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A group of devices and machines for converting the mechanical energy of live loads into electricity. A generator is operated by gears which in their turn are operated by a Bourdon tube or similar-acting device fed by working fluid in a pipe from a reservoir. The reservoir walls are impacted by a cho

A group of devices and machines for converting the mechanical energy of live loads into electricity. A generator is operated by gears which in their turn are operated by a Bourdon tube or similar-acting device fed by working fluid in a pipe from a reservoir. The reservoir walls are impacted by a choice of the rolling weight of a motor vehicle, the bending force on some object and/or by a decompressing force on the working fluid. The invention is applied to roadways, buildings, sailboats, cars with internal combustion engines, elevators, ships and bridges. If the varying impacts are caused by wind or subsurface ocean currents a new type of diverging nozzle is used to magnify pressure input. By using the invention pressure waves are used to transfer energy with minimal movement of working fluid, minimizing friction and other losses.

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What is claimed is: 1. A system of devices for converting the energy of a live load into electrical energy comprising: a. a pressure receiver means selected from the group of (1) a flexible pole extended vertically from ground level with a sail affixed atop said pole, said pole selected from the gr

What is claimed is: 1. A system of devices for converting the energy of a live load into electrical energy comprising: a. a pressure receiver means selected from the group of (1) a flexible pole extended vertically from ground level with a sail affixed atop said pole, said pole selected from the group of (a) a tree support, (b) a mast of a sailboat, and (c) a building framework, and said sail is selected from the group of (a) a tree, (b) a sail of a sailboat, and (c) a building, accordingly, (2) a suspension cable of a bridge, (3) a cable stretched along the top of a keel of a ship, (4) a container of weight in a vehicle and attached thereto, (5) a road surface, and (6) a hollow dome means fixed to a hollow cone means, b. a pipe means operatively connected to said pressure receiver means, said pipe means selected from the group of (1) a closed pipe means selected from the group of: (a) a pipe whose first end is operatively connected to a live load and whose second end contains a piston, said piston made to extend through one end of a second closed pipe and to which a gear rack is affixed and made to mesh with a gear of an energy conversion device, said second closed pipe selected from the group of: ((1)) a container filled with liquid working fluid, and ((2)) a container containing a spring means operatively connected to said piston, (b) a piston means comprising ((1)) a piston sleeve closed on both sides defining the walls of a container of liquid working fluid ((2)) a piston within said sleeve dividing said sleeve into two compartments, ((3)) a piston shaft fixedly attached to said piston and extending through an end wall of said sleeve, ((4)) liquid working fluid completely filling both said compartments, ((5)) O-rings between said sleeve and said wall and between said piston and said sleeve to prevent said leakage of said liquid working fluid, ((6)) check valves through the walls of each said compartment to allow each said compartment to be filled with liquid working fluid, and ((7)) an exit tube from each compartment so as said piston shaft is made to push on and pull on said piston, fluid pressure in each said compartment and said exit tube is varied accordingly, and (c) a liquid-filled chamber located next to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, said closed pipe means having a moveable wall separating said container filled with working fluid from said combustion chamber so as said engine's piston is operated pressure is made to vary on said working fluid within said container filled with working fluid and operate an open pipe means, and (2) an open pipe means selected from the group of (a) an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine operatively connected to a closed pipe means, (b) a slotted wall within said piston's cylinder of said internal combustion engine through which said piston's shaft is made to move, the movement of said piston causing the velocity of air to move through said slot at a varying rate, a closed pipe means operatively connected to said slotted wall so pressure is varied in said closed pipe means, (c) a narrow necked piston cylinder containing an elevator car operated as a piston within a piston cylinder operably connected to a closed pipe means, and c. an energy conversion means comprising a gear means transmission operatively connected to said pipe means, and an electric generator operatively connected to said gear means transmission, so said live load is made to operate said electric generator. 2. A system of devices of claim 1 wherein said pressure receiver means is said hollow dome means fixed to said hollow cone means forming a diverging nozzle means, said pipe means is said closed pipe means comprising said piston means, and a tube has a first end operatively connected said diverging nozzle means, said diverging nozzle means further comprises: a. said hollow cone means fixedly attached to said hollow dome means along their respective rims, said rims being spaced apart and being connected intermittently by suitable means, c. an inner wall means within said diverging nozzle means to guide a flow of fluid through said space between said rims, and d. a hole means in the center of said hollow dome means oriented so said hole means is parallel to the earth's surface so as passing fluid is made to draw other fluid through said space defined by said rims, fluid is drawn through said hole means at a greater velocity than said passing fluid's velocity and is located next to said tube. 3. The system of devices of claim 2 wherein said diverging nozzle means working fluid is air and said second end of said tube is operatively connected to said piston means, said piston means operatively connected to a three-way valve, a first inlet of said valve being said tube, a second inlet of said valve open to atmospheric pressure, and an outlet of said valve operatively connected to said piston means so as said air passes an electric generator is made to rotate then electricity is produced. 4. The system of devices of claim 2 wherein said diverging nozzle means' working fluid is water, said cone means is a dome means and wherein said diverging nozzle's tube's second end is operatively connected to a power conversion device comprising: a. a vertically disposed U-tube full of water, b. a first piston within said U-tube and fixedly attached to a gear rack and operated by a said hydraulic means located near the lowest point of said U-tube and operatively connected to a pinion gear, c. a second piston within the end of a leg of said U-tube, d. a double rack and pinion means, each rack and pinion means operably connected to said piston within said leg, e. a three way valve whose first inlet is operably connected to said tube, a second inlet of said valve open to pressure from water surrounding said power converting apparatus, and an outlet of said valve operably connected to said hydraulic means, and f. generator means operably connected to said pinions of said double rack and pinion means, so that operating said three way valve will cause said first piston to be moved reciprocally and operate said device to cause electricity to be produced by said generator. 5. The system of devices of claim 4 wherein said power conversion apparatus is located in a hole ashore as deep as said diverging nozzle hole is located offshore. 6. The system of devices of claim 1 wherein said energy conversion means further comprises: a C-type, Bourdon tube and whose inlet end fixedly attached to a said gear means transmission comprising a fixed support upon which is mounted a first shaft and a first spur gear and whose other end is affixed to a moveable cylinder located as part of a scotch yoke affixed to said first spur gear in a radial direction, said Bourdon tube and said scotch yoke located in a closed pipe filled with working fluid with an inlet opening, said closed pipe's dimensions partially defined by said first spur gear face to which said Scotch Yoke is attached through a rotatable seal so as said first spur gear is made to rotate said closed pipe doesn't rotate, a second spur gear mounted on a second shaft, said second gear made to mesh with said first gear, and having mounted on it concentrically a ratchet and pawl in a first direction and a third spur gear mounted on said second shaft, a forth spur gear made to mesh with said first gear and mounted on said fourth gear concentrically a ratchet and pawl mounted in an opposite direction from said first ratchet and pawl, said fourth gear mounted on a transmission so as pressure is put upon said piston said gear is made to move. 7. The system of devices of claim 1 wherein said pipe means is said closed pipe means comprising said container filled with liquid working fluid located beneath a road surface and further comprises a steel channel whose legs are in contact with said container's top surface with the other ends of said legs in contact with said road's asphalt surface so as said vehicle is made to move over said channel pressure on said liquid working fluid within said container is made to vary and drive said electric generator. 8. The system of devices of claim 1 wherein said live load is produced by ocean waves operatively connected to said closed pipe means. The above changes to the claims have been made to cancel rejected claims and add new claims that more clearly claim the invention.