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US 4,305,003 AGranted
Energy generation system
OwnerArturo G. Basurto, Carlos C. B. Ibarra +1inventors
InventorsArturo G. Basurto, Carlos C. B. Ibarra, Dario D. G. Velazquez
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Abstract
A power producing system employs floats that move up or down in tanks that may be located wherever desired, to produce power.
Claims15
In energy generating apparatus, the combination comprising
- (a) first and second tanks to receive liquid,
- (b) a primary float in the first tank to be elevated as the level of liquid in the first tank rises, and to be lowered when the level of liquid in the first tank falls,
- (c) a primary pump coupled to the float to pump liquid from the second tank in response to float movement vertically, in the first tank, and
- (d) primary means to generate energy in response to the flow of liquid to the first tank,
- (e) and an upper tank at a higher elevation than said first and second tanks, to receive liquid pumped from the second tank as well as liquid supplied from another source, and to supply liquid to flow to the first tank.
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