Improvements in Water Wheels and other Power Apparatus of this Class.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th June, 1897-Accepted, 28th Aug., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Wheels and other Power Apparatus of this
Class.
I, GEORGE CURRY, residing at Texas Creek, in the County of Fremont, and
State of Colorado, United States of America, Railroad Foreman, do hereby declare.
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to water wheels, and other power apparatus of this class,
and the object thereof is to provide an improved, swiveled, feathering, gravity
paddle or blade for such apparatus.
In the practice of my invention I provide a water wheel which may be of any
desired construction, and which comprises the usual hub, spokes and rim, and it
will be understood that two sets of the spokes and two rims are provided, and
between said rims are mounted my improved, swiveled, feathering, gravity paddles.
or blades.
These paddles are provided at each end with a central projecting tennon, and
said tennons are passed through suitable bearings in the rims of the wheel, and
said paddles are also heavier on one side than on the other, one side being solid,
and the other hollow, or one side may be provided with a weight, the object of.
this construction being to provide means whereby the paddles or blades will always
be held in a vertical position, when not in use, and said paddles or blades when.
in use, being free to swing on their tennons or supports.
My invention is not limited to the material of which the paddles or blades are
composed, nor to the exact form or construction thereof, the only object in this
connection being to so weight one side thereof, that the said paddles or blades will
always hang in a vertical position.
Dated this 17th day of December 1896.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Wheels and other Power Apparatus of this
Class.
I, GEORGE CURRY, late of Texas Creek, Fremont, Colorado,. U.S.A., but now
residing at Parkdale, in the County of Fremont, and State of Colorado, United
States of America, Railway Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to water wheels, and other power apparatus of this class,
and the object thereof is to provide an improved swiveled feathering paddle or

page_text: blade for said apparatus; and the invention is fully disclosed in the following
specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which:-
Fig. 1, is a side view of a water wheel provided with my improvement;
Fig. 2, a side view of one of the paddles or blades detached; and,
Fig. 3, a cross section thereof, on the line 3, 3.
In the drawing forming part of this specification, the separate parts of my
improvement are indicated by the same letters of reference throughout the several
views, and in practice thereof, as shown in the drawing, I provide a water wheel
which comprises a hub A, spokes B, and a rim C, and it will be understood, that
two sets of the spokes B, and two of the rims C, are provided.
I also provide a paddle or blade D, which is of the form shown Figs. 2, and 3,
and which is provided centrally of each end with projecting tennons E, and said
tennons are passed through suitable bearings formed in the rims C.
The paddles or blades D, any desired number of which may be employed are
preferably composed of metal, and one side thereof, is formed solid as shown at F,
in Fig. 3, and the other is hollow as shown at G, in said figure, the object of this
construction being to provide means whereby the paddles or blades will always be
held in a vertical position, it being understood that the paddles or blades are free
to swing on the tennons E, by means of which they are connected with the rim C,
of the wheel.
My invention is particularly applicable for use in connection with wheels which
are propelled by wheels; and is not limited to the material of which the paddles
or blades R, are made, nor to the exact form and construction thereof, the only
object in this connection being to so weight one side thereof, that the said paddles
or blades will always hang in a vertical position as described and as shown
in Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A water power wheel for propelling vessels and other purposes, said wheel
being provided with paddles or blades which are pivotally suspended therein, and
which are weighted so as to always hang in a vertical position, substantially as
shown and described.
2. A water wheel for propelling vessels and other purposes, provided with two
rims between which are pivoted paddles or blades, said paddles or blades being
heavier on one side than the other whereby they are held in a vertical position,
substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 18th day of June 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.