Improvements in wave and Tide Motors.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Loft 8th July 1800 Accented 12th Aug 1899
Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Loft 8th July 1800 Accepted 12th Aug
1899
Improvements in wave and Tide Motors.
We, MICHEL NIUBO, Engineer, and SAUVEUR THÉRAIZOL, Broker, both of
21, Rue de Bergers, Marseille, France, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The present application has for its object, a motor which, when installed upon
the sea shore, is actuated by the force inherent upon the different movements
of the sea and particularly by the waves.
The motor, which consists of two parts, is represented in the annexed draw-
ings, Figures
to 6.
Figure 1 is a side view and Figure 2 a horizontal projection of the fixed part,
or that part of the motor which is set up on the sea shore.
Figure 3 is a section on A. B.
Figure 4 is a side view and Figure 5 a plan of the moving part, or that part
of the motor floating on the sea. This moving or motive part is con-
nected to the fixed part by means of beams and cranks; in the horizontal pro-
jection Figure 2 these beams and cranks are indicated by dotted lines in order
not to confuse the drawing, likewise, the cranks and levers are not shown in the
plan views upon their fulera.
The apparatus may have different dimensions according to the force required
to be exerted; the number of floats is also variable, although in the drawings,
four are represented.
The said fixed part is placed upon an inclined support 1, made a permanent
fixture on the shore. This inclined support is provided with toothed racks 1",
on which the toothed wheels of the frame of the fixed part of the motor run. A
cable 1°, permits of the raising or lowering of the motor to the shore according
to requirements.
The floating part is the part of the motor which transmits the move-
ment of the sea received by the floats (2) which are of appropriate size and
form. The floats follow the alternating movements of the waves and transmit
the same, by the aid of levers and cranks, to the pawl levers which actuate the
wheels and these, in their turn, impart their movement to a common 'trans-
mission shaft.
The floats are each disposed upon a shaft which turns in bearings fixed on a
floating frame 42; this latter carries articulated levers which convey, from a
distance, the force of the sea movements to a single shaft. The floats submit
or yield to and follow the several movements of the sea and the waves, viz.:
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page_text: 1. ASCENDING MOVEMENT.
This movement is due to the action of the waves. The floats 2, in ascending,
carry with them the connected parts. The levers 24, 31 raise the beams 3, fixed
to the two twin supports 4, which rock about their axis 5; the result is that
the lever 6 is raised and this lowers the lever 7, which raises the lever 8 and the
crank 9; these push forward the upper part of the pawl lever 10, which
advances, to the extent of a certain number of teeth, from right to left, the
pinion 11, Figures 1 and 2. This pinion is, together with the toothed wheel 12,
mounted on the shaft 39; by the movement of the pinion 11, the
wheel 12 is turned, together with the wheel 13 and the pinion 14,
in which the wheel 12 engages; the pinion 14 moves the wheel 15, keyed onto
its shaft, and these actuate the pinion 16 and its wheel 17; this latter finally
transmits its movement to the pinion 18 on the shaft of the fly wheel 19.
In this same movement, the levers 6 and 7 cause the levers 20 and 21 to
descend, and also the pawl lever 22, which latter wipes over the teeth of the
pinion without actuating the same.
When the wave descends, the pawl lever now in action wipes over the teeth
of its pinion and then comes to rest in one of the teeth in order to advance afresh
this pinion when the wave again rises.
2. HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT.
When the floats 2 are conveyed horizontally, it is the lever 24 that is put
into operation and communicates its to-and-fro movement to the beams 26,
which actuate the levers 27, 28, 29 and 30. In the movement from left to
right of the beams 26, the pawl lever 30 is made to turn the wheel 13 from
right to left, whereas, when the said beams move from right to left, the pawl
lever 29 acts upon the wheel 12 and turns it from left to right. These move-
ments of the wheels 12 and 13 are conveyed to the pinions of the fly wheel as
described in paragraph 1.
When the pawls are in action but not to advance the pinions, they wipe over
the teeth thereof to engage again therewith during the next movement.
3. ROCKING MOVEMENT.
Upon a rocking movement of the floats being set up by the passage of a wave
from one line of floats to another line, the levers 31, 32 and 33, by the aid of
the beams 34, transmit the force of the to-and-fro and rising and falling move-
ments to the levers 35 and 36 acting upon the pawl levers 37 and 38, which
transmit their movement to the wheels 12 and 13 and from these to the shaft
of the pulley 41, exactly in the same manner as the pawl levers 29 and 30.
From the foregoing, it results that a number of independent movements are
transmitted to the two shafts 39 and 40, by the two series of three pinions 1.1
and 13, the pawl levers of which two series are coupled in pairs. When the
pawl levers of the pinions 11 cause the latter to advance, the pawls of the
pinions 23 are inoperative with respect to the said pinions and vice versa it
therefore results that there is no cessation in the action.
4. ROTATORY MOVEMENT OF THE FLOATS.
Besides the actions described, there still remains a union of forces resulting
in the rotatory movement of the floats. To this end, the said floats are provided
with paddles or float-boards. The mechanism required for the transmission of
the force from the rotation of the floats 2, is not represented in Figures 1 to 5,
in order to avoid complication of the drawings. To utilize this movement, the
axles 43 of the floats are cach provided with an excentric 44, which controls a
system of levers 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38 exactly the same as those of
Figures 1 to 5; these levers convey the force received by them to the shafts 39
and 40 by means of a number of pinions corresponding in number to the floats.
The force of the whole of the movements described is transmitted to the

page_text: shaft 45 of the fly-wheel 19 of which one end is fitted with a pulley which con-
veys the generated power to the place of consumption.
MICHEL NIUBO,
SAUVEUR THÉRAIZOL.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.
Improvements in wave and
We, MICHEL NIUBO, Engineer, and SAUVEUR THÉRAIZOL, Broker, both of
21, Rue de Bergers, Marseille, France, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The present application has for its object, a motor which, when installed upon
the sea shore, is actuated by the force inherent upon the different movements
of the sea and particularly by the waves.
The motor, which consists of two parts, is represented in Figures 1 to 6 of
the drawings filed with the Provisional Specification.
Figure 1 is a side view and Figure 2 a horizontal projection of the fixed part,
or that part of the motor which is set up on the sea-shore, see Sheet 1.
Figure 3 is a section on A B.
Figure 4 is a side view and Figure 5 a plan of the moving part, or that part
of the motor floating on the sea, see Sheet 2. This moving or motive part is con-
nected to the fixed part by means of beams and cranks; in the horizontal pro-
jection Figure 2 these beams and cranks are indicated by dotted lines in order
not to confuse the drawing, likewise, the cranks and levers are only indicated
in the plan views by their centre lines.
The apparatus may have different dimensions according to the force required
to be exerted; the number of floats is also variable, although in the drawings,
four are represented.
The said fixed part is placed upon an inclined support 1, made a permanent
fixture on the shore. This inclined support is provided with toothed racks 1",
on which the toothed wheels of the frame of the fixed part of the motor run. A
cable 1°, permits of the raising or lowering of the motor to the shore according
to requirements.
The floating part (Sheet 3) is the part of the motor which transmits the move-
ment of the sea received by the floats (2) which are of appropriate size and
form. The floats follow the alternating movements of the waves and transmit
the same, by the aid of levers and cranks, to the pawl levers which actuate the
wheels and these, in their turn, impart their movement to a common trans-
mission shaft.
The floats are each disposed upon a shaft which turns in bearings fixed on a
floating frame 42; this latter carries articulated levers which convey, from a
distance, the force of the sea movements to a single shaft. The floats submit
or vield to and follow the several movements of the sea and the waves, riz.: —
(1) The rising movement.
(2) The horizontal movement.
(3) The rocking movement arising from the passage of the waves from one
line of floats to another.

page_text: (4) The force exercised by the tide on the float-boards or paddles of the floats.
The separate or combined action of these four factors is finally conveyed to
a common transmission shaft, as we describe hereafter.
1. ASCENDING MOVEMENT.
This movement is due to the action of the waves. The floats 2, in ascending,
carry with them the connected parts. The levers 24, 31 raise the beams 3, fixed
to the two twin supports 4, which rock about their axis 5; the result is that
the lever G is raised and this lowers the lever 7, which raises the lever 8 and the
crank 9; these push forward the upper part of the pawl lever 10, which
advances, to the extent of a certain number of teeth, from right to left, the
pinion 11, Figures 1 and 2. This pinion is, together with the toothed wheel 12,
mounted on the shaft 39, by the movement of the pinion 11 the wheel 12 is
turned, together with the wheel 13 gearing therein, and the pinion 14, in which
the wheel 12 also engaged; the pinion 14 moves the wheel 15, keyed onto
its shaft, and these actuate the pinion 16 and its wheel 17; this latter finally
transmits its movement to the pinion 18 on the shaft of the fly wheel 19.
In this same movement, the levers 6 and 7 cause the levers 20 and 21 to
descend, and also the pawl lever 22, whose pawl wipes over the teeth of the
pinion without actuating the same.
When the wave descends, the pawl of the lever 10 wipes over the teeth of its
pinion 11 and then comes to rest in one of the teeth in order to advance afresh
this pinion when the wave again rises.
2. HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT.
When the floats 2 are conveyed horizontally, it is the lever 24 that is
actuated and communicates its to-and-fro movement to the beams 26,
which actuate the levers 27, 28, 29 and 30. In the movement from left to
right of the beams 26, the pawl lever 30 is made to turn the wheel 13 from
right to left, whereas, when the said beams move from right to left, the pawl
lever 29 acts upon the wheel 12 and turns it from left to right. These move-
ments of the wheels 12 and 13 are conveyed to the pinions of the fly wheel as
described in paragraph 1.
When the pawls are not operating to advance the pinions, they wipe over
the teeth thereof and engage again therewith during the next movement of
the levers.
3. ROCKING MOVEMENT.
Upon a rocking movement of the floats being set up by the passage of a wave
from one line of floats to another line, the levers 31, 32 and 33, by the aid of
the beams 34, transmit the force of the to-and-fro and rising and falling move-
ments to the levers 35 and 36 acting upon the pawl levers 37 and 38, which
transmit their movement to the wheels 12 and 13 and from these to the shaft
of the pulley 41, exactly in the same manner as the pawl levers 29 and 30.
From the foregoing it results that a number of independent movements are
transmitted to the two shafts 39' and 40; by the two series of
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pairs. When the
pawl leters of the pinions cause the latter to advance the pawls of the
pinions 28 are inoperative with respect to the said pinions and
therefore results that there is no cessation in the action.
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Besides the actions described; there still remains a union of forces resulting
in the rotatory movements of the floats To this end, the said floats are provided
with paddles or float-boards. The mechanism required for the transmission of
the force from the rotation of the floats 2, is not represented in Figures 1 to 5,
in order to avoid toplication of the drawings to tilize this novellent, the
axles 43 of the floats are each provided with an eccentric 44, "which" control's

page_text: a system of levers 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38 exactly the same as those
of Figures 1 to 5; these levers convey the force received by them to the
shafts 39 and 40 by means of a number of pinions corresponding in number
to the floats.
The force of the whole of the movements described is transmitted to the
shaft 45 of the fly-wheel 19 of which one end is fitted with a pulley which con-
veys the generated power to the place of consumption.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is-
A wave motor actuated by a series of floats controlling an articulated system
of levers and beams, and characterized by the fact that these levers and beams
transmit their different movements to pawl levers (such as 10, 22, 29, 30, 37,
and 38) coupled together in pairs and adapted to actuate toothed gearing, the
arrangement being such that when one series of pawl levers (10, 29, 37) are
driving a corresponding number of pinions carried on a common shaft (such
as 39) the other series of pawls (22, 30, 38) are moving in the opposite direction
and wiping idly over their corresponding pinions which are mounted upon
another shaft (such as 40) whereby the rising, horizontal, rocking and rotating
movements of the floats are conveyed to a common driven shaft.
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MICHEL NIUBO,
SAUVEUR THERAIZOL.
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.