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US1043732A
US1043732A US67456612A US1912674566A US1043732A US 1043732 A US1043732 A US 1043732A US 67456612 A US67456612 A US 67456612A US 1912674566 A US1912674566 A US 1912674566A US 1043732 A US1043732 A US 1043732A
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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
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    • F03B13/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates
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    • 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
    • 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

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  • My invention relates to power mechanism or storing and utilizing the energy of the waves on large bodies of water.
  • a further object of my invention is to provide automatic means for keeping the reciprocating element in a uniform relation to the normal surface of tidal waters.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of the mechanism, partly in section
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apron-carriage
  • Fig. 3 is a side View, partly in section, of a modified form of the mechanism, as adapted foruse on tideless bodies of water.
  • I provide a suitable air-storage reservoir 1, with which is connected the valved discharge-pipe 2 of an air-compressor cylinder 3 which may be fixedly the upper and lower ed wardly, as shown.
  • On riage body 17 is a pivoted lever 21 at one end of which is carried a float 22.
  • the op carries a brake-shoe 23 adapted to bear against one of the wheels of the carriage.
  • apron 20 is pivotally reservoir 1.
  • the cylinder 3 is provided with a valved intake-pipe 5, as shown.
  • a piston 6 disposed in the cylinder has a connectingd 7 which extends to a crank formed on a shaft 8 journaled in suitable bearings on a frame 9.
  • the crank-shaft 8 has a wheel 10 thereon which is connected by means of an endless belt 11, or the like, with a similar wheel 12 carried on a shaft 13 which is journaled in a frame 14.
  • the frames 4, 9 and 14 are preferably supported on an inclined concrete foundation 15 which is extended below the low-water level of the body of water which is utilized to operate the engine.
  • On the said inclined foundation are secured rails 16 on which is placed a wheeled carriage 17.
  • On the upper side of the carriage 17 is a longitudinally extending rack apron is also inclined slightly the cylinder 3 so d to pull the piston toward the open end 0- the cylinder 3. Then when a wave strikes the apron the upper part thereof swings inwardly and the air in the cylinder is compressed and driven through the valved disc arge-pipe 2 into the reservoir 1.
  • a wave shaft 8 and causes a reclprocating movement I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:
  • a wave-impact-receiving apron In a Wave engine, a wave-impact-receiving apron, a wheeled carriage carrying the apron, an inclined track on which the carriage is disposed, and a float-controlled brake for stopping movement of the carriage along the track at a predetermined relation to a water-level.
  • an inclined track having its lower end extended below a lowtide water-level, a carriage movable along said track, wave-impact-receiving means on said carriage, a shaft revoluble on a fiXe axis, connecting driving means between the carriage and said shaft, a brake arranged on the carriage, and a float controlling said brake.

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A. L. RUNYAN.
WAVE ENGINE. APPLIOATIQK TILED JAN. 29, 1912.
Patented Nov. 5, 1912.
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A. L. RUNYAN.
WAVE ENGINE.
APPLICATION FILED JAN.29, 1912.
Patented Nov. 5, 1912.
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ARTHUR L. RUNYAN, OFJ-IURON, SOUTH DAKOTA.
WAVE-ENGIN E.
Specification of Letters Patent.
1,043,732. Patented Nov. 5, 1912.
Application filed January 29, 1912. Serial No. 674,566.
I 18 which meshes n the shaft 13, "so that To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. RUNYAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Huron, in the county of Beadle and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wave- Engines, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to power mechanism or storing and utilizing the energy of the waves on large bodies of water. I
It is the object of my invention to provide a simple and durable mechanism for utilizing the kinetic energy of the water in waves to actuate a reciprocating mechanical element and to store said energy in a static form by compressing air into a suitable container.
A further object of my invention is to provide automatic means for keeping the reciprocating element in a uniform relation to the normal surface of tidal waters.
onstructions embodying my invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the mechanism, partly in section, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apron-carriage, and Fig. 3 is a side View, partly in section, of a modified form of the mechanism, as adapted foruse on tideless bodies of water.
Referring to the structures shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I provide a suitable air-storage reservoir 1, with which is connected the valved discharge-pipe 2 of an air-compressor cylinder 3 which may be fixedly the upper and lower ed wardly, as shown. On riage body 17 is a pivoted lever 21 at one end of which is carried a float 22. The opcarries a brake-shoe 23 adapted to bear against one of the wheels of the carriage.
he operation of the apparent by reference to the position of the parts when the water is perfectly calm and at low tide. approaching the shore line, as indicated by the dotted lines, strikes the apron 20 and the impact thereof causes the carriage to move up the track thereby causing rotation of the shaft 13 which, in turn, drives the crankmechanism will be Fig. 1, which shows of the piston 6. As the force of the Wave is exhausted the carriage actuated. by gravity moves down the track until the float 22 reaches the water level and is lifted to apply the brake 23 to the carriage wheel. movement of the carriage is thus stopped when the apron has reached the proper relation to the normal or calm water-level. As the tide comes in and the water-level is thereby raised the carriage will be. stopped successively at higher positions on the track and as the tide goes out the stopping positions of the carriage will be lower on the track. The carriage is thus maintained in a uniform relation to the water-level.
' In the modified form of the mechanism shown in Fig. 3 all of the connecting mechanism between the connecting-rod 7 and the wave-impact-receiving apron is omitted and the lowerside of the apron 20 is pivotally reservoir 1. The cylinder 3 is provided with a valved intake-pipe 5, as shown. A piston 6 disposed in the cylinder has a connectingd 7 which extends to a crank formed on a shaft 8 journaled in suitable bearings on a frame 9. The crank-shaft 8 has a wheel 10 thereon which is connected by means of an endless belt 11, or the like, with a similar wheel 12 carried on a shaft 13 which is journaled in a frame 14. The frames 4, 9 and 14 are preferably supported on an inclined concrete foundation 15 which is extended below the low-water level of the body of water which is utilized to operate the engine. On the said inclined foundation are secured rails 16 on which is placed a wheeled carriage 17. On the upper side of the carriage 17 is a longitudinally extending rack apron is also inclined slightly the cylinder 3 so d to pull the piston toward the open end 0- the cylinder 3. Then when a wave strikes the apron the upper part thereof swings inwardly and the air in the cylinder is compressed and driven through the valved disc arge-pipe 2 into the reservoir 1.
Now, having described my invention, what progressively connected with the foundation 15; The.
A wave shaft 8 and causes a reclprocating movement I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:
1. In a Wave engine, a wave-impact-receiving apron, a wheeled carriage carrying the apron, an inclined track on which the carriage is disposed, and a float-controlled brake for stopping movement of the carriage along the track at a predetermined relation to a water-level.
2. In a wave engine, an inclined track having its lower end extended below a lowtide water-level, a carriage movable along said track, wave-impact-receiving means on said carriage, a shaft revoluble on a fiXe axis, connecting driving means between the carriage and said shaft, a brake arranged on the carriage, and a float controlling said brake.
3. In a wave engine, a movable wave-1m- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the witnesses.
ARTHUR L. RUNYAN.
Witnesses:
D. O. BARNELL, J. E. TrrUs.
Commissioner of Patents,
Washington, D. G.
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US4350474A (en) * 1980-08-01 1982-09-21 Murphy James T Tide following wave power machine

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