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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Wrh Walter Reist Holding Ag, Ermatingen, CH;
Inventor:
Felix Widmer, Winterthur, CH;
Assignee:
WRH WALTER REIST HOLDING AG, Ermatingen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 7/00 (2006.01); F03B 17/06 (2006.01); F03B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 7/006 (2013.01); F03B 13/00 (2013.01); F03B 17/063 (2013.01); F03B 17/064 (2013.01); F05B 2240/30 (2013.01); Y02E 10/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
An onflow element for an installation for generating electrical energy from hydropower. The onflow element includes an onflow wall with an onflow side as well as a free immersion edge delimiting the onflow wall, wherein the onflow wall has a bending seen in a cross sectional plane transverse to the free immersion edge. The bending is designed in a manner such that the onflow wall is designed arched towards an onflow direction directed to the onflow side.