Power generator with floats
OwnerShia-Giow Yuinventor
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Abstract
A power generator has a reservoir, a tube, a drive assembly, and multiple floats. The reservoir is filled with a liquid and has a top opening and a side opening. The tube protrudes into the reservoir through the side opening. The drive assembly has four pedestals, four shafts, four sprockets and a chain. The shafts are rotatably mounted respectively in the pedestals. The sprockets are mounted on and rotate the shafts. The chain is mounted around and engages the sprockets in a loop. Each float has a buoyant body and multiple annular seals. The floats are attached to the chain so at least one float is in the tube at all times and are forced up in the reservoir by buoyancy when the floats are submerged in the reservoir. The annular seals are mounted around the floats to prevent liquid from leaking out of the tube.
Claims18
A power generator with floats comprising
- a lower bracket having a left end and a right end;
- an upper bracket mounted above the lower bracket and having a left end and a right end;
- a reservoir mounted on the left end of the lower bracket, filled with a liquid and having
- a top;
- a bottom;
- a sidewall;
- a top opening formed in the top;
- and
- a side opening formed through the sidewall a distance from the lower bracket;
- a tube being hollow, mounted through the side opening in the reservoir and having
- an inner segment being cylindrical, mounted in the side opening and having
- an inside end;
- an outside end;
- an outside surface forming a watertight seal with the side opening;
- and
- an inside surface having an inside diameter;
- and
- an outer segment being a truncated cone, connected to the inner segment, being a guide and having
- an inside end connected to the outside end of the inner segment and having an inside diameter the same as the inside diameter of the inner segment;
- and
- an outside end having an inside diameter larger than the inside diameter of the inside end;
- a drive assembly having
- an upper reservoir pedestal mounted on the upper bracket near the left end above the top opening in the reservoir and having a transverse hole;
- an upper return pedestal mounted on the upper bracket near the right end, aligned with the upper reservoir pedestal and having a transverse hole;
- a lower reservoir pedestal mounted on the bottom of the reservoir, aligned with the upper reservoir pedestal and having a transverse hole and a height;
- a lower return pedestal attached mounted on the lower bracket near the right end, aligned with the upper return pedestal and the lower reservoir pedestal and the tube and having a transverse hole and a height;
- four shafts rotatably mounted respectively in the transverse holes in the pedestals;
- four sprockets mounted respectively on the shafts;
- and
- a chain mounted in a loop around the sprockets, passing through the tube and the top opening in the reservoir and having multiple link openings;
- multiple floats attached to the chain such that at least one float is in the inner segment of the tube at all times, and each float having
- a buoyant body having
- a front end;
- a rear end;
- an outer diameter corresponding to the inside diameter of the inner segment of the tube;
- an outer surface having;
- a longitudinal slot formed in the outer surface and attaching the chain securely to the buoyant body;
- and
- multiple annular seal slots formed in the outer surface and having two ratchet recesses formed in each annular seal slot respectively on opposite sides of the longitudinal slot;
- and
- an inner surface;
- and
- multiple annular seals mounted respectively in the annular seal slots to prevent liquid from leaking out of the tube, and each annular seal having
- an inner surface;
- two resilient pawls formed on the inner surface and corresponding respectively to and selectively engaging the ratchet recesses;
- and
- two overlapping ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.