Utilizing the Power in Water Supply Pipes or Mains.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1890-Accepted, 20th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Utilizing the Power in Water Supply Pipes or Mains.
I JAMES GIBSON, Engineer, Hope Cottage, Ayr, in the County of Ayr Scotland
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in utilizing the power in water pipes under pressure. This
I do by forming a byė pass or junction with the water main or supply pipe through
which the whole or any part of the water in said main may pass, in which junction or
bye pass I place a motor or turbine, presently I prefer a worm or spiral motor, the
spindle of which projects through the elbow or bend of said bye pass or junction thus
enabling me to use the power so obtained for driving a dynamo or any other purpose,
without any loss of water. This I do by placing stop valves upon the supply pipe &
bye pass, so arranged that the whole or any part of the water will pass round the
junction or bye pass, such arrangement of valves also permits repairs being done to
the motor, without interfering with water supply.
Dated this 20th love of Databo 1889
JAMES GIBSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Utilizing the Power in Water Supply Pipes or Mains..
I JAMES GIBSON, Engineer, Hope Cottage, Ayr, in the County of Ayr, Scotland,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement.
My invention consists in utilizing the power in water pipes under pressure. This
I do by forming a bye pass or junction with the water main or supply pipe, through
which the whole or any part of the water in said main may pass. I place a motor or
turbine, presently I prefer a worm or spiral motor, the spindle of which projects
through the elbow, or bend of said bye pass or junction, thus enabling me to use the
power so obtained for driving a dynamo, or any other purpose, without loss of water.
This I do by placing stop valves upon the supply pipe and bye pass so arranged,
that
the whole or any part of the water will pass round the junction or bye pass, such
arrangement of valves, also permits repair being done to the motor, without interfering
with the water supply.
Accompanying drawing is part sectional plan of how I connect motor with water
main. A shows the form of motor I use viz. a spiral or worm mounted on spindle B
fitted into chamber A' so constructed as to allow the same free area for the passage
of water as there is in the main supply pipe., C. D. & E. are stop valves of any
approved pattern, by opening valves C & D. then closing E the water passes through
the motor then back into the same main supply pipe, by this means there can be no
waste of water while the motor may be used to supply power for any purpose by
making a suitable connection with the spindle B.
Frepresents the water main, the arrow the direction in which the water is
flowing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1st. The forming of a junction with any water supply main in which junction

page_text: I place a motor or turbine as particularly describes in forgoing specification and
drawing.
2nd. The form of spiral or worm motor as applied for this purpose or for use on
any water pipes under pressure.
Dated this 29th day of July 1890.