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US 4,122,381 AGranted
Home power station
OwnerZeynab Edda Sturminventor
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Abstract
A generator is driven by a miniature hydraulic turbine which, in turn, is driven by water flowing to, through or from the water system of a residential or commercial building. Electricity generated by the generator is stored in storage batteries for emergency or supplemental use. A distribution panel is operable to give a readout of the amount of stored electricity. The readout can be obtained by pushing a button on the distribution panel and such readout directly and immediately informs the reader of the number of hours a specific appliance can be operated by the stored electricity.
Claims6
A home power station comprising:
- means for generating electricity;
- means connected to said generating means for storing electricity generated by said generating means;
- means for connecting said storing means to a load;
- and
- means for indicating the amount of electricity stored in said storing means, said indicating means including an available energy conversion table having numbers and activating means for making one of said numbers more visible than another of said numbers, such more visible number corresponding to the amount of electricity stored in said storing means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.