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Non-conventional reciprocating hydraulic-electric power source

  • US 4,473,751 A
  • Filed: 02/12/1982
  • Issued: 09/25/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for converting hydraulic energy to electrical energy comprising:

  • (A) a reciprocating hydraulically powered ram;

    (B) electrical generator means coupled to said ram;

    (C) a supply of hydraulic fluid under pressure;

    (D) means coupling said fluid supply to said ram through alternative flow paths for effecting reciprocation of said ram responsive to said ram approaching the limit of its travel including;

    (1) a pair of matching nozzles,(2) flapper means disposed between said nozzles for alternately blocking one of said nozzles and thereby one of said flow paths while permitting fluid to flow from said supply through the other of said flow paths,(3) a pair of mated restriction orifices, one of which is disposed in each of said fluid flow paths downstream of each of said matched nozzles, and(4) one end of said flapper engaging said ram for moving said flapper from a position blocking one of said nozzles to a position blocking the other of said nozzles as said ram approaches the limit of its travel, said flapper moving from its blocking engagement with one nozzle into blocking engagement with the other nozzle by snap action.

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