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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F03B13/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates
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- F03B13/18—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore
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- F03B13/187—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore and the wom slides relative to the rem and the wom directly actuates the piston of a pump
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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- the float C operates within the JOSEPH NAGLER, OF TORONTO, CANADA.
- My invention relates to improvements in tidem0tors; and the object of my invention is to provide a motor that will be operated by the ebb and flow of the tide and by means of this motor to pump air or water to any suitable reservoir; and it consists, essentially, of a suitably situated and constructed cistern or well which contains a suitably held and constructed float and an air-pump operated by said ioat for the purpose of pumping air to any suitable reservoir, as hereinafter more particularly explained.
- Figure l is a general perspective view of my I preferably constructed of masonry and is built with a solid foundation near the seashore where the ebb and flow of the tide takes place.
- A is a metal sheetingwhich preferably ⁇ lines the major portion of the tower A.
- B is a partition dividing the tower A into a well or cistern C and the air-compressing well or cistern C and is connected by the piston-rod C2, having bearing in the partition B, to the piston-head D.
- E is the top of the air-compressing chamber D.
- the float C is preferably made hollow and air-tight, as shown.
- the said ioat is made somewhat smaller than the well or cistern C and is guided in its upward and downward movements by the guide-casters c, secured to or forming part thereof, as shown.
- the tower A is hollow for a short distance below the Water-chutes F, which, it will be u nderstood, introduce the water into the well or cistern C beneath the iioat C. 1
- G represents iron gratings secured over the intake-openings of the water-chutes F to prevent any foreign matter from getting into the well.
- 3 is a cock for the purpose of drawing o water from the air-compressing chamber D should any at any time get therein.
- cock 4 is a cock for permitting the ingress and egress of air of the lower portion of the aircompressing chamber D, which is below the piston-head-D, when the said piston-head is in its lowest position, as 4 shown in Fig. 2.
- This cock also enableswater to be drawn from the lower portion of said chamber D should any get therein.
- the improved tide-motor which I. haveeinvented contemplates theemgployment: off a Vertically-elongatedA hollow tower, which' is perfectly constructed of masonry and has its foundation embedded in the earth firmly.
- the surgesof the waves are freetoenter thepower chamber or wellof the tower through the in.- clined inlet-ducts, which open throughl the outside of the tower substantially at the lowthe towel-'at ilood or ebb tide.
- valveinlet 2 the valve of which is arranged, to open automatically on the downstroke of the piston-head and to close in likemanner'on
- the I employ a similar air-inlet 4 on a plane below the limit of movement of the piston-head' in a downward direction, which air-inlet is in commu.- nication with the compression-chamber and islikewise equipped withl the valvethat opens automatically on theupward movementv of the piston-head andr closes in like manner on the downward movementof the piston-head.
- valved airinlets makes the compressionchamber and the piston-head constitute a double-acting air-forcing mechanism in that thepiston-head compresses'air on the up and down strokes thereof.
- ⁇ A valved drain 3 is in communication with the compression-chamber at a point between the valved air-inlets 2 4, preferably at a point above the limit o ⁇ f the down- -iward movement of the ⁇ piston-head, so as to What I do claim as my invention, and de- A sire to secure by LettersPaten't, is
- a tide-meter comprising a vertically-elon gated hollow .tower provided with a continuouscylindrieal lining, closed at itslower end, and wi-ththe inclined water-inlet: ducts which open through the .outside of the tower substantiall-yf 0n the plane of the low-water line, a division-plate fixed within said cylindrical lin-ing and dividing the latter into a lower power-chamber* and an upper compressionchamber, a buoyant' float in said lower powerchamber, a. packed piston-head fitted tightly in the upper compression-chamber, a pistonrodsl-idably Iitted in the division-plate and connectedtothe floagtandl to: the piston-head,
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Ne. 657,355. Patented sept. 4, |900. Y el. NAGLEB. 4
TIDE MOTOR. (Application med sept. so, 1899.;
(N0 Model.)
IGH WATER MARK we Nunms Pzrzrts cc., Puorourn. wAsmNawN. D. c.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
- chamber D. The float C operates within the JOSEPH NAGLER, OF TORONTO, CANADA.
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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,355, dated September 4, 1900. Application filed September 30, 1899. Serial No. 732,152. (No model.) l
To LZ1 whom/ zit may concern:
Beit known'that I, JOSEPH NAGLER, a subject ofthe Emperor of Germany, residing at Toronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario,Canada,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tide-Motors, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in tidem0tors; and the object of my invention is to provide a motor that will be operated by the ebb and flow of the tide and by means of this motor to pump air or water to any suitable reservoir; and it consists, essentially, of a suitably situated and constructed cistern or well which contains a suitably held and constructed float and an air-pump operated by said ioat for the purpose of pumping air to any suitable reservoir, as hereinafter more particularly explained.
Figure l is a general perspective view of my I preferably constructed of masonry and is built with a solid foundation near the seashore where the ebb and flow of the tide takes place.
A is a metal sheetingwhich preferably` lines the major portion of the tower A.
B is a partition dividing the tower A into a well or cistern C and the air-compressing well or cistern C and is connected by the piston-rod C2, having bearing in the partition B, to the piston-head D.
E is the top of the air-compressing chamber D. Y
e is a packing between the sheeting A', the
partition B, piston-head D', and top E of the air-compressing chamber. This packing e makes the air-compressing chamber D perfectly air-tight, and also makes the pistonhead D air-tight. The float C is preferably made hollow and air-tight, as shown. The said ioat is made somewhat smaller than the well or cistern C and is guided in its upward and downward movements by the guide-casters c, secured to or forming part thereof, as shown. As will be seen from the drawings, the tower Ais hollow for a short distance below the Water-chutes F, which, it will be u nderstood, introduce the water into the well or cistern C beneath the iioat C. 1
G represents iron gratings secured over the intake-openings of the water-chutes F to prevent any foreign matter from getting into the well.
2 is a cock for the purpose of permitting the ingress and egress of air as required of the air-compressing chamber D.
3 is a cock for the purpose of drawing o water from the air-compressing chamber D should any at any time get therein.
4 is a cock for permitting the ingress and egress of air of the lower portion of the aircompressing chamber D, which is below the piston-head-D, when the said piston-head is in its lowest position, as 4 shown in Fig. 2. This cock also enableswater to be drawn from the lower portion of said chamber D should any get therein.-
When my `tide-motor is used for the purpose of pumping water, as shown in Figs. l and 2, into the reservoir 5, a suitable pumping apparatus is used in connection therewith.
Having described the principal parts in volved in my invention, I shall now describe its operation. We will suppose that the tide is owing. Consequently the iioat C in the lower portion of the cistern or well C as the 4quantity of Water Within said well increases is gradually forced upwardly. This forces the air from the chamber D through the pipe J into the pumping apparatus, from which the. water is forced to a suit-able reservoir. It will of course be understood that the iioat C', which I propose making of metal, will be heavy enough to pull downwardly the pistonhead D' during the ebb of the tide.
As shown in the drawings, the'bottom of the well C is closed. This prevents the rush of water through the intake-pipes/F from undermining the foundation of the .tower A when my tide-motor is constructed in the manner shown.
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The improved tide-motor which I. haveeinvented contemplates theemgployment: off a Vertically-elongatedA hollow tower, which' is perfectly constructed of masonry and has its foundation embedded in the earth firmly.
The interior of this hollow tower is equipped ,A
' with a cylindrical iln-perforate lining', the
upstroke ofv said piston-head,
lower end of which is closed, and this lining is divided by a transverse division-plate., soyI as to produce an upper compression-chamber i apparatus illustrated in the present drawings :is not claimed herein, but is covered by the claims of a companion application iledconf currently herewith.
and a lower power chamber or well. The surgesof the waves are freetoenter thepower chamber or wellof the tower through the in.- clined inlet-ducts, which open throughl the outside of the tower substantially at the lowthe towel-'at ilood or ebb tide.
is connected operatively to the piston-head through the medium of a rod which plays slidfably iu an opening'of thedivision-plateand j this piston-head has its peri-meter packed. so
as to have tight engagement with that part of u the cylindrical lining of the tower which constitutes the compression-chamber. For the pro pei-in gress of air tothe compression-chamber above the piston-head l provide the valveinlet 2, the valve of which is arranged, to open automatically on the downstroke of the piston-head and to close in likemanner'on the I employ a similar air-inlet 4 on a plane below the limit of movement of the piston-head' in a downward direction, which air-inlet is in commu.- nication with the compression-chamber and islikewise equipped withl the valvethat opens automatically on theupward movementv of the piston-head andr closes in like manner on the downward movementof the piston-head. The described arrangement ofthe valved airinlets makes the compressionchamber and the piston-head constitute a double-acting air-forcing mechanism in that thepiston-head compresses'air on the up and down strokes thereof. The eduction-pipes IJ are in comi munication with the com pression-chamber 'substantially on the plane of the valved= airipletS 4. 2, .respectivelybsaid eduction-pipes having suitable check-valves, asl `heretofore described." `A valved drain 3 is in communication with the compression-chamber at a point between the valved air-inlets 2 4, preferably at a point above the limit o`f the down- -iward movement of the` piston-head, so as to What I do claim as my invention, and de- A sire to secure by LettersPaten't, is
A tide-meter comprising a vertically-elon gated hollow .tower provided with a continuouscylindrieal lining, closed at itslower end, and wi-ththe inclined water-inlet: ducts which open through the .outside of the tower substantiall-yf 0n the plane of the low-water line, a division-plate fixed within said cylindrical lin-ing and dividing the latter into a lower power-chamber* and an upper compressionchamber, a buoyant' float in said lower powerchamber, a. packed piston-head fitted tightly in the upper compression-chamber, a pistonrodsl-idably Iitted in the division-plate and connectedtothe floagtandl to: the piston-head,
la valved air-inlet 25 opening into the compression-chamber above the upper limit of the travel'of the piston-head, another valved inlet 4 opening into the compression-chamber `at a: peintA below the lower limit of travel of said piston-head, a drain-cock 3 between the air-inlets, and eductionpipes leading from the compression-chamber on the planes of theinlets 2, 4, respectively, substantially asdesc-ribed.
In Wit-ness whereof Ihave hereunto setmy hand inl the'presence of two witnesses.
JOSEPH NAGLER.
' Witnesses:
L. C. REYNOLDS,
EGERTON R. CASE.
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