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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • the direct-action wheels are of diameter in relation to the diameter of the reaction-wheel in proportion to the respective powers of the said direct-action and reaction Wheels.
  • the invention in the second place, consists of a novel mode of the construction and arrangement of the chute connected with each direct-action wheel and the bucket of the same, so as to ⁇ utilize the greatest percentage ofthe force and weight of the Water, as hereinafter described.
  • Figure l is a plan view of the combined direct-action and reaction wheels, one direct-action wheel, D, onlybeing shown.
  • Fig. 2 is a vertical section at the line a b of Fig. 1, a part of the case E of the wheel D being broken away to exhibit the construction and arrangment of the buckets H and chute I in relation to each other.
  • A is the reaction-wheel, and B the case in which it revolves.
  • the top plate a of the case is provided with six openings, b, for the passage of water into the annular space c, into which the buckets C of the wheel A project.
  • D is a vertical direct-action wheel in the case E, placed over one of the openings o and confined, by means of screw-bolts d, to the top plate a of the case B.
  • On the center shaft F of the Wheel A is confined the bevel-wheel G, into which all the pinions G. of the direct-action wheels D gear.
  • the wheel and pinion as before stated, are of proportionate sizes to the respective powers ofthe wheels.
  • the buckets H are pointed and of similar form to saw-teeth, the back of each bucket connecting with the front ofthe contiguous bucket, as seen in Fig. 2.
  • the chute I of the case E is diminished from the inner side toward its outer edge, as seen in Fig. 2, so as to direct the water onto the buckets H at the estreme diameter of the Wheel, and, when they have nearly reached a horizontal position, to get the greatest amount of power practicable and prevent, as much as possible7 back action on the buckets.
  • the chute is curved out a little at the point so as to direct the Water from the point of the bucket that has nearly reached a horizontal position to the bucket beneath it.

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JOHN c. CLIME..
Water-Wheels.
No. 125,662 PatentedAppnnman.
ETTED STATES PATENT GEEICE.
JOHN C. OLIME, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, JOHN A. SEEDS, AND ALLEN MIDDLETON, JR., OF SAME PLACE.
IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-WHEELS.`
Speclcation forming part of Letters Patent No.125,662, dated April 16, 1872.
4the direct-action wheels are of diameter in relation to the diameter of the reaction-wheel in proportion to the respective powers of the said direct-action and reaction Wheels. The invention, in the second place, consists of a novel mode of the construction and arrangement of the chute connected with each direct-action wheel and the bucket of the same, so as to `utilize the greatest percentage ofthe force and weight of the Water, as hereinafter described.
Figure l is a plan view of the combined direct-action and reaction wheels, one direct-action wheel, D, onlybeing shown. Fig. 2 is a vertical section at the line a b of Fig. 1, a part of the case E of the wheel D being broken away to exhibit the construction and arrangment of the buckets H and chute I in relation to each other.
Like letters in both gures indicate the same parts.
A is the reaction-wheel, and B the case in which it revolves. The top plate a of the case is provided with six openings, b, for the passage of water into the annular space c, into which the buckets C of the wheel A project. D is a vertical direct-action wheel in the case E, placed over one of the openings o and confined, by means of screw-bolts d, to the top plate a of the case B. On the center shaft F of the Wheel A is confined the bevel-wheel G, into which all the pinions G. of the direct-action wheels D gear. The wheel and pinion, as before stated, are of proportionate sizes to the respective powers ofthe wheels. The buckets H are pointed and of similar form to saw-teeth, the back of each bucket connecting with the front ofthe contiguous bucket, as seen in Fig. 2. The chute I of the case E is diminished from the inner side toward its outer edge, as seen in Fig. 2, so as to direct the water onto the buckets H at the estreme diameter of the Wheel, and, when they have nearly reached a horizontal position, to get the greatest amount of power practicable and prevent, as much as possible7 back action on the buckets.
The chute is curved out a little at the point so as to direct the Water from the point of the bucket that has nearly reached a horizontal position to the bucket beneath it.
I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a vertical direct-action wl1eel,D, with the reaction wheel A, substantially in the manner above described.
2. The chute I and buckets H, as constructed and arranged, so that the descending current shall strike the outer extremities of the buckets along the whole range of its impact, substantially as above described.
JOHN C. CLIME.
Witnesses STEPHEN UsTIcK, THOMAS J. BEWLEY.
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