Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
LOCAL INVENTOR
GETS NEW PATENT
WAVE M0T0RIST GAINS A
CONCESSION
Friends of Los Angeles Wizard Believe
Ocean viii Be Harnessed and
Worlds Power Production
Revolutionized

Alva L. Reynolds, inventor of the
wave motor which his friends believe
will revolutionize power production all
over the world, has received word from
washington that a second patent has
been issued to him covering a larger
scope than he had hoped. Mr.. Reynolds
now has the sole right to the scheme
of storage of water for the purpose of
equalizing an output power on the
turbine wheel.
The Reynolds wave motor attracts
the attention of even the layman by
it's extreme simplicity of construction,
by which anyone is able to understand
its workings. 1t consists of series
of wooden vanes attached to shafts.
The vane on each unit extends down
into the water. To the top of the
shaft it attached lift pump. Every
motion of the waves causes the valve
to turn at least a little. This turns
the shafts thus operating the pump,
which lifts the water to the level of
the wharf to which the entire motor Is
attached.
The water thus raised by many of
these motors is carried in pipes to the
land, where it is utilized in turning
a turbine wheel connected directly with
an electric generator.
Gets Second Patent
Each motor is unit of the big sys-
tenn, and in the rare event of its being
broken-although the nature of its con-
struction and resistance to every wave
makes this almost impossible-the de-
struction of one motor in no wise af-
fects the others. 1t was on this unit
system that Mr.. Reynolds secured his
first patent.
In addition to these advantages of
the Reynolds motor, the inventor has
provided for the storage of supert1u-
Gus water. When the waves are high
and more water is pumped than is
needed to keep the wheel turning,
by an ingenious contrivance the water
is pumped to a reservoir, elevated
some distance above the turbine.
When the wave motion is less than
| the needs of the power wheel demand,
| this stored up water runs down and
keeps the flow steady. 1t is on this
storage system, a feature little less
important than the motor itself, that
Mr.. Reynolds has secured the second
patent.
Within thirty days the inventor will
be able to demonstrate beyond doubt
what he has hitherto had to prove by
paper plans only. At the present time
one of the motors is being constructed
in a Los Angeles shop. This, Mr..
Reynolds is confident, will prove to the
satisfaction of all who see 1t the mar
velous revolutionizing power of his in
vention. The motor will be installed on
the Huntington Beach wharf, the
Huntington Beach officials having
granted their permission.
Would ReVoIutIonize Power
The significance of a successful test
of the motor is almost beyond the
power of the mind to grasp. When it
is realized that every incoming and
outgoing wave can be made to add its
mite of electricity-or at least power
that will produce the potent juice-to
the world; when the mind grasps the
fact that of the thousands of miles of
coast line only very small part
would be required to furnish all the
electricity the world could consume;
when it is seen that the coal mine
would be deserted for the cleaner, more
sanitary and accessible electricity, and
use of gas and oil would become
import of the invention is in small
part realized. Motors can be installed,
one in front Of the other, clear out to
the line where the waves do not roll
without interfering with each other.
Government and private engineers
have given the weight of their ap-
proval and judgment to the new motor;
1t seems but matter of a very short
time before Mr.. Reynolds will be able
to prove to the most skeptical the
limitless realms of power which his
invention will open UP to the world.
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