US937491A

US937491A - Water-wheel.

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Publication number: US937491A
Application number: US45253308A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles Christian Wais
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-09-11
Filing date: 1908-09-11
Publication date: 1909-10-19
Anticipated expiration: 1926-10-19

Description

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APPLICATION I'ILBD SEPT. 11, 1908.

Patented oet. 19,1909.

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CHARLES CHRISTIAN WAIS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

WATER-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

Application led September 11, 1908. Serial N o. 452,533.

To ad whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES CHRISTIAN Wals, a citizen of the United States, residmg at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water- Wheels, of which the following is a speeication.

My invention relates to improvement in means for supporting and suspending waterpower wheels.

The object of my invention is to provide means adapted to be projected across a moving body of water carrying one or more heads, each head being adapted to adjustably support a water-wheel.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for adjustably supporting one or more water-wheels upon a horizontal support, said horizontal support being mounted upon a turret whereby the water-wheels may be drawn upward out of the stream of water or moved to properly position the wheels relative to the current or bodily swing the same from the stream.

Other features of my invention are more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating two water-wheel heads mounted upon a horizontal support and carried by the turret. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on line f1), e, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa side elevation of the water-wheel. Fig. 5 is a section on line w, Fig. 4. Fig.v 6 is an enlarged detail plan view of one of the water-wheel heads. Fig. 7 is a vertical section, illustrating the means for locking the turret in position. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the lock-plate illustrated in section, Fig. 6, for locking the turret to its base plate. Fig. 9 is an end elevation of water-wheel head in position and mounted upon its supporting arm.

My invention is principally adapted for utilizing the power of streams having a fast current, and whichstreams may or may not be navigable, and when not navigable the water-wheels and their heads need not be mounted upon a turret. The horizontal supporting arm or arms may be stationarily mounted spanning or partially spanning the stream accordingto the number of waterwheels employed. By employing a series of water-wheels same can be made small in size, easily controlled and mounted, and considerable horse-power obtained therefrom, governed, of course, by the velocity of the stream. The water-wheels are easily withdrawn from the water for repairs and the like, or increasing or decreasing the horsepower, by moving the water-wheels into and out of commission. Again, by mounting the water-wheels upon a turret they can be swung into a position out of danger of destruction, during the winter season, by ice and floods, or, in navigable rivers permit the passage of boats or vessels.

The water-wheels are preferably made with a series of blades, scoop-shaped, and of a given area for a given velocity of a given stream, so as to maintain as near as possible a fixed horse-power while the Wheel is in commission. They are also arranged so that this horse-power will not vary if inserted too deeply or by a rise of water, in which instance, the water passes over the blades, the wheel body being formed, more or less, of skeleton form, relying principally for increase or decrease of horse-power by the number of wheels in commission.

l represents a base or supporting` structure made in any well-known manner of concrete. steel, or the like, upon which the pedestal or column 2 is secured, said pedestal being rigidly anchored by means of guy wires 3, or any other known means, for rigidly supporting or securing the same upon the base l.

et represents a sleeve loosely mounted upon the pedestal, said sleeve carrying a horizontally projected arm; the arm, as illustrated, comprising two arm sections 5, 6, said sections being suitably braced together-to form a rigid Water-wheel support, and is also preferably anchored at the top thereof to the pedestal l by a swinging connection 7, to maintain the alinement of the arm and to support the weight of water-Wheels and heads. The lower arm section G is provided with a foot plate 8 secured thereto, carrying rollers 9, bearing and adapted to travel upon the surface l0 of the quadrant 11, said quadrant being preferably rigidly secured or forming a part of the base 1 with its edge provided with rack-teeth 13, adapted to be intermeshed with a rack-gear 14, liXed to the shaft 15, journaled to the arm section 6, and rotated by means of a rhand wheel 16, whereby the horizontal arm and its contained water-wheels may be swung around the pedestal, the pedestal serving as an aXis therefor. The bearing surface of the quadrant is provided with Teslots to receive the bolt heads of the clamping bolts 17 for clamping the foot-plate 8 rigidly to the quadrant 11.

18 represents a supporting block adapted to lie and be clamped between the foot-plate S and quadrant, one at each end of the footplate for taking the clamping strains off of the rollers and effecting a more rigid lock of the horizontal arm. These intermediate plates are preferably constructed with the projecting lugs 19, so as to straddle the bolts and prevent lateral displacement of the plates.

20 represents a head-plate or saddle secured to the horizontal arm, said head-plate is provided with the ways 21, 22, within which ways the waterwheel supporting head 23 is adjustably mounted and held within said ways by means of the plates 24.

The head is adjusted vertically as follows 25, 26, represent racks fixed to the rear of the head 23. 27, 28, represent rack gears Xed to the shaft 29, j ournaled in bearings formed in the head-plate 20. 30 represents a gear fixed to the shaft 29 in mesh with avpinion 31, fixed to the shaft 32, journaled in the head-plate 20, its opposite end carrying a hand lever 33. By turning this hand lever motion will be imparted to shaft 32, and gears 3l, and 30, shaft 29, and rack gears 27, 28, moving the water-wheel head up or down as the case may be.

The water-wheel is preferably constructed as follows z--35 represents the hub of the wheel provided with the projecting arms 36, carrying the rings 37. 3S represents concave faced blades between the inner walls of the rings and together they form abutments adapted to be acted upon by the water currents, having a tendency to maintain the water against the blade and prevent the same from being deflected outwardly reducing the velocity of the wheel and thereby its horse-power. rIhe hub 35 is fixed to a shaft 39, journaled in bearings projecting from and formed integral with the supporting head 23, (see Fig. 2). 40 represents a sprocket gear fixed to the shaft 39, carrying a sprocket chain 41, driving a sprocket wheel 42, loosely supported upon the driven shaft 43, said driven shaft being supported and journaled in bearings fixed to the horizontal arms and forming the main transmitting shaft from which the power is utilized. 44 represents clutch mechanisms for clutching the sprocket wheel 42 to the shaft for throwing in and out the power developed by its respective water-wheels governed thereby. 45 represents a chain tightener. 46 represents a platform supported by the horizontal arm, forming convenient means for getting access to the various wheels suspended on the arm. It is obvious that the arm may be constructed in various ways for forming a rigid support, likewise the various other details illustrated, and I do not wish to be limited to the construction illustrated unless where specific mention is made of it in the claims.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. Means for utilizing the power occasioned by the velocity of a stream of water, comprising a horizontal arm, means forhorizontally adjusting said arm relative to the stream, means for rigidly locking the same in position, one or more water-wheels adjustably mounted upon said arm, and means for adjusting said water-wheel vertically relative to the stream of water, substantially as described.

2. A water-power apparatus, comprisinf a horizontal arm adapted to be supported over a stream of water, means for pivotally supporting said arm, means for adjusting said arm horizontally relative to the stream, one or more water-wheels adjustably mounted upon said arm, means for vertically adjusting said water-wheels, and means for locking said arm rigidly in position, substantially as described.

3. In a water power apparatus, a horizontal arm, means for horizontally adjusting said arm relative to the stream, means for rigidly locking the same in position, one or more water-wheel head plates rigidly secured to said arm, a water-Wheel head slidably mounted in ways formed on said headplates, means for vertically adjusting said water-wheel supporting head, a water-wheel journaled in said supporting head, transmission devices in connection with said waterwheel for conveying power to a point of utilization, substantially as described.

4. In a water power apparatus, a horizon` tal arm supported over a stream of water, means for rigidly locking said arm in Josition, one or more water wheel head p ates secured to said arm, a water wheel head adjustably mounted on ways formed on said head plates, means for independently vertically adjusting each head, a water wheel journaled on each head, and governable transmission devices in connection with each head, substantially as described.

5. In a water-power apparatus, a base, a column rigidly secured to said base, a horizontal arm pivotally supported upon said column, a quadrant xed to said base upon which said arm travels in its pivotal movement, said quadrant provided With rack Jteeth in the are of arm-swing, and means carried by said arm engaging the rack-teeth for Swingin' said arm, for adjusting the i same latera y relative to the flow of Water,

means for locking said arm rigidly in adjusted position, one or more Water-Wheels adjustably mounted upon said arm, and

means for vertically adjusting said Water- Wheels, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES CHRISTIAN WAIS. Witnesses:

OLIVER B. KAISER, ARTHUR FALHABER.