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US 10,844,832 B1Granted
Water current energy generator
OwnerRichard Feekininventor
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Abstract
A water current energy generator comprises a barrel configured to rotate in a water current and a pair of air compressors secured on either side of the barrel. As the barrel spins, the air compressors are actuated and compress air into a cylinder. The compressed air is then capable of being accessed by means of a pneumatic hose.
Claims20
An energy delivery device, comprising:
- a large central drum floating partially submerged on a water surface, an outer cylindrical surface of the drum is provided with a plurality of ridges to capture movement from moving water;
- a central axle receiving the large central drum allowing the large central drum to rotate on freely the central axle, the central axle originating at a first air compressor traversing the interior of the drum and terminating at a second air compressor;
- the first air compressor and the second air compressor comprising a pair of air compressors directly mechanically coupled in an in-line manner to the central axle, the air compressors are each mounted to a base plate located at the bottom thereof, each base plate is subsequently mounted to an individual frame bottom member;
- a frame assembly mounting the pair of air compressors, the frame assembly includes a pair of frame bottom members, each of the pair of frame bottom members having a first end attached to a bottom end of an individual frame side member, the top end of the pair of individual frame side members are attached to an outer end of an individual frame upper member, an inner end of each of the frame upper members are conjoined with an anchor ring to allow for tethering to a shore anchored object;
- a flexible compressed air hose routed from an output of each of the pair of air compressor to a top of the frame assembly adjacent the anchor ring, the flexible compressed air hose from both of the air compressors are routed to a tee fitting adjacent the anchor ring;
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- wherein the large central drum is located on the body of moving water and is tethered via the tethering line to an stationary land object, the flexible compressed air hose is continually routed along the tethering line, secured, and terminates at an air pressure tank, air generated by the air compressors is stored in the air pressure tank for future use, and/or when the large central drum is not rotating when the body of moving water is calm.
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