Prime-mover dynamo plants – Electric control – Fluid-current motors
Patent
1979-06-08
1980-10-14
Dobeck, B.
Prime-mover dynamo plants
Electric control
Fluid-current motors
290 53, F03B 1312
Patent
active
042283604
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for producing useful work from wave motion in a body of water. The apparatus translates wave motions of varying periods to continuous rotational kinetic energy which is then available to perform useful work. A float assembly is anchored off shore and communicates with the shore via a steel cable. The float rises and falls with the waves and is arranged to cause a reciprocating translational motion of the cable. A cable drum assembly is anchored to the ground on the shore and adapted to reel and unreel the cable by means of a rewind spring. As the cable unreels, the drum drives a transfer gear via a first ratchet which is therefore operative only in one direction. The transfer gear winds a heavy spiral energy storage spring via a second ratchet. The spring is attached to an anchor plate which drives a shaft. The shaft is coupled via a step-up gear train to an energy storage flywheel. The flywheel may be coupled to an electrical generating system or the like for utilizing the energy stored in the flywheel.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3894241 (1975-07-01), Kaplan
patent: 3959663 (1976-05-01), Rusby
patent: 3964264 (1976-06-01), Tornabene
patent: 4145885 (1979-03-01), Sollel
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