Pumps – Motor driven – Tide or wave motor
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-19
2011-07-19
Kramer, Devon C (Department: 3746)
Pumps
Motor driven
Tide or wave motor
C417S330000, C417S331000, C417S337000, C060S498000, C290S042000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07980832
ABSTRACT:
A stationary structure is mounted on the floor of an ocean or other body of water subject to wave motion. The structure provides a floatation body that moves with the waves and is able to drive a sealing plate in a compression chamber. When the water level changes, or wave action magnitude changes, a second sealing plate is able to move automatically to maintain a constant size of the compression chamber. Air compressed in the chamber is let into a tank to maintain a constant elevated pressure in the tank and the air pressure is used to power a turbine to generate electricity. In an alternate embodiment, a mechanical linkage drives the turbine directly.
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Kramer Devon C
Weinstein Leonard J
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