Patents by Inventor Russell A. Hoar

Russell A. Hoar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4316361
    Abstract: A counterweighted elongate buoyant body that floats on the surface of the sea or a lake has at least one sail supporting mast extending upwardly therefrom as well as vanes that tend to maintain the sails substantially normal to the direction of movement of the wind. The buoyant body is by frame means maintained within the confines of a circular series of piles. The counterweight and means for pivoting each sail from a position normal to the direction of the wind to substantially parallel thereto cooperate to impart a transverse rocking motion to the buoyant body that has an eccentric transverse arcuate member depending therefrom that is engaged by a pair of rollers, as the transverse member moves relative to the pair of rollers a bellows is receprocated upwardly and downwardly to draw water into and discharge it from a check valve controlled confined space to a reservoir situated at a substantial distance above the surface of the body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1982
    Inventor: Russell A. Hoar