Patent ID: 7597532
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: F03B,F03D,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A power generating system including a support structure for supporting the power generation system adjacent a waterway through which water flows comprising a clamping frame having a clamping side and a support side the clamping side including vertically adjustable opposing jaw members so that the clamping frame can be clamped onto a structure by the operation of the opposing jaw members and adjustably located adjacent or at one side of the waterway, a support member slidingly mounted to said clamping frame on the support side thereof, a set of cantilevered support members attached to and extending from said support member and away from the clamping frame, said clamping frame including a pair of clamping jaws on the clamping side thereof that are movable one relative to the other and a power generation assembly operatively connected to the support structure and including a power generating device having a driven portion operatively positionable in the flowing water and moved by the flow thereof to drive the power generating device to thereby generate electricity.