US Patent: 409,865 - Water-wheel


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US Patent: 409,865

Water-wheel

Patentee:

Lester A. Pelton (exact or similar names) - Nevada City, CA

USPTO Classifications:

416/197B, 416/197R

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : water power : water wheels

Assignees:

Albert P. Brayton, Jr. - San Francisco, CA

Manufacturer:

Pelton Water Wheel Co. - San Francisco, CA

Witnesses:

S. H. Nourse

H. C. Lee

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Jan. 02, 1889
Granted:	Aug. 27, 1889

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Description:

Improvements to the Pelton wheel of patent 233,692 which uses the momentum of the water rather than its weight. Patent 485,663, granted to Charles A. Scharff of San Francisco, further improves this idea by making the nozzles adjustable.