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C290S042000, C290S053000, C416S083000, C475S011000

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08049357

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for generating electrical energy from a body of water flowing in a downstream direction are disclosed. A lever arm including a flap member is coupled to a rotatable shaft. The lever arm is movable from a first vertical position where the flap member is located in the body of water and a second vertical position where the flap member is in located above the body of water. When the lever arm is lowered into the first vertical position, the body of water engaging the flap member pushes the lever arm from an upstream position to a downstream position. The rotation of the lever arm from the upstream position to the downstream position actuates the rotatable shaft, which can be coupled to a power generation device configured to generate electrical energy from motion of the rotatable shaft.

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