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Granted Patent B2
US 12,025,090 · App. 17/774,436 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Reactive, reversible blade turbine for power generation and pumping water

Inventor: Michael Scot Cummings (Walterboro, SC)
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Patent No.
US 12,025,090
App. No.
17/774,436
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reactive blade turbine system works vertically, horizontally, or at an angle and clockwise or counterclockwise according to blade angle and locking position and adjusts to variations in fluid flow such as changes in tidal currents to generate power more efficiently regardless of direction of fluid flow.

Claims (26)

1. A reactive turbine system, comprising:

a turbine having a plurality of reactive turbine blades being configured for communication with a flow of fluid, the turbine further comprising:

a top base and a bottom base;

a system axis;

respective individual axes for each reactive turbine blade;

a guard disposed about the turbine for protection thereof, the guard being further configured as a reversal blade to maintain alignment of each reactive turbine blade; and

respective slip rings in communication with each of the individual axes for each reactive turbine blade;

wherein the top base and the bottom base rotate on the system axis causing each reactive turbine blade to rotate on its respective individual axis until each reactive turbine blade in turn contacts a flow of water on an opposing side of the system, the rotation of the turbine, the guard, and the reactive turbine blades producing a star pattern over time, the rotation about the system axis and the individual axes via the slip rings generating power via a power generator.

2. The reactive turbine system as in claim 1 , wherein the flow of fluid is water current and the reactive turbine blades are configured to rotate as the water current passes along the reactive turbine blades.

3. The reactive turbine system as in claim 1 , wherein the flow of fluid causes each reactive turbine blade to rotate on its respective individual axes from a locked position to a position 120 degrees relative to the locked position.

4. The reactive turbine system as in claim 1 , wherein, as the top and bottom bases continue to rotate on the system axis, each reactive turbine blade rotates on its individual axis moving through the flow of fluid to a path of least resistance.

5. The reactive turbine system as in claim 1 , wherein as the top and bottom bases continue to rotate, each reactive turbine blade rotates until it contacts an opposing fluid force, and because of a pivot point and a locking point of a blade angle, the respective reactive turbine blade rotates on its individual axis and returns to a neutral position and to a locked position.

6. The reactive turbine system as in claim 5 , wherein the flow of fluid is water current and is forced against respective areas of each reactive turbine blade thereby creating torque to generate power.

7. The reactive turbine system as in claim 1 , wherein the reactive turbine blades are arranged proximate a fixed or floating structure.

8. The reactive turbine system as in claim 1 , wherein the reactive turbine blades are arranged proximate a water vessel or within a submerged structure.

9. A reactive turbine system, comprising:

a turbine having a plurality of blades being configured for communication with a flow of fluid, the turbine further comprising:

a top base;

a bottom base;

a system axis;

a guard disposed about the turbine for protection thereof, the guard being further configured as a reversal blade to maintain alignment of each blade; and

respective individual axes for each blade,

wherein the top and bottom bases rotate on the system axis causing each blade to rotate until each blade contacts a flow of water on an opposing side of the system, each blade swinging 120 degrees from a locked position during each rotation.

10. The reactive turbine system as in claim 9 , wherein, depending on a direction of the flow of fluid, the plurality of blades rotates counterclockwise or clockwise and generates a five-star rotation pattern.

11. The reactive turbine system as in claim 9 , wherein a blade width between ⅔ to ½ of a diameter of the top and bottom bases is selected to permit each blade to rotate past a trailing blade.

12. The reactive turbine system as in claim 9 , wherein the guard is disposed about turbine blades and synchronously rotates therewith.

Continuity (3)
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