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Water powered generator

  • US 4,176,283 A
  • Filed: 11/23/1977
  • Issued: 11/27/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electric generating device, comprising,a stator,an armature rotatable in a central opening in said stator and having therethrough an axial bore,means rotatably mounting said armature in a water main coaxially thereof anddrive means mounted in the bore of said armature and responsive to the flow of water therethrough to impart rotation to said armature at a substantially constant rate,said drive means comprising a plurality of resilient vanes projecting radially inwardly into the bore in said armature to cause said rotation of the latter when water flows through said bore, andeach of said vanes being disposed to flex slightly in response to variations in the water pressure in said main thereby to allow said rotation of the armature to be substantially constant.

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