US988012A

US988012A - Automatic wave apparatus.

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Publication number: US988012A
Application number: US56798610A
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert Max Mobius
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-06-20
Filing date: 1910-06-20
Publication date: 1911-03-28
Anticipated expiration: 1928-03-28

Description

A. M. MOBIUS;y AUTOMATIC WAVE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED .TUNE 20, 191). Patented Mar- 3 SHEETB*SHEET l.

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AUTOIVIATIC vIAVE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. as, 1911.

Application filed June 20, 1910. Serial No. 567,986.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT MAX MoIUS, a citizen of Canada, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vave Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appettains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an automatic wave apparatus and has for its object the provision of simple and eiicient apparatus for developing power from the movement of the seas, waves, and surf.

It is more particularly a'device in whichv hinged members are adapted to oscillate successively under the impact of the advancing waves and surf, thereby operating wire cables over ratchet pulleys in alternate directions, and by means of a power shaft and balance wheel operated by the said pulleys, converting the energy of the Waves or surf into mechanical power.

To accomplish this result, the invention embodies certain details of construction and combination of parts, substantially' as herein illustrated, described, and claimed.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the diiferent views shown in the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is.a top plan view ofthe device. Fig. 2 represents a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the forward oscillating member'. Fig. Ltis a detail view of the rear oscillating member. Fig. 5v is a perspective view of a float or barge on which the apparatus 'may be mounted and thereby made a ortable device.

Referring more particular y to the drawings, numeral 1- designates a platform mounted on piles 2, and carrying a series of bearings 3, f1, and 5, in which are mounted shafts 6, '7, and power shaftv 8, respectively. A heavy balance wheel 9, is mounted on shaft 8, also ratchet wheels 10, which are operated by pawls-ll, mounted on '

pulleys

12 and 13. u

A wire cable 14, havingone end attached to the forward oscillating member 15, and the other end to the rear oscillating 'member pulley 1T, vand thence over

pulleys

12, 18, 13

and'-37, respectively, pulley 18, being adjust- Y able and serving as an idler for the cable. The forward oscillating member 15, is car-f ried by adjustable frame 19, and rear member 16, is carried by frame 20. The lowerl

horizontal portions

21 and 22, of the frames, serve as axles on which

members

15 and 16. ar'e fulcrumed.

Large threaded

bars

23 and 24, extending downward vertically from the upper portions of

frames

19 and 20, engage with correspondingly threaded

members

25 and 26,

provided with a series of holes 27, in whicha bar may be inserted to adjust the oscillating members to the vzrying height of the.. water caused by the ti es.

Met-

al plates

28 and 29, interposed. be-

tween members

25 and 26, and the platform,

respectively, act as washers. Pulley. 18,

mounted on threaded block 30, which engages threaded bar 31, operates to take up the slack in the cable, caused by the adjustment-of

members

15 and 16. A series of holes 32, in head 33, of bar 31, are provided for the adjustment of the device.

On member 15, a series of `stops 34, pivoted to the sides of the member, are provided, and are'designedto assume a position parallel with the bottom of member 15, when a wave is impacted thereon, and which have upper edge 35,- curved upward, thereby causing the stops to be lifted by a contrary motion of the waves, and retain a portion of the same. On rear member 16, a series of stops 36, arranged in pairs, and pivoted to the bottom nof the member, are provided. These stops are so mounted as to .permit the free passage of the water when a wave is impacted thereon, but will turn and form a series of retaining walls against a contrary motion of the waves.

In the operation of this device, the oscillating members are adjusted to a position in which the bottomI surfaces approximate the normal level of the water when said members are in a horizontai position. The forward member, having vbeen left in an inclined position by the preceding wave, receives the impact of the next successive wave. The water rolls upon said 'forward member, and, by its motion and weight, vcauses the same to assume a horizontal position. The said member, being connected by a wire cable to the rear member, causes said rear member to rise to an inclined osition, and thereby be operated by the a vancing wave, in the same manner as the forward ratchet pulleys on the power sha member. The oscillating motion' of the two impact members iscarried by thecable, to".

the power shaft, suitable mechanismpr'ov'lded to cause a continuousinotioiro the same by the cable.

' This mechanism may belinstalled 'uponal floating barge, or it may be constructedfon.

adapted to serve vthe purposes for which' they are intended, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction as set forth, but includes within its purview such changes and combinations of material, as may be necessary or desirable to utilize the basic idea ofthe herein described invention.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

' l. A comprising a platform mounted on piling, a power shaft mounted on the latform, ratchet pulleys on the power sha t, anda pair of oscillatin impact members, connected by a wire cab e passing over the ratchet pulleys, and adapted'to besuccessively operated bywaves passing over the oscillating i members. v

2. A device of the character described, comprising a platform mounted on piling, a power shaft mounted 'on theptlatform, 3 Y

pair o f oscillatin impact members, connected by; awire calo e "pillley'siand pivote to independent adjustable frames, substantially as set forth. Y f

r 3. Afdevice ofthe character described,

comprising a platform mounted 'on piling, 'a powerv shaft mounted on the platform, pulleysmounted on the i1power Shaft,

ratchet a'pair Vo ating inemadjustable impact osc in one direction, when actuatedv device of the character described,

anda.

assing over the ratchet acacia hers connected by a wire cable V-which passes over the ratchet pulleys', and an idler pulley, adjustable for-taking' up lthe slack of the cable, caused by the adjustment of the oscilletilig members, substantially 'as 4shown L 4:; A`devi`ce ofthecharacter described,

com. rising a platform piling supporting thel plavv crm, frames slidabiy mounted upon opposite .members of the iling, oscillatingv members piyoted .to the ames, means to ladjust the frames, a cable actuated by the oscillating members, and operating a power shaft, and va hea balance wheel mounted on4 the power sha to maintain a unlform motion to the power shaft. y

comprising a platform, a power shaft mounted on the platform, a pair of impact oscillating members, ivoted at one end,.and

adapted 'to' alternate y assume inclined and horizontal. positions upon receiving the impact of the waves, stops pivotedto the sides and bottom of. the 11n act adapted to permit a fiiee waves lin one direction over 't e impact members, and to bemoved' to "form retaining walls when a contra "movementv of the water occurs, and a cab e secured .to thefree to operate the power shaft.

ends of the oscillating members, and adapted 6. Af"device= of the character members; and assage -of the consisting'of units oftwo pivoted or hinged platforms, connected for automatic adjust- 'ments of their'fresp'ective inclinations, to receive lthe gravity and-velocity impactbf the waves, and vsuitable 'mechanical connections forgutilizing the'. power so' gelerated,;by means-of standard appliances.

11.1 testimony whereof,'- I alii; my` signature, inA presence two witnesses.

ROBERTMAX-MOBIUS.

' `"llitnesses: v f -1 s' Louis, C. Buon, ..1I.A. Mism,

- 6o' 5. A device of the character described,