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US 6,575,712 B1Granted
Air compressor system
OwnerSlavcho Slavchevinventor
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Abstract
An air compressor system utilized in a body of water that produces compressed air from water wave energy. The air compressor system includes floating structures in a body of water designed to receive ambient air and produce compressed air, utilizing a bellow assembly. The air compressor system converts water wave energy into storable and consumable energies, such as compressed air in a storage tank. The instant invention primarily comprises a low-wave air compressor, high-wave air compressor, and a stabilizing system.
Claims6
An air compressor system, comprising:
- A) a first housing assembly with first and second ends, said first housing assembly having a first air vent protruding from said first end and a first anchor secured to said second end, said first housing assembly having at least one hole for a wave of water to enter and a platform with third and fourth ends, said third end having a first bellow assembly secured thereon, said fourth end having at least one cable connecting to a first spring, secured to said second end, said fourth end further having a first air line with fifth and sixth ends to deliver compressed air from said first bellow assembly, said first air line having a first one-way valve set at a first predetermined distance from said fifth end towards said sixth end without reaching said sixth end, to allow flow of compressed air along the length of said first air line, said platform compressing air within said first bellow assembly when said wave of water enters said first housing assembly;
- B) a second housing assembly with seventh and eighth ends, said second housing assembly having a second air vent protruding from said seventh end and a second anchor secured to said eighth end, said second housing assembly having a float with ninth and tenth ends, said second housing assembly further comprising a second bellow assembly, said float having at least one cable connecting to a second spring, secured to said eighth end, said eighth end having a second air line with ninth and tenth ends to deliver compressed air from said second bellow assembly, said second air line having a second one-way valve set at a second predetermined distance from said ninth end towards said tenth end without reaching said tenth end, to allow flow of compressed air along the length of said second air line, said float compressing air within said second bellow assembly when said wave of water contacts said float;
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- C) a stabilizing system to stabilize said first and second housing assemblies in a body of water, also comprising an air tank to receive said compressed air from said first and second air lines.
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