HYDROPNEUMATIC DRIVE WITH SUMMARY ROTATION TORQUE Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering; energy converters.

SUBSTANCE: proposed drive is designed for converting compressed air energy into mechanical rotation and it can be used as reduction gear. Device contains fan set into rotation by motor, tank with inner space filled with water, wheel with supports and buckets arranged below water level and provided with flow-out channels, and spool with movable ring and fixed plate. Holes are made on side of buckets and in movable ring of spool to fill buckets with water and air. Holes are made in fixed plate to deliver air into buckets from fan along air ducts. Partitions and braces can be made inside buckets. Drive can be furnished with baffle screen, and can be taken for fan overwater part of tank space.

EFFECT: provision of effective and reliable operation.

4 cl, 2 dwg