Power plants – Pressure fluid source and motor – Utilizing natural energy or having a geographic feature
Patent
1975-07-16
1976-08-17
Ostrager, Allen M.
Power plants
Pressure fluid source and motor
Utilizing natural energy or having a geographic feature
60413, 60505, 60506, 60507, 417332, F03G 700, F03G 708
Patent
active
039746526
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a device to convert water wave motion into useful energy which includes a shaft mounted to be rotatable and having fixed thereto a plurality of gears, a plurality of floats equal in number to the plurality of gears with each float connected by an arm, through a fulcrum, to a ratchet-like device on the other end of the arm from the float, which ratchet-like device drives one of the gears. The shaft drives a gear train which results in a rapidly rotating shaft which drives a pump which takes suction from a low pressure reservoir and discharges to drive a fluid-driven motor. Between the discharge side of the pump and the fluid-driven motor are a high pressure reservoir for the driving fluid, a regulating valve, and a pressure relief valve which discharges into the low pressure reservoir, whereby the action of waves in a body of water causes a continuous surge of fluid through the motor at a uniform pressure.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1497205 (1924-06-01), Boosinger
patent: 2848189 (1958-08-01), Caloia
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