US88341A - Improvement in turbine water-wheels - Google Patents

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i@ Patenti @time AWILLIAM HENRY SNYDER, OF PHELPS, NEW YORK.

Leners Patent No. 88,341, zaad Mam 3o, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N' TJ'RBINE WATER-WHEELS.

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

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, WILL-:LAM HENRY SNYDER, of Phelps, in the county of Ontario, State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsv in the Turbine Water-Wheel; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction` and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment, or use of two water-wheels, generally known as .the turbine, constructed and arranged in such a man ner as torun in opposite directions, one within the other, from the same gate, or column of water, in combinationwith suitable hollow, or tubular shafts, the said shafts being constructed and arranged so as to run, one within the other, in an upright, or perpendicular position, and upon each of which are rigidly secured suitable gear-wheels, which lit and work in a correspondingr gear-Wheel, that is secured upon the endof a line-shaft, so as to transmit the motion, or power against the resistance or work designed, in the most practical and advantageous manner.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure I is a perspective view of my invention.

Eigure His a longitudinalpartial sectional elevation of g. l.

Figure III is a transverse section of figs. l and 2, showing the arrangements of the buckets.

Letters of like name and kind indicate like parts in each of the figures.

A represents the frame-work of my invention, that may be made of iron, or any of the well-known metals, or other suitable materials, and of any desired dimensions, to correspond to the size, or capacity of the wheel designed to be made.

B B represent the case, or enclosure of the'two wheels, in which the latter run, and is of common, or ordinary construction.

C O are cur-ved buckets, or floats, constructed and arranged in Asuch a manner as to reverse the current of the water in such a manner as to carry, or drive the in's'ide wheel, D D, which is secured to the vertical inner shaft E.

F is the vertical hollow shaft, to which `the outer water-wheel, C C, is secured, the former of which is provided with suitable journals, which run in proper bearings. i

Upon the upper end of the said shaft F is rigidly secured the gear-wheel G, as, also, is secured to the inner shaft, E, the gear-wheel I, both of which fit and mesh into and drive a corresponding gear-wheel, H, the latter of which is fastened to the end ,of alineshaft, fr. The said shaft is provided with proper journals, which run in suitable bearings. Through themedium of the shaft r, power may be imparted, to any required resistance.

K K represent the spider, or foundation on which the Whole rests; p

J is the aperture, through which the water passes to wheels; and

m is the gate that is used for the purpose of letting on and shutting the water from the wheels C and D.

0 O are the arms of the water-wheel O G.

N N are arms tothe water-wheel l) D.

The case, or enclosure of the water-wheels C and D is bolted 'fast together by the bolts SS S S, and supported by the steps L L L L.

observed from the fact that the largest per cent. of power is obtained by this arrangement.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire Ito secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

The wheels O and D, constructed and arranged substantially as herein shown and described, so as to run in opposite directions, propelled by a lateral horizontal stream, delivered through the chute J, and discharged centrally, at the base, in combination with the case B, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WM. HENRY SNYDER.

Witnesses .j

HARVEY W. SNYDER,

Jnssn SEGOB.

The advantage of my invention will be readily

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