US74667A

US74667A - Benjamin -d

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Publication number: US74667A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1868-02-18
Anticipated expiration: 1885-02-18

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Letters Patent No. 74,667, dated February 18, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT in WATER-WHEELS.

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Beit known that'I, BENJAMIN D. COMPTON, of Dowagiac, in the county of Cass, and in the Stat-e ot' Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-I'Vheels; and do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear,.and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon.'

In the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, A represents a large horizontal wheel orV disk, surrounding and securely attached to thc hub a of the shaft B, and provided .with ribs b radiating from a common centre. B represents a vertical shaft provided with hubs or collars, a a', near its ybottom and top, and' with gudgeons or journals at each end, C represents a smaller wheel, attached to the shaft B by the ribs or spokescradiating fromY the hub a. D D represent triangnlanshaped movable buckets, hinged to the ribs b, and having their outer corners bevelled to provide an opening, that the force of tbe water may raise the saaie, and are designed to open and shut as the water presses:v the front or back sidesrespectively. d d represent `metallic rods or braces, running lfrom th'e`large wheel to thewheel C, securely bracing both wheels, a'nd at' the same time providing a. rest for the buckets D D, to keep them from being carried over too far by the force of the water against the face thereof. The buckets are'fustcned down, and the wheel thereby stopped, by means of the button fr, which is readily turned on or oit' by the `rodf, provided with a handle, o, or by any suitable device. The upper surface of the disk A is cut away near its periphery to correspond with the bevel on the lower side of thc buckets D D, therebyv making the cavities E E.

By adjusting this wheel in the current of any stream to a depth corresponding to the width of the buckets D D, the force of. `the water in the cavities E E, whichV are toward or fronting the current, throws the buckets -D D open until they Vrest against=the braces ctrl, and the buckets D D retain a perpendicular position until they Vare carriedaround past the direct lineof the current, vhen the force of the current bears on the back side of.

the buckets D D, and closes or shuts them down where they are heldby the press'ure of the water until carried around, so that the cavity E is again in the face of the current of the stream. It will be readily seen that,

when the wheel is in motion, one-half of the buckets will be open and the other half shut, or rather allthe buckets on one side of the wheel will be open and those on thc-other `side shut. i

Having thus fully described my invention, wh'at I claim as new, and desire to-secure by Letters Patent, ius- 1. The disk A, having arseries ot' triangular or V-shaped hinged buckets, D, and secured to a. disk, C,

around a. vertical shaft, B, by the braces del, in the manner substantially as 'anrd fofr the purposes specified.

2. In combination with the hinged buckets and disk A, bevelled as described, thc latchf, constructed as specified, and used as and for the purposes sc't'forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand","th'is 26th day of November, 1867.

BENJAMIN D. COMPTON.

Witnessesz Geo. W. Formica, GEORGE MILLER.