Hydro-rotor
OwnerFrancisco Elias-Reyesinventor
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Abstract
A hydro-rotor for providing propulsion or generating electricity in a device positioned in water. A hollow tank having a forward and aft tapered end in the preferred embodiment is mounted about a longitudinal axis to a pair of stabilizer plates. A helical flight is mounted circumferentially to the tank and extends from the forward end to the aft end of the tank. An electric motor and power source within the tank drivingly rotates the flight thereby propelling the tank through water. A pair of stabilizer plates extending outwardly of the flight and along the length of the longitudinal axis are controllingly pivoted to radial positions providing directional stability to the craft. The hydro-rotors may be rotatably mounted utilizing stabilizer plates to a ship providing propulsion therefor.
Claims18
A hydro-rotor comprising:
- a hydrodynamically contoured tank having a longitudinal axis and being shaped with forward and rear pointed ends to provide low drag when positioned in water and relative motion exists between said tank and said water;
- a helical flight positioned on said tank and extending circumferentially around at least a portion thereof, said flight having an outside diameter larger than said tank:
- stabilizer means mounted to and extending between said forward and rear pointed ends and extenable outwardly of said flight at controlled radial positions to stabilize directional movement of said tank as said flight rotates;
- and,
- power means connected to said flight and said tank and operable in a first state wherein said flight rotates around said tank and a second state wherein said flight and said tank rotate simultaneously about said longitudinal axis.
A ship comprising:
- a ship frame with an external tapered front end and an external tapered back end to provide low drag when moved through water;
- and,
- a plurality of hydro-rotors mounted to said ship frame and each including a hydrodynamically contoured tank having a longitudinal axis and being shaped with forward and rear pointed ends to provide low drag when moved in water and relative motion exists between said tank and said water, said hydro-rotors each including a helical flight positioned on said tank and extending circumferentially around at least a portion thereof, said flight having an outside diameter larger than said tank, and,
- power means connected to said flight and said tank and operable in a first state wherein said flight rotates around said tank and a second state wherein said flight and said tank rotate simultaneously about said longitudinal axis.
A hydro-rotor comprising:
- a pair of stabilizer plates movable apart to different angular positions in a fluid;
- a hollow tank with a longitudinal axis and having a pair of opposite tapered ends movably mounted to said pair of stabilizer plates which provide directional stability to said tank along said longitudinal axis;
- a helical flight movably mounted to said tank and extending therearound to propel said tank through said fluid in a direction along said axis as said flight is rotated;
- power train means within said tank being connected to said flight and said tank and operable when in a first state to rotate said flight around said tank and when in a second state to simultaneously rotate said flight and rotate said tank about said longitudinal axis.
A hydro-rotor comprising:
- a hollow tank having a pair of opposite tapered ends and a longitudinal axis;
- a helical flight movably mounted to said tank and extending therearound;
- and,
- means connected to said flight and said tank and operable in a first state wherein said flight rotates around said tank and a second state wherein said flight and said tank rotate simultaneously about said longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.