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US 4,380,151 AGranted
Buoyancy generator device and methods of making and using the same
OwnerThomas C. Millerinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an energy conversion device for converting stored liquids and potential energy into rotational and kinetic energy, which is provided with a plurality of ballast tanks disposed about a wheel in a ferris-wheel manner with each tank alternately filling with and discharging liquid at the top and bottom of its travel.
Claims1
A buoyancy generator comprising an energy conversion device for converting stored liquids and potential energy into rotational and kinetic energy comprising,
- wheel means, rotatably mounted and submerged in a body of liquid,
- closed rigid storage chambers operably mounted in said wheel means and disposed about the periphery thereof,
- downward motion assistance means comprising fluid insertion means operably mounted proximate the uppermost part of said wheel means and adapted to fill each chamber with fluid as it reaches its highest point of travel,
- upward motion assistance means comprising fluid extracting and air injection means operably mounted proximate the lowermost part of said wheel means and adapted to empty each chamber of fluid as it reaches its lowest point of travel and thereby increase each chamber's buoyancy.
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