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ST AVAIL OPY
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN OLIVER DOVE, OF COOLEDGE, AND CHARLEY WIRSING, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
WATER-CONVEYER.
No. 874,397. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 24, 1907.
Application filed March 2 1907. Serial No 360,176.
To all whom it may concern: In the accompanying drawings, which
Be it known that we, JOHN OLIVER DOVE illustrate one of the embodiments of the in-
and CHARLEY WIRSING, citizens of the. vention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the ap-
United States, residing, respectively, at paratus with an intermediate part broken
5 Cooledge and Fort Worth, in the counties of away. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the in- 60
Limestone and Tarrant and State of Texas, dined chute, of the belt conveyer and one of
have invented a new and useful Water-Con- the buckets thereon. Fig. 3 is a fragmen-
veyer, of which the following is a specifica- tary sectional view of one of the buckets.
tion. Corresponding parts in the several figures
10 This invention relates to a water conveyer are indicated throughout by similar charac- 65
of that type in which buckets arranged on an ters of reference.
endless belt are adapted to discharge upon a Referring to the drawings, 1 designates
water wheel so that the rotation of the latter, generally the supporting structure of the ap-
due to the weight of the water discharged paratus, the same consisting of a central der
15 upon it, will contribute in assisting the mo- rick 2, a main wheel supporting derrick 3, a 70
tor or engine in driving the endless bucket secondary wheel supporting derrick 4, and
carrying belt and associated parts. derricks 5 for the endless belt conveyer
The apparatus is especially designed for chute 6. Mounted on the derrick 2 is an
irrigation purposes, but it is to be understood electric, or other suitable motor, 7, and on
20 that it may be used in other connections. the derricks 3 and 4, respectively, are the 75
The invention has for one of its objects to main and secondary water wheels 8 and 9.
improve and simplify the construction and Suitably arranged on the supporting struc-
operation of apparatus of this character so ture 1 are inclined chutes or conduits 10 and
as to be comparatively easy and inexpensive 11 in which the wheels 8 and 9, respectively,
25 to manufacture, readily controlled and highly rotate at their lower peripheral portions, the 8o
efficient in operation. chute 10 being more inclined to the horizon-
A further object of the invention is the tal than the chute 11. The motor 7 is pro-
provision of a conveyer having means where- vided with a pinion 12 that meshes with a
by the load on the bucket carrying belt can large gear wheel 13 on the shaft 14. The
30 be gradually increased from minimum to shaft 14 is connected with the wheel 8 by a 85
maximum in the starting of the apparatus, sprocket chain transmission 15 and the
so that the motor or engine is relieved of con- wheels 8 and 9 are connected by a second
siderable extra work. sprocket and chain transmission 16, so that
Another object of the invention is the em- the wheels and motor rotate synchronously.
35 ployment of a number of wheels in series on Supported on the structure 1 above the 90
which the water successively acts after leav- shaft 14 is a shaft 17 having sprocket wheels
ing the buckets of the endless conveyer or 18 adjacent to opposite ends, one of such
belt, so that the motion of the wheels coop- wheels being shown in the present instance.
erates with the motor to drive the apparatus, The shafts 14 and 17 are connected by mesh-
40 thus requiring less power from the motor. ing gear wheels 19 and 20. Around the 95
A still further object of the invention is the sprocket wheels 18 pass endless sprocket
provision of an improved endless chain or chains 21 of the bucket conveyer. The
belt conveyer to which the buckets are at- chains 21 pass around sprocket.wheels 22 ro-
tached and an inclined chute in which the tatably mounted on a swinging frame 23 dis-
45 loaded buckets pass, the chute serving to re- posed at one end of the supporting structure 100
lieve the endless chain or belt of the weight 1. Arranged at suitable intervals along the
of the buckets and their ldads. chains 21 are pivotally mounted buckets 24
With these objects in view, and others, as by which the material to be transported is
will appear as the nature of the invention is gathered up and carried along the upwardly
50 better understood, the invention comprises inclined chute 6 and deposited on the main 105the various novel features of construction wheel 8. The sw~inging frame 23 that sup-
and arrangement of parts, which will be ports the lower end of the endless conveyer
more fully described hereinafter and set forth is j ournaled at 25 on a suitable structure 26
with particularity in the claims appended that is arranged adjacent the body of wa-
55 hereto. ter or other material to be taken up by the 110
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Dove, John Oliver & Wirsing, Charley. Water-Conveyer., patent, December 24, 1907; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511527/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.