Power generating apparatus and vacuum generating apparatus by applying Torricelli's vacuum

A power generating apparatus applying Torricelli's vacuum comprising:

• a plurality of operating tubes each of which is folded upwardly at both ends thereof nearly with a right angle to an intermediate portion and has an inside thereof filled With a liquid, each of said operating tubes being pivotally movable about a pivotal axis on the intermediate portion thereof so as to be able to pivot within a range that from a position at which both said ends are inclined slightly upwardly to a position at which both said ends are directed nearly overhead;
• a plurality of pistons each of which is slidably fit on the inside of an upper end of said ends of a respective said operating tube in a longitudinal direction thereof so as to maintain a hermetical fit therein;
• a plurality of piston rods each of which is connected at one end thereof with each of said pistons and at the other end thereof with a pressing down roller, each of said piston rods penetrating upwardly said upper end of each said operating tube and extending along said upper end in parallel, each said pressing down roller being pivotally secured;
• an operating crankshaft disposed rotatably on an upper portion of said frame, said crankshaft having a plurality of crank parts which are disposed to have a same angle difference with each other;
• a plurality of suspending members each of which is suspended from each of said crank parts of said crankshaft, said plurality of suspending members for rotating said crank shaft, a lower end portion of each said suspending member being provided with a horizontal piece with which said pressing roller of said piston engages, said horizontal piece being pressedly lowered by said pressing roller to urge said operating crankshaft to rotate;
• a rising-up and falling-down crank shaft linked with said operating crankshaft so as to rotate simultaneously therewith, said rising-up and falling-down crankshaft having a plurality of crank parts each of which is remote at a same angle difference from each other;
• a plurality of connecting rods each of which connects an eccentric portion of each of said operating tubes with each of said crank parts of said rising-up and failing-down crankshaft so that, accompanying rotation of said rising-up and failing-down crankshaft, ail of said operating tubes begin rising-up and failing-down movements in different phases, and all of said operating tubes and said liquids filled therein are always balanced in gravity at said pivotal axis;
• stopper means for preventing each of said piston rods from being lowered when said upper end of each of said operating tubes is inclined to disengage said pressing down roller from said horizontal piece of said suspending member and when said piston is pushed up by a raising of said liquid on the inside of said lapper end of said inclined operating tube;
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• a plurality of releasing means each of which is provided for releasing a stopped condition of each of said operating tubes when said upper end of each of said inclined operating tubes is directed approximately overhead;
• wherein a length of each of said upper ends of each of said operating tubes is determined to such a length as to form Torricelli's vacuum under said piston by said liquid of each said operating tube when said upper end comes to a position at which said upper end is directed nearly overhead.