Patent ID: 8640460

Claim:
An electrical generation system, comprising: a tapered water channel with an input end and an output end, wherein the output end includes a discharge opening; a water wheel positioned below and rotated by water from the discharge opening; a plurality of pallets; a generator tower further comprising, a first endless drive connected to an upper end and a lower end of the generator tower, at least one pallet support wherein each pallet support is connected to the first endless drive to move down a first side of the tower and up a second side of the tower and wherein the plurality of pallets separately engage each of the pallet supports such that the weight of the pallet causes the pallet support to move down the first side of the tower, and at least one second endless drive coupled to the first endless drive and driving at least one generator mounted on the generator tower; a helical pallet return member including an input feed wherein each pallet enters the input feed at the lower end of the generator tower and an output feed wherein each pallet exits the output feed at the upper end of the generator tower; and a third endless drive engaging each pallet at the input feed of the pallet return member and moving the pallets to the output feed of the pallet return member, wherein the third endless drive is driven by the rotation of the water wheel.