2nd Inventors' Olympiad - GENIUS 2000 Budapest, Virtual Exhibition

Registry number: F-040 Category: F Country: Hungary
Underwater drive
The invention
  • The problem to be solved:
    The inventor needed a cheap and economically produced energy (to operate the ball-mill, breaker, furnaces) for the realisation of his former invention. Since the industrial art and the nature have a close interrelation and must be interdependent, it was obvious to create an environment friendly and cheap energy generation device, the "Watermobil 2000" that, as an integral part of the nature, in winter and summer invisibly serves the people with peaceful coexistence.
  • Definition:
    The watermobil is a mechanical energy generating device that is immersed into streaming water (watercourse, river, sea) and uses the longitudinal and/or alternate water stream to convert it into rotational motion. A cardan shaft transfers the rotational motion ashore. No other external energy source required for its operation.
  • Presentation:
    The watermobil is a rotating cylindrical rotor equipped with six moving vane impeller, that is immersed in streaming water - watercourse, river, sea - below the water-level, alone or more ones connected in series, it converts a slow water stream of 5 to 10 km/h into rotational motion, into mechanical energy. This rotational motion of the vertically seated watermobil is transferred ashore through a cardan shaft. Its weight required for underwater operation is provided by the proportional use of metal and wooden parts, while, the turning-moment is provided by the designed shape of the impeller vanes and the cylindrical rotor. The floating, self-aligning, sensitive impeller vanes convert the water stream energy into turning-motion through the cylindrical rotor and, this way, the fast, alternate water movement of the sea waves can also be utilised efficiently.

  • Application: .Anywhere near water streams where a cheap and economically produced mechanical energy required.
  • Advantages:
    Cheap and almost maintenance free mechanical energy generation without input energy.
    The installation of the watermobil requires a low investment cost that can quickly be regained installing it near the seaside, riverside or watercourse.
    Environment friendly, it does not change too much the landscape.
  • Stage of development:
    A working model is already in use, documentation is available.
  • Documentation available: Yes
The inventor(s)
  • Name(s): István CSERNYÁK
  • Self introduction:
    He is 68 years old, graduated in applied arts, he has other invention, too.
The protection
  • Form: Utility Model (U 0000046)
  • Priority: 08 February, 2000.
  • Countries where it is force: Hungary
Business intention:
Contact
  • Name: István CSERNYÁK
  • E-mail: genius@inventor.hu
  • Fax: +36 1 389 2749
  • Address: H-1042 Budapest, Árpád út 20-24. Hungary