US168202A

US168202A - Improvement in water-wheels

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Publication number: US168202A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1875-09-28
Anticipated expiration: 1892-09-28

Description

UN /S To otll whomit may concern: i

.1 Be -it known that I, ROBERT, WILSON, of w McLeansville, inthe county of Guilford and Ij State-of North Carolina, have invented cer Wheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the I invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto-whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being' had to' theaccompanying g drawings, whichform. part of this specification.

My invention relates to water-wheels; and consistsof an inclosed or tight waterwheel mounted upon or overwa water-chest, the wator-chest receiving and feeding the water to jthe bottom of the wheel through peculiar wedgeshaped channels in the water-chest, and, passing up through tbe wheel, is discharged at the topyas andfor thepurposes g hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed. 1 i I Myinvent'ion relates particularly to the water-chest for conducting thewater to the Wheel, in connection with the inclosed topdiseharge wheel. l i

In the drawings, Figure lis a sectional plan view of the chest; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section through wheel and chest.

t A A is the water-chest, of any external form. and constructiomprovided with two a wide openings orchannels, B B, which, taper and curve gradually around as they enter and i approach the central opening A of the chest, 1 the one B continuing around until it enters i the opening A at a point directly opposite i the entrance thereto of the channel B. O is 1 asolid central head-block or pivot-bearing, upon which the water-wheeljis supported and revolves, secured inithe center of the opening A of the chest. Thisblock'is to give the proper rotation to the waterwbetbre it enters the Wheel. D is the water-wheel, composed of a centrallarge solid hub, d, long graduallynclining blades 0, which commence-at the top of the huband extend down around to the bottom and opposite sidethereof, and an in closing-case, 1). Theclarge central portion orhub is made of such'a height and diame I ter that the discharges EWill be of about one-third greater heightthan width, as shown in Fig. 2. F is the shaft of the wheel, secured at the top in suitable bearings G.

Ihave shown thiswheel as provided with onlytwo inclines or blades and discharges;

but more may be provided, if desired, and

. I The operation of tain new and usefuYImprovements in Water- PATENT Grrxon.

aoBERTYWIhsoN, OF McnEANsvILnn, NORTH CAROLINA. v A I 4. PRovEMsNT N ATER-WHEELS.

Specification forming of Letters Patent No. 168302, dated September 28, 1875; application filed. i July28,1875.

also the chest may be providedwith several receiving-chambers, if desired or found neces sary. I l

the parts is as follows: Thechest is placed in proper position to receive the full head or fall of waterfrom the water-house, flume, or other place. The water enters the chest by the large-mouthed channels B B, and is carried and forced around these channels, which being wedge-shaped as they proceed, the water is gradually con densed as it isv carried around, until it enters the circular opening A. Inthis opening it is given an additional rotary velocity around the central hub O. From this opening the rapid revolving water enters the narrow openings E into the wheel, communicating rota tion thereto as it'is carried up and around the blades, and escaping over the top edge of the wheel.

The advantage of this is, that by providing the channels with very large mouths or entrances, and giving them a gradually-converging curved or wedge shape as they proceed into the chest, the water, if it be a small or low head, is condensed or brought together before it enters the Wheel. The Water is thus delivered to the wheel in a dense compact body, which has received a powerful impulse.

Thusthe entire force and head can be used, and a greater amount of power obtained than by any Wheel of which I am aware.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The water-chest A, provided with central circular opening A, solid headblock O, and

wide mouth, graduallyconverging curved channels B B, discharging into the space A .at opposite sides thereof, as and for the pur-,

poses describedl I 2. In combination withthe chest A, constructed with the central circular opening A, solid head-block O, and wide-mouthed, gradually-curved, converging or wedge-shaped chan-