US817317A - Tide and wave motor. - Google Patents

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PATBNTED @11.10, 1906.

G. W. HAZEL. TIDB `AND WAVE MOTOR. v.A PII?LI(JA"1'[.0N FILED AUG. 9. 1004.

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GEQRGE W. HAZEL, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS. TIDE'AND WAVE moron.

Specification of Letters Pat ent.

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l Patented April 10,1906..

Application tied August 9,1904. serial No. 220,110.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE'W. HAZnL, a citlzen ci the United States, and a-r'esident of Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented a new and novel Improvement in Tide and Wave Motors, of which the following is a specification.

The aim of my inventlon is to construct a buoyant member which is confined in being anc ored by means of suitable slack chain cables or hawsers so that the buoyant body or member may rise and fall in obedience to the action ofl wind, waves, the tide, and swells, and this iisingandalling movement is utilized to actuate a shaft to operate an air-compressor to .compress the air which is stored within a suitable tank'b the vessel, as

y will be described more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown 1n Flgure 1 a sectional view with-portions removed of a tide and wave motor embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 shows a top view of a buoyant body as used in my invention, while Fig. 3 discloses .an enlarged detached detail of one of the brackets and disclosing the arrangement of the pawl and ratchet as used in my invention.

In carrying out the aim of my invention I l use a suitable buoyant bodyAof any suitable 'conformatiom'though .the same in Fig'. 2, in order to more freely respond to the action of the water, is'shown as round. This buoyant body by means of the flooring 3 provides the lower air-chamber B, through which pass the tubes 2 2, forming wells through which passes vsuitable operating-cable D, as shown in lAt suitable points the buoyant body is provided with the rollers 4, between which theoperating-cable passes. At suitable points within this buoyant vessel are the standards 5 and 5', V shaft4 10, provided at the ends with the cranks 13 and 14, secured to the pitmen a and a', fastened by' means of the pinsn o to 'suitablepiston-stems b', as shown 1n Fig. 1, forming part of the aircompressors v15 andv these aircompressors being rovided with the intakevalves 21 and t e usual valved exit-pipes 23, which emptyinto the tank B. This driving-shaft 10 carries a suitf able hub f, and upon thisV hub is held the drum c, about which is wound the operatingrathet wheel '9, inengagement with the .soon as the buoyant body which support a suitable driving-v `ed and stored into motive out theV awl 8, secured to a pin 7, held within the rum c, as shown in Fig. 3, so that by this arrangement the shaft 1Q may be revolved in one direction, the pawl 8 reventing the shaft 1do rotating in an opposite irection. A' spr1ng\` the drum c, is anchored below to theanc or '.65'

31, Aprovided with the ear p, and after passin over the drum is continued downward an provided with the counter poise orweight' 4.0, as shown, so that this operatingcable fisdrawn tense at all times by means 'of this counterweight 40. Secured to the ears 1 of the buoyant body are the slack chains 29, secured to the ears p ofthe anchors and 32, as shown in Fig. 1.

Now in the construction as disclosed when the buoyant bodyisraised the pawl 8,519,-v cured tothe drum c, will engage and operate said' shaft 1() by means of the ratchet 9. As

recedes and goes` downward the weight 40 will take up the slack within the cable Dto rotate 'the c, which lthen freely rotates `over the hub f.. From this it will be seen that 4during the upward movement of the vessel the shaft is ro.-4

tated in one direction., during which the compressors 15 and 20 are actuated. The coun# terweight 1 0-is carried upward and downward, owin vessel vin o edience to the action oithe water, and while` moving in one direction to the movement of the buoyant the drum c rides dead over the shaft 10,

though while traveling in the opposite direction the shaft 10 isengaged by the drum to be rotated, and this rotation ofthe shaft 10 is utilized'to operate the air- oompressors 15 and 20. The weight 40 Vis provided with a bracket u, through which the cable D passes.

In this construction by virtue of the slack chains 29 the upward movement of the bueyantbody is converted into motive force; but

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any side or lateral movement is lalso convert ower, as the slack chains 29 permit the' bo ytomove laterally a suitable distance. The compressed air stored within the tank B maybe used directly at thevessel or be piped to any suitable point, and so, also, could themovement of 'this shaft 10 be used towind a springmotor or operate` anyother suitable ap liance. Y.

vgVhile 'I .have shown but one of the drivingshafts. 1,' 0 andene cable B,fitisoj,E cours'im ieg derstood that such a vessel could use a plurality of cables. to operate a plurality of shafts and connected air-compressors.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a round buoyant body provided with a lower airfchamber,

open-ended tubes passing through said body,

a.suitably-supported crank-shaft carried by said body, air -pum s communicating with said chamber secure to said cranks, a drum upon said shaft, a cable passing over said drum, both ends of said cable being carried downward through said tubes, one end of x5 said cable being anchored below, and a weight secured to the remaining end of said cable.

In testimony whereof I ariiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. HAZEL. Witnesses:

GEORGE W. Suns, MAMIE S. PoEHLs.

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