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APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY

  • US 20130328315A1
  • Filed: 02/24/2012
  • Published: 12/12/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for generating electricity from mains water, the apparatus comprising:

  • a shaft;

    a rotor supported on the shaft and rotatable in the apparatus as mains water flows through the apparatus;

    leading and trailing bearings, located on either side of the rotor, for supporting the shaft; and

    a stator that is electromagnetically coupled to the rotor such that, as the rotor is rotated by the mains water flowing through the apparatus, it causes the stator to generate electricity,wherein the leading bearing comprises one or more water flow passages that are angled to change the direction of water flow through the apparatus.

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