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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4151423 | Flowing saline water magnetohydrodynamic electric generator A magnetohydrodynamic electric generator for the direct energy conversion of the kinetic energy of saline water flowing through a magnetic field, preferably in the constricted part of a duct. Means may be provided to increase the kinetic energy of the flo... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4151424 | Apparatus for utilization of energy from fluids Improved apparatus for withdrawing useful energy from a fluent medium, the apparatus comprising supports with tension members spanning the distance between them, foils distributed along the tension member spans, and circular members capable of rotating fr... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4149092 | System for converting the randomly variable energy of a natural fluid Emitters and rotary hydraulic displacement pumps are associated with one or a number of propeller-type transducers and connected to receivers each having a rotary hydraulic displacement motor coupled to an alternator. The emitters are connected to the rec... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4142823 | Current power plant A current power plant including a shaft mounted turbine wheel for employment in water current, a housing adjacent said impellar and to which the shaft extends, a ramp positioned on the upstream side of said impellar, a frame on which the turbine wheel is ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4142367 | Domestic water pressure-flow powered generator system A fluid motor including a rotatable output shaft and a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet is provided for serial connection in a domestic water system supply pipe. A rotary electrical generator is also provided and the output shaft of the fluid motor is drivi... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4135364 | Air lift pump energy conversion apparatus This apparatus has a plurality of vertical lift tubes immersed in water and arranged to discharge water into a hood at their upper ends for driving a turbine-like fluid motor. Each lift tube receives a much shorter, smaller diameter inner tube at its lowe... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4134024 | Method and apparatus for generating electricity from the flow of fluid through a well A method and apparatus for generating electricity from a generator driven by the flow of fluid flowing from a fluid producing well. A fluid driven motor is positioned in the pipeline adjacent to or above the well head such that the fluid passes through th... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4128800 | Vehicular battery charging system A vehicular battery charging system particularly adapted for railroad cars such as cabooses, in which an axle drive/hydraulic pump unit is coupled to the end of an axle via a flexible coupling and right angle gear drive. The hydraulic pump provides hydrau... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4118636 | Thermal air powered electric generator system In combination, a generally conical structure for collecting air and providing a confined space for solar heating of such air, connected, at the upper end of the conical structure, with a vertically placed electric generator through which the solar-heated... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4104536 | Stream -or river-powered turbine A stream -or river-powered turbine consists of an elongated cylinder with radially-extending vanes, each vane having at its root a plurality of axially-spaced flap valves opening and closing corresponding openings therein. These valves open automatically ... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4102291 | Electrical generator for a sailboat A sailboat is provided with an electrical generator that is connected to its on-board battery. A propeller immersed in the water is connected via a flexible shaft to the input of this generator so that as the sailboat moves through the water the propeller... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4095918 | Turbine wheel with catenary blades A turbine wheel on a horizontal axis is coaxially mounted within a primary nozzle, for support in a fluid current below a platform carrying electrical power generation equipment. The turbine wheel and primary nozzle are submerged and oriented to enable fl... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4095422 | Vertical-axis composite swinging-blade water wheel This invention relates to an improved vertical swinging-blade water wheel for converting a kinetic energy of a substantially horizontal stream into mechanical energy in which a pair or pairs of blade wheels are disposed symmetrically with respect to an ou... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4057270 | Fluid turbine A turbine for generating electric power when exposed to a fluid source, such as a liquid or gaseous current. The turbine has two substantially annular rotor housings spaced in parallel, horizontal planes. Each housing is provided with a plurality of radia... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4053253 | Power generating apparatus A power generating apparatus, the construction and size of which may vary from a relatively small domestic version for individual homes to a larger commercial version for power stations, comprises a device to be anchored in and driven by a substantially h... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4053787 | Modular hydroelectric power plant A modular hydroelectric power plant which converts energy of water flowing in a stream into electric power. The plant comprises a plurality of modules which are removably mounted on piers embedded in a river or stream bed. Each module comprises a turbine ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4049300 | Fluid driven power producing apparatus An apparatus for generating electric current by the force of a fluid in motion. The device comprises a support structure; two substantially parallel axles positoned in an alterable vertically extending plane detachably supported by said housing and capabl... | 09/20/1977 |
| 3986787 | River turbine A turbine wheel on a horizontal shaft is coaxially mounted within a primary nozzle, for support in a river current below a platform carrying electrical power generation equipment. The turbine shaft and primary nozzle are submerged and oriented to enable f... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3984698 | Waterwheel driven electrical generator An electrical generator system including a waterwheel apparatus as a prime mover. The waterwheel apparatus as a plurality of pivoted buckets mounted in circumferentially spaced relation around a central hub and having an outer rim provided with a ring gea... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3980894 | Flow tubes for producing electric energy An apparatus for producing electrical energy from unused, wasted, running rivers, ocean tides, and the like without creating any air pollution or harming the environment; the apparatus consisting of large tubes sunken below the water so that the water can... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3978345 | System for utilizing energy in a fluid current Foil elements capable of generating lift forces and converting such forces into rotational movement of a body are suspended and submerged in a flowing stream or fluid current. Control means are provided to cyclically regulate the angles of attack of the f... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3974396 | Electric generator arrangement An electric generator arrangement has at least two wind or water wheels rotatably mounted on a common stationary shaft and coupled such that they rotate in opposite directions with a given ratio or a progressively variable ratio. The wheels carry the two ... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3970859 | Hydro-electric generation of power from small bodies of water The following specification discloses a means of converting a head of water from a lake into electric power by directing a flow of water onto a turbine disposed in a crib built below the floor of the lake and having intermittent exploding gas means to cre... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3958130 | Hydroelectric generating system A hydroelectric generating unit includes a generator shaft about which buckets are pivotally mounted on a common carrier for travel in a common path at equal angular intervals. The bucket carrier is fast on the shaft. Water flow control means, located abo... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3952723 | Windmills A system for deriving useful energy from a windmill in which a liquid pump is driven by the windmill. Useful energy is obtained by either a fluid driven generator or a friction heater. The output of the pump and the speed of the windmill are controlled by... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3939356 | Hydro-air storage electrical generation system A hydro-air storage system for generating electricity in which a subterranean reservoir containing water is pressurized and the water is pumped to a surface reservoir during periods when the demand for electricity is low and in which water from the surfac... | 02/17/1976 |
