Wave motor
OwnerMordechai Welczerinventor
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Abstract
A wave motor is described comprising a cylinder fixed to a first float, a plunger fixed to a second float, and an anchor secured to the cylinder normally retaining same submerged beneath the sea surface in a vertical position above the sea bottom but permitting it to move in a lateral direction with respect to the sea bottom. The second float is of sufficient volume to float on the surface of the sea, whereby wave crests and wave troughs cause the cylinder to move laterally and the plunger to rise and fall within the cylinder, thereby converting the wave energy to mechanical pumping energy.
Claims10
A wave motor for converting energy from sea waves to mechanical energy, comprising:
- a first member, a second member displaceable with respect to the first member;
- a first float secured to said first member for floating same above the sea bottom;
- an anchor;
- coupling means coupling said anchor to said first member for normally retaining same submerged beneath the sea surface in a vertical position above the sea bottom but permitting same to move in a lateral direction with respect to the sea bottom;
- and a second float secured to said second member, said second float being of sufficient volume to float on the surface of the sea;
- whereby wave crests cause said first and second members to move laterally of the sea bottom and said second member to rise with respect to said first member, whereas wave troughs permit said first member to return to its normal vertical position and said second member to descend with respect to said first member, thereby producing mechanical energy by the relative displacement between said first and second members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.