Patent ID: 7969034

Claim:
A paddle wheel electric generation device for disposition in a hard flow stream having a stream bed and opposed banks for producing electricity, comprising: an A-frame base for placement upon the streambed; a pair of opposed A-frame supports mounted upon the A-frame base and upwardly projecting therefrom; a main drive shaft extending between and mounted to the A-frame supports; a paddle wheel concentrically mounted to the main drive shaft for rotation thereon; a main drive gear coaxially mounted to the paddle wheel and the main drive shaft for concomitant rotation with the main drive shaft; a plurality of dip blades mounted to the paddle wheel and radially arranged thereon; the dip blades projecting from the paddle wheel so that at least three dip blades are always in continuous contact with the hard flow stream; a gear support mounted to one of the A-frame supports; a plurality of reduction gears mounted to the gear support and drivingly interconnected to each other with one reduction gear drivingly engaged by the main drive gear; and a generator interconnected to the reduction gears whereupon the rotation of the paddle wheel by the hard flow stream rotates the main drive shaft and the main drive gear thereupon rotating the reduction gears resulting in the actuation of the generator for the production of electricity.