Power generation apparatus utilizing energy produced from ocean level fluctuation
OwnerI-Nan Kaoinventor
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Abstract
A power generation apparatus utilizing energy produced from ocean level fluctuation includes a working platform having a plurality of guy rods provided around its circumference each attached with a buoy under the working platform in the water; and a damper installed on top of each guy rod above the working platform; a connecting rod extended to the inner part of a generator unit installed coaxially on the working platform is connected to the center of a ratchet wheel clamped in each clamper. With such a structure, when the buoys move up and down following ocean level fluctuation, the dampers on top of the guy rods drive the ratchet wheels to rotate and the rotating torque of the ratchet wheels is transmitted to the generator unit thereby being converted to electric power.
Claims7
Power generation apparatus utilizing energy produced from ocean level fluctuation comprising:
- a working platform with a generator unit installed coaxially thereon, and several foundations installed thereunder;
- a plurality of guy rods disposed circulating a circumference of said working platform and penetrating through said working platform to enable up and down movements of said rods through the platform, each said guy rod is attached to a buoy under said working platform,
- a brace installed near a bottom end of said each guy rod for preventing the rod from rocking when said apparatus is working,
- a clamper fixed to an upper portion of said guy rod above said working platform for shading a ratchet wheel therein said ratchet wheel having a connecting rod connected to a center of said ratchet wheel, wherein said connecting rod extends to an inner part of said generator unit,
- a positioning head fitted at a front end of said connecting rod for positionin said ratchet wheel and said connecting rod at positions above said working platform thereat and to prevent shifting of said ratchet wheel and said connecting rod by said guy rod,
- two chains combined to both sides of said ratchet wheel in said clamper, and two pairs of posts whose lengths are slightly longer than a radius of said ratchet wheel wherein said pairs of posts are installed respectively above and below said ratchet wheel, each of said pairs having a pivot attached at a center of a lateral surface of said guy rod, both said pairs of posts are bent upward with respect to said pivots,
- and two first stoppers formed respectively on said working platform below said two posts, and two second stoppers respectively formed diagonally to former said first stoppers to be disposed on said working platform above said two posts whereby said ratchet wheel engages said chain and rotates in one direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.