US95630A - Improvement in water-wheels - Google Patents

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N."PE|'ERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D. C.

ntrd gisten v. MQBAKER, or PRESTON; MINNESOTA..

Leners Paten No. 95,630, am@ october 12, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-WHEELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that I, V. M. BAKER, of Preston, in the county of Fillmore, and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in `Water- Vheels; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which- Figure 1 is a top View of my improved waterwheel.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken through the line a: x, fig. 3.

Figure 3 is a vertical section of the same, taken through the line y y, iig'. 2. l

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view of -the same, taken through the line z z, fig. 3.V

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of horizontal water-wheels, so \as k to make them more efficient in operation, enablingithem to utilize a larger proportion lof the water, and vbringing' them more fully under the control of the operator; an

It consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the wheel, as hereinafter more fully described. l

A is the wheel, which is connected with the shaft B vby the arms al.

The lower end of the shaft B revolves in the 'step O, audits upper end in the bearing D, 'supported by and rigidly attached to the cap of the wheel-case E.

The bearings D are made iu'parts adjusted by setscrews, as shown in fig. 1, for convenience in adjusting the shaft B. 1

The`rim a2 of the wheel is made with au incline or Hare, extending from the top curve of the long buckets F to the top of the wheel.

F are the long buckets, which are made with al double curve, as shown in iig. 3, and their inner edges are securely attached to the rim' a2` of the wheel A.

G are the short buckets, which are attached'ithe long buckets F just below their upper curve, as shown in 3, and which do not extend to the rim a2 of the wheel A, as shown in fig. 4.

H are the chute-plates, which are made straight, and which are placed between and are secured to the top and hottomiianges of the case E.

l is a tube, extending below the wheel A, and which is made witha ange upon its upper end, to support the lower ange of the case E'.

The inner'ends of the chute-platesH shouldbe rounded ofi', to correspond with the curve of the wheel A .The outer ends of the chute-plates H should also be rounded oit", to admit the water more freely.

J are the gates, which slide along one' chute-plate,

so that the entrance of the water to the wheel may be prevented, when desired, by their 'rounded inner ends coming in contact with the next chute-plate.

The gates J are guided in their movements by grooves formed in the upper and lower auges of the case E, and to' their outer' ends, at top and bottom,

are rigidly attached arms K, by which they are conf fits and works upon the case of the bearings D, as

shown in fig. 3.

rllhe hoisting-ring L may be operated to open and close the gates, by means of a gear-wheel and rack, O, or other convenient means. f

=-Havingthus described my` invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi- 1. The compound-buckets F G, formed'by'the combination of' the long double-curved buckets F and the short buckets G with each other` and with the body of the wheel, substantially in the manner herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The gates J, formed with curved inner ends and with the projecting arms K, connected with the hoisting-ring L, by means of the rods M,whether the connecting-barsN be used or not, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. vThe straight chuteeplates H, in combination with Athe gates J and case E, substantially as herein shownets F to the top of the wheel, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

V. M. BAKER. l

Witnesses;

N. I. CoLBURN, DRYDEN SMITH.

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