US1272322A - Current-motor. - Google Patents

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CURRENT MOTOR. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23. 1916. RENEWED 1UNEI3. 1918.

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CURRENT-MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1918.

Application led October 23, 1916, Serial No. 127,195. Renewed June 13, 1918. Serial No. 239,894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORA SoNNERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cody, in the county of Park and State of Wyoming, have invented a new and useful Current-Motor, of which the following' is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a current motor of novel construction arranged to produce a reciprocating action which is utilized in operating a reciprocating pump or the like. It is a further object of my invention to provide a novel combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrative of the invention, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention as it appears at the middle of the stroke; Fig. 2 is a top plan of same; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide a suitable arm 1 to the ends of which are fastened vanes 2 and 3. Arm 1 is suitably secured by bolt 6 to link 7, which in turn is pivotally attached to link S by member 9. Link 8 is secured to a suitable bolt 10 which extends through beam 11, in which it is loosely mounted. To the upper end of bolt 10 is connected a connecting rod 14 by means of arm 12 which is fastened to the bolt 10 by suitable fastening members 13. A rocker vane 4 having a reinforcing member 5 on its upper portion is secured to link 7 in a position at right angles to that of vanes 2 and 3.

The motor is illustrated in Fig. 1 at the middle of its stroke with vane 3 submerged and traveling downstream while vane 2 is out of the water and traveling in an opposite direction. The edge of rocker vane 4 is directly in line with the current when the motor is at the middle of its stroke as shown in this view. When vane 3 has traveled to a position about 45 degrees from that illustarted in Fig. 1, the increasing force of the water moving against rocker vane 4 as it is turned to a position to oppose the current causes vane 3 to leave the water and vane 2 to submerge. The device then commences to operate in a reverse direction to that just described, vane 2 traveling downstream until the rocker vane 4 has been turned about to a suicient extent to again bring vane 3 into action. Arm 1 which is thus given a reciprocatory motion likewise reciprocally moves links 7 and 8, bolt 10, arm 12 and connecting rod 14 which latter member actuates the pump that is operated by the motor.

What I claim is:

1. In a current motor, the combination of spaced vanes, an arm to which the vanes are fastened, a rocker vane positioned substantially midway between the aforesaid vanes and at substantially right angles thereto, a connecting rod for operatively connecting the current motor with a device to be actuated thereby, and means operatively connecting the vanes and arm to the connecting rod.

2. In a current motor, the combination of an arm, vanes attached at opposite ends of the arm, a link to which the arm is secured, a rocker vane depending below the link and positioned substantially at right angles to and approximately midwayl between the first-mentioned vanes, a second link from which the first link is pivotally suspended, and means operatively connecting the second link with and reciprocally actuating any desired machine.

3. In a current motor, the combination of an arm, spaced vanes attached to the arm, means for suspending the arm in position to submerge one of the vanes, and a rocker vane depending approximately midway between and at right angles to the spaced vanes.

4. In a current motor, the combination of a reciprocally moving connecting rod, an arm attached thereto, a supporting beam, a bolt member loosely mounted in the beam to one end of which the arm is secured, a link depending from the lower end of the bolt member, a second link pivotally suspended from the first link, an arm having spaced vanes, a rocker vane arranged approximately midway between and at approximately right angles to the spaced vanes, and means for fastening the aforesaid vanes to the second link, for the purposes described.

Witnesses:

E. S. HooPEs, R. L. DoNLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, l Washington, ZD. C.

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