ENERGY-EXTRACTING PNEUMOHYDRAULIC MOTOR Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: compressed-air-to-mechanical energy conversion. SUBSTANCE: motor has vessel filled with fluid. Drive wheels with seamless working element around them are mounted in upper and lower parts of vessel. Working element carries bell-shaped floats. Compressed-gas source communicates with lower part of vessel for filling inner space of each float with gas. Floats are provided with nozzles mounted on their walls at certain angle to vertical axis. Nozzles are arranged above balancing strap that functions as gate; bottom part of strap is level with bottom edge of float and top one, level with bottom part of nozzle. EFFECT: improved efficiency of motor. 1 dwg