US1017860A

US1017860A - Water-motor.

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Publication number: US1017860A
Application number: US60181311A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hill Dungan Isaac
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Publication date: 1912-02-20
Anticipated expiration: 1929-02-20

Description

l.0l7.8fi0. WATER-MOTOR. Isaac Hm. DUNUA N. l-lun'boldt, Tenn. Filed Jan. 10, 101i- Serial No. 601,813. To o1l whom it mqy concern:

it known that I, Isaac H. Dime/tn. a c t qe of the United State residing... 7

Humboldt, in the county of Gibson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new aml tiseful Water-Motor, of which the following is a specification.

One object of this invention is to provide a motor whereby the current of a rapidly running stream may he eiuploved for the generation of electricity and the like. the construction of the device being such that it will operate with equal facility, either at low water, or when the stream is running bank for delivering the water properly against the water wheels whereby the generating mechanism is driven.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departin from the spirit of the invention.

in t ie drawings,-I*igure 1 is a horizontal section, wherein sundry details apiear lll elevation; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionyand Fi 4 is a detailed perspective of the drive shaft aml the ele ments carried thereby.

In carrying out the invention there is provided as a primary and fundamental element, a casing 1, ordinarily consisting of a top 2, a bottom 3, side walls 4, and end walls 5. Extended longitudinally of the casing 1, are partitions 6, defining a shaft 7 in the longitudinal center of the casing. and airtight compartments A and I! upon either side. of the shaft. In the end walls 5, there are openings 8, alined with the shaft 7. so that the wider may ass freely through the casing 1. from the orward end thereof to the rear end thereof. The top 2 of the easing is supported upon transverse I-boains D or the like. the bottom 3 of the casing being false bottom 11 resting upon the last named I-heams.

The casing 1 is supplied with forward extensions 12, the adjacent faces of whieh (onverge to form deflectors 14. positioned to diten t ea ewinit water into. the shaft 7. the

" amount of water delivered into the shaft. 7 being controlled bydraw boards S, slulably uuinnted upon the deflecting faces 14 of the. extensions 12. Located within the

shaft

7, 1 and preferably secured to the partition. (1, adjacent the forward elul of the casing, are upright guides 15, in which a gate 16 may be. sliilalily mounted. Positioned ad acent the forward end of the casing 1, and ordinarily supported by the guides 15, is a downwardly and rcarwardly slanting deflector l7, promrided with an upright arm 18, which may b secured to one of the upper I-beams t). 'lholower end of the deflector 17 is spaced apart from the, bottom 3 of the casing. and i; positioned to discharge into the buckets 10 of an undcrshot wheel 20, secured to a shaft. 21, journaled for rotation in bearings 22, carried by the longitudinal partitions Disposed to the rear of the tlellector 17, is another similar, downwardly and rearwardly slanting deflector 23, the forward end oi which may be secured to one of the 2 upper Lbcams t). This deflector 23 s connected by means of an upright extension 2-1, with an adjacent I-beam 5). It. will be understood at this point, that the casing 1 may be of any desired length, the water wheels being multiplied to any desired extent. 'lhe rear deflector 23 is positioned to discharge against the bucket-s 25 of an undershot wheel 26. secured to a shaft 27, journaled for rotation in bearings 28, supported in the longitudinal partitions 6.

The. invention further includes a drive shaft 29, rotatably held in bearings 30, secured t.o tho longitudinal-partitions G, the drive shaft 29 being further held for rotatiou, when desired, in bearing brackets 31, which may be secured to the top 2 of the casing. 'lhe drive shaft 29 has a fly-wheel 32. ordinarily disposed in the shaft. 7, between the

water wheels

20 and 26. Secured to the drive shaft 29 and located within the compartment A, is a pulley 33. carrying a belt 3i. trained about a pulley 11.7, secured to one end of the shaft 27. h'ecureddo the drive shaft 29. and located within the rompartment A, is a pulley 36, about. which is passed a belt 37, operatively connected with a dynamo 38, located in the iuuupartmeut A adjacent the forward end of the casing 1. Secured to the drive shaft 29, and located within the compartment 13. is a pulley 39, ahojhtwhich is passed a belt 40, trained abouta pulley ll. secured to the extremity of the shaft 2t. Mounted upon the shaft .29

reinforced by other transverse I-beams It). a

and haunted within the compartment B ia a pulley 42, about which is passed a belt 43, operativcly connected with a dynamo 44, locntcd within the compartment B, rela- At t for connecting the drive shaft .39 with the tvuamos 38 and It may be varied to suit the taste of the uunmfacturer of the device, the mam point being that the dyuamos 3H and it are to be connected o an'ativcl v, in some annular, with the drive shaft 2!).

desired, a storage battery 15 may be and, noting particular y Fig. 2, the had of the stream is denoted by the numeral 49. In the bed 40 of the stream, is located a suitable foundation 50, ordinarily of concrete, in which foundation is secured an upright post 51. The upper ends of ties 52 are secured to the rostfihthc ties T12 extendingdownwardly, ill tlvcrging relation, into union with anchm's 53, mounted in spaced relation, in the The ties 52 may he 1 equipped with turn buckles 54, so that the bed 49 of the stream.

tics may exert a proper tension upon the post, 51. Rotatably mounted upon the post 1, a collar 55, carrying rearwardly pro cctmg tic members 56, secured to the forward end of the casing 1.

Any desired means may be provided for securing the proper ratios of rotation between the shafts 21 and 27 upon one hand, and the armature shafts from the dynamos 38 and 44 upon the other hand. To effect this end, when desired, brackets 57 depending from the top 2 of the casing, or otherwise supported, may uphold a case 58, within which is locatet a differential interposed in the drive shaft 29.

The operation of the device is as follows: 'I he structure having been positioned prolperly in a stream, as indicated in Fig. 2, t 1e gate 16 is raised, permitting the flowing water of the stream to pass beneath the deflector 17, and to impinge against the buckets 19 of the forward undershot wheel 20. lhe water continuing itspassage through the casing 1, within the shaft 7, shall pass beneath the deflector 23, and be carried downwardly to impinge against the buckets 25 of the rear undershot wheel 26. The shaft 21, through the instrmnentality of the belt 40, will actuate the drive shaft 29. The

shaft. 27. through the instrumentality of the live near to the rear end of the casing 1. 3 us point it may be stated that the means tors (not shown), to the points where the belt 34 will likewise serve to actuate the drive shaft 29. When the drive shaft is retated, the belts 87 and 43, will actuate the armature shafts of the dynamos 38 and 44 respectively, the current generated by these dynamoa being led at! by suitable conducrlertric current is to be utilized. Hy reason of the fact that the collar .35 supplies a pivotal mount iug for the casingl upon the post if, the casing may swing about readily, to accommodate itself to the direction of current. in the stream, the deflecting faces 14 of the extensions l2, serving to direct the flowlag water of the stream into the shaft 7, to pass beneath the deflectors 17 and 23, and to actuate the

wheels

20 and 26, in the manner 1 above described. Since the collar 55 is slidable longitudinally of the post 51 it will be seen that the casing 1, in partially submerged condition, will rise and fall w th the stream, the current of the stream bcm cfmg in the bed of arapidly flowing stream,

gear 50,

fective, at all times, to actuate the wheels .20 and .26, no matter how rapidly the water in i the stream may rise or fall. Moreover, ishould the water in the stream rise to such =an extent that the casing 1 is entirely submerged, the operation of the device will in no wise be impeded. 'lhe maclnnc, therefore, cannot be drowned out and rendered inoperative, no matter to what elevation the twater of the stream may rise. Moreover, isincc tlynamos 38 and 44, and the storage l elements 'to and 47, are housed in the watertight compartments A and B, the current of electricity, generated by the dynamos, will continue, even though the casing be entirely submerged.

Ilaving thus llescribed the invention, what is claimed is:-

A device of the class described comprising a casiu irovidcd with longitudinal partitions, (fiefining a chute through the casing and hermetic com uirtments on each side of the chute; nndershot wheels supported for rotation in the chute; front and rear deflectors in the chute, in advance of the wheels; a drive shaft journaled in the partitions and located in advance of the rear deflector; means in the com artments for connecting the drive shaft with the wheels; a hanger depending into the chute from the top of the casin a jacket carried by the hanger; a difl'erentml in the jacket, and interposed in the drive shaft, the jacket being normally submerged, whereby the differential will be 5 cooled; and a fly wheel upon thedrive shaft, :the fly wheel being located in the chute, in l advance of the rear deflector; the fly wheel i constituting a rotating means for preventing ,a jamming of floating material against the rear deflector.

- Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my slgnalure m the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC HILL DUNGAN.