| 摘要 |
Apparatus for converting movement into energy, comprising a buoyant or floating body 1 fully submerged in a fluid medium, a connecting or mooring line joining the buoyant body to counterweight 2 located below the buoyant body which acts as a pivot point, power or energy take-off lines 3 (separate from the connecting or mooring line) which transfer movement of the buoyant body to a power take off 4 for conversion into energy. Preferably the power take off lines are tensioned by separate buoyant floats 5 or by weights (8, figs. 2). The apparatus may be used as a wave energy converter or the buoyant body may be a kite used to harvest energy from wind (figs. 3), alternatively the buoyant body is a magnetic material supported by magnetic forces (figs. 4).
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