New type of door .

Novel type of Door

Andre Willers

10 Feb 2014

Synopsis

An open-and-shut case for a new type of door .

 

Discussion :

1.See

The inventor’s website

http://www.torggler.co.at/main/systems.html:

 

2.See

Initial comments (this is very recent. It has not percolated through yet .)

http://www.airingnews.com/articles/654490/spectacular-sliding-door-system-evolution-by-klemens-torgglervideo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFnbApNrQSk

http://io9.com/i-cant-stop-watching-this-door-open-close-1518382401

 

3.Uses :

That a new design of something as old and fundamental as a door is possible is amazing .

So the possibilities are only being explored .

Note that only two pivots are required for installation . This is the key .

 

3.1 Partitions in small spaces (flats , Japanese houses , shower doors , etc)

3.2 Fridge doors . Need only keep cold air in . Most kitchens are small . A considerable space-saving is possible .

No out-swing door or sliding tracks .

 

3.3 Shower doors .

Those pesky tracks keep on jamming , or gets grungy with soap and mildew . This is a much more elegant solution .

 

3.4 Pulse jet engines (like V1) and rotary engines (like Wankel).

These would benefit from a re-think considering these principles .

 

3.5 Rotary biochemical systems .

Particularly mitochondria .

 

3.6 Artificial heart valves .

Get a distributed heart . Torggler valves through the circulatory system can take over most heart functions .

Energetically expensive , but most humans are too fat anyway .

 

3.7 Micro-pump metering

Like with micro-pumps . Fluidic computing . Combine with SCUBA-type demand control and micro-irrigation can be more efficient by orders of magnitude . Drug administration .

 

3.8 Nano-tech.

The simplicity of the design lends itself to nano-gates , which at that scale and at lower temperatures , can selectively let molecules of differing energies through . (In other words , a Maxwell’s Daemon might be possible because of lower computational energy requirements)

 

3.9 Natural life-forms .

Check bird feathers , shark-skins and dolphin skins for doors for Torggler valves .

 

4. The suggestive applications seem endless .

5.Does this idea deserve Three Quarks ?
Three quarks beats a nobel any day .
But three quarks and two nobels is a Full House .

Time will tell .

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/quark

"Three quarks for Muster Mark!/Sure he hasn't got much of a bark/And sure any he has it's all beside the mark." This passage from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.

Andre

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