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• US 3,126,830 A
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• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: N/A
• Original Assignee: N/A
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 417/331
• CPC Class Codes: F03B 13/187 and the wom directly actuates the piston of a pump
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/30 Energy from the sea, e.g. using wave energy or salinity gradient

Claims

1. IN A PUMP OF THE CLASS HAVING A RECIPROCATING PISTON AND A PISTON ROD SECURED THERETO, SAID PUMP ADAPTED TO BE SUBMERGED IN AN UNDULATING BODY OF WATER, A FLOAT MEMBER ON THE SURFACE OF SAID BODY OF WATER, MEANS FOR ANCHORING SAID FLOAT SO AS TO MAINTAIN IT IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID PUMP, AND MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTING SAID FLOAT MEMBER TO SAID PISTON ROD WHEREBY THE RISE AND FALL OF SAID FLOAT MEMBER WITH THE UNDULATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF SAID BODY OF WATER WILL EFFECT A RECIPROCATION OF SAID PISTON, AND MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FLOAT MEMBER SOLELY TO MATERIALLY SUPPLEMENT THE NORMAL BUOYANCY THEREOF AND TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY OF ITS BECOMING AWASH IN TURBULENT WATER.