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US 5,634,774 AGranted
Road vehicle-actuated air compressor
OwnerRobert C. Angel, Jesus Gomezinventors
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Abstract
A vehicle or pedestrian operated air compressor which utilizes flaps mounted in pairs in a road or pedestrian walkway surface. When traffic moves over the flaps, they move downward to activate a piston which compresses air. The compressed air can be stored in a container and used as needed to generate electricity or activate other machinery.
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A device for compressing air adapted to be mounted in a roadway and adapted for utilizing the weight of pedestrian or vehicular traffic flow to produce compressed air comprising:
- a mounting casing having at least a pair of horizontal flange portions,
- each flange portion having a vertical wall depending therefrom,
- a slanted wall portion attached to each said vertical wall, and
- air passages connected to said slanted walls,
- at least one pump means for compressing air mounted in said casing,
- said pump means comprising a housing having a reciprocal piston positioned inside said housing,
- spring means for forcing said piston to an up position,
- a shaft attached to said piston and having a portion extending from a top of said housing,
- valve means positioned in a bottom portion of said housing,
- an air passage leading from said bottom of said housing to an air storage means,
- whereby when said portion extending from a top of said housing is compressed said piston will compress air within said housing and said air will pass through said valve means into said air passage and into said air storage means.
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