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Electric generator arrangement

  • US 4,278,928 A
  • Filed: 09/07/1977
  • Issued: 07/14/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A generator arrangement comprising an electric generator having a stator and a rotor, a continuously variable ratio drive means having an input shaft and an output shaft, said output shaft being drivingly connected to the rotor of said generator, hydraulic control means, responsive to the speed of said output shaft, for varying the ratio of the speeds of said input and output shafts, a centrifugal liquid-air separator including an impeller, means for drivingly connecting said impeller to said output shaft for rotation at the speed of said output shaft, a first passage for delivering hydraulic fluid to said separator from which liquid is separated and pressurized by rotation of said impeller, and means for supplying directly to said control means the liquid separated and pressurized by said impeller.

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