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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard A. Mayo, Jr., York, PA (US);
Kenneth R. Broome, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 1/300 ; H02P 9/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 1/300 ; H02P 9/04 ;
Abstract
An electric power-generating assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a sill wall constructed within the bed of the waterway and at least one waterwheel-driven generating unit supported directly downstream of the sill wall. The waterwheel generating unit includes a waterwheel, a chute and an electric generating unit. The electric generator unit is mounted axially within the waterwheel and includes a rotor disposed axially within a stator and drive means operably connecting the waterwheel to the rotor.