US1086611A - Water power or driven wheel. - Google Patents

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E. E. PADDOOK. WATER POWER 0R DRIVEN WHEEL.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 25, 191s.

1,086,611. 7 Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN.25, 1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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COLUMBIA PLANDORAPH CO WASHlNGTON. D c4 uniTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN EUGENE PADDOGK, F FARMINGTON, WASHINGTON.

WATER PDWER OR DRIVEN WHEEL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN EUGENE PAD- ooon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Farmington, in the county of Whitman and State of Washington, have in.vent ed new and useful Improvements in Water Power or Driven Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to water wheels adapted to be power propelled or be operated by a water current and the invention has to do with that type of wheel in which movable paddles are employed and in which the paddles are maintained at substantially right angles to the plane of the water surface when passing into the water and during withdrawal therefrom.

It is one of the ob'ects of my invention to provide a wheel of this character wherein the angular relation of the paddles, with respect to the plane of the water surface can be varied and maintainedin a given position of adjustment.

Further objects of my invention will be more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and will be more particularly pointed out in and by the ap pended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in end elevation of one form of wheel adapted to be power propelled or driven. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the form shown in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of arrow 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of a bearing bracket. Fig. 5 is another view thereof looking in the direction of arrow 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 illustrates the application of the device of my invention to a river steamer showing the latter in side elevation. Fig. 7 is a view in side elevation of the device of my invention as it would be applied for use as a current motor. Fig. 8 is a plan view thereof.

Like characters of reference designate similar parts throughout the different figures of the drawings.

First referring to that form of invention which is adapted to be power driven, as for 50 instance for use on a steamboat, and having particular reference to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive,

1 designates supports on which bearings 2 and 3 are mounted for supporting-driven shafts 4 and 5, respectively. Shafts 4 and 5 55 have adjusting arms 6 and 7, respectively,

which are connected with rack bars 8 and 9 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 25, 1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 744,058.

extending through swiveled bearings, one thereof being shown at 10. The bars 8 and 9 are provided with racks adapted for engagement with pinions l1 and 12, respectively, mounted upon a rotatable adjusting shaft 13. The shaft 13 is mounted in bearings 14 and is provided with a suitable manually operable adjusting member such as a wheel 15. The shaft 13 may be locked in its adjusted position by any suitable means, not shown. The shafts 4 and 5 are provided with shoulders engaging opposite sides of the bearings 2 and 3, as will be clearly seen by reference to Fig. 2, so as to prevent longitudinal movement of said shafts in said bearings. The shafts 4 and 5 extend inwardly toward each other a short distance inside'of the bearings 2 and 3 and primary paddle wheels 16, of identical construction with respect to each other, are loosely mounted on said shafts. Said primary wheels are provided with sprockets 17 which are preferably rigidly secured thereto. Each primary wheel is provided, as shown, with fixed primary crank bearings in which the ends of paddle cranks 19 are journaled.

A secondary paddle wheel shaft 20 is disposed in parallel relation with the shafts 4 and 5, which latter are in alined relation with respect to each other, in the construction shown, and on the secondary wheel shaft 20 is rigidly mounted a pair of second ary paddle wheels 21 of identical construction with respect to the primary paddle wheels. The secondary paddle wheels 21 are provided with crank bearings 22 in which the remaining ends of the cranks 19 are journaled. The ends of the cranks journaled in bearings 22 project inwardly from said bearings as shown in Fig. 2 and to such inwardly projecting ends are secured the paddles 23. The shaft 20 is mounted in the lowermost bearings 24 of bearing hanger brackets 25. The hanger brackets 25 are clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and in the bearings 26 of each is mounted an idler gear 27 meshing with gear 28 on shaft 20, one on each end. The idler gears 27 mesh with gears 29, one being mounted on shaft 4 and the other on shaft 5. The gears 29 are preferably rigidly secured to the primary paddle wheels 16 and the same are rotatable with respect to the shafts 4 and 5. The inner ends of the shafts 4 and 5 are squared or polygonal in cross section and the bearing brackets are provided with hubs 30 having correspondingly shaped openings 31 so that the bearing brackets will be non-rotatively fixed on shafts 4: and 5.

It will be seen from the foregoing that -e gear connection between the shafts and s rves to maintain the secondary paddle wheels in predetermined driven relation with respect to the primary paddle wheels to cause the two sets of paddle wheels to ro tate in unison and maintain the paddles at all times in a vertical position. if it is desired to alter the position of the paddles 23 the wheel 15 may be rotated in either of two directions so as to slightly change the position of shaft 20 with respect to shafts l and 5 and this will result in shifting the position of the paddles from the vertical in accordance with the direction of rotation of wheel 15.

In the use of the device of my invention as hereinbefore described, it will be seen that the paddles not only enter, but they pass through the water after immersion and are withdrawn in a vertical position so as to obtain the greatest efficiency either when the wheel is driven against the water or driven by the water, in which latter case the device would be usec as a current motor.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown the device of my invention applied to a current motor which may include a suitable frame work 32 adapted to be disposed in the stream or in such a manner as to permit the paddles 33 to be actuated by the current. In view of the fact that the construction in Figs. 7 and 8 is in all respects similar to the construction in the foregoing form just described, I will not describe the construction in Figs. 7 and 8 in detail except for the connections and devices which are especially applied where the device is used as a current motor. In this form, sprocket wheels 33 are carried by the primary paddle wheels and chains 34 transmit power to sprocket wheels 35 on shaft 36. Power is taken off from shaft 36 by any suitable means, such for instance as a pulley 37. Each of the primary paddle wheels is mounted upon a shaft which is provided with adjusting arms 38 connected with rack rods 39 adapted to be actuated by gears 40 on a shaft 41. Shaft 41 may be provided with a hand wheel i2 so that when adjustment is made the paddles can be changed to or from a vertical position precisely the same as in the device hereinbefore described.

iVhile I have herein shown and described specific embodiments of my invention, I do not wish to be limited theretoexcept for such limitations as the claims may import.

I claim 1. A paddle water wheel mechanism comprising in combination, bearing devices for rotatively suspending the mechanism with certain of the paddles immersed, a primary wheel, a secondary wheel, cranks rotatively connected with said wheels, paddles mounted on said cranks, and means independent of said cranks for causing said wheels to rotate in unison to control the position of said paddles, substantially as described.

2. A paddle water wheel mechanism comprising in combination, bearing devices for rotatively suspending the mechanism with certain of the paddles immersed, a primary wheel, a secondary wheel offset with respect to the primary wheel, cranks rotatively connected to said wheels, paddles mounted on said cranks, and means independent of said cranks for causing said wheels to rotate in unison to control the position of said paddles, substantially as described.

3. A paddle water wheel mechanism comprising in combination, bearing devices for supporting the mechanism with certain of the paddles immersed, a primary wheel, a secondary wheel offset with respect to the primary wheel, cranks rotatively connected with said wheels, paddles mounted on said cranks, means independent of said cranks for causing said wheels to rotate in unison to control the position of said paddles, and means for adjusting one wheel with respect to the other to vary the position of said paddles, substantially as described.

4:. A paddle water wheel mechanism comprising in combination, bearing devices for rotatively suspending the mechanism with certain of the paddles immersed, a primary wheel, a secondary wheel having its axis disposed laterally of the axis of the primary wheel, cranks rotatively connecting said wheels, paddles mounted on said cranks, means independent of said cranks for causing said wheels to rotate in unison to control the position of said paddles, and means for shifting one wheel and its axis concentrically about the axis of the other wheel for varying the position of said paddles, substantially as described.

5. A paddle water wheel mechanism comprising in combination, bearing devices for suspending the mechanism with certain of the paddles immersed, a pair of primary wheels rotatively mounted on said devices, a pair of secondary wheels disposed with their axes at one side of the axes of said primary wheels, cranks rotatively connected with said wheels, paddles mounted on said cranks, and mechanisms independent of said cranks for supporting said secondary wheels from said bearing devices and cansing rotation of said secondary wheels in unison with said primary wheels to control the position of said paddles, substantially as described.

6. A paddle water wheel mechanism comprising in combination, rotatively adjustable bearing shafts, primary wheels loosely mounted on said shafts, secondary wheels disposed With their axes ofl center from the axes of said primary Wheels, cranks rotatively connected With said Wheels, paddles mounted on said cranks, and mechanisms independent of said cranks carried by said shafts for supporting said secondary Wheels and causing rotation of said primary and secondary Wheels in unison to control the position of said paddles, substantially as described.

7. A paddle Water Wheel mechanism comprising in combination, rotatively adjustable bearing shafts, means for adjusting said shafts, primary paddle Wheels loosely mounted on said shafts, secondary paddle Wheels, a shaft for said secondary paddle Wheels having its axis at one side of the axes of said first named shafts, cranks connecting the primary and secondary paddle Wheels, paddles mounted on said cranks, brackets non-rotatively connected With said adjustable shaft and supporting the shaft of said secondary wheels, and gearing devices mounted on said shafts and brackets for causing rotation of said primary and secondary Wheels in unison to control the position of said paddles, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDWIN EUGENE PADDOGK.

Witnesses:

HAROLD E. SOANTLEBURY, PAUL B. WARREN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patentl. Washington, D. C.

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