US1002676A - Apparatus for actuating water-motors. - Google Patents

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S. GRAY. APPARATUS FOR AGTUATING WATER MOTORS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1910.

Patented sept. 5,1911'.

@wow/t0@ EYE-I' @with coo c A which the following is aspecication, referi the principal object of the same is to prolhas a pipe communication with a motor so .i changes in. details and structuralr arrangements, one preferred and practical embodi- 'I .connected to the discharge -outlet of a. pump' f cylinder 7 i :soA

L-with a"sou rce of power.. Supply pipe 5 exi To all whom it mami y' Be 'it known that I, STEPHEN GRAY, a

.sa-id motor, means being provided whereby threaded. A supply pipe .6 has-one end porf UNITED STATES iPATENT onirica. r

'STEPHEN' GRAY, on cALuMnT, OKLAHOMA..

citizen of the United States ofi'America, re' siding at Calumet;y in the county of Canadianand State of Oklahoma, have invented .certain new and useful improvementsI in Apparatus for`Actuating Water-Motors, of

ence being had therein to .the accompanying drawin v .This invention relates to hydraulic motors and .the meansfor operating the same,L and vide'a water tank uwhich receives water from a well or other source of supplyy and which that water from Vsaid tank will operate the motor may be caused to operate suitable machines, and means `being also provided whereby the water may be discharged from the motor after operating the same.

In carrying out the objects of the invention geierally stated above it will be un-A derstood, of course, thatthe essential-features thereof are necessarily susceptible of' ment ofl which is shown' in theaccompanying drawings, .whereinz- 'l Figure 1' is a view in'elevation, partly im' section, of the improved motor and its source ofwater su ply. Fig. 2 is a central vertical Lsectional vlew of the motor. Fig. 3 .is af vertical sectional view taken on the line 3,--3, Fign 2. "Fig..4 is a fragmenta sectional view showing the meeting ed es ofthe sectional casing of the motor.

Referring to 'said drawings by numerals, 1 designates a well or other source of water supply over which a'tank 2 is retained in ana-y;

'section 21, as shown in Fig.` 4toseal'the elevated position,-by'the standards 3. Said tank h as a conical bottom 4 provided with a central, pendent discharge tube'v 5 that is tion extended into the well and suitably ich is submergedinsaid well.

A sucker rod 8 extends from said cylinder to the crank 9 ofan operating shaft 10 mounted in a v'suitable standard; 11 carried by thev well cover 1,2. Said shafthas a crank handle 13 atene end by means of which it maybe". manually'. operated, and a pulley 14 at its other end adapted forfbelt connection I Speci-c'ation of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 7, 1910. Serial No...565,496.

APPARATUS FOR `AG'JIUAIING- WATER-MOTORS.

Patented sept. 5.,*191'1.

tends into tank 2 through the bottom thereof and is arranged parallel with the side of` the tank and has its upper end portion. 15 bent toward the center of'the tankrbeneath the conical top 16 which is fitted air-tightv overV the tank. v Ihe upper portion o pipe `5 terminates in a pendentdischarge outlet 17 which is' arranged directly over the discharge outlet of tank2.

Front and. rear standards 18%19 are carried by well cover 12 and have the forward and rear outwardly project-ing lflanges 20 of 'a semicylindrical casing section 21 rested 011 their top port-ions. Said casing is provided atits lower portion with an outwardly'imclined lon itudinally tapering discharge nozzle 22. aid casing section isnopen att-he top and its longitudinal edges are offset, yas indicated at 23, and provided with a central bearing recess 24. A shaft 25 isrotatably mounted in said bearing recesses, said shaft having its ends projectlng beyond the sides of said casing section 21 and equippedvwith pulleys26,adapted for belt connection with 'suitable machines. A water wheel vismount.-

ed on the central :portion of said shaft, said wheel comprising relatively spacedside plates 27 which are connected bythe annular flange 28 .which forms the base of said wheel.

'-Wings or buckets 29 radiate from said base eok 28 and have;their 'free outer ends provided leather;

AAn upper casing section ,31

with a flexible strip of material 30, such as similar in shape to lower casing section 2 1 is provided with bearing recessesin itssides comple- ,mental to the recesses of said section 21 to permit section. 31 to' be placed over shaft 25.

The longitudinal 'edges of the open end of section 31 are rovded'with an outstanding lia-'nge 32 whic overlaps the osetiiedge of j oints. between the longitudinal edges of said sections. .Section 31 is provided with for- "wardand rear outstandingflanges 33 which are placed in overlapping Contact with thex similarlanges .oi section 21' and by 'means of 'bolts` 34 and lock vnuts- 35, -the` flanges, of said sections 'are rigidly, but detachably fas'- ico tened to the standards 18-T19.v Section 31 3f? and 'adapted to be movedgtherein to cover Abeing slidably mounted in the guide stripsy y it is desired to operate the motor, .valve 41 is opened so that the water fromsaid tank will be discharged through pipe 40 into the' water wheel, causing .the Water Wheel to rotate so that powermay be taken therefrom through pulleys 26. The Water, after rotating said Wheel, is discharged away from the -motor throughg'nozzle 22 and may be used' for irrigation or other purposes.

It Will'be 'seen from the forevoing, that the upper section 31 may be readily removed to permitaccessto be had'to the water Wheel,

lor to permit the water Wheel and. its shaft to be removed, and also that the end lstrips of the blades or buckets 29 prevent air from passing over or around said vblades except when they are passing over the entrance to nozzle 22. And it will also be seen that the opening 36 in the casing sect-ion 31 permits air to enter the ca'sin tov take theplace'of the air that has been isplaced by the water,

[and that the slide'for said openingregulates j the amount ofairradmitted.

yThe operation of the Water wheel as set 'forth above is limited. by the capacity of the A tank 2, but it -will b e understood that by.

operating the pump with the valve 41 open, a constant supply of Water may be delivered to the Water w eel so that a continuous operation of the .wheel may be obtained.

Asis shown more clearly' in Fig. 1, the motor shaft is provided with a gear 42 at one'end that meshes with a similar gear '43 carried by the sha'ft 44 of an air pump. or compressor 45. Said pump has -a pipe connection 46 with the upper portion of casin section 31 so that the blast of air from sai pipe will `assist the motor in revolving and also cause the water to be discharged under pressure from nozzle 22. A

What I claim as my invention is l A Water motor comprising a casing provided With an upper water inlet, an upper air inlet adjacent, the Water inlet, anda lower water. discharge, said casing being pro-y vided with 'an openlng in its u per surface',

guiding means at the longitudlnal edges of said opening, a manually adjustable slide conforming to the contour of said casing and movably engaginfr said guiding means, a water Wheel rotatable rin said casing, an overhead Water supply tank having a water conveying connection with said inlet, an airl lcompressor having a pipe connection with 4said air inlet, and means actuated by said rwater Wheel for operating the air com# pressor.` v y I In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in presence of two witnessesv STEPHEN GRAY. Witnesses :l

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