Abstract:
A new wind resisting electricity generator that floats offshore supported by buoyancy-providing used tires filled with waterproof foam. Electricity is generated through water turbines, uniformly rotated using waves and under water currents, and through directional wind turbines. Used tires are mounted on a mechanical and electrical utilities structure and a wind energy structure to interrupt wind flow near water surfaces in onshore directed weather. Dummy floats that provide protection from floating debris for the water turbines and direct waves to the upper turbine blades are alternated with generator floats in a line offshore and are held together with connecting chains and recycled tires mounted on the connecting chains.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Problems exist of accumulating piles of used tires having no value with little incentive to reduce the mass of waste. 
     The way the world produces and uses energy today is not sustainable. A transition to renewable energy sources is possible, cost-effective, and would provide energy that is affordable for all. It may be produced in ways that can be sustained by the global economy. 
     Needs exist for renewable energy generators and a reduction in used tire waste. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     A floatable generator and high speed wind resister has a support and wave energy structure with multiple buoyancy-providing used tires filled with waterproof foam connected to the support and wave energy structure. A mechanical and electrical utilities structure is connected to and partially supported above a water level by the support and wave energy structure. The support and wave energy structure has tubes that are sealed and joined at ends forming a three dimensional structure of vertical and horizontal tubes. Additionally, multiple used tires are mounted side-by-side on the tubes and both the used tires and the tubes are filled with waterproof foam which is used to provide buoyant support to the floatable generator and high speed wind resister. The floatable generator and high speed wind resister has anchor chains attached on each lower corner of the tubes keeping the invention in place. 
     The support and wave energy structure has roller bearings connected to opposite sides of the structure, an axle mounted in the roller bearings, stainless steel sleeves fixed on the ends of the axle and turbine blades on a gear or pulley attached to the axle. The support and wave energy structure is positioned in such a way that the axle is perpendicular to waves so that the turbine blades, which are backward curved and have convex leading surfaces and concave trailing surfaces, can be rotated in a uniform circular direction by waves proceeding toward shore and under current returning from shore. 
     The mechanical and electrical utilities structure has vertical I beams connected to the support and wave energy structure and horizontal I beams connected to the tops of the vertical I beams and a grating platform on which level stabilizing tanks and sea water fill and drain valves are mounted. Additionally mounted on the grating platform are a gear box, generators, battery box, and wind resisters made of recycled tires. The gear box is connected to the gear or pulley on the axle of the support and wave energy structure with a belt or chain. 
     Multiple floatable generator and high speed wind resisters and multiple dummy floats are alternately connected side-by-side with connecting chains and used tires filled with waterproof foam mounted on the chains. The dummy floats have vertical tubes and lower and upper horizontal tubes sealed and joined at the ends and holding side-by-side used tires filled with waterproof foam. The dummy floats have anchor chains attached on each lower corner of the tubes keeping them in place. They additionally have vertical I beams connected to the tubes and horizontal I beams connected to the vertical I beams and to grating platforms where wind resisters made of used tires, level stabilizing tanks, and sea water fill and drain valves are mounted. 
     Dummy floats have outward extending weir plates connected to the vertical I beam supports on the seaward side and joined at ends in a V-shape for redirecting waves to the turbine blades of floatable generators. They also have debris screens for intercepting floating debris to prevent damage to the turbine blades. Additionally, the alternately connected floatable generator and high speed wind resisters and dummy floats provides the added benefit of shore protection from strong waves. 
     Both the floatable generator and high speed wind resisters and the dummy floats have habitat and wind energy structures with wind turbines and wind resisters, where the resisters are made out of recycled tires, mounted above the grating platforms. 
     The generators located on the floatable generator and high speed wind resisters and the dummy floats are interconnected and an electric transmission cable is connected to power lines on shore. 
     These and further and other objects and features of the invention are apparent in the disclosure, which includes the above and ongoing written specification, with the claims and the drawings. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view showing an end, side, and top of the wave and under current, and generator and high speed wind resister. 
         FIG. 2  is a side elevation of the generator and wind resister shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 3  is a side elevation of the generator and wind resister shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 4  is an end elevation of the generator and wind resister shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 5  is an enlarged side detail of the generator and high speed wind resister shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 6  is a side detail of the roller bearing and drive shaft of the apparatus. 
         FIG. 7  is a top plan view of the generator and wind resister shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 8  is an end elevation of the generator and wind resister shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 9  is a perspective view of the dummy float. 
         FIG. 10  is an elevation view of the dummy float. 
         FIG. 11  is a plan view of the dummy float. 
         FIG. 12  is an illustration of a unit to unit connection. 
         FIG. 13  is an illustration of the connecting chain unit to unit. 
         FIG. 14  is an illustration of the connecting chain end arrangement. 
         FIG. 15  is a perspective view of coupled generator and dummy floats spaced from the shore line. 
         FIG. 16  shows the habitat and or wind energy, mechanical and electrical utilities, and wave energy structures respectively. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The new wind resistance electricity generator structure  10 , sides  12  and ends  14  and  16 , open bottom  18  and an upper deck. Buoyancy is provided by a lower buoyant support structure  20 . The lower support structure supports turbine fan blades  40  and the electrical and mechanical support structure  50  on which generators  70  and tanks  60  are mounted. 
     The lower support structure  20  is made of large aluminum tubes  22  on which are mounted used tires  100  filled with waterproof foam. The tubes  22  are sealed and joined at the ends. Four lower horizontal tubes  24  and four upper horizontal tubes  26  are joined by vertical tubes  28  at the corners of the sides  12  and ends  14  and two vertical tubes  28  on the sides  12 . All of the tubes provide buoyancy and are enclosed and foam filled which provide added buoyancy and protection from impacts. Anchor chains  21  extend 80 to 100 feet or more from corners of lower support structure  20 . 
     Bearing blocks  32  are mounted on the centers of the upper side tubes  26 . The bearing blocks support an aluminum axle  34  which has welded bushings  36  on which backward curved turbine blades  40  are welded. Strengthening hoops  42 ,  44 ,  46  welded on sides edges  48  of the blades  40 . The blades are about 8 feet wide, and the outer hoops  46  have a diameter of about 16 feet. The blades and the hoops are made of ¼ inch aluminum sheets. 
     The mechanical and electrical utilities support structure  50  is constructed of aluminum I beams  52 . Four vertical I beams  52  have lower ends welded to joints  54  of the tubes  26 . Upper ends of the vertical I beams  52  are welded to ends of four horizontal I beams  56 . Grating platform  58  is connected to the four horizontal I beams  56 . Four leveling stabilizing tanks  60  are mounted on corners of the grating platform  58 . Tanks  60  have sea water fill valves and drain valves  62 , and are filled by small pumps to make the wind resistance generator sink to the desired level. Generators  70  are mounted close to the center of the platform  58 . A battery  72  is connected to the generators. 
       FIG. 2  is a side elevation of the generator and wind resister. As shown schematically in  FIG. 2 , the generators  70  are driven by drive shafts  74  and gears in a gear box  76 . A belt or chain  78  connects drive shaft  74  to a pulley or gear on axle  34 . 
       FIGS. 1 and 2  show wind resisters  90  having tire mounting plates  92  welded or bolted bases to grating platform  58 . Waterproof-foam filled used tires  94  are connected to the mounting plates  92 . Six tires are shown mounted on each of the sides and the ocean facing end  16  of the structure  10 . The purpose of the wind resisters is to interrupt flows of wind near the water surfaces in on shore directed weather. Tires  96  are mounted on chains  98  at corners of the ocean facing end  16  of the structure  10 . 
       FIG. 3  is a side elevation of the generator and wind resister. A side  12  of structure  10  is shown in  FIG. 3 . The tubes  22  have been shown without tires  100  for clarity in showing the sealed joints between the tubes. The structure is 20 feet tall in one embodiment. The lower structure is 8 feet tall. 
       FIG. 4  is an end elevation of the generator  70  and wind resister  90 . The elevation of the sea-facing end  16  schematically shows tubes  22  and tires  100 . Waterproof foam-filled tires  100  encircle all of the tubes  22  including the vertical tubes  28  and the horizontal tubes  24  in the lower support structure  20 . 
     Drive belt or chain  78  connects a pulley or gear on drive axle  34  to a pulley or gear in the gear box  76 . Gears increase the speed of the output drive shafts  74  which drive generators  70 . 
       FIG. 5  is an enlarged side detail of the generator and high speed wind resister.  FIG. 5  schematically shows construction of the aluminum tubes  22  and the shapes of the sealed joints between the lower tubes  24  and upper tubes  26 . Thin walled sealed 18 inch diameter tubes are strengthened by the tightly packed tires which surround the tubes. Elbow joints between the horizontal tubes may be solid. The axle or drive shaft  34  may be an 8 inch schedule 40 aluminum pipe. 
       FIG. 6  is a side detail of the roller bearing  32  and axle  34  of the apparatus. The detail of the bearing block  32  shows four inch long 316L stainless steel sleeves which are fastened to ends and middle of the drive shaft axle  34  to support the axle in the roller bearing blocks and to fix the pulley or gear in the center of the axle to drive the belt or chain  78 . 
       FIG. 7  is a top plan view of the generator and wind resister. Platform  58  is a rigid grating. Level stabilizing aluminum sea water tanks  60  are secured at corners. Gear box  76  and drive shaft  74  drive the generators  70 . A battery box  71  is connected to the generators. When placing or removing the heavy generators while afloat, the tanks opposite the far generator may be concurrently filled to stabilize the structure. When the structure is operational the level of the filling in the tanks controls the waterline and the draw of the structure. If an on shore wind tends to lift the sea end  16  of platform  58 , water levels may be increases in tanks  60  near the end  16 . The placement of the battery box nearer the generators offsets the movement of weight of the wind resister  90 , mounting plate  92  and tires  94  on the sea end. 
     Tires  100  are shown on the sea facing upper horizontal tube. Similar tires mounted on all of the tubes surround the structure. Tires  96  are held by chains  98  on forward corners of the platform  58  at the sea facing end  16 . 
       FIG. 8  is an end elevation of the generator and wind resister. The view of the shore facing end of the structure  10  shows the battery box  71 , generators  70  and leveling tanks  60 . Some of the buoyancy and protective tires  100  are shown. A line of structures  10  may be chained side-to-side. Fully equipped structures  10  are referred to as generator floats  10 . 
       FIG. 9  is a perspective view of the dummy float. Dummy floats  110  have structures  110  similar to generator float structures with an exceptions that generators and a battery box are not included. The same anchor chains  21  and tires  96  mounted on chains  98  at the corners of the ocean facing end  16  of the structure  110  are used. 
     Dummy floats  110  shown in  FIGS. 9 ,  10 , and  11  have weirs  120  which are V-shaped structures extending outward from seaward vertical I beams  52 . The weirs have two plates  122  connected by welding or bolting rearward ends  124  of the plates to the I beams  52 . Front ends  126  of plates have brackets  128  which connect to a screen  130  about 10 feet tall. The screen  130  intercepts floating debris which might damage the turbine blades. 
       FIGS. 12 and 13  are illustrations of a unit to unit connection. Dummy floats  110  and generator floats  10  are connected with a tire  96  mounted on a connecting chain  98  at the corners of the ocean facing end  16  of the generator and dummy floats  10 ,  110 . One embodiment attaches the connecting chain  98  to the generator float  10  and dummy float  110  using 1½″ nuts  97  and bolts  95 .  FIG. 14  is an illustration of the connecting chain  98  end arrangement. This is similar to the unit to unit connection arrangement shown in  FIGS. 12 and 13 , with the exception that the connecting chain  98  wraps around the tire  96  and is connected back to the dummy float  110  instead of connected to the generator float  10 . 
       FIG. 15  is a perspective view of coupled generator and dummy floats spaced from the shore line. The V-shaped weirs  120  direct and focus waves to the upper turbine blades  40  in the generator floats  10  when the generator floats  10  and dummy floats  110  are alternated in a connected line  150  of floats  10  and  110 . As shown in  FIG. 15 , the connected line  150  of floats is anchored about 0.5 to 1 mile from a shore line  151  at low tide. The line  150  of alternately connected floatable generator and high speed wind resisters  10  and dummy floats  110  shown in  FIG. 15  provides the added benefit of shore protection from strong waves. 
     Generators  70  are interconnected, and an electric transmission cable  153  is connected to power lines on shore. The connected line  150  of floats  10  and  110  is shown with upper platforms  158  supported on vertical and horizontal I beams  152 ,  156  supporting seaward facing high wind resisters  90  having mounting plates  92  welded or bolted to the upper grating platform  158 . Wind powered generators  160  are also mounted on the upper grating platforms  158 . 
       FIG. 16  is a perspective view of a generator float  10  coupled with a dummy float  110 , and an illustration of the habitat and or wind energy  158 , mechanical and electrical utilities  50 , and wave energy structures  20  respectively. 
     While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, modifications and variations of the invention may be constructed without departing from the scope of the invention, which is defined in the following claims.