US83579A - Improved water-wheel - Google Patents

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Letters- Patent No. 83,579, dated Octotcr27, 1868.

JMPRQVED WATER-WHEEL.

The Schedule referred tq in these Letters Patent and making part of the s'ame.

To all whom it 'may conce/m:

Be it known that We, A. N. WOLF, of Sheridan, in i the county of Lebanon, and State of Pennsylvania,

being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theV letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l' is a longitudinal section ;v

Figure 2, a plan view, the upper cap being removed; and r Figru'e 3 is a perspective'of the wheel.

Our invention consists in certain improvements in water-wheels, hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains, to make and use the same,

we will now proceed .to describe its construction and operation.

A represents ,the lower casing of a water-wheel, which casing, at a suitable distance from its outer periphery, is provided with a flange, around which a ring,

a, is placed.`

On the lower casing A, between its inner periphery and the ring a, are secured siX chutes, B B, as shown in.iig.' 2. yThese chutes are so formed, that their inner ring, all the gates are opened at the same time, and as far as may be desired, thus regulating the flow of water. The hinges d d, by which the gates are thus regulated, are secured to the ring a by means of pins, which are inserted into said ring, pass through the hinge, and are secured to another ring, similarto the ring a, placed above the chutes and gates. This latter ring fits into a corresponding recess o n the lower yside of the upper casing D, which is secured to the lower by means of bolts and screws, or in any other manner desired.

-On the outel side of then ring a, as welleas on the ring above the same, are a few cogs, b 11, and a shaft is 'placed vertically through or secured to the upper and lower casiugs, on which shaft pinions c are secured. These pinions work inthe cogs b 11,'s0 that by turning said shaft the rings are turned at the same time, opening or closing the gates.

It will thus be seen that the flow of water to the wheel can be easily regulated from above.

rIhe wheel E, which is placed between the two easings A and D, the shaft F passing up through the latf ter,- consists of an upper circular plate, to the lower side of which twelve buckets, F F, are secured, at equal distance from each other, the outer edges being even with the outer periphery ofthe circular plate.

The buckets F F are curved, as shown in iigs. 2 and 3, and have each an outlet or opening'towards the inner side of the wheel. The bottom or lower side of the buckets is formed of an inclined plate, I, forming another outlet for the water on the bottom or lower side ofthe wheel. The buckets are held togetheron their lower side by means of a ring, J', at their outer edge, and another, Q, near their inner, between which two rings the .bottom plates I I are firmly secured.

' It will be seen that by this arrangement eachbucket has two 'outlets for the water; and the bucket strikes the same point on the wheel, and produces al great percussion and pressure.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What yWe claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the casing A, wheel E, chutes B B, hinged gates O C, and ring a, all constructed, ar-

ranged, and operated, substantially asset forthf In testimonythat we claim the foregoing as our own,

l we afiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

A. N. WOLF. JOEL HAAG. Witnesses: Y

'ISRAEL GARRETT,

WILLIAM H. LEININGER.

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