US 12,345,238 B2
Apparatus and method to utilize compressed air for moving mass between tanks
Matthew Higgins, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Niklas H. Altenberg, Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Filed by Hawk Spider Energy Corp., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/364,833.
Prior Publication US 2025/0043776 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. F03G 3/00 (2006.01); F03B 17/00 (2006.01); F03G 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC F03G 3/087 (2021.08) [F03B 17/005 (2013.01); F03G 7/104 (2021.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to move mass, the apparatus comprising:
a first tank;
a second tank;
a glide track;
a glide car;
an air compressor;
a diaphragm pump;
an air storage vessel; and
a brake system,
wherein the first tank is disposed on one or more first tank support arms with distal ends of the one or more first tank support arms hingeably attached to the glide track,
wherein one end of one or more first tank glide car arms are hingeably attached to the one or more first tank support arms at some point between the ends of the one or more first tank support arms and the other end of one or more first tank glide car arms are hingeably attached to the glide car,
wherein the second tank is disposed on one or more second tank support arms with distal ends of the one or more second tank support arms hingeably attached to the glide track,
wherein one end of one or more second tank glide car arms are hingeably attached to the one or more second tank support arms at some point between the ends of the one or more second tank support arms and the other end of one or more second tank glide car arms are hingeably attached to the glide car,
wherein the air compressor provides compressed air to the air storage vessel, and
wherein the diaphragm pump is disposed between the air storage vessel and the first tank and the second tank.