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Air driven water circulation mill

US4764313A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 3, 1986
Grant dateAug 16, 1988
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Expiry dateNov 3, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/10
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A flotation platform supports a mast assembly through which a drive shaft extends having a wind driven turbine on the upper end and a propeller on the lower end situated below the water surface. The propeller is rotated by the wind turbine and causes localized water circulation in the body of water in which the mill is situated thus aerating and mixing the water in the summer and also maintaining an ice free area around the mill in winter.

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