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US877459A US37041307A US1907370413A US877459A US 877459 A US877459 A US 877459A US 37041307 A US37041307 A US 37041307A US 1907370413 A US1907370413 A US 1907370413A US 877459 A US877459 A US 877459A
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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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    • F03B13/16—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
    • F03B13/1845—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 slides relative to the rem
    • F03B13/187—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 slides relative to the rem and the wom directly actuates the piston of a pump
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  • My invention relates to neW- and useful improvements in wave-motors.
  • the object of my invention primarily, is to provide a wave motor of the pump type, and in carrying out the invention to employ the piston not only as a piston, but as a conductor for the water.
  • Another feature resides in the fact that an extremely long piston or mast and anelon-' gated pumping barrel. or casing is used. With this construction the motor readily adjusts itself to high, low and intermediate tides.
  • the invention has relation to the production of a wave motor of simple and inexpensive construction as well as great efficiency and strength and comprising comparatively few parts, thus reducing the expense of operation and the liability of the parts getting out of working order, to a minimum.
  • Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view broken away in places 011 account of the extreme length and showing a portion of the supporting structure in elevation.
  • Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross section taken on the line y-y of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross section taken on the line x-9c of Fig. 1 and showing a portion of the float or buoy.
  • the numeral 1 designates an elongated cylindrical casing or barrel carrying at its upper end a suitable packing box 2. At its lower end, the barrel is screw threaded or otherwise secured to a strainer casting 3. The lower end of the casting is rounded and formed into a suitable strainer 4, while nearer the upper end a transversed conical valve seat 5 is formed and receives .an ordinary conical valve 6. Above the valve a horizontal guard and guide 7 receives the valve stem in the usual manner and limits the upward movement of the valve. Immediately or a short distance above the casting 3 a rounded ring 8 is formed integral with or suitably fixed on the barrel 1. as shown in Fig. 1.
  • This ring receives a suitable buoy or float 9, the same being shaped to fit snugly on the ring so that a ball and socket joint is had, and the float allowed to swing in various directions so as to accommodate itself to the surface of the water and the action of the waves.
  • the float 9 as a solid body circular in shape, it is to be understood that the same may be of any desired shape and construction.
  • the inlet of the barrel 1 must be below the upper surface of the float and I prefer to have the same on a line with the under surface or a short distance below the same. It is obvious that the inlet end of the barrel should always be submerged.
  • the barrel loosely receives. a hollow piston 10 which enters through the packing box 2 and projects some distance down into the barrel, the joint at the packing box of course being water tight. It is obvious that by this arrangement the barrel is afforded an unlimited vertical movement on the piston so that at the different tides the barrel will merely work higher or lower on the piston.
  • the upper end of the piston projects above the beam and is screw threaded or otherwise secured in the lower end of a valve sleeve 14 having a transverse conical valve seat 15 receiving a conical valve 16, the stem of which engages in a guard and guide 17 like the guard 7.
  • This sleeve receives an elbow 18 which acts to hold the guard 17 in lace and receives at its opposite end, a suitab e off-bearing pipe 19.
  • the piston 10 may project some distance above the beam 1 1 and that its length may be varied in accordance with the circumstances.
  • a looped ring 20 is secured to the barrel in any suitable way.
  • the ring carries swivels 21 to which the ends of radiating cables orother flexible connections 22 are secured. These cables should be of some length and secured at their outer ends to fixed parts. By the use of these cables the barrel is allowed a free up and down movement but is held against twisting and undue lateral or swinging movement.
  • the operation of the motor is as follows.
  • the float 9 carries the barrel 1 down, the-valve 16 would be closed owing to the suction of vacuum created and the valve 6 o ened permitting water to be drawn in t rough the strainer 4 into the barrel 1 and piston 10 above valve 6.
  • the valve 6 closes and the water'is forced up through the piston, unseating the valve 16 and passing through the elbow 18 to the off-bearing pipe 19 from which it may be conveyed to the desired point. In this way a great quantity of water may be elevated and stored or used for any purpose desired.
  • What I claim is: 1. In a wave motor, the combination with a float and a fixed su port above the float, of a barrel carrying the loat and having its inlet end below the surface of the float, and a holproporlow piston adapted to convey water fitting in the barrel above the float and held against longitudinal movement by thefixed sup ort.
  • a float In a wave motor, a float, a barre attached to the float, a valve arranged in the barrel, a hollow iston fitting loosely in the barrel above the float and adapted to convey water, said piston being held against longi tudinal movement, and a valve carried by said piston.
  • a float In a wave motor, a float, a barrel attached to the float, a valve arranged in the barrel, a hollow piston fitting loosely in the barrel above the float and adapted to convey water, said piston being held against longitudinal movement, a valve carried by said piston, and non-flexible means connected directly to the piston for'conveying the water conveyed thereby.
  • a float In a wave motor, a float, an elongated barrel attached to float and having the inlet end below the surface of the float, an elongated hollow'piston fitting loosely in the barrel'having its lower end terminating above the float, a valve working above the inlet end of the piston, and a fixed support having connection with the piston arranged to hold the latter against longitudinal movement.
  • a fixed hollow piston a barrel receiving said piston and working thereon, a float attached to the barrel, and guiding means for the float radiating from the barrel a short distance above the float.
  • a float In a wave motor, a float, a barrel extending above and below the float and having its inlet end below the float, a valve arranged in the inlet end of the barrel, and a fixed hollow piston adapted to convey water from the barrel and telescoping into the barrel above the float.
  • a float In a wave motor, a float, a barrel extending above and below the float and having its inlet end below the float, a valve arranged in the inlet end of the barrel, a fixed hollow piston adapted to convey the water from the barrel and telescoping into the barrel above the float, and a valve associated with the piston.

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PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908.
D. BINNS.
WAVE MOTOR.
APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1907.
i 27 ,474 a. l 1 L WITNESSES:
UNITED STATES PATENT DAVID BINNS, OF CAMP CHASE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DELBERT B. ONG, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.
WAVE-MOTOR.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Jan. 21, 1908.
Application filed April 26. 1907 $erial No. 370.413.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, DAVID BINNs, citizen of the United States, residing at Camp Chase, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wave-Motors, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to neW- and useful improvements in wave-motors.
The object of my invention primarily, is to provide a wave motor of the pump type, and in carrying out the invention to employ the piston not only as a piston, but as a conductor for the water.
Another feature resides in the fact that an extremely long piston or mast and anelon-' gated pumping barrel. or casing is used. With this construction the motor readily adjusts itself to high, low and intermediate tides.
Finally the invention has relation to the production of a wave motor of simple and inexpensive construction as well as great efficiency and strength and comprising comparatively few parts, thus reducing the expense of operation and the liability of the parts getting out of working order, to a minimum.
With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel details of construction and operation, a preferable embodiment of which is described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view broken away in places 011 account of the extreme length and showing a portion of the supporting structure in elevation. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross section taken on the line y-y of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross section taken on the line x-9c of Fig. 1 and showing a portion of the float or buoy.
In the drawings the numeral 1, designates an elongated cylindrical casing or barrel carrying at its upper end a suitable packing box 2. At its lower end, the barrel is screw threaded or otherwise secured to a strainer casting 3. The lower end of the casting is rounded and formed into a suitable strainer 4, while nearer the upper end a transversed conical valve seat 5 is formed and receives .an ordinary conical valve 6. Above the valve a horizontal guard and guide 7 receives the valve stem in the usual manner and limits the upward movement of the valve. Immediately or a short distance above the casting 3 a rounded ring 8 is formed integral with or suitably fixed on the barrel 1. as shown in Fig. 1. This ring receives a suitable buoy or float 9, the same being shaped to fit snugly on the ring so that a ball and socket joint is had, and the float allowed to swing in various directions so as to accommodate itself to the surface of the water and the action of the waves. While I have shown the float 9 as a solid body circular in shape, it is to be understood that the same may be of any desired shape and construction. However, in accordance with my invention the inlet of the barrel 1 must be below the upper surface of the float and I prefer to have the same on a line with the under surface or a short distance below the same. It is obvious that the inlet end of the barrel should always be submerged.
The barrel loosely receives. a hollow piston 10 which enters through the packing box 2 and projects some distance down into the barrel, the joint at the packing box of course being water tight. It is obvious that by this arrangement the barrel is afforded an unlimited vertical movement on the piston so that at the different tides the barrel will merely work higher or lower on the piston.
One of the essential features of this inven tion lies in the use of a hollow piston acting to conduct the water, in the pumping of which it assists. Another essential feature resides in rigidly supporting this piston against longitudinal movement and in the drawings I have shown a beam 11 forming part of a pier or other fixed support and I wish it understood that this support must be fixed so as not to be effected by the waves or tide. I have shown the piston secured to the beam 11 by a strap 12, however it may be secured in any desirable way.
The upper end of the piston projects above the beam and is screw threaded or otherwise secured in the lower end of a valve sleeve 14 having a transverse conical valve seat 15 receiving a conical valve 16, the stem of which engages in a guard and guide 17 like the guard 7. This sleeve receives an elbow 18 which acts to hold the guard 17 in lace and receives at its opposite end, a suitab e off-bearing pipe 19. It is to be understood that the piston 10 may project some distance above the beam 1 1 and that its length may be varied in accordance with the circumstances.
A short distance above the float 9 a looped ring 20 is secured to the barrel in any suitable way. At four equidistant points the ring carries swivels 21 to which the ends of radiating cables orother flexible connections 22 are secured. These cables should be of some length and secured at their outer ends to fixed parts. By the use of these cables the barrel is allowed a free up and down movement but is held against twisting and undue lateral or swinging movement.
As before. stated by the use of an elongated barrel and piston the motor readily accommodates itself to the various tides. To further illustrate this I have shown the position of the parts at high tide in full lines in Fig. 1 and the position at low tide in dotted lines.
The operation of the motor is as follows. When the float 9 carries the barrel 1 down, the-valve 16 would be closed owing to the suction of vacuum created and the valve 6 o ened permitting water to be drawn in t rough the strainer 4 into the barrel 1 and piston 10 above valve 6. As the float carries the barrel upward, the valve 6 closes and the water'is forced up through the piston, unseating the valve 16 and passing through the elbow 18 to the off-bearing pipe 19 from which it may be conveyed to the desired point. In this way a great quantity of water may be elevated and stored or used for any purpose desired.
It is to be noted that there is comparatively little or no wear upon the parts, as the piston fits loosely in the barrel, all the wear being taken by the packing box. By employing the hollow piston as a conductor, an eflicient, simple and inexpensive device is not only provided but the use of flexible connections and numerous packed joints are avoided. Also a dlrect acting water elevator of great capacity operating under various tide condit1ons is provided.- By fixing the hollow piston against longitudinal movementa steady action is assured, which would not be obtained if the motor was held from a movable urchasepoint; also by using the hollow piston to conduct the water the barrel may be made quite small in tion to the elevating capacity.
What I claim is: 1. In a wave motor, the combination with a float and a fixed su port above the float, of a barrel carrying the loat and having its inlet end below the surface of the float, and a holproporlow piston adapted to convey water fitting in the barrel above the float and held against longitudinal movement by thefixed sup ort.
2. In a wave motor, a float, a barre attached to the float, a valve arranged in the barrel, a hollow iston fitting loosely in the barrel above the float and adapted to convey water, said piston being held against longi tudinal movement, and a valve carried by said piston.
3. In a wave motor, a float, a barrel attached to the float, a valve arranged in the barrel, a hollow piston fitting loosely in the barrel above the float and adapted to convey water, said piston being held against longitudinal movement, a valve carried by said piston, and non-flexible means connected directly to the piston for'conveying the water conveyed thereby.
4. In a wave motor, a float, an elongated barrel attached to float and having the inlet end below the surface of the float, an elongated hollow'piston fitting loosely in the barrel'having its lower end terminating above the float, a valve working above the inlet end of the piston, and a fixed support having connection with the piston arranged to hold the latter against longitudinal movement.
5. In a wave motor, a fixed hollow piston, a barrel receiving said piston and working thereon, a float attached to the barrel, and guiding means for the float radiating from the barrel a short distance above the float.
6. In a wave motor, a float, a barrel extending above and below the float and having its inlet end below the float, a valve arranged in the inlet end of the barrel, and a fixed hollow piston adapted to convey water from the barrel and telescoping into the barrel above the float.
7. In a wave motor, a float, a barrel extending above and below the float and having its inlet end below the float, a valve arranged in the inlet end of the barrel, a fixed hollow piston adapted to convey the water from the barrel and telescoping into the barrel above the float, and a valve associated with the piston.
In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
DAVID BINNS.
Witnesses:
GEO. W. RIGHTMIRE, A. ROGER.
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US2855851A (en) * 1956-11-05 1958-10-14 Shumen Ayoub Wave operated pumping mechanism
US3250220A (en) * 1964-01-29 1966-05-10 Clem H Eslinger Wave pump
ES2162527A1 (en) * 1998-05-05 2001-12-16 Sanchez Sanchez Adela De Jesus Hydraulic pump operated by a floating device.

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US2855851A (en) * 1956-11-05 1958-10-14 Shumen Ayoub Wave operated pumping mechanism
US3250220A (en) * 1964-01-29 1966-05-10 Clem H Eslinger Wave pump
ES2162527A1 (en) * 1998-05-05 2001-12-16 Sanchez Sanchez Adela De Jesus Hydraulic pump operated by a floating device.

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