摘要 |
A wave powered engine including a float that rises and falls by wave action and which is guided by rails attached to the sea bed to restrict the motion of the float to vertical motion. The float having variable buoyancy and a depending skirt to increase the thrust of the float on upward and downward power strokes, and means on a framework fixed to the ocean bed that cooperates with means fixed to the movement of a shaft as a result of the reciprocating movement of the float.
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