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US 7,464,546 B2Granted
Water-powered generator
OwnerEmory Grant Peacockinventor
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Abstract
A water-powered generator having a vessel and a variable density body situated within the vessel. The vessel is partially filled with a fluid, such as water. The variable density body moves between a first position near the bottom of the vessel to a second position between the bottom of the vessel and the top. The variable density body is configured to have a changeable total density such that the total density may be changed from a first density which is greater than the fluid and a second density which is less than the fluid. The movement of the variable density body is converted to a useful form of energy, such as electric current.
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A water-powered generator comprising:
- a. a first enclosed vessel, having a top, a bottom, and an encircling vertical wall, a portion of said first vessel filled with a fluid;
- b. a first variable density body, situated within said first vessel, said first variable density body movable up and down within said encircling vertical wall between a first position proximal said bottom of said first vessel, and a second position distal said bottom of said first vessel, said first variable density body configured to be changeable in total density between a first density where said first variable density body has a higher total density than said fluid and a second density where said first variable density body has a lower total density than said fluid;
- c. a means for changing said total density of said first variable density body from said first density to said second density;
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- d. a magnet attached to said first variable density body;
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- e. an inductive coil surrounding at least a portion of said encircling vertical wall, said magnet and said inductive coil being positioned such that said up and down motion of said variable density body will cause said magnet to move within said inductive coil.
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A water-powered generator comprising:
- a. a first vessel, having a top and a bottom, a portion of said first vessel filled with a fluid;
- b. a first variable density body, situated within said first vessel, said first variable density body movable between a first position proximal said bottom of said first vessel, and a second position distal said bottom of said first vessel, said first variable density body configured to be changeable in total density between a first density where said first variable density body has a higher total density than said fluid and a second density where said first variable density body has a lower total density than said fluid;
- c. a means for changing said total density of said first variable density body from said first density to said second density;
- d. a means for converting the movement of said first variable density body between said first position and said second position into electrical current;
- e. a second vessel, having a top and a bottom, a portion of said second vessel filled with a fluid;
- f. a second variable density body, situated within said second vessel, said second variable density body movable between a first position proximal said bottom of said second vessel, and a second position distal said bottom of said second vessel, said second variable density body configured to be changeable in total density between a first density where said second variable density body has a higher total density than said fluid and a second density where said second variable density body has a lower total density than said fluid;
- g. a means for changing said total density of said second variable density body from said first density to said second density;
- h. a means for converting the movement of said second variable density between said first position and said second position into electrical;
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- i. wherein said means for changing said total density of said second variable density body from said first density to said second density comprises a conduit fluidly connecting said top of said first vessel with said bottom of said second vessel.
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