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A water wheel comprising a rotor, having a plurality of buckets longitudinally and tangentially extending about its periphery, and a shaft, which centrally engages the rotor and is rotated by movement of the rotor. The buckets are unitary in construction and are level compensating, remaining essenti

A water wheel comprising a rotor, having a plurality of buckets longitudinally and tangentially extending about its periphery, and a shaft, which centrally engages the rotor and is rotated by movement of the rotor. The buckets are unitary in construction and are level compensating, remaining essentially perpendicular to the direction of the falling water stream during those periods of time when the buckets are filled with water. The water wheel is mounted on a plurality of standards, having rollers, which are movable on tracks toward or away from the falling water stream. A compensating flywheel is provided to maintain uniform movement during water head variations.

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In a rotary power system of the type comprising a rotor adapted to receive falling water to cause rotor rotation, a rotor shaft connected to the rotor and being rotated thereby, a plurality of bearings rotatively carrying the rotor shaft and a power generating shaft receiving rotative power from the

In a rotary power system of the type comprising a rotor adapted to receive falling water to cause rotor rotation, a rotor shaft connected to the rotor and being rotated thereby, a plurality of bearings rotatively carrying the rotor shaft and a power generating shaft receiving rotative power from the rotor shaft, the improvement comprising means to horizontally move the rotor, the rotor shaft and the bearings relative to the said falling water, the means to horizontally move comprising a plurality of fixed beams secured in generally horizontal alignment; the bearings comprising rollers, the said rollers being in rolling contact with the beams to facilitate horizontal movement of the bearings relative to the beams; a spacer interconnected between the rotor shaft and the power generating shaft to maintain the spacing between the respective shafts; a bearing interposed between the rotor shaft and the spacer whereby the rotor shaft can rotate freely of the spacer and a bearing interposed between the power generating shaft and the spacer whereby the power generating shaft can rotate freely of the spacer; the rotor comprising a plurality of water receiving buckets and means to maintain some of the buckets in horizontal alignment as the rotor is rotated by the water; the means to maintain comprising a cam positioned adjacent to the rotor and a follower extending from a bucket whereby the trace of the cam as subscribed by the follower pivots the bucket continuously to horizontal alignment as the rotor rotates.