Patent ID: 6967413

Claim:
An enclosure for the extraction of energy from the potential energy contained in the ocean tides comprising the elements: (a) an array of support columns set at regular intervals in the ocean along the perimeter line determining said enclosure (b) a means of securing said support columns to the ocean floor (c) a predetermined number of panels wherein said panels are placed contiguously one above the other to the approximate height of and fitting precisely between adjacent pairs of said support columns (d) a means of firmly securing said panels between said adjacent pairs of support columns (e) a means of sealing any space between each said panel and the support columns between which said panel is inserted (e) a predetermined number of caissons (f) pairs of support columns placed on either side of predetermined adjacent support columns within the afore mentioned array so as to form two rows of support columns (hereafter referred to as caisson support columns) perpendicular to said perimeter, the distance between two said rows being such that said caisson fits precisely between them (g) support panels inserted between each pair of directly opposite support columns of said two rows so that said caisson rests on said panels and therefore said support panels form a platform between said two rows for caisson (h) turbines, a predetermined number of said turbines being enclosed in each said caisson (i) a means for allowing water to pass through said turbine at the will of a human operator (j) electric generators, each said generator connected to one or more said turbines whereby said elements render said enclosure without gap and thereby separating the ocean without from the interior of said enclosure except at such time as said human operator allows water to pass through said turbines and causing said generators to produce electric power.