Wave machine and means for raising water

Claim 1

A WAVE MACHINE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, INCLUDING, IN COMBINATION, AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT TROUGH OF SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH, AND OF A LESSER WIDTH, FLANGES FORMED ON EITHER MARGINS OF THE LONG TROUGH, ONE END OF SAID TROUGH HELD TO A FLOAT, SAID FLOAT BEING ANCHORED IN THE OCEAN AT A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE BEACH, THE OTHER END OF SAID TROUGH BEING MOORED ON THE BEACH, AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN THE SURFACE OF THE WATER IN THE OCEAN, FLOATS UNDER SAID TROUGH, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID TROUGH UPON UPRIGHTS FORMED FROM SAID FLOATS, SAID FLOATS FLOATING FREELY UPON THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN OVER THE WAVES AND BEING IMPLANTED A RHYTHMIC UP-AND-DOWN MOTION BY THE WAVES AS THEY RISE AND FALL, CONCAVE AND CONVEX SECTIONS BEING FORMED UPON SAID RESILIENT TROUGH AS THE WAVES ADVANCE UNDER IT, THE MOTION OF THE WAVES BEING IMPARTED TO SAID TROUGH TO CARRY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF WATER FROM THE OCEAN UP TO THE WATER TANK UPON THE SHORE.