Patent ID: 7908854

Claim:
A method of recovering energy contained by waves, the method comprising: receiving wave energy with at least two collecting devices, each of which comprises at least one float; arranging the floats substantially entirely below a surface of the water, wherein the waves are able to displace the floats; converting a reciprocating movement generated by the float into a unidirectional rotational motion in a motion converter; transferring the movement of the floats by means of at least one power transmission member to at least one actuator comprised by the collecting device; and receiving the movement of the float with the actuator, transferring the movement of the float to the motion converter in each collecting device; and coupling at least two collecting devices comprising a motion converter in series, wherein the altitude of the float relative to the water level is adjusted by at least one adjusting device, and said adjusting of the altitude of the float relative to the water level is carried out by adjusting the mass of the float.