FR2488338A1 - Electric generator powered by large aquatic animal - uses aquatic animals harnessed to arm and swimming in circular path to drive generator through ratchet mechanism - Google Patents
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Abstract
GROUPE ELECTRO-GENERATEUR MU PAR DES ANIMAUX AQUATIQUES. LA GENERATRICE ELECTRIQUE 1 ET SES ACCESSOIRES 18, 21, 22 SONT DISPOSES DANS L'AXE D'UN BASSIN 2 DE FORME GENERALE ANNULAIRE ET DE SECTION SUFFISANTE, COMPTE TENU DES DIMENSIONS TRANSVERSALES DESDITS ANIMAUX 19 QUI SONT AMENES A SE MOUVOIR A L'INTERIEUR DUDIT BASSIN. APPLICATION A L'ENTRAINEMENT DE GENERATRICES ELECTRIQUES.ELECTRO-GENERATOR GROUP MUTED BY AQUATIC ANIMALS. THE ELECTRIC GENERATOR 1 AND ITS ACCESSORIES 18, 21, 22 ARE ARRANGED IN THE AXIS OF A BASIN 2 OF GENERALLY ANNULAR SHAPE AND OF SUFFICIENT SECTION, TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE TRANSVERSAL DIMENSIONS OF THE SAID ANIMALS 19 WHICH ARE MADE TO MOVE INSIDE DUDIT BASIN. APPLICATION TO THE DRIVING OF ELECTRIC GENERATORS.
Description
La présente invention est relative à un groupe électro-générateur, ou encore groupe électrogène, dont la génératrice électrique proprement dite est commandée en rotation par des animaux aquatiques. The present invention relates to an electro-generator group, or alternatively a generator group, whose electric generator proper is controlled in rotation by aquatic animals.
De tels animaux aquatiques, tels que des baleines , des r e q u i ns , ou des dauphins, sont susceptibles de se déplacer à grande vitesse et de développer des forces relativement considérables. L'invention se propose de mettre ces forces à profit pour faire tourner des génératrices électriques au moyen d'un équipement approprié qui sera décrit plus loin. Un tel mode de production d'énergie électrique est évidemment non-polluant, disponible à tout moment et aussi, essentiellement économique. Such aquatic animals, such as whales, req u i ns, or dolphins, are likely to move at high speed and develop relatively considerable forces. The invention proposes to use these forces to rotate electric generators by means of appropriate equipment which will be described later. Such a method of producing electrical energy is obviously non-polluting, available at all times and also, essentially economical.
L'équipement dont il s'agit comporte un bassin en forme d'anneau d'un diamètre relativement important, et à l'intérieur duquel seront amenés à tourner les animaux aquatiques devant commander en rotation la génératrice électrique proprement dite, laquelle sera disposée avec ses accessoires habituels au centre dudit bassin.Chaque annal aquatique sera engagé dans un harnais ou joug, lequel sera relié par un bras approprié à un organe commun de mise en rotation de ladite génératrice. Le bassin rempli d'eau sera de préférence, à ciel ouvert, de maniere à laisser aux animaux l'illusion qu'ils se trouvent en pleine mer ; c'est cette même raison qui implique que l'on fasse appel à un bassin de diamètre assez grand, ce qui accroît d'autant la courbure de la trajectoire circulaire forcée des animaux aquatiques. The equipment in question comprises a ring-shaped basin with a relatively large diameter, and inside which the aquatic animals will have to turn, having to rotate the electric generator proper, which will be arranged with its usual accessories in the center of the said basin. Each aquatic annal will be engaged in a harness or yoke, which will be connected by an appropriate arm to a common member for rotating said generator. The basin filled with water will preferably be in the open, so as to leave the animals with the illusion that they are at sea; it is this same reason which implies that one calls upon a basin of rather large diameter, which increases all the more the curvature of the forced circular trajectory of aquatic animals.
La vitesse de rotation de la machine électrogène sera donc d'autant plus réduite et il convient de prévoir, en amont de celle-ci, un multiplicateur de vitesse dont l'arbre primaire sera mis en rotation par les animaux aquatiques et dont l'arbre secondaire sera celui de la machine gênératrice. Un dispositif à roue à rochets devra être prévu en amont du multiplicateur, de manière à interdire toute rotation en sens contraire de la machine électrique. The speed of rotation of the generator machine will therefore be all the more reduced and it is advisable to provide, upstream of this, a speed multiplier whose primary shaft will be rotated by aquatic animals and whose shaft secondary will be that of the interfering machine. A ratchet wheel device must be provided upstream of the multiplier, so as to prevent any counter-rotation of the electric machine.
Des dispositifs anti-chocs seront prévus sur le pourtour du bassin pour éviter la détérioration de l'instal lation en cas de chocs provoqués par les animaux-moteurs. Anti-shock devices will be provided on the perimeter of the pool to avoid deterioration of the installation in the event of shocks caused by motor animals.
Dans une variante d'exécution, les bras reliant chaque joug à l'organe central moteur seront eux-mêmes constitués par une succession de dispositifs anti-chocs. In an alternative embodiment, the arms connecting each yoke to the central drive member will themselves consist of a succession of anti-shock devices.
Quant au harnais ou joug, il sera constitué de préférence par une pluralité de barreaux convenablement disposés en avant de la tête at en arrière du corps de l'animal aquatique,barreaux reliés entre eux de manière à laisser sa pleine liberté à la queue de l'animal, grâce à laquelle celui-ci pourra avancer la forme de ces barreaux sera, en outre, prévue pour éviter que les animaux ne se blessent au cours de leurs mouvements. As for the harness or yoke, it will preferably consist of a plurality of bars suitably arranged in front of the head and behind the body of the aquatic animal, bars connected together so as to leave its full freedom to the tail of the 'animal, thanks to which it can advance the shape of these bars will also be provided to prevent animals from injuring themselves during their movements.
Outre les dispositions qui précèdent, l'invention comprend encore d'autres dispositions qui ressortiront de la description qui va suivre et des dessins annexés dans lesquels - la figure 1 est une vue schématique partielle en plan de l'équipement selon l'invention, - la figure 2 est une perspective schématique d'un animal aquatique équipé de son harnais ou joug selon l'invention, vue montrant également l'extrémité d'un des bras reliant ledit harnais à l'organe central moteur de l'équipement, - la figure 3 est une vue verticale schématique de la partie axiale de l'equipement. In addition to the above arrangements, the invention also comprises other arrangements which will emerge from the description which follows and from the appended drawings in which - FIG. 1 is a partial schematic plan view of the equipment according to the invention, - FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic perspective of an aquatic animal equipped with its harness or yoke according to the invention, a view also showing the end of one of the arms connecting said harness to the central motor member of the equipment, - the Figure 3 is a schematic vertical view of the axial part of the equipment.
Il doit être bien entendu, toutefois, que ces dessins et les parties descriptives correspondantes sont donnés uniquement à titre d'illustration de l'objet de l'invention dont ils ne constituent en aucune manière une limitation. It should be understood, however, that these drawings and the corresponding descriptive parts are given solely by way of illustration of the subject of the invention of which they do not in any way constitute a limitation.
On voit en 1, sur la figure 3, la machine génératrice électrique proprement dite, de préférence une dynamo,en raison des facilités d'exploitation que cela procure et notamment de la possibilité de stabiliser sa tension par des moyens statiques en l'absence d'un réseau électrique général auquel sans cela, la machine devrait être connectée. Cette machine à axe vertical est supportée par une piloterie 21 fixée au sol par des moyens traditionnels. On a figuré en 22 le carter contenant le multiplicateur de vitesse, d'un type convenable, en soi connu, par exemple un multiplicateur à engrenages ou un multiplicateur hydraulique.On voit en 10, le bras qui, partant du harnais 3 représenté sur la figure 2, aboutit à l'organe central de commande 18.On a désigné par 2 le bassin de forme générale annulaire et dont la section est telle qu'elle permet aux animaux-moteurs de se mouvoir librement sur leurs trajectoires circulaires. We see in 1, in Figure 3, the actual electric generator machine, preferably a dynamo, because of the operating facilities it provides and in particular the possibility of stabilizing its voltage by static means in the absence of '' a general electrical network to which otherwise the machine should be connected. This vertical axis machine is supported by a pilotery 21 fixed to the ground by traditional means. There is shown at 22 the housing containing the speed multiplier, of a suitable type, known per se, for example a gear multiplier or a hydraulic multiplier. We see at 10, the arm which, starting from the harness 3 shown in the Figure 2, leads to the central control member 18.We have designated by 2 the basin of generally annular shape and whose section is such that it allows the motor animals to move freely on their circular paths.
Le harnais ou joug dans lequel est enfermé J.'animal aquatique 19est visible sur la Figure 2 sur laquelle on remarque les barreaux-transversaux de ce joug, tels que 4 et 7, les barreaux longitudinaux tels que 8 et 9 et les croisillons tels que 5 reliant ladite cage au bras 10. The harness or yoke in which the aquatic animal 19 is enclosed is visible in FIG. 2 in which the transverse bars of this yoke are noted, such as 4 and 7, the longitudinal bars such as 8 and 9 and the braces such as 5 connecting said cage to arm 10.
On a représenté en 11 sur la figure l,l'organe tel qu'un rochet interdisant à l'arbre de la machine génératrice de tourner en sens contraire ; on a représenté en 12 le doigt d'entrainement grace auquel le bras 10 commande ladite roue à rochets 11 ; on a représenté en 23, sur la figure 1, l'un des rayons grâce auxquels le bassin 2 est relié à la semelle de la piloterie axiale 21. On a de même représenté un second bras 10 dans le prolongement du premier et à l'extrémité duquel sera attelé un second animal aquatique.Il est bien évident que l'on pourra prévoir autant de rayons 23 et autant de bras 10 que nécessaire. There is shown at 11 in FIG. 1, the member such as a ratchet preventing the shaft of the generator machine from rotating in the opposite direction; 12 shows the drive finger by which the arm 10 controls said ratchet wheel 11; there is shown at 23, in FIG. 1, one of the spokes by which the pelvis 2 is connected to the sole of the axial piloting 21. A second arm 10 is likewise shown in the extension of the first and to the end of which a second aquatic animal will be harnessed. It is obvious that as many spokes 23 and as many arms 10 can be provided as necessary.
I1 est également évident que l'on pourra, le Cas échéant, se passer totalement de bassin tel que 2, en immergeant l'ensemble constitué par la dynamo et ses accessoires en même temps que le ou les bras 10 et les animaux aquatiques correspondants, directement dans la mer, la piloterie 21 étant alors solidement fixée au sol marin, les organes tels que dynamo, multiplicateur de vitesse, roue à rochets et piloterie étant alors du type étanche submersible. I1 is also obvious that it will be possible, if necessary, to completely do without a basin such as 2, by immersing the assembly constituted by the dynamo and its accessories at the same time as the arm or arms 10 and the corresponding aquatic animals, directly into the sea, the pilotery 21 then being firmly fixed to the sea floor, the members such as dynamo, speed multiplier, ratchet wheel and pilotery then being of the watertight submersible type.
Quant à la variante avec bac, elle pourra être instal- lée sur une plage de manière que les marées viennent périodiquement remplir le bac, lequel sera alors à ciel ouvert de manière à laisser aux animaux aquatiques l'illusion qu'ils nagent en pleine mer. As for the variant with tank, it can be installed on a beach so that the tides periodically fill the tank, which will then be in the open so as to leave the aquatic animals the illusion that they are swimming in the open sea .
Ainsi que cela ressort de ce qui précède, l'invention ne se limite nullement à ceux de ses modes de réalisation et d'application qui viennent d'être décrits de façon plus explicite ; elle en embrasse, au contraire, toutes les variantes qui peuvent venir à l'esprit du technicien en la matière sans s'écarter du cadre, ni de la portée, de la présente invention. As is apparent from the above, the invention is in no way limited to those of its embodiments and of application which have just been described more explicitly; on the contrary, it embraces all the variants which can come to the mind of the technician in the matter without departing from the framework, or the scope, of the present invention.
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