Power plants – Pressure fluid source and motor
Patent
1985-01-16
1987-10-20
Michalsky, Gerald A.
Power plants
Pressure fluid source and motor
60413, 417229, F04B 1700
Patent
active
047005408
ABSTRACT:
This invention is an impulse-driven power-generating pump having a collapsible self-restoring "cylinder" subjected externally to discrete impulses which reduce the volume of the "cylinder" thereby displacing fluid therefrom. The impulses may derive from a moving or changing weight or other force-producing means. In particular, the event of railroad traffic is used, the fluid being hydraulic and the discrete impulses being produced by the wheel flanges of passing trains. These impulses act on one or more pumping components each comprising a hydraulic fluid container having a collapsible wall with or without resilience, a length less than the minimum distance between adjacent train wheel axles, a width less than the distance between rails, an inside height of approximately one inch, and an overall height of less than six and one-half inches including the emplacement and supporting structure. Each pumping component deforms incrementally due to the effective weight and motion of the train wheel flange upon it, the deformation practically shutting off fluid flow in the pumping component except in the direction of flange motion, and the deformed portion recovers its design geometry by virtue of its internal fluid pressure and/or its resillience as the flange moves along the length of the pumping component depressing other portions thereof. The resulting fluid flow is compelled to pass through an actuator and upon leaving same to return directly to recovering portions of the pumping component or to return there via an accumulator after storage therein for an interval of time.
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