Power plants – Motor having a buoyant working member – Working member actuated by the rise and fall of a surface of...
Patent
1981-03-27
1983-06-28
Chambers, A. Michael
Power plants
Motor having a buoyant working member
Working member actuated by the rise and fall of a surface of...
60505, 60506, 74812, 440 9, 290 42, F03B 1312
Patent
active
043898432
ABSTRACT:
A water wave energy transducer comprises a boat having pivoted arms projecting out over the water, a float being mounted on the outboard end of each arm so that the arms are oscillated by wave action on the floats. Drive sprockets fixed on the arms coaxially with their pivots are connected by drive chains with two driven sprockets coaxial, respectively, with two gears which mesh with one another and one of which meshes with an output gear. The driven sprockets are coupled with the coaxial gears by one-way clutches which are oppositely arranged so that one drives when the sprockets turn in one direction and the other drives when the sprockets turn in the opposite direction. Hence, the output gear is driven in the same direction by both upward and downward movement of the floats. The output gear is connected by a speed increasing gear train with an electric generator which can supply current to a motor for propelling the boat, or through a cable to the shore when the boat is anchored.
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Adams Bruce L.
Burns Robert E.
Chambers A. Michael
Lobato Emmanuel J.
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