Propulsion system for water wheel

Details Propulsion system for water wheel Propulsion system for water wheel

1981-08-03

1983-05-31

Ostrager, Allen M.

Power plants

Motor actuated by accumulating and dumping liquid or fluent...

415DIG2, 416101, F03B 700

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043854974

ABSTRACT:
A propulsion system for a water wheel of the type having a plurality of pontoons interconnected in diametrically opposed pairs by means of spokes which are slidably carried by the water wheel so that the pontoons on the downwardly moving side of the water wheel are at a larger radius than the pontoons on the upwardly moving side of the water wheel, includes a water course which flows a stream of water below the water wheel in a manner such that the pontoons are fully submersed in the water when the wheel is at the lowermost point of its travel, and a chute which is located upstream of the water course and causes the stream of water to drop substantially vertically prior to passing below the water wheel. The section between the chute and water course is shaped so that turbulence caused by the stream dropping through the chute is directed in a manner to urge the pontoons radially inwardly as they pass through the water course. Doors located in the radially outward walls of the pontoon are actuated between opened and closed positions by actuators, and a timing device associated with the actuators causes the door on each pontoon to open and then close when the pontoon is proximate the uppermost point of its rotation and to open and close again immediately before it enters the stream of water. A trough located above the water wheel directs water into the pontoon when the door is open near the uppermost point of travel.

REFERENCES:
patent: 980666 (1911-01-01), Overfield
patent: 2850261 (1958-09-01), Rutkove
patent: 4151719 (1979-05-01), Boots

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