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Flush Valve Hydrogenerator

  • US 20110071698A1
  • Filed: 09/22/2010
  • Published: 03/24/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A power generating device for use with a flush valve, the power generating device comprising:

  • a volute configured to receive water from a water supply pipe;

    a stator having a plurality of blades positioned around a circumference thereof positioned within the volute;

    a rotor positioned within the stator; and

    a generator coupled to the rotor,wherein the volute directs substantially all of the water received from the water supply pipe in a circumferential direction through the plurality of blades of the stator to the rotor, thereby causing the rotor to rotate.

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