Improvements Connected with the Application and Utilization of the Force of Sea Waves.
Year: 1888

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements Connected with the Application and Utilization of
the Force of Sea Waves.
I, AUGUST LAYER, of Elisabethgrad, in the Empire of Russia, Brewer, do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
According to my invention I utilize the wave power of the sea in the manner
herein described to operate a motor which may be used for general purposes, such as
the propulsion of navigable vessels, and as power for industrial purposes on the sea
coast.
The accompanying drawings and the description of them set forth together con-
structions of apparatus for carrying my invention into operation, and the drawings
illustrate some of the purposes to which my invention is applicable.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a cross section of a navigable vessel showing the application of my
invention thereto.
Figure 2 shows the vessel and apparatus in part longitudinal section.
Figures 3 and 4 are respectively an end view and plan shewing the manner of
applying a motor according to my invention on the sea coast for the purpose of
transmitting power.
Figure is a detail of the toothed gearing used in the apparatus shewn in
Figures 3 and 4.
A motor apparatus according to my invention consists as follows.
The force obtainable from the rising and falling of the waves of the sea is trans-
mitted by a float (attached by arms) to a shaft, which by any suitable means-such as
tooth gear-works a motor such as an air compressor, water pump, dynamo-electric
any time.
machine, or the like, which stores up the power for application at
In the example of apparatus according to my invention shown at Figures 1 and 2---
which is designed to supply power to work the engines connected with a ships
invention thereto.
Figure 2 shows the vessel and apparatus in part longitudinal section.
Figures 3 and 4 are respectively an end view and plan shewing the manner of
applying a motor according to my invention on the sea coast for the purpose of
transmitting power.
Figure 5 is a detail of the toothed gearing used in the apparatus shewn in
Figures 3 and 4.
A motor apparatus according to my invention consists as follows.
The force obtainable from the rising and falling of the waves of the sea is trans-
mitted by a float (attached by arms) to a shaft, which by any suitable means-such as
tooth gear-works a motor such as an air compressor, water pump, dynamo-electric
machine, or the like, which stores up the power for application at any time.
In the example of apparatus according to my invention shown at Figures 1 and 2---
which is designed to supply power to work the engines connected with a ships

page_text: propeller-the arms bare provided at one end with cylindrical floats a and are carried
on shafts by the brackets c. This arrangeinent may be as shown on the right hand
side or as shown on the left hand side. The brackets c are secured to the ships side
so that the arms are free to rock up and down by the motion of the floats a. The
other ends of the arms bare provided with toothed quadrants d, which work toothed
wheels which are fixed on shafts e which are carried by and run in bearings g. The
shafts may be provided with cranks or with discs which work the connecting and
piston rods of the air pumps m which are situated in the ships hold. The pumps m
compress air through the pipe n to the receiver o; and this compressed air can be
used to drive the engines that work the ships propeller, and the escaping or exhaust
air can be used for ventilation purposes..
When the apparatus is to be used as a motor to transmit power on the sea coast,
for working factories and the like, it is erected on a pile framework or pier reaching
out over the sea. In such a case, instead of the toothed quadrant d'and toothed
wheels, I provide a toothed bar d, which works up and down in guides on the
pier. The lower end of this bar dis provided with a float a, and the upper or
toothed end works the toothed wheel f, which is fixed on the shaft e and from which
the crank-through the rod -works the power storing engine m, which charges
the receiver o. The floats a are worked up and down by the rising and falling
movement of the sea waves or surf.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and the
manner in which the same may be carried out into practical effect, I declare that what
I claim is
First. In the application and utilization of the force of sea waves, a motor in which
the waves cause floats to move up and down, such floats being adapted to transmit
the power developed by this movement to apparatus adapted and constructed to store
it up in the form of compressed or rarefied air, water under pressure, electricity, or
other equivalent modes of power.
Second. A motor such as claimed in claim 1., comprising rocking arms b, floats a,
toothed quadrants d, toothed wheels f, and air pumps m, whereby air is forced into
and stored in a receiver o, substantially as set forth with reference to Figures 1 and 2
of the drawings, for the purposes herein described.
Third. A motor such as claimed in claim 1., comprising a toothed bar d floats a,
toothed wheel, and air pump m, whereby air is forced into and stored in a
receiver o, substantially as set forth with reference to Figures 3, 4 and 5 of the
drawings, for the purposes herein described.
Dated thin 1nd1000