Claims
- 1. A swell water utilizing structure comprising
- a dome on the sea bottom near the shore
- an inlet to the interior of said dome facing away from the shore,
- a pair of guide walls extended toward the open water and diverging away from said inlet to guide the swells toward said inlet,
- and covering means for said inlet being openable by the swell water toward the shore for compressing air in the dome and being closed by the receding of the swell water away from the shore,
- one way outlet means for discharging the swell water from said dome,
- means to co-ordinate the opening of said inlet covering means and of said outlet means so that the closing of said inlet covering means opens said outlet means,
- outwardly one-way conducting means on the dome for conducting the air compressed by the swell water in said dome away from said dome, said one-way conducting means being closed by the suction created by the receding of the swell water from said dome,
- and a plurality of inwardly one-way check devices openable by the swell waters receding from said structure to admit atmospheric air, said check devices being adapted to be closed by the compression of the air when the swell water enters into said dome.
- 2. The invention specified in claim 1, and said outlet means including,
- a plurality of water outlets around the portion of said dome near the base thereof,
- and outlet closing means to close each of said outlets when the swell water enters the dome and to open said outlets for discharging water from the dome during the receding of the swells.
- 3. The invention specified in claim 2 and said means to co-ordinate the operation of said outlet closing means with the opening and closing of said covering means including inlet and outlet gates connected together for operating oppositely to one another.
- 4. The invention specified in claim 2, and said covering means being a freely hanging inlet gate inside the dome fitting over said inlet.
- 5. The invention specified in claim 4, and
- said outlet closing means being freely hanging outlet gates inside the dome fitting over said water outlets,
- and said co-ordinating means being connections between said inlet gate and each of said outlet gates lifting said outlet gates when said inlet gate drops to closing position and allowing said outlet gates to close when the inlet gate is lifted to open position.
- 6. The invention specified in claim 3, and
- said outlets extending outwardly from the dome below the water level.
- 7. The invention specified in claim 3, and
- the distance between the free ends of said guide walls being at least equal to the width of the base of the dome.
- 8. The invention specified in claim 4, and
- said guide walls being tapered so that their portions near said dome are above the water level, and
- a swingable panel between guide walls spaced from said inlet connected to said inlet gate so as to exert a pull on said inlet gate toward closing position when the swell water recedes.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation in part, of application Ser. No. 600,317 filed 7/30/75, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (6)
Continuation in Parts (1)
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