WO2020099900A4 - Machinery - Google Patents

Abstract

The "Grillon" utilizes the force derived from the falling of a "heavy chain" to create electrical or mechanical energy by operating a transmission shaft equipped with a brake. The "Grillon" utilizes a "water column" to obtain thrust on the links of the "heavy chain", the links of which are heavy while at the same time retaining the property of floating. Inside the "water column" there is a pulley which acts as a tensioner in order to improve the thrust on the links of the "heavy chain" and optimize the running of the chain of the "Grillon" The "column" may contain "gratings", which are kinds of meshwork making it possible to diminish the eddies created by the movement of the "heavy chain" and of the pulley of the "Grillon". The "water column" of the "Grillon" is attached to a basin which, like it, contains a pulley and comprises a "sealing device". This "sealing device" allows the water needed for the thrust on the "heavy chain" of the "Grillon" to be kept captive. Each of the "sealing devices", which is a kind of hermetically sealed floor, contains an interchangeable "guide funnel", which allows the "heavy chain" to pass via a combination of rollers and rubber and/or silicone seals, these "guide funnels" having a dual safety role that allows them to be changed one after another while keeping the water trapped inside the "water column/basin" combination of the "Grillon". The "Grillon" utilizes pulleys that conform to the shape of the links of the "heavy chain", of which links there are always several in the "guide funnels", and which links, because of their weight and their characteristics, allow the thrusting forces and the forces of the falling of the "heavy chain" of the "Grillon" to be combined.

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