Power generator
CA 1198159 A · Owner: Berg, George W. · Inventors: Berg, George W.
Overview
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Apparatus to generate power from tidal rise and fall. The apparatus has a float to rise and fall with the tide. A first shaft is rotatable by movement of the float. A cam plate is rotatable with the first shaft. There is a second shaft with two cam followers spaced apart on the second shaft that contact the cam plate to reciprocate the second shaft. A main pump is drivable by reciprocation of the second shaft to pump liquid to drive a power generating apparatus. The apparatus is compact and efficient and has little or no environmental effect.
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- Granted December 17, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 17, 2002.
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