS SAID QUANTITY OF VIBRATORY ENERGY RECEIVED BY THE WORK OBJECT DURING EACH WORK PERIOD, AND OPERATING SAID GENERATOR CONTINUOUSLY TO SUPPLY SAID VIBRATORY ENERGY AT A RATE IN EXCESS OF THAT REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN VIBRATIONS OF SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS AND OUTPUT SURFACE AT SAID FREQUENCY DURING THE INTERVALS BETWEEN SAID WORK PERIODS SO THAT VIBRATORY ENENERGY IS STORED IN SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS DURING EACH OF SAID INTERVALS, THE DURATION OF EACH OF SAID INTERVALS BEING SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT SUBSTANTIAL REPLENISHMENT IN SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS OF THE STORED VIBRATORY ENERGY DRAWN THEREFROM DURING A PRIOR WORK PERIOD.