| 摘要 |
A wave driven generator comprising a float assembly for suspending a rotary motion generating device (1) above the waves of a body of water and in contact therewith, which includes a rotatable shaft (2) and a drive mechanism (8, 14), the drive mechanism including a pair of ratchet sprockets (8a, 8b) mounted in closely spaced apart relationship on said shaft (2) to drive said shaft in one direction of rotation and a rack drive assembly (14) including a floatable member (18) at one end in surface contact with the body of water to drive said rack drive assembly (14) upward with the crest of a wave, said rack drive assembly being sufficiently weighted to move said rack drive assembly downward as the floatable member drops into the trough of the wave, driving one of said ratchet sprockets (8a) when moved upwardly by a wave and driving the other of said ratchet sprockets (8b) when moved downwardly by gravity and the weight of the assembly (14), to rotate the rotatable shaft (2) in the same direction of rotation continuously as the rack drive mechanism (14) is reciprocated upwardly and downwardly by the force of the waves in one direction and gravity in the other direction. The rotatable shaft (2) may be connected to drive an electric generator (6) or other machine. A plurality of drive mechanisms (8, 14) of the type described are connected at spaced apart locations along the rotatable shaft (2). |
