Patent ID: 8698333
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: F03B,F05B,H02K,H02P,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A power generating device for use with a flush valve, the power generating device comprising: a volute configured to receive water from a water supply pipe; a stator positioned in the volute, the stator having a circular, a rotor positioned within the stator, the rotor having a rotor body with a plurality of rotor blades positioned thereon, the plurality of rotor blades are surrounded by the plurality of stator blades, and each of the plurality of rotor blades positioned on the rotor body such that each rotor blade is rotated counter-clockwise from a line tangent to the rotor body; and a generator coupled to the rotor, wherein the volute directs substantially all of the water received from the water supply pipe in a circumferential direction through the plurality of blades of the stator to the rotor, thereby causing the rotor to rotate.