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US3264827A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Hydro-centrifugal power unit

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-03-15
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Granted: 1966-08-09
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Expires: 1985-03-15
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Fred M Siptrott

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 17:19
CPC Classifications
F; F03; F03B; F03B17/00; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E10/00; Y02E10/20

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 216 words
IN A HYDRO-CENTRIFUGAL POWER UNIT WITH A ROTATING LIQUID MASS, THE COMBINATION OF A VERTICALLY DISPOSED ROTATABLE PRIME MOVER COMPARTMENT ADAPTED AND ARRANGED TO CONTAIN A LIQUID MASS HAVING OPPOSITELY DISPOSED PORTS THROUGH WHICH SAID LIQUID MASS WILL BE DISCHARGED BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE WHEN SAID PRIME MOVER COMPARTMENT IS ROTATED ABOUT ITS VERTICAL AXIS, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID COMPARTMENT ABOUT SAID VERTICAL AXIS, AN OUTER SURROUNDING AND STATIONARY CYLINDRICAL LIQUID CONFINING PARTITION HAVING PORTS ALIGNED WITH AND COMPARABLE IN SIZE TO THE PORTS OF SAID ROTATABLE PRIME MOVER COMPARTMENT, A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED DISCS ARRANGED IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION WITHIN SAID ROTATABLE PRIME MOVER COMPARTMENT, A VERTICALLY EXTENDING HOLLOW SHAFT FORMING A SUPPORT FOR SAID DISCS AND HAVING STAGGERED PORTS COMMUNICATING WITH SPACES BETWEEN SAID DISCS, MEANS FORMING AN OUTER CHAMBER FOR THE RECEPTION OF WATER DISCHARGE FROM SAID PRIME MOVER COMPARTMENT, A PLURALITY OF UPSTANDING PENSTOCKS THROUGH WHICH PORTIONS OF THE LIQUID MASS DISCHAGED INTO SAID OUTER STATIONARY CYLINDRICAL LIQUID CONFINING PARTITION WILL PASS TO A SINGLE DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING CONDUIT, AND OPERATE A FLUID TURBINE HAVING A POWER OUTPUT SHAFT CONNECTED TO AND DRIVEN BY FLUID FLOWING THROUGH SAID DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING CONDUIT, WHEREBY SAID LIQUID MASS WILL BE CAUSED TO CIRCULATE THROUGH SAID TURBINE IN A CONTINUOUS MANNER AND DRIVE SAID POWER OUTPUT SHAFT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 216 words
IN A HYDRO-CENTRIFUGAL POWER UNIT WITH A ROTATING LIQUID MASS, THE COMBINATION OF A VERTICALLY DISPOSED ROTATABLE PRIME MOVER COMPARTMENT ADAPTED AND ARRANGED TO CONTAIN A LIQUID MASS HAVING OPPOSITELY DISPOSED PORTS THROUGH WHICH SAID LIQUID MASS WILL BE DISCHARGED BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE WHEN SAID PRIME MOVER COMPARTMENT IS ROTATED ABOUT ITS VERTICAL AXIS, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID COMPARTMENT ABOUT SAID VERTICAL AXIS, AN OUTER SURROUNDING AND STATIONARY CYLINDRICAL LIQUID CONFINING PARTITION HAVING PORTS ALIGNED WITH AND COMPARABLE IN SIZE TO THE PORTS OF SAID ROTATABLE PRIME MOVER COMPARTMENT, A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED DISCS ARRANGED IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION WITHIN SAID ROTATABLE PRIME MOVER COMPARTMENT, A VERTICALLY EXTENDING HOLLOW SHAFT FORMING A SUPPORT FOR SAID DISCS AND HAVING STAGGERED PORTS COMMUNICATING WITH SPACES BETWEEN SAID DISCS, MEANS FORMING AN OUTER CHAMBER FOR THE RECEPTION OF WATER DISCHARGE FROM SAID PRIME MOVER COMPARTMENT, A PLURALITY OF UPSTANDING PENSTOCKS THROUGH WHICH PORTIONS OF THE LIQUID MASS DISCHAGED INTO SAID OUTER STATIONARY CYLINDRICAL LIQUID CONFINING PARTITION WILL PASS TO A SINGLE DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING CONDUIT, AND OPERATE A FLUID TURBINE HAVING A POWER OUTPUT SHAFT CONNECTED TO AND DRIVEN BY FLUID FLOWING THROUGH SAID DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING CONDUIT, WHEREBY SAID LIQUID MASS WILL BE CAUSED TO CIRCULATE THROUGH SAID TURBINE IN A CONTINUOUS MANNER AND DRIVE SAID POWER OUTPUT SHAFT.

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