Reborn In 17th century India with Black Technology - Chapter 872

Chapter 872: Patent that changed the world
Bharatiya Empire Intellectual Property Office

Imperial Patent Grant

Patent No: #6250

Date of Issue: 12 December 1671

Term of Protection: 50 Years

Title: Mechanism for Converting Reciprocating Motion into Continuous Rotative Motion in Steam Engines

Filed: Year 1671 of the New Vedic Era

Inventor: Hey Ram

Place of Filing: Bengaluru, Akhand Bharatiya Empire

Abstract:

This invention pertains to a mechanical apparatus designed to transform the reciprocating (i.e., back-and-forth) motion of a piston, such as that generated in the Devaraya atmospheric steam engine, into continuous rotative (i.e., circular) motion. The device significantly enhances the functionality of steam engines by enabling them to power rotary-based equipment, including industrial machinery, wheels, and mechanical shafts.

Background:

Steam engines developed under the patronage of His Imperial Majesty Vijay Devaraya primarily produce linear reciprocating motion, which limits their applicability in tasks requiring rotary force. As industrial demand grows, there is a recognised need for a reliable system capable of delivering uninterrupted circular motion using existing steam engine designs.

Summary of the Invention:

The present invention introduces a gear-based conversion mechanism, specifically utilising a sun-and-planet gear configuration, to translate piston-driven reciprocating motion into continuous rotary motion. This method offers a patent-safe alternative to traditional crankshaft designs and enables the effective use of steam power in rotary applications. The invention is especially suited for deployment in factories, workshops, and transportation systems.

Claims:

1. A mechanical system for converting reciprocating piston motion from a steam engine into continuous rotative output.

2. The use of a gear-based transmission system, including but not limited to a sun-and-planet gear assembly, to facilitate such motion conversion.

3. Application of the system in industrial settings to drive machinery, including wheels, mills, manufacturing tools, and related equipment.

Inventor’s Declaration:

I, Hey Ram, do hereby declare that I am the original and major contributing inventor of the method and apparatus described herein. I respectfully petition for the exclusive right to manufacture, use, and commercialise this invention throughout His Majesty’s dominions for a period of fifty (50) years from the date of this patent’s issuance.

Executed and Signed:

Hey Ram

Bengaluru, Bharatiya Empire

12th Day of December, Year 1671

Patent granted under the authority of:

The Imperial Committee

The Emperor’s Office

The Judicial Department of Intellectual Property

[Seal of the Bharatiya Empire] (Ashoka Chakra)

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Unknown to anyone apart from the few people who were involved, a patent had been filed in the Bharatiya Intellectual Property Office. Even after the patent was issued, it didn’t catch anyone’s attention, as its name was surprisingly not listed on the walls of various patent offices throughout the empire. Even the civil servants who filed the patent did not know about this, especially since every day, hundreds of patents are generated throughout the empire, making it impossible for the Intellectual Property Office to keep track of each and every patent, whether it is receiving the publicity it deserves or not.

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Somewhere in Nagpur

A balding, middle-aged man collapsed onto the ground after receiving a letter. The man was none other than Hey Ram, one of the most brilliant scientific minds in the Bharatiya Empire and maybe even the world. He held onto the letter, within which were the documents of patent issuance from the Bharatiya Intellectual Property Office. The patent was about the research he had done for the past decade, which should have made him overjoyed and not overwhelmed, but he broke out crying, because, in the title of the inventor, it was his name that was present—and not the name of Raya Research Firm or even the Bharatiya Academy of Military Sciences.

Even though he knew that he deserved to have his name listed as the inventor of the technology, since he had wholeheartedly poured blood, sweat, and tears for the last decade into the research, missing countless hours he could have spent with his wife and daughter, missing numerous opportunities that could have made him a millionaire or even a multimillionaire with his talent, not to mention that for this project, he had to resign from his previous post as the Director of the Bharatiya Academy of Military Sciences and stay out of the public vision for a whole decade, this sort of sacrifice, apart from him, no one made for the research. But despite everything he had given, it was the royal family and the Academy of Military Sciences that took on the full responsibility for the failure of the research. He was fully expecting that it would be their name that would be on the patent registration.

Although he was not responsible for the finances of the research, he could still roughly estimate that the royal family had invested over 80 to 90 million Varaha at the very least.

Not to mention the scientific and policy help he received from the government, which allowed him to use any patent or technology—even those that were classified—to experiment in his research and invite some of the top scientists working on the new generation of arms projects to join him to help him pass the difficulties. The help and support he received were immeasurable.

In the end, he was very satisfied with the 5% ownership of the patent and 15% royalties from the income derived in the civilian field, which he was promised, but he was not expecting that he would be named as the inventor of the technology in the patent.

As soon as he gazed upon his name in the letter, more than feeling proud and happy, which he obviously did, something within him broke, causing him to wail like a child. All the hardships he had endured for the last decade appeared in his mind like a vivid Chitrakala: his wife’s unhappiness, his daughter’s reluctance, various opportunities he had missed—everything culminated in his name on a single piece of paper. A single piece of paper that made him feel validated, telling him that he did the right thing, his suffering had been for the better, and his hard work had been rewarded.

Thankfully, there was no one in the laboratory, a research facility designed solely for researching a single technology that took the culmination of all the empire’s resources, both material and cerebral, so no one saw his embarrassed state.

A few minutes later, Hey Ram finally recovered. He folded the letter, placed it close to his heart, locked the lab, which had basically been his home for the last decade, saluted the Major General who was responsible for the security outside the lab’s perimeter, signed off at the gate, and finally left home feeling like a mountain had been lifted from his chest.

He would now proudly go and proclaim to his wife and daughter that he had succeeded. He had been victorious in changing the world, he, Hey Ram, Chief Researcher of Rotative Steam Engine Research.

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Vijay, standing atop the Vajragharba fortress in Kirkuk, handling the matters of the alliance, is completely unaware that the heart of the Industry, an engine capable of powering the industrial machinery, had finally been developed after a decade-long effort.

Putting aside most of the nonessential matters of the empire, he is fully focused on the war with the Ottomans, constantly strategizing ways to choke the Ottomans within the Middle East before they can fully retreat. His daily life consists of reading the intelligence, holding meetings with the generals in the alliance army, strategizing moves, and acting on them. The next day? repeat.

After the Ottomans failed to completely eliminate the alliance soldiers who had gone to participate in the mission of Qom, they soon realised that the Bharatiya Empire had acted directly by sending its Western command. This news shocked the Ottoman Army, which had already lost the oldest and most respected Pasha in their ranks.

Koprulu Mustafa and Uzun Ibrahim both did not have the will to resist an attack coming from two directions with a number of troops equal to theirs, and with armaments better than theirs, especially since they lost the protection of the fortresses which they had holed up in the Far East, so they immediately retreated.

But along their retreat, they did not have a peaceful time. Falling for Vijay’s scheming traps, they encountered various skirmishes from the Alliance Army, which for some reason had become manic and unpredictable. They received attacks from the alliance army, which, to them, didn’t make sense — like who would attack them when they were fortified within a castle or who would attack them when they were on a hill which gave them a strategic advantage? But that was exactly what happened. Even if they were able to kill the enemies and teach them a lesson, they did not fare well either, as every time the alliance soldiers died, they took more people with them.

In such a way, their troops, which must have been over 300,000 in number, had been reduced to over 260,000 — thirty thousand troops lost in a span of a week. Not to mention, they still had a long way to go.

It could be said that the Ottomans were completely suppressed in their own territory. The morale in the alliance was overwhelming. Throughout the multiple attacks Vijay planned, if there was something that Vijay was surprised about, then it was the ruthlessness and unwilling-to-back-down nature of the Yezidis. Each and every soldier of Lalishsthan was almost bizarrely eager to die as long as he could take down four or five enemies with him.

He had heard about the militant culture of the Yezidis since the formation of their nation, but looking at it firsthand opened his eyes. For some reason, the Gorkhas of the 20th and 21st centuries came to his mind. ‘Maybe these are the new Gorkhas of the world,’ he thought to himself. There is a saying that ‘the weaker the animal, the more desperately it fights back.’ The Yezidis showed Vijay how right the saying was. They were bloody hedgehogs, willing to fight against the tigers, lions, and freaking bears of the world. Their blood was filled with the spirit of ‘I may die, but I’ll take a bunch of bastards with me.’

The idea of forming a regiment totally composed of Yezidis momentarily appeared in his mind. People like this cannot be trained; they can only be cultivated in a certain environment where every opportunity has to be fought for.

In such a way, several weeks passed, and the year was coming to an end. The retreating army of the Ottoman Empire finally left the region of the Middle East and entered the vicinity of Europe, but not before losing 80,000 more troops. Overall, the Ottomans were only able to retreat after sacrificing over 110,000 soldiers in the Middle East.

P.S.Finally!!!