Portable Hydro-Generator

Abstract

A portable hydro-generator (100), for the generation of power, including a tower (10) filled with a driving fluid (110), a semi-sealed curved tubular housing (80) with a drive portion (81) and a return portion (82) primed with a fluid (70), said drive portion (81) having a larger diameter than the return portion (82), an inlet means (60) to allow said fluid to enter said tubular housing (80), a plurality of paddles (30) to harness the kinetic energy of the fluid entering the curved tubular housing, a linkage assembly (34) to link said plurality of paddles, a drive chamber (83), a sprocket (50) within said drive chamber (83) to engage a portion of said paddles, and an output power generator attached to said sprocket. A paddle (30) adapted to be used in the hydro-generator include a top surface (31), a bottom surface (32), seals (33) to prevent water leakage through the paddles, a linkage bar (34) to allow an attachment of said paddle to subsequent paddle, wherein the top surface of the paddle further includes studs (39) to increase the effective surface area of the top of the paddle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.