US81866A - Vincent m - Google Patents

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Letters Patent No. 81,866, elated September 8, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATEliv-WHEELS.v

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, VINCENT M. BAKER, of Preston, in the county of Fillmore, and State of Minnesota have invented a new and improved Water-Wheel; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. n

` This invention relates to a new and improved water-wheel, of that class which are placed on a vertical shaft, and are commonly termed horizontal wheels.

The invention consists in a novel arrangement of chutes and gates for regulating the supply of water to the wheel.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1, Sh'eeLNo. I, is a vertical central section of my invention, taken in the line :1; x, iig. 2.

Figure 2, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line y y, iig. 1.

Figure 3, Sheet No. 2, a vertical section of the same, taken in the line z z, tig. 2.

Figure 4, a detached inverted plan of the wheel.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a cylindrical curb, in which the wheel B is fitted and works.

C being the shaft of the wheel, thelower end of which is concave, and works on a conical point or step, a, on a block, D, which is fitted in a socket, E, attached to a cross-piece, b, which is secured to the lower part of the curb. v

This b lock D rests on a wedge-shaped or taper bar, F, which is placed on the cross-piece b, and fitted between guides or side-pieces c c, at the edges thereof, and, by adjusting this bar F, the wheel B 'may be raised or lowered to the required height;

This will be fully understood by referring to fig. 1.

The bar F may be operated by meansof a handle, al, and retained in .place by a wedge, e, tted within a vertical box, eX, (see tig. 1.) l

The wheel B is composed of a central curved plate,f, having a concave outer surface, as shown clearly in g. 1, and another similar curved plate, g, placed midway betweenf and a low or narrow'plate, le, at the lower exterior part of the wheel.

y The buckets z' extend from the top of platef down to'the bottom of the same, their upper parts down to the top' of plate y having a radial position, and from thence downward a curved form, as shown clearly in iig. -3, the plate g 'dividing the buckets, the upper radial parts from the lower curved parts.

By this construction and arrangement of the buckets, the direct power of the water is obtained, and also the reacting power, or that due to weight or gravity; the first being obtained by the watercoming in contact with the upper radial parts of the buckets, and the latter by the water passing down over the lower curved parts of the buckets,l the water being discharged from the bottoms of the buckets, in consequence of the plate or rim 7L at the lower exterior part ofthe wheel.

The upper part of the'wheel is enclosed by a series of chutes, zx, (see more particularly g. 2,) and in each chute there is a sliding gate, G.

These gates are fitted, oneagainst each partition j,which form thechutes, and the inner end :of the gate of one partitionj works betweenthe inner end of the partition directlyin front of it and the exterior of the wheel, and consequently it will be seen that by operating the gates, drawing them in and out, more or less water may be admitted to tlie wheel, as desired, and in such a direction as to strike the upper radial parts of the buckets at right angles, the position ofthe gates and chutes being such as to effect thatresult.

The gates G are' attached to a. ring, H, which is fitted within a suitable annular guide, I,has a number of teeth, lc, attached, into which a pinion, Z, gears, the latter being on a vertical shaft, m, provided with a crank, n, on its upper end.

By turning this shaft fm, the ring H may be turned, and -the gates G moved in or ont with the greatest facility, and the precise amount of water required let upon the wheel, without any trouble or difficulty whatever.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters -Patent- The chutes z'X, in combination with the sliding gates G, operated through the medium of the ring H and gearing lc Z, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The above Aspeeifcation of my invention signed by me, this 8th day of January,`1868.

` 'VINCENT M. BAKER.

Witnesses:

L. L. STREETER, REUBEN WELLS.

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