Apparatus for compressing gas in response to vehicular traffic

A plurality of actuator members are mounted along the surface of a roadway in the path of vehicular traffic, so as to be actuated as the wheels of vehicles pass thereover. Beneath each actuator is a chamber formed of resilient material, one of the walls of this chamber being deflected inwardly in re...

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Hauptverfasser:	KRUPP, WALTER H
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING HEATING LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER PUMPS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS WEAPONS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS
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Zusammenfassung:	A plurality of actuator members are mounted along the surface of a roadway in the path of vehicular traffic, so as to be actuated as the wheels of vehicles pass thereover. Beneath each actuator is a chamber formed of resilient material, one of the walls of this chamber being deflected inwardly in response to an associated actuator. The chambers are filled with gas and connected to each other in series by means of a suitable valving arrangement. The gas contained within the chambers, which is preferably air, is compressed by virtue of the actuation of the chamber, gas being fed from chamber to chamber such that successively higher gas compression levels will be reached at succeeding chamber stages in the chain. To facilitate the actuation of the higher level compression stages the actuation surfaces thereof are made to have a decreased area so that greater force per unit area can be provided for a given weight vehicle. Thus, highly compressed and heated gas can be generated for use in driving various types of machinery.