Improvements in Motors for Actuating Pumps.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1897-Accepted, 10th July, 1897.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Motors for Actuating Pumps.
I, JOHN GEORGE GIGLEUX, Farmer, of the Town of Dubberly Station, Webster
Parish State of Louisiana, one of the United States of America, 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 relates to improvements in water motors, and has for its object the
production of a simple, durable and efficient inotor designed to actuate a pump and
in which the power generated by the water flowing from the pump is utilized in
actuating the motor.
Referring to the drawings:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device complete operatively connected to a
cylinder pump.
Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing my machine applied to a bucket
conveyer.
Figure 4 is a top plan view of the subject matter of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a detail sectional view through the water wheels, and
Figure 6 is a detached view of my brake mechanism.
Referring to the numerals of the drawings, 1 indicates a suitable supporting frame
composed preferably of a rectangular base 2 and standards 3, supporting at their
upper extremities a rectangular frame 4 composed of three parallel beams 5, 6, and 7
connected by end pieces 8. 9 indicates a power shaft journaled in suitable
bearings 10 in the beams and keyed to which, adjacent to the beam 7, is a water
wheel 11, provided with annular grooves 12 in its periphery, within which are
provided a series of equidistant cups 13 extending transversely across the grooves
The shaft 9 is likewise provided
and having their outer edges inclined, as indicated.
with a gear wheel 14 keyed upon it preferably adjacent to the beams 6 and meshing
with a pinion 15 carried upon a short shaft 16 journaled in the beams 5 and 6,
and provided with a second gear wheel 17 approximately the size of the gear
wheel 14. 18 indicates a pump shaft located parallel with the shaft 16 and likewise
journaled in the beams 5 and 6 and provided upon its opposite extremities is a
fly-wheel 19 and a pump wheel 20 operatively connected through a pitinan 21 with
the piston 22 of a pump 23. 24 indicates a pinion upon the pump shaft 18 and
25 indicates a water pipe
meshes with the gear wheel 17 upon the shaft 16.
extending from the nozzle 26 of the pump, and provided with an angular nozzle
end 27 immediately above the periphery of the water wheel and to one side of the
shaft 9. 28 indicates a suitable handle projecting from the fly wheel and preferably
secured to one of its spokes.
It will be observed that by grasping the handle 28 and rotating the fly wheel the
pump may be actuated and caused to project a column of water through the pipe 25
upon the periphery of the water wheel which will be revolved by reason of the
manner well understood in
weight of water accumulating in the cups in a
the art.
In order to regulate the speed at which the motor will run I have provided a novel
embodiment of brake mechanism which consists of an adjustable brake shoe 30

page_text: mounted in suitable ways 31 in the beam 7 and-designed to be compressed against
the journal of the power shaft 9 by means of compression screws 32 passing through
a brake cap 33 upon the shoe and secured in any suitable manner to the beam.
It will be observed that by actuating the compression screws the brake shoe may be
forced against the journal of the power shaft for the purpose of reducing the speed
and entirely stopping the motor or for the purpose of removing the shoe from the
shaft and permitting its unrestricted rotation. The various parts of my device are
preferably made of metal, the water wheel and the mechanism intermediate of it
and the pump being preferably formed from aluminium or other extremely light
metal to secure the operation of the device under a comparatively small head of
water.
Various modifications of my device are obviously possible, and in Figures 3 and 4
of the drawings I have illustrated my motor as applied to a bucket conveyor instead
of to the ordinary cylinder pump. In the modifications referred to a conveyor drum
or wheel 34 is substituted for the pump wheel 20 upon the pump shaft 18 and is
operatively connected with an endless conveyor belt 35 extending into the well
and provided with buckets 36 designed to discharge their contents into
a chute 37 above the water wheel. In this modification it is necessary in order
to elevate the belt to a point above the water wheel, to mount the pump
shaft in a higher plane than the power shaft, and for this purpose I have provided a
vertical frame 38 extending above the frame 1, to the top of which is journaled a
pump shaft which may now be termed a conveyor shaft. It will also be necessary,
in order to accommodate this arrangement, that sprocket wheels 39 and 40 be
substituted for the gear wheel 17 and pinion 24 and geared together by a sprocket
chain 41, as illustrated. The operation of this embodiment of my invention is
identical in all essential respects with the operation of the embodiment first
described, and does not therefore, require detailed description.
I do not desire to limit myself to the details of construction herein shown and
described, but reserve to myself the right to change, modify or vary them at will
within the scope of my invention.
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. The combination with a suitable support, of a water wheel, and mechanism
operatively connected with the water wheel and designed to be actuated thereby
to project a column of water upon the water wheel, substantially as described.
2. The combination with a suitable support, of a power shaft, a water wheel
thereon, a gear wheel upon the shaft, a second shaft, a pinion upon said shaft
engaging the gear wheel on the power shaft, a gear wheel upon said second shaft,
a pump shaft, a pinion upon the power shaft engaging the last named gear wheel,
and mechanism carried by the pump shaft and designed to connect said
pump
with mechanism, for elevating water, substantially as specified.
shaft
3. The combination with a suitable support, of a power shaft, a water wheel upon
the power shaft provided with a peripheral groove and transverse inclined buckets,
a pump shaft operatively connected with the power shaft through intermediate
gears, mechanism designed to elevate water and discharge it upon the water wheel,
and mechanism intermediate the power shaft and the water elevating mechanism,
substantially as specified.
4. The combination with a. water wheel, a pump operatively connected with the
water wheel, of a pipe extending from the pump and provided with an angular
nozzle above the water wheel, substantially as specified.
5. The combination with a suitable support, of a power shaft, a water wheel carried
by the power shaft, and brake mechanism operatively connected with the power shaft,
substantially as specified.
6. The combination with a suitable support, of a power shaft, an adjustable brake
shoe in operative relation with the power shaft aud water wheel, and a water wheel
mounted upon said shaft, a pump shaft, a train of gears intermediate the pump

page_text: shaft and the gear wheel on the power shaft, a fly wheel provided with a handle and
keyed upon the pump shaft, a pump wheel likewise keyed upon the pump shaft,
means for operatively connecting the pump wheel to the pump, and a pipe designed
to convey water from the pump and to discharge it upon the water wheel,
substantially as specified.
Dated this 20th day of Mou 1907
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.