Mechanism for tapping the surf energy

Abstract

Abstract A mechanism utilizing the energy of the surf including a gravitational bucket with a rack on the outside thereof. The rack engages a gear which drives a reciprocating water pump. The pump transports water to a tank for use later as a source of steady controllable energy. This invention relates a mechanism to be built on a suitable seashore for tapping the energy of the surf thereof. The primary object of the invention is to provide a means to tap the energy of the surf and to store the energy in a huge energy storage tank in the form of potential energy for later usage in driving various machineries, including generator, A further object of the invention is to provide, despite the pulsating nature of the energy input, a steady and controllable energy output making possible the uniform revolution of machinery driven by the energy. The uniformity of revolution is important in any case, and of particular importance in case the machinery driven is a generator, as this means the uniformity of the frequency of the output electricity. A still further object of the invention is to provide a mechanism for said purpose with a relatively simple construction, yet of such strength and ruggedness so as to be able to withstand the hard wear to which it is subjected. A still further object is to provide a mechanism for said purpose which may be constructed economically and conveniently and operated efficiently and automatically.

Inventors

• 👤 Lin Tah-sun

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