US1045150A - Motor-wheel - Google Patents

Description

J. N. & J. H. JOHNSON,

MOTOR WHEEL. APPLIGATION FILED FEB.2, 1912.

' Patentd Nov. 26, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

ATTORNEY m wlmsssza J, N. .& H. JOHNSON.

' MOTOR WHEEL. APPLICIATION IILBD FEB. 2,1912.

1,045, 1 50. Patented No v 26, 1912.

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WITNESSES m'mrans arm/Mfr UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES N. JOHNSON AND JOHN H. JOHNSON, OF- FLOMATON, ALABAMA;

' moronpwrrnnn 1,045,150. w fi n 9 mars mp Patented Nov. 26, 1912,

' App1ication filed February 2, 1912. Serial No. 674,917. I

To all-whomii may concern: is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, look- Be it known that we, James N. Jormson and JOHN H. JOHNSON, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Flomaton, in the county of-Escambia and State of Alabama, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements i'n-Motor-Wheels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain newland useful improvements in motor wheels of that.

class in which the" wheel is mountedtorevolve on a non-revoluole'hollow'shaft and 'arranged to take steam through the center of-the wheel upon one side and toexhaust it axially upon the opposite side. 7 The present invention has for its objects among others to provide asimple and inexpensiwgsnotor wheel adapted to'be driven y any expansive fluid under pressure, being readily reversible and capable of embodiment as either a single or a compound motor.

We aim further at improvements'in the details of construction whereby chea ness of manufacture is assured,with capability of boiler or any other'suitable source of motive ready assemblage and adjustment ofthepartsas well as-surety or motive fluid.

Other objects and advantages of the-invention wi]l-' hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be articularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The present inventionis capable of embodiment in various forms and in the resent instance we have shownthose whic .we' at the present timeconsider preferable. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be restricted to such forms,

t-1on through .our improved wheel.

nor to the details of construction, proportion of parts, etc., as thg same is subject to variations, modifications'and changes without departing from the s irit of the invention or sacrificing any 0 its advantages. We, therefore, reserve the right to make such changes, variations and modifications as come properly within the scope of the protection prayed. The invention as embodied in such preferred forms is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, -with the humerals of reference marked thereon, form a partof this specification, and in which Figure 1 a substantially central sec- Fig. 2.

against the waste of'steam' supported in any other manper as upon a in Fig.2. Fig. t is a cross section on the line 4'4 of F g. 1 lookingin the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the throttle valve and t'he" hollow shaft removed from the other' parts and shown.

'separted. Fig. 6 an elevation of a wheel "of modified form. Fi 7' is a substantially central section throng Fig. 8 with "parts broken away and portions shown-in eleva Figs/(Sand 8, -the-li'ead of the casing is removed.

Like numerals of. reference indicate like parts ,throughout ',the= different views.

In practice thejz'wheel may'be supported in any-preferred way, for instance, it may be-mounted upon a pipe 1, as shown in Fig. 1, which may -be" a"-.-.pipe connected -with and de'signed'to receive steam" from a steam fluid. It is'evident,'-however, that it may be suitable base .or support when be at- .tached to or form a part "of any suitable fixed means whereby-the wheeilmajbesupported in the desiredpositioiif-ivitiijrclation to the other parts. *Th'ef ljiiaiinefi of sup porting, however,- is one thatinay be varied and changed to suit the circumstances and,

therefore, the invention in its other respects is in no wise restricted to this or, any-other particular means o'f mounting of the wheeL In the present instance, the wheel in its most'simplified form comprises a casing 2 having a detachable head 3 secured in place by screws or any other suitable means 4,

which head, in this instance, is shown as provided with an extension orni'pple 5 for connection with the exhaust-pipe 6 which, as will be evident,- may be revolublymounted upon said nipple or extension 5, so that it may be. turned-up 'or down or 'in any other desired direction.h th 7 2 as"eextensi' mu n which is fast a belt ulle 8. Within ilie tubular extension 7 is disposed. a hollow shaft 9 which is screw-threaded at one end,

jt-ion. Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig-fishow- 'mg still a further modification of wheel. In

as seen at 10, and is screwed into the nipple radially and extending inward a greater 'or less distance from the said flange. These vanes are arranged at op siteedges' of the posed at a right angle to by means of which the throttle may be re 11 of the T 12 int0 which the pipe-1 is se cured. This pipe 1 is provided with a suitable valve 13 whereby the control of the motive fluid may beregulated or shutoff when desired. I

141s a block or the like upon the hollow shaft, retained in position bya screw or the like 15 and carrying an oil cup 16 from which oil is conducted to the inclined passage 17 to the bearing 7.

The casing 2'has the peripheral flan e 18 into which the screws 4 are engag' as seen best in Fig.' 1, and upon the inner face of this casing are thevanes 19 arrangedflange, 'as seen clearly;- in ig. 1.

Theinner 3 end of the hollow .shaft 9 is rovided with an enlargement 20, as seen in igs. 1,.2and-3, and from the bo'reofthis shaft extend in-opposi-te directions passages 21- and 22 which communicate with the feedpipes 23 and 2t respectively. These pipes may be integral with or secured to the hollow shaft in any suitable manner and, as seen in Fi s. 2 and 3, these feed pipes extend both in the same direction practically outward from the enlargement 20, each taking a substant-ially right-angled bend fromthe passages 21 and 22, their free ends. extending in close proximity to the inner periphery of the casing and provided. with outlets 25 and 26 respectively which are .disei'rJength and arranged to discharge in opposite directions.

These feed pipes are designed to revolve between the vanes, as will be evident from Figs. 1 and 2.

27 is the throttle valve; It is exteriorly threaded, as seen at 28, to engage the threaded portion 29 of the T 12. as seen in F 1g. 1. It is rotatable within the" hollow shaft ,9 in order to control the flow of mo tive fluid to the interior of the wheel from the pi e 1. It is provided with two ports 30 an 31 diametrically disposed to each other, as seen in Fig. 1, at the outer end, and at the inner end it provided with a port 32, as seen clearly in Figs. 1, 2nd 3. This port 32 is in alinement with the ports or passages 21 or 22 of the enlargement 20 of the hollow shaft, as seen in sa d 1, 2 and 3, and designed to discharge the motive fluid through said valve into one or the other of the pipes 23 or 24, dependent upon the osition of the throttle valve.

e throttle valve has an extension 33. rigid with which, is the operating lever 34 volved in its bearing. Pivotally mounted on th s-extension 33, as at 35,.is a lever 36 i between the free end of which and the lever 1 suitable manner and receiving1 fluid through the pipe 1, with t 1 34 is a sprixig 3'i, the other end of the lever 36 being bent at an angle and its extreme end 38 forming a pawl or the like adapted to engage in one or the other of the open- The mode of operation will be readily un} derstood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the annexed ings 39in the guter end of the-portion 29 drawings, and, briefly stated, is as follows:

The hollow shaft 9 being supported in any the motive e throttle in the position in which it is seen in Fig. 1, the

lluid-enteri ng through the pipe 1.takes the course indicated by 'the arrows, passmgl through the port- 31' and along. the hollow throttle, out through the passage 21 and through the feed pipe 23 and out its passage 25, the motive fluid actiti; as follows; The wheel becomes full of cad steam, the'live steam rushing in drives the dead steam against the rim of the wheel, compressing it by forcingit through between the vanes and the walls of the wheel all at the sometime and gradually pushing the-dead steam out at theexhaust. The vanes do not retard the flow of the motive .fluid in running as the vixnes run by the steam or motive fluid instead of throu h the same as heretofore; By this form or construct-ion, we obtain great s d and power under less pressure and t e wheel runs smooth and p'racticall noiseless. By dis engaging the end'38 o the pawl 36 from its notch in the member 29 and giving the port 32 into the throttle valve a. half revolution until theport 32 at the inner end of the throttle valve is brought into its downward position so as to be thrown into communication with the passage 22, the motive fluid entering the throttle valve through the pipe 1 passes through the throttle valve and out into thepassage 22, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3, and thence along the feed pipe 24 and out the exit'passage 26, thus turning the wheel in the opposite direction. When it is desired to shut oil the flow to the wheel, the throttle valve may be turned into a position intermediate the two positions seen 1n Figs.

2 and 3 respectively when there is no es- .cape for the fluid-from the throttle valve into either of the passages 21 or 22.

In Fig. 6 we have shown a slightly modified form in which the two feed pipes 40 and 41 extend 'in diametrically opposite directi ns from the hollow shaft with their outer ends arranged incloseg: proximity. to the inner periphery of 'fl'ange 18 and provided withthe outlet ports 42 and 43 extending in opposite directions; The mode of operation'is substantially the'mme as in the form just before described and shown in .Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Figs. 7 and .8 we have shown afurther modification .in which thevanes-are dis pensed with and the feed pipes 44 and--45 extend insubstantially diametrically oppo'-- site directions and have their 'ends curved, as seen at 46, the free ends extending opposite directions withtheir outlets i7-.i-and 48extending soas to deliver the motive iiuid'in opposite directions withinthe'cas ra throttle is Reversal of the 20.

position of thethrottle valve by the throttle valve lever, in the forms shown in Figs-.1 to 5, admits the .motive' fluid through the other ports in the opposite direction and, consequently, reverse imitation is given to the wheel v as toiiioccu It will be'noticedthat" the hollow-shaft.

has a comparatively small hub portion and that,f.theZ-.Efeed pipes extending therefrom so. py but a small portion of the -.space within the casing, as seen in Figs. 1, a0

2, 6 and 8, and thus minimum obstruction is offered.

In order to convey away the exhaust,'it is only necessary to make a larger pipe than What is claimed as new is the exhaust nozzle 5 'andletvthe exhaust nozzle revolve within-the same,*whereb y the. exhaust may be carried off to any desired.

position, either up or down or horizontal.

' It will be noted that. byarranging the feed pipes on both sides of the hollow shaft. that-we equalize the friction and better balance the wheel.

I l. {in a motor wheel, a non-rotatable'hol ow.s aft having radial o in a cas' revoluble on said shaft, feed- 2 1 15: extendiiig from said radial openings into said casing, a throttle valve revolubly mounted within said shaft and having an opening for co- 0 I ration witheither slifft, said hollow shaft having an enlargement at its inneraend and the adjacent wall.

of the casing having a coincident enlargement, and an. extension leading for connection with an exhaust.

2. In amotor wheel,'a non-revolublehol-L lowshaft having radial opemngs a' casin'g revo'l; ble thereon,-feed pipes extending'from said gdial 'openmgs, ai throttle valve revplubly mounted within said shaft and havlngan openingforcooperation with either of the openings thereof, said casing havin a removable head with exhaust nozzle and vanes within the at the periphery thereof, spaced apart and contracting the veu passageat the vanes extending dially. not shown in Figs.'-6 and therefrom ithe same, awheelthe shaft, within the riphe'r'y of thecasing, said from-opposite heads of the casi toward each other.

'- 3. n amotor wheel, a non-revoluble hollow shaft having radial-openings, a casing revoluble thereon, feed pi extending from said radial openings, a t rottle val've-revo l.ubly..mounted within said shaft and havmg an. openingforcoiiperationwith either of a'removable head with exhaust nozzle an vanes within the casing at the penphery thereof, spaced apart andcontracting the vanes extending from opposite heads of the casing z-toward -;other and disposed ra- 4. In a iiiotiir'wheel,amon-revalhbl hol low .-shaft, :a" wheel revoluble ther n" and 'havingvanesextending radially from'opposite sidesxof theagwh feed pipes on said' shaft-and upon opposite sides of which; said vanes are .movable, and a hollow throttle valve :revolubly mounted in said shaft, said.

vanes having a passageway. between them to straddle the feed pipes inthe rotation of the -wheel.

the openings thereon-said casing having 'pa'ssage at the periphery ofthe casing, said 5. In a-motor wheel, a non-revoluble hollow'shaft, a whe revoluble thereon and having vanes exten ing radially from opposite sides of the wheel and spaced rom each other, feed pipes on said shaft, and a hollow throttle valve revolubly mounted in said shaft,'said ..vanes having a passageway between them to straddle the feed pipes .in...the.rotation 'of. the wheel, said wheel 'g-a removable head carrying exhaust nozzle.

' 6. In a motor wheel, non-revoluble hollow shaft havin an enlargement with radial pipes leading from said open-. revoluble on said shaft and having a comparatively small enlargement at the end, an extension leading therefrom for connection with an exhaust, a throttle valve rotatable within the hollowshafl; and having an opening for cooperation -with either of the openings. of and shaft, said wheel having a' removable head by which said extension is carried;

..7. In a motor-.Wheel, a non-revoluble hollow shaft, ath'rottle valve revoluble within.

extension, and feed pipes extending ,from

whdelandfamznged to deliver motive fluid in. op' osite directions, said-feed pipes and .tl eir support within the wheel occupying tion of the space thereof. -w8. In a motor wheel, 'a' non-revoluble hollow shaft, a throttle valve revoluble Within the same a wheel having an extension receiving the hollow shaft, a pulley on saidbut a small porhaving. an. extension -re-' oeiving the hollow shaft, arpull'ey on. said extension, feed pipesextending from the shaft. within the-wheel and arranged to deliver motive fll'iid inbpposit e directions; acollar on said shaft, an'danoil cup mount-- ed on said collar with a passa g for deliver ing oil between said shaft zin%* extensi0n.0f the wheel". v

A --S igi1ed by us at Flomaton Al a. @515 31st dayof J an. ,1912.

' JAMES JOHNSON. JOHN H JOHNSON. I 'Wi t-nes'se s:

J.-P. REYNOLDS. SAM. N. JACKSON.

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