Patent ID: 6971934

Claim:
A buoy system comprising: a sea-bed pump station, said pump station including a first reservoir-housing having two-chambers, one said chamber for a lighter-than-water liquid and being in fluid communication with a first motor-driven peristaltic pump, said first reservoir-housing having a flexible membrane between said one chamber and a second chamber thereof wherein said second chamber defines openings therein for communication with a sea environment; a second reservoir-housing having an exterior defining openings therein for communication with said sea environment and having a funnel-shaped gimbaled mounted interior chamber for a heavier-than-water liquid, said interior chamber including a large open-end where mounted and a small open-end distal from said large open-end in fluid communication with a second motor-driven peristaltic pump, said large end of said funnel shaped interior chamber being covered with a flexible membrane for interfacing with said sea environment; and a control for selectively operating said first and second motor-driven peristaltic pumps; a buoy having a upper chamber operably connected to said first motor-driven peristaltic pump and in fluid communication with said one chamber of said first reservoir-housing, said buoy having a lower chamber separated from said upper chamber by a flexible membrane, said lower chamber defining openings therein for communication with a sea environment and having therein a funnel-shaped gimbaled mounted interior chamber for said heavier-than-water liquid and being operably connected to said second motor-driven peristaltic pump and in fluid communication with said interior chamber of said second reservoir-housing, said interior chamber including a large open-end where mounted and a small open-end distal from said large open-end in fluid communication with said second motor-driven peristaltic pump, said large end of said funnel shaped interior chamber being covered with a flexible membrane for interfacing with said sea environment; a quantity of said lighter-than-water liquid for transfer between said one chamber of said first reservoir and said upper chamber of said buoy; and a quantity of said heavier-than-water liquid for transfer between said interior chamber of said second reservoir-housing and said interior chamber of said buoy.