Patent ID: 8397496
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: F03B

Abstract:
1. A buoyancy engine comprising: a divider comprising a top and a bottom and configured to separate a liquid environment from a gas environment; a reservoir aperture located in said divider; a rotational device connected to said divider; a segmented chain comprising a plurality of linear segments, wherein said plurality of linear segments individually comprise an inner surface, an outer surface, a leading surface and a trailing surface, wherein said leading surface comprises a convex shape and wherein said trailing surface comprises a substantially mirrored concave shape, wherein said segmented chain rotates about said reservoir aperture and said rotational device; wherein said segmented chain is configured to separate during linear vertical travel; and wherein a trailing surface of a first segment of said plurality of segments is configured to compress with a leading surface of second segment of plurality of segments to form said substantially solid surface in response to transitioning through said reservoir aperture, wherein said first segment is adjacent to said second segment in said segmented chain.