Wave motor

Details Wave motor Wave motor

1977-11-23

1979-03-27

Geoghegan, Edgar W.

Power plants

Motor having a buoyant working member

Working member actuated by the rise and fall of a surface of...

60505, 60507, 60398, 290 53, F03B 1312

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041458850

ABSTRACT:
A wave motor is described comprising a float, a displaceable member coupled to the float so as to be displaced by the ascent and descent of the float, a pair of shafts, and a transmission including a pair of one-way clutches coupling the displaceable member to the shafts to rotate one in one direction during the ascent of the float and to rotate the other in the opposite direction during the descent of the float. In one described embodiment, the displaceable member is a wheel which is partially rotated in opposite directions by the ascent and descent of the float; and in a second described embodiment, the displaceable member is a rack which is moved upwardly by the ascent of the float and downwardly by its descent.

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patent: 971343 (1910-09-01), Barr
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