US109925A - Improvement in water-wheels - Google Patents

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Letters Patent No. 109,925, dated December 6, 1'870; antedated November 26, 1870.

IM'PRQVEMEN'T |N 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, MORDECAI- MILLARD, of Frankf lill, in the county of lWarren, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water-v Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference' being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l represents a perspective view of my im- V tions ct are at the peripheries of' the wheels, at such regular distances apart as to correspond with the distances between the pivots x of' the hinges which connect the buckets H.

lhe hinge-pivots or rods a; extend at each end beyond the wheels D E and buckets H, and are provided with small rollers b, as represented in g. l.

The hinge-rods a: correspond in diameter with the capacity ot' the serrations a, and will rest in 4the serrations at each'end of the buckets H, as represented in iig. 1, except while the endless belt of buckets is passing from the poirlt a to a It will be observed tha't the endless belt of buckets is ot' greater circumference than the wheels D E, and that a bridge, M, secured to the sills A and supported by braces N, is erected to guide the descent of the buckets in a perpendicularline while tilted with water.

t When the several buckets in their descent arrive at the inclined planes O, and areabout to 'pass under l bridge M, the rollers b will come in contact with the 4inclines O, lwhich will cause the buckets to be suddenly emptied of their contents of water while passing under the bridge M.

The auxiliary bucket-face or front I, .represented -in dotted lines ing. '1, and detached iuptig. 2, will serve to direct the overflow of water from one bucket into the bucket in advance and beneath it during the descent of the buckets.

The provision for passing the buckets whenv'illed I with water from the pointv a to the bottom of the bridge M inl a vertical line, 'and at a greater distance from the axial line of the wheels DE, greatly augmeuts the power of the wheel.

The buckets H, during the descent in the vertical line, will retain theirfull contents of water, and at'the. termination ofthe descent they will be suddenly emp-A tied in passing under thebridge M.

It is propel' here to state that I have contemplated the' use of the endless belt of buckets upon two pairs ot' wheels like the wheels D E, one pair being placed above the other pair, as will be readily understood.

. Having fully described my improved waterwheel,

What I claim as my invention is'- The endless belt of buckets H, ot'largercircumference than the wheels D E, in combination with the bridge M and inclines O, or their equivalents, operating conjointlyin the manner and for the purpose substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of March, 1870.

' MORDEGAI MILLARD.

Witnesses:

J Mns F. RUSSELL, H. P. K. PEcK.

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