GB2485023A - Wind and wave energy device - Google Patents

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GB2485023A
GB2485023A GB1116428.2A GB201116428A GB2485023A GB 2485023 A GB2485023 A GB 2485023A GB 201116428 A GB201116428 A GB 201116428A GB 2485023 A GB2485023 A GB 2485023A
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Joseph Henry Fordham
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B13/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates
    • F03B13/12—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy
    • F03B13/14—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using wave energy
    • F03B13/16—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem"
    • F03B13/18—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore
    • F03B13/1805—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore and the wom is hinged to the rem
    • F03B13/181—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore and the wom is hinged to the rem for limited rotation
    • F03B13/182—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore and the wom is hinged to the rem for limited rotation with a to-and-fro movement
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B13/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates
    • F03B13/12—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy
    • F03B13/26—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using tide energy
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B17/00—Other machines or engines
    • F03B17/06—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head"
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D5/00—Other wind motors
    • F03D5/06—Other wind motors the wind-engaging parts swinging to-and-fro and not rotating
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
    • F03D9/008—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations the wind motor being combined with water energy converters, e.g. a water turbine
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/30—Energy from the sea, e.g. using wave energy or salinity gradient
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction

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Abstract

A wind and wave energy device. The wind energy device comprises a canvas sail 6 mounted above the fulcrum 17 of a lever, with a weight 15 being provided on the output force side of the lever, below the fulcrum. The wave energy device comprises a paddle 5 mounted below the fulcrum 17 of a lever, with a weight 16 on the applied force side of the lever, below the fulcrum. The wave energy device could instead be used with tidal flows of oceans or rivers. The wind energy device may be used on its own, or in combination with the wave energy device. A plurality of wind and wave energy devices may be provided. The lever of each device may be coupled to that of another such device so that all of the levers move in unison. The levers are all class one type levers.

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Title; A machine that increases the natural forces of wind or wave energy. (2)
Wind and Wave energy;
Description;
The invention relates to driving electrical turbines,water pumps,hydraulic or compressed air devices. It uses the principle ol levers to multiply the power of the wind or a wave prior to driving the mechanical devices that do useful work.
According to drawing, one-six,a steel construction 71, is placed on the sea bed,2, It can be fixed or made to float on a raft. A wind lever,6, and a wave lever,5,rotate about a bearing on an axis of each of the Ievers,17.
Wind lever,6,has a rigid frame construction with a canvas sheet attached to it on the power side of the fulcrum point,17,and is attached to a driving chain,10.When a wind force is applied to this lever, from any direction it pulls chain, 10, in the opposite direction and engages the sprocket idler gear,8, and rotates the flywheel/gearboxlgeneratior,7.which is mounted on a frame,1 1.
A weight,12, is attached to chain drive,10,in order to return it,or feather it, via the freewheeling idler sprocket gear,8.A stop can be employed to stop the lever over rotating in exceptionally high winds, but has not been found necessary in trials as the balance weight, I 5,tends to return it back into equilibrium from an angel of 90% the moment that the wind eases. It must be noted here that trials have proved that variable wind speeds and directions are very favourable to this machine. A one tenth scale model is capable of rotating a generator via the flywheel/gearbox around 5,000 mm. When the machines are scaled to full size and linked together by a rigid bar and attached to drive chain, 10, so that plurals of them can work in unison with each other to rotate mechanisms,7, the input force from the combined power of the wind, wave and tidal flow will be increased considerably prior to giving up their energy to the drive mechanism.
Also,wave lever,5,is attached to steel construction frame, 1,and rotes through a bearing,17,being the fulcrum point of wave lever,5,When a wave is applied to the power side of this wave levers fulcrum point, 17 it pulls drive chain,9, and engages the sprocket i�ler gear gear,8, and rotates flywheellgearbox/generator, 7.
A counter weight,12, is attached to drive chain,9, to keep the drive chain taught whilst it feathers back to centre ready for the next wave to repeat the cycle once more. It must be stressed here that that the direction of this mechanism revolves in the same direction if the wind or wave force is applied from the opposite direction due to the directional rollers,13, being placed as shown in Drawing Six-twolt is apparent that either lever can produce energy individually and in plurals as an array to bring every ounce of collective energy back to a single output mechanism or several such mechanisms,7.The wind lever can be used onshore. Perhaps placed across a row of hills and made to resemble a row of trees in order to blend into the surrounding landscape,each tree or wind lever being linked with a flexible or solid bar and working in unison with each other. Both wind and wave levers forming this machine are of the class one type in which the fulcrum point is appropriately placed along it's length in order to allow the sail or paddle side of levers 5 and 6 to rotate the shorter side of these levers to increase or multiply the applied power to the driving mechanism,7. As weights 15 and 16, return the levers back into equilibrium the levers tend to travel beyond the centre line due to their momentum.and the directional rollers,13, shown in drawing, six-two, and chain drives, 9, and,1O,have the ability to continue to apply power to the driving mechanism,7. without changing the direction of rotation. It must be noted that the wave lever,5, does not require a stop because when a waves energy is spent at the end of it's stroke the lever returns to equilibrium ready to repeat the next wave cycle.
The inventive concept and novelty of this invention is that;our machine takes a relatively low natural force of wind,wave or tidal flow, and use the existing laws of the lever to multiply or increase their output power either individually or combined together into a force many times greater than the natural forces of these energies. All the existing patents that we have observed to date that employ levers have not demonstrated their ability to increase or multiply these natural forces. This is the Intellectual Property that we are seeking to be given grant of patent for according to our claims.
Wind and wave power.
Description;
offshore renewable energy device combining four elements of natural energy to export the collected energy to the National Grid via a Flywheel/gearbox/electrical generator using a common drive for both the wind and the wave machines.The employment of solar paint or panels covering the outer shell of the construction is not an inventive step it is simply to suggest that bringing all four of these technologies together on one site enables a power station of massive output to be delivered from one site without any waste products or payments for raw materials to produce electrical energy.
The combined forces of wind, wave and tidal power using the principle of levers to increase or multiply the force of these natural energies, may provide too much torque for todays gearboxes and will most likely snap the drive shafts in half. We therefore suggest that several smaller size gearboxes and generators are employed and coupling them individually to separate drive shafts whilst using the same driving force. Plurals of these machines can be connected with a solid or flexible shaft so that they all work in unison with each other to provide a single source of collected energy to the driving mechanisms of this device.
It must be expressed that the intellectual property that we are seeking a patent for, is simply to increase or multiply the force or power from these natural elements by directing them through an array of these machines that are joined in unison with eath other prior to giving up this collective energy to the driving mechanism. It must become apparent for the purpose of us becoming the owners of this Intellectual Property that the person/s deciding the fete of this machine is reminded that; natural energy cannot be destroyed but it can be increased.This increase can only be achieved by the power of these natural forces of nature exherting their power through a machine that has a vast sail or paddle attached to the end of a solid construction with an appropriately placed fulcrum point along it's length which resembles a class one type lever. The outlet force thus becomes increased proportionately to the input force depending on the distance that the driving chain is placed from this fulcrum point. Further increases of this force are achieved by placing and joining arrays of machines adjacent or infront of each other. If a wind machine only is required it can be placed onshore and made to resemble a tree, likewise they can be joined to form an array and act in unison with each other. It must be noted that a drive chain is attached to the force side of the machine to covert the multiplied power from the reciprocal movement into rotary motion at the drive shaft mechanism.The only restrictions to the vast amount of power that can be obtained from these natural forces is the number of machines that are employed and joined in unison.

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  1. Wind and wave generator; Claims; 1-A wind and wave energy device comprising a canvas sail and a paddle which reciprocates when a force is applied to the side of a lever which has a fulcrum point above or below the applied force side of the lever in use, a weight being provided on the output force side to place the levers in equilibrium.
    2-A wind and wave energy plant comprising a plurality of wind and wave levers as defined in claim, 1, wherein the lever of each device is coupled to another device such that all levers move in unison with each other.
    3-A wind and wave energy device according to claim, 1,that has the ability to multiply or increase the power of the wind, a wave or the tidal flow of the ocean or a river.
    4-A wind and wave energy device according to claim, 1, that employs only class one type levers as defined in the laws of physics.
    5-A wind and wave energy device according to claim, 1, that has the ability to rotate a flywheel/gearbox/generator in the same direction when a force is applied to it from the opposite direction.
    6-A wind and wave energy device according to claim,2, that has the ability to be linked together in arrays of plurals,so that all the collected energy can be diverted to a single outlet.
    7-A wind energy device that when working on it's own has the ability to rotate a flywheel/gearbox/generator from winds as low as two miles per hour.
    8-A wind energy device that when operating is virtually noiseless.
    9-A wind and wave energy plant according to claim,2, that releases an abundance of power from natural energy that is limitless.
    10-A wave energy plant that is constructed and netted to preserve the life of sea creatures.
    11-A wind energy device that is constructed to preserve the life of flying creatures.
    12-A wind and wave energy device that will have very low commissioning and maintenance costs.
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GBGB1018041.2A GB201018041D0 (en) 2010-10-26 2010-10-26 Increasing wind power using the power/law of levers, to provide a single source of output energy by joining them to become a solvo of power
GBGB1112205.8A GB201112205D0 (en) 2011-07-15 2011-07-15 Increasing wind power usong the power/law of levers, to provide a single sourceof output energy by joining them to become a salvo of power
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GB190911716A (en) * 1909-05-18 1910-04-14 Charles Ernest Edwards Wave Motor.
GB264772A (en) * 1926-11-15 1927-01-27 Arthur Wilford Stone An improved wave motor
US1925742A (en) * 1932-04-21 1933-09-05 Robert F Bamber Wave motor
EP0647782A1 (en) * 1993-10-12 1995-04-12 Horst Alber Wind paddle
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US640003A (en) * 1899-02-01 1899-12-26 Judson Stuart Landon Wind-motor.
US827889A (en) * 1905-05-20 1906-08-07 Norman R Smith Current-motor.
GB190908116A (en) * 1909-04-05 1909-11-04 David Kerr Bryson Improvements in Wave Energy Motors.
GB190911716A (en) * 1909-05-18 1910-04-14 Charles Ernest Edwards Wave Motor.
GB264772A (en) * 1926-11-15 1927-01-27 Arthur Wilford Stone An improved wave motor
US1925742A (en) * 1932-04-21 1933-09-05 Robert F Bamber Wave motor
EP0647782A1 (en) * 1993-10-12 1995-04-12 Horst Alber Wind paddle
WO2009041819A2 (en) * 2007-09-28 2009-04-02 Tenca Device for generating power from wind flow or water flow

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WO2017091124A1 (en) * 2015-11-26 2017-06-01 Red N Alde Holding Ab Wave power device
ES2658764A1 (en) * 2016-09-12 2018-03-12 Fº JAVIER PORRAS VILA Push scale train for boat, plane and other machines (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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