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US 5,224,568 AGranted
Power generating apparatus
OwnerWoodrow A. Kennoninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus including a power generator for generating power when rotatably driven; a drive axle for rotatably driving the power generator when rotated; a platform supported by the drive axle for rotating the drive axle when moved; and a vehicle attached to the platform for moving the platform.
Claims20
An apparatus for generating power, the apparatus comprising:
- a) power generating means for generating power when rotatably driven;
- b) drive axle means for rotatably driving the power generating means when rotated;
- c) platform means supported by the drive axle means for rotating the drive axle means when rotated;
- d) a center post located substantially at the center of the platform means;
- e) a drive beam having an outer end fixedly attached to the platform means, having an inner end rotatably attached to the center post, and having a substantially flat trailing side;
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- f) vehicle means including a carriage means having a substantially flat face for slidably engaging the substantially flat trailing side of the drive beam at a point between the outer and inner ends thereof and for pushing the drive beam about the center post so that the platform means will rotate when the vehicle means is moved around the center post.
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An apparatus used in combination with a draft animal for generating electrical energy, the apparatus comprising:
- a) a circular field;
- b) a vertically standing center post at the center of the circular field;
- c) electrical energy generating means for generating electrical energy when rotatably driven;
- d) drive axle means for rotatably driving the electrical energy generating means when rotated;
- the drive axle means including a shaft and including wheel means fixedly attached to the shaft for causing the shaft to rotate when rotatably driven;
- e) platform means supported by the wheel means of the drive axle means for rotating the drive axle means when moved;
- the platform means including a plate means having a circular aperture therethrough for being positioned with the circular aperture thereof substantially centered about the center post;
- f) a drive beam having an outer end fixedly attached to the plate means of the platform means and having an inner end rotatably attached to the center post;
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- g) vehicle means supported on the circular field coupled to the draft animal for being moved by the draft animal around the center post and for moving the plate means of the platform means around the center post;
- the vehicle means including a carriage means for engaging the drive beam and for causing the drive beam to move when the vehicle means is moved.
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An apparatus used in combination with a plurality of draft animals for generating electrical energy, the apparatus comprising:
- a) a circular field;
- b) a vertically standing center post at the center of the circular field;
- c) a plurality of electrical energy generating means for generating electrical energy when rotatably driven;
- d) a plurality of drive axle means for rotatably driving the electrical energy generating means when rotated;
- each drive axle means including a shaft and including wheel means fixedly attached to the shaft for causing the shaft to rotate when rotatably driven;
- e) platform means supported by the wheel means of the drive axle means for rotating the drive axle means when moved;
- the platform means including a plate means having a circular aperture therethrough for being positioned with the circular aperture thereof substantially centered about the center post;
- f) a plurality of drive beams, each drive beam having an outer end fixedly attached to the plate means of the platform means and having an inner end rotatably attached to the center post;
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- g) a plurality of vehicle means for moving the plate means of the platform means around the center post, each of said vehicle means including a trailer for being supported on the circular field and pulled by at least one of the draft animals and for being moved by the draft animals around the center post to move the plate means of the platform means around the center post;
- each vehicle means including a carriage means for engaging a drive beam and for causing that drive beam to move when the vehicle means is moved;
- the carriage means of each vehicle being slidable relative to the associated drive beam for allowing each vehicle to move in a spiral fashion about the center post between a first position a first distance from the center post and a second position a second distance from the center post, the first distance being greater than the second distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.