US393316A

US393316A - Water-motor

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Publication number: US393316A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 1905-11-20

Description

(No odem H E. TRUMBLEL.

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UNITE STATES ATEN'I tries.

HENRY E. TRUMBLE, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

WATER=MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,316, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed March 27, 1888. Serial No. 268,668. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY E. TRUMBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulWater- Motor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is especially designed for the employment of water as the motive power to operate it; but I do not limit it to water, as steam and air, &c., may be utilized to run it. Its general nature consists in a suitable frame, case, or support, to which a piston-head composed of two plates hinged together is pivotally attached at the end of one of the plates, the free end of the other plate being left free to vibrate in the water, steam, or air, 850., as clearly and more particularly described below. The piston-head so called,may properly be termed a jointed lever, but as it is a piston-head in its functions, for convenience I employ this term.

In the drawings forming a part of this specilication, Figure l is a View of Fig. 2, looking from apoint at the right, with a part removed; and Fig. 2 is a view of Fig. 1, looking from a point at the left.

Referring to the lettered parts of the draw ings, A is a flume having a mouth at one end to admit the waterupper end in Fig. 1-and an eductionopening at the other end. This flume would ordinarily receive water from a race or water-supply pipe, or it can be sunk in a flowing stream. The latter is my design in most instances, and to this end Fig. 1 may be considered to represent an open frame or support, for when the motor is located at the bottom of a flowing stream with a strong current it does not matter that the frame should have closed sides to prevent the escape of water except through the eduction end, because the water is plenty and does not need to be confined except by the banks of the stream; but when steam or air is employed, or the supply of water comes from a mill-race or pipe, as above stated, then the support to the pistonhead should be a flume with its sides inclosed, as in Fig. 2. To make it more clear, the end of the piston-head at a, Fig. 1, could be pivoted to a block or to a stake driven in the bed of a stream in lieu of pivoting it to the wall of the flume, as here shown, and the stops 6 a could consist of stakes, or anything to limit the vibration of the free end of the pistonhead. The two plates B B are hinged together at c, Fig. 1. The pivot a, in this instance, is ashaft to which the crank D is attached. During the operation this crank vibrates, and by means of suitable parts (not here shown, but which will be readily understood) rotary motion is imparted to machinery.

The operation of the piston is as follows: The water, flowing in the direction of the arrows, presses against the oblique side of the upper plate B, which causes both plates to assume the position shown by dotted lines 1 2, at which time the water presses against both plates, carrying them on to the position 8 4. The upper plate has here met the stop 0 and inclines in the direction opposite to that at the point of starting. The water then throws the upper plate B over to the position shown by dotted plate 5, and the same action of the piston-head above described takes place, but in the opposite direction. Thus the operation of the jointed piston-head automatically continues, the plate having the free end vibrating on its pivotal attachment with the other plate, and the latter plate vibrating on its pivotal attachment with the support or frame. The stops 6 e prevent the plates from folding together upon themselves, and the stops 0 0 cause the plate having the free end to assume the proper angle, as before stated, so that the water will wedge in back of it and tilt it over to the position shown by dotted plate 5. The stops 0 consist of screws adjustable in the sides of the frame A. By screwing them farther in the pistonheads will vibrate fasterthat is, the stroke back and forth from one side to the other will be oftener and shorter.

At S, Fig. 1, I have shown a broken pistonrod pivoted to the end of the lower plate 13 near the hinge c. It may be near to or at the hinge. This piston shows that the jointed plates perform the functions of a piston-head, and said piston may be employed as an equivalent to the crank-shaft before described, and accomplish the same results of transmitting rotary motion to machinery.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim is- A motor comprisingasuitable frame or support, a pistonhcad consisting of two jointedly-connected plates, the end of one plate pivoted to the support, a crank-shaft or its specified equivalent, and suitable stops to limitand 5 control the vibration of the piston, substantially as set forth.

In tcstimonyof the foregoing Ihavehercunto HENRY E. TRUMBLE.

Wi tn esscs:

CHARLES 0. JENNINGS, EUGENE Soo'r'r.