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US203382A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B17/00—Other machines or engines
    • F03B17/06—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head"
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2260/00—Function
    • F05B2260/70—Adjusting of angle of incidence or attack of rotating blades
    • F05B2260/72—Adjusting of angle of incidence or attack of rotating blades by turning around an axis parallel to the rotor centre line
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/74—Wind turbines with rotation axis perpendicular to the wind direction

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  • N-PETBRS PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.
  • Keeler in the county of Van Buren and State. of Michigan, have invented a new and 1111-' proved OurrentWheel, of which the followin g is a specification:
  • Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section.
  • Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View.
  • A is a square vertical shaft, having round bearings at each end, which are supported in boxes at on the frame 13.
  • the upper boss,b is grooved circumferentially, to reoeive the fork of a bar for shifting the wheel on the shaft.
  • the shaft is provided with a shoulder, d, upon whichrests the wheel 0.
  • each blade is provided with a bracket, 0, which stops the blade when it is at right angles with theface of the wheel G.
  • the blades on one side of the axis of the wheel drop down or unfold by the action of the current, while upon the other side of the wheel they automatically fold up against the face of the wheel.
  • the wheel may be readily raised or lowered, to accommodate it to water of varying depth, and a number of the wheels may be placed in a stream, and the united power of all may be employed in propelling machinery.
  • the wheel may be constructed by an ordinary mechanic, and the materials of which it is made are common and easily obtained.

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.E. H. SMITH:
Current-Wheel.
No; 203,382. Pat ented May 7,1878.
WITNESSES: INVENTOR:
ATTORNEYS.
N-PETBRS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ESTILL H. SMITH, OF KEELER, MICHIGAN.
IMPROVEMENT- IN cu RRENT-WHEELS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,382, dated May 7, 1878 application filed March 2, 1878.
To all whomit may concern:
Be it known that I, ESTILL H. SMITH, of
Keeler, in the county of Van Buren and State. of Michigan, have invented a new and 1111-' proved OurrentWheel, of which the followin g is a specification:
Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View.
Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.
The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing, and then pointed out in the claim.
Referring to the drawing, Ais a square vertical shaft, having round bearings at each end, which are supported in boxes at on the frame 13. Upon the shaft A is placed a wooden wheel, 0, havingthe iron bosses b c, firmly secured to opposite sides by bolts. The upper boss,b, is grooved circumferentially, to reoeive the fork of a bar for shifting the wheel on the shaft. The shaft is provided with a shoulder, d, upon whichrests the wheel 0.
To the under surface of the wheel 0 several blades or paddles, D, are hinged, so that they may all fold in one direction against the nu der face of the wheel. Each blade is provided with a bracket, 0, which stops the blade when it is at right angles with theface of the wheel G.
The blades on one side of the axis of the wheel drop down or unfold by the action of the current, while upon the other side of the wheel they automatically fold up against the face of the wheel.
The wheel may be readily raised or lowered, to accommodate it to water of varying depth, and a number of the wheels may be placed in a stream, and the united power of all may be employed in propelling machinery.
The wheel may be constructed by an ordinary mechanic, and the materials of which it is made are common and easily obtained.
I am aware that it is not new, in currentwheels, to hinge a series of buckets to the under side of an adjustable hub; but
What I claim is The combination of the shaft A, having shoulder (1, frame B, disk-wheel G, hinged paddles D, and brackets e, as shown and described.
OHAs. G. GEORGE, DUDLY GEORGE.
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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6499939B2 (en) * 2001-03-27 2002-12-31 Eric E Downing Water wheel
US20110187112A1 (en) * 2010-01-29 2011-08-04 Michael Wayne Brace Hydro-kinetically powered electrical generator power head
US8083483B1 (en) 2008-04-26 2011-12-27 Arden L Thorsbakken Water wheel barrage energy converter
US8120196B1 (en) * 2005-09-20 2012-02-21 Neese Stephen L Wave-powered water wheel type generator

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6499939B2 (en) * 2001-03-27 2002-12-31 Eric E Downing Water wheel
US8120196B1 (en) * 2005-09-20 2012-02-21 Neese Stephen L Wave-powered water wheel type generator
US8083483B1 (en) 2008-04-26 2011-12-27 Arden L Thorsbakken Water wheel barrage energy converter
US20110187112A1 (en) * 2010-01-29 2011-08-04 Michael Wayne Brace Hydro-kinetically powered electrical generator power head

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