US941090A - Apparatus for applying water-power. - Google Patents

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P. T. NEWBERY. APPARATUS FOR APPLYING WATER POWER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 190B.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

INVENTOR:

ATTORN EY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK T. NEWBERY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING WATER-POWER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK T. NEW- BERY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Applying ater-Power, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus for utilizing water power where lakes or other bodies of water may be situated at a considerable elevation separated by mountain ranges from the point at which the water is capable of being utilized.

Figure l is a diagrammatic view. Fig. 2 is a detail of the pump governor.

By my invention I am enabled to carry water from sources of supply, over mountain ranges and deliver it at a point where it may be employed for producing electric power, or for water supply for cities, and for other like purposes. In this way I avoid the expensive and tedious process of boring a tunnel through the intervening ridge or ridges, and with much better result, and at a minimum of expense.

In my method, the water is first drawn from the source of supply, by means of a pump which will act to force the water over the ridge or crest of the range intervening between the lake and the point Where the water is to be used. This water is carried by a small pipe to the summit and thence down to the point where it is to be rendered effective. This pipe is provided at its extremity with a half inch nozzle, a jet from which is directed upon a suitable waterwheel such as a high speed momentum, turbine, or other wheel which, may be driven, and this being connected with a generator or generators of electricity, will produce an electrical current, which may be conveyed back over the mountain to the pumping station; there it may be employed to energize electric motors, through which power may thereafter be applied to operate pumps, the steam or preliminary pumping force being cut off, and the electrical current serving to pump a greatly increased supply and to provide any desired power at the working station.

As illustrated in the drawing, A represents the pumping station; E, the summit of the ridge of a mountain, and C the work ing station, which may be at a considerable distance away, and many thousand feet be- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 20, 1908.

Patented Nov. 23, 1969.

Serial No. 439,504.

low the pumping station. Within this station A may be located a steam actuated pump, as at 2; this being of any suitable character, and water pumped from the lake passes through a small pipe 3 to the summit, and thence by a continuous line to the power plant.

The large main pipe or pipes are shown at l: taking up the supply from the electric pumps, conveying the same over the summit, and thence by a continuous line to the power plant, the termination being furnished with the usual nozzles, the working jets therefrom being directed upon the water-wheels actuating electric generators. The current thus generated, is transmitted over wires 6, which, passing over the summit of the mountain range, is carried down to the primary pumping station. This station contains, in addition to the primary steam plant, electric motors which are connected with pumps, and when the motors are energized, the said pumps take up the work, and force the water over the mountain, the primary steam pump being then discontinued. This discontinuance may be made automatic by connecting the conducting pipe of the electric pump with the cylinder 8, of the steam pump, within which a piston is reciprocal. A rod from this piston extending through the cylinder head, may connect with a lever 9, and this lever serves to operate the steam supply valve, thus cutting off the steam, and bringing the steam pump to a rest.

In some cases, small but insufficient sources of water supply may be found at points above the power station and these may be connected with a pipe which is thus supplied primarily with a sufficient amount of water to prime or start the water wheels. The current of electricity being then generated will be conducted to the main pumping station as previously described, and when the electric pump has been started a sufficient supply of water is passed through the system to continue the work.

It will be understood that as many waterconducting pipes may be employed as desired. Thus a small pipe connected with the steam pump will be suflicient for the primary needs of the apparatus; afterward a larger pipe, or a plurality of such pipes may be employed, these being connected with the electrically operated pumps, and furnishing an ample supply to continue the work indefinitely.

In order to relieve the main pipe of air which may accumulate therein, I have shown a ventilator 11 located at the top through which air may escape.

The additional water supply derived from the increased capacity of the electrically actuated pumps will amply supply the main pipe and additional water-wheels may receive power therefrom, with additional generators, thus increasing the output to any desired degree.

If it be necessary to conserve the water supply, two or three pumps may be laid ofi or if the demand for electric currents be diminished diminution in the pumping capacity may be made by reducing the strength or quantity of current sent from the generator to the pumps, thus preventing waste or unprofitable use of the water. Such a supply may be located twenty or thirty miles from the summit, and from this point to the power station may be as much as one hundred miles, more or less.

By this apparatus I am enabled to develop a n'actically unlimited power, not otherwise available.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In an apparatus for obtaining a water power and water supply from elevated lakes or bodies of water, on the opposite side of the water shed from that on which the proposed power station is situated, said apparatus comprising a primary pump at the source of supply adapted to force the water upward over the intervening summit, and thence down to a power station at a lower level than the source on the opposite side therefrom, an electric generator at the power station and actuated by the initial flow of water, means for conducting the electric fluid back to the primary station, an electric pump at the station actuated by said current and adapted to pump an increased volume of water from the supply to the power station, and an electric generator of greater power than the first-named generator actuated by the increased How of water.

2. In an apparatus for obtaining a water power and water supply from elevated lakes or bodies of water, on the opposite side of the water shed from that on which the proposed power station is situated, said apparatus comprising a primary pump adapted to force a relatively small supply of water upward over the intervening summit and thence down to a power station at a lower level than the source and on the opposite side therefrom, a turbine and connected generator at the power station actuated by the initial flow of water, means for conducting an electric current from the generator back to the source of supply, an electric motor and connected pump at the source of supply actuated by said current and adapted to pump an increased volume of water up over the summit and thence down to the power station at the opposite side therefrom, and a generator of increased energy at the power station actuated by the increased flow of water delivered by the second-named pump.

3. An apparatus for obtaining a water power and water supply from elevated lakes or bodies of water, on the opposite side of the water shed from that on which the proposed power station is situated, said apparatus having in combination a primary pump at the source of supply adapted to force a small volume of water up over the summit and down to the power station on the opposite side therefrom, means for gen erating an electric current by power derived from said flow of water, means for conducting the electric current thus generated back to the source of water supply, a pumping mechanism at the source of supply of greater capacity than the first-named pump actuated by said electric current and adapted to force an increased volume of water over the summit to the power station on the opposite side therefrom, and a generator of increased energy at the power station actuated by said increased volume of water.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesse-s.

FREDERICK T. NEIVBER Y. IVit-nesses A. K. Daccn'r'r, C. O. BAUGIIMAN.

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