| CPC F03B 17/025 (2013.01) [F03B 11/004 (2013.01); F05B 2220/706 (2013.01); F05B 2260/503 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. An electric power generator equipment comprising a water tank member with a bottom, sides, top, and said water tank having an upper portion including and below said top and an opposing lower portion including and above said bottom;
three floatable bladder members positioned planarly adjacent to one another inside of said water tank member;
said floatable bladder members having a top portion connected to side portions but without any bottom portion;
said top portion of each said floatable bladder member having a short pipe extending away from said floatable bladder top portion;
said short pipe having a valve and a sensor;
a guide rod permanently connected to each said floatable bladder top portion and extending generally upward and slideably and pivotably connected through said top of said water tank;
three guide rod housings pivotably connected to a support member above said water tank and slidably containing said guide rods;
three guide rod tube housings positioned in said water tank member top slideably and pivotably retaining each said guide rod through said water tank member top and connected to a said support member;
said three housing support members each connected to one said guide rod housing and one said guide rod tube housing and leaving a portion of the guide rod exposed between said guide rod housing and said guide rod tube housing;
said guide rods containing holes of gear rack opposite of said corresponding guide rod housing supports;
three gears connected to said water tank member top, each positioned between and one said guide rod housing and said guide rod tube housing, opposite of said guide rod housing support such that each of said gears gearingly mesh with a corresponding said guide rod gear rack;
three tilt actuators, each connected to said water tank member top positioned so that when activated, said tilt actuator pushes and tilts one said guide rod housing support such that a said gear rack teeth gearingly engage to a said gear and when deactivated said gear rack holes gearingly disengage to a said gear;
three upper tank bladder actuators positioned above said tilt actuators and connected to a support member positioned so that when activated, said upper tank bladder actuator keeps one said guide rod and said floatable bladder member attached to said guide rod at the upper portion of said tank;
three lower tank bladder actuators positioned above said tilt actuators and connected to a support member positioned so that when activated, said lower tank bladder actuator keeps one said guide rod and its said floatable bladder member at the lower portion of said tank;
a power source connected to said actuators;
each said floatable bladder containing a sensor to monitor the gas pressure and volume of said floatable bladder;
a manifold with a bottom portion, a side portion and a top portion attached to said water tank member top, side and bottom;
said manifold bottom portion spanning said water tank bottom, having three bottom bulkhead valves attached to said water tank member bottom and aligned under said floatable bladder members such that each said bottom bulkhead valve corresponds and is positioned under a said floatable bladder;
each said bottom bulkhead valve having a sensor and means to open and close said bottom bulkhead valve;
said manifold said manifold side portion extending from said manifold bottom portion to said manifold top portion traversing said water tank member side;
said manifold top portion having three top bulkhead valves attached to said water tank member top, spanning said water tank top and each said top bulkhead valve positioned above a said floatable bladder pipe member such that each said top bulkhead valve corresponds and is positioned above a corresponding said floatable bladder pipe;
each said top bulkhead valve having a sensor and means to open and close said top bulkhead valve;
an aerator with a valve and aerator valve sensor attached to said manifold for inserting gas into the manifold;
a wire harness assembly connecting to each said floatable bladder pipe valve sensor, said tilt actuators, said upper tank bladder actuators, said lower tank bladder actuators, said floatable bladder sensors, said bottom bulkhead valve sensors, said top bulkhead valve sensors, and said aerator valve sensor;
a computer connected to said wire harness assembly for automating all actions of said valves, actuators, sensors and aerator;
a generator shaft connected to each said gear and an electric generator, said electric generator converting rotational mechanical power of said gears into electrical power, wherein:
a means for staggered movement of said floatable bladders wherein when one floatable bladder is expelling gas in said water tank member upper portion, another said floatable bladder is rising and another said floatable bladder is filling with gas in said water tank member lower portion.
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