Power plants – Motor having a buoyant working member – With means to vary buoyancy of working member
Patent
1979-06-20
1981-03-10
Ostrager, Allen M.
Power plants
Motor having a buoyant working member
With means to vary buoyancy of working member
F03B 1702
Patent
active
042546222
ABSTRACT:
The specification discloses a hydrodynamic gravity motor for use in converting gravitational and buoyant forces into useful energy. A plurality of hollow vessels are attached between a pair of endless power chains. The power chains define a closed path of movement for the vessels moving by buoyant forces upward through a reservoir holding a column of liquid and returning downward outside of the reservoir from the gravitational forces on the vessels. A radial gate valve is disposed at the bottom of the reservoir for admitting each of the hollow vessels into the reservoir. The radial gate valve has a pair of lower panels operating in sequence with a pair of upper panels for defining a chamber for receiving each of the vessels. The radial gate valve has a plurality of buoyant lift tanks attached to the upper panels for reducing the force necessary to open the gate. Flap valves are provided in the upper panels of the gate valve for admitting a quantity of liquid into the chamber for providing an initial buoyant force to the vessel.
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Husar Stephen F.
Ostrager Allen M.
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