Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1895 — IMPROVED WATER MOTOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IMPROVED WATER MOTOR.

For Conveniently Utilizing the Cnr-rent-Force of Any Stream. This useful device consists of a number of wheels fixed upon a common shaft, the width of the stream determining how many wheels may be used. On the sides of the wheels are gates that swing outwardly to Increase the resistance of the wheel, and consequently its power. When the wheel is not in gear the gates close Into recesses provided for them. The gates on one

side of a wheel are connected with each other by chains, so that when one swings open it pulls the next one open. Opposite to the gates are holes that prevent excessive suction and permit the current to enter and assist Iff turning the wheel, but the holes on the end wheels have their outer sides partially covered by deflectors. The motor is well adapted to being placed in a stream where the force of the current is the only power. It Is illustrated and described in the Scientific American.

NEW WATER MOTOR.