Power plants – Motor having a buoyant working member – With means to vary buoyancy of working member
Patent
1988-06-27
1989-02-21
Ostrager, Allen M.
Power plants
Motor having a buoyant working member
With means to vary buoyancy of working member
F03G 700
Patent
active
048054062
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an air activated displacement motor functional in a liquid medium. A plurality of air collectors are rotatably attached to a continuous support chain which rotates a power output shaft. Air is supplied into each air collector either by natural means or by an air compressor. The air is introduced into a receiver chamber which collects and distributes air through a series of air funnels located on a rotating conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is synchronized to rotate at the same speed as the support chain thereby aligning each air collector with an air funnel. The natural buoyancy of the air causes the air collectors to rise in the water pulling the support chain along with them. The continuous support chain is suspended in a vertically inclined L-shaped framework and moves along a right triangular path. The air filled air collectors move up vertically along the stem of the L. Once each air collector reaches the L frame top at the apex of the right triangular path, it is inverted, releases the air, and is drawn back down the angled chain to the base where the process begins again.
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patent: 2135110 (1938-11-01), Platt
patent: 4242868 (1981-01-01), Smith
patent: 4498294 (1985-02-01), Everett
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