Fluid forcing device
US5611666A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 2, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63H1/37
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fluid forcing device comprising many rotatable slender elements that converts mechanical energy into fluid energy by mechanically arranging and maintaining, at all times, the rotatable slender elements in a pre-determined wave form and by mechanically moving the wave form in a direction normal to the rotation of the elements.
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