. American engineer and railroad journal . , and ofwhich he gives the following general description, from whichand the engravings the construction will be understood with-out going into further detail: My invention relates to improvements in that class ofwave motors in which the water from the top of a wave isstored at the highest point of the wave as a head to operate aturbine wheel, and the objects of my improvements are, first,to provide a penstock or storage reservoir to be constructedin or adjoining a wharf to receive the water from the tops ofthe waves, the penstock having free ingress f
. American engineer and railroad journal . , and ofwhich he gives the following general description, from whichand the engravings the construction will be understood with-out going into further detail: My invention relates to improvements in that class ofwave motors in which the water from the top of a wave isstored at the highest point of the wave as a head to operate aturbine wheel, and the objects of my improvements are, first,to provide a penstock or storage reservoir to be constructedin or adjoining a wharf to receive the water from the tops ofthe waves, the penstock having free ingress for the waterthrough a series of valves, the valves closing on the inside toretain the water when admitted ; second, to provide a pen-stock of the above description with a turbine wheel to use asa motive power by which machinery can be driven on thewharf or top of the penstock for hoisting and other purposesrequired in the vicinity of wharves ; third, to provide a tailrace from the wheel for the escape of the water, the race in- B B- ~B 9k. M FIG. 14. ^ofMfi^Trrrrrfrrr ^nm^wmmMfjimtuDiniDnmnmtlinumm^HmrfMm MEKRITTS WAVE MOTOR. closed and extending at a right angle from the penstock, andhaving a series of valves placed on the top side of the raceopening outwardly to permit the water to escape and preventan inflow of water from the outside. I attain these objects bythe construction and arrangement of the device illustrated. Note.—CopieB of any of the patents referred to above, or of 8ny others inprint, will bo sent to any address on receipt of| twenty-five cents in UnitedStates postage-stamps (not foreign stamps). m M tmi 1 it; 3 1812 04296 0964 Jr., jj&*\
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