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A series of floating turbine rotors each have a tubular hub with outwardly projecting blades, and the rotors are connected in general axial alignment by a flexible driven shaft. The shaft includes tubular floating connector shafts and flexible couplings, and each rotor is connected to drive the shaf

A series of floating turbine rotors each have a tubular hub with outwardly projecting blades, and the rotors are connected in general axial alignment by a flexible driven shaft. The shaft includes tubular floating connector shafts and flexible couplings, and each rotor is connected to drive the shaft through a one-way ratchet clutch. One or more lines of the connected floating rotors are anchored within moving water of a river or in the waves flowing into a seashore, and the rotors drive each flexible shaft which, in turn, drives an electric generator through a fly-wheel and a power converter or drives an air compressor for producing compressed air which is stored in underground tanks and later used to drive an electric generator through an air turbine.

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[ What is claimed is:] [13.] Apparatus for converting a moving flow of water into rotary power comprising a plurality of floating turbine rotors each including a hub member supporting a plurality of peripherally spaced blades, means associated with each of said rotors for floating said rotors adjace

[ What is claimed is:] [13.] Apparatus for converting a moving flow of water into rotary power comprising a plurality of floating turbine rotors each including a hub member supporting a plurality of peripherally spaced blades, means associated with each of said rotors for floating said rotors adjacent the water surface and with a portion of said blades projecting upwardly into the air, a flexible driven shaft including a plurality of floating tubular connector shafts and flexible couplings connecting said rotors in general axial alignment, and a one-way clutch connecting said hub member of each said rotor to said driven shaft and providing for rotation of said driven shaft in only one direction in response to rotation of said rotor.