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A water power apparatus, composed of independent, uniquely combined, and improved design features, which provides for: (1) side pontoons, the respective bows of which angle water away from the water flowing directly into the paddle wheels; (2) the addition of wheels to the cone shaped legs so as to

A water power apparatus, composed of independent, uniquely combined, and improved design features, which provides for: (1) side pontoons, the respective bows of which angle water away from the water flowing directly into the paddle wheels; (2) the addition of wheels to the cone shaped legs so as to enable vessel positioning in shallow water areas; (3) vertically dividing each respective side paddle wheel set in half, via a solid disk division extending vertically, at a right angle to, and from, the central axle to the outside extreme end of the paddle blades, off-setting the 90 degree spaced paddle blades in each such divided set by 45 degrees, and enclosing the extreme ends of each such set of divided paddle wheels via a similar solid, vertical disk enclosure extending vertically, at a right angle to, and from, the central axle to the outside extreme end of the paddle blades; (4) a gearing system utilizing the outside edge perimeter of a side paddle wheel disk enclosure, adjacent to the center boat, via vertically extended bars and/or pegs engaging roller bearings or sprockets attached to a common axle, with a sprocket or pulley in the center, extending across the forward section of the central boat from one paddle wheel to the other; (5) an angled, retractable, solid forward water deflection screen to slow and/or stop the paddle wheels via slowing and/or stopping the water striking the paddle wheels; (6) cupped flanges around the paddle wheel axle and gearing axle to prevent water from draining into shaft roller bearings; and (7) a cover for the paddle wheels to inhibit adverse effects from wind and/or water spray.

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A power generating system including: a central boat containing gearing and electric and/or power generation equipment, with a forward angled-back deflection screen and a rear non-angled deflection screen, with a smaller outrigger pontoon on each respective side of the central boat, with closed cell,

A power generating system including: a central boat containing gearing and electric and/or power generation equipment, with a forward angled-back deflection screen and a rear non-angled deflection screen, with a smaller outrigger pontoon on each respective side of the central boat, with closed cell, waterproof, plastic foam filling in the central boat and pontoons, and with the bow of the respective outrigger pontoons angled so as to completely turn water away from, and to the outside of, the space and/or incoming water area between each such respective pontoon and the central boat; legs with cone shaped bottoms and with wheels attached, with the wheels extending slightly below the cone shaped bottoms; paddle wheels on each side of the central boat, between the central boat, and respective outrigger pontoons, with 90 degree spaced, flat, paddle blades, and and with a solid, disk division vertically dividing each respective side paddle wheel in half and extending at right angles to, and from, the central axle, to the outside extreme end of the paddle blades, with each such half of the equally divided paddle wheel being constructed so that the 90 degree spaced paddle blades in one half are offset by 45 degrees from the 90 degree spaced paddle blades in the other half, and with the extreme ends of each such set of divided paddle wheels being enclosed via a similar solid, vertical disk division extending in the same manner as the center disk, at right angles to, and from, the central axle, to the outside extreme end of the paddle blades; a gearing system utilizing the outside edge perimeter of a side paddle wheel disk enclosure, which disk is adjacent to the center boat, via vertically extended bars and/or pegs engaging and driving roller bearings or sprockets attached to a common axle, supported by pillow block bearings, extending across the forward, or rear, portion of the central boat from one paddle wheel side gearing disk to the other, with a centrally located sprocket or pulley for power take-off to a generator or other power apparatus; an angled, retractable, solid forward water deflection screen, positioned, when needed, in front of the forward angled debris screen, in a manner so as to slow and/or stop the water flow which would otherwise travel directly into the paddle wheels; cupped flanges around the paddle wheel axle and gearing axle, located on the paddle wheel shaft between the respective paddle wheels and the pillow block bearings, and located on the gearing shaft between the respective paddle wheel gearing sprockets and the pillow block bearings, so as to prevent water from draining along the respective shafts into the pillow block bearings; and an emergency paddle wheel stopping system consisting of one bar, extended vertically, from the outside edge of the side paddle wheel disk adjacent to a side pontoon, acting as a lever so as to stop the paddle wheels from turning when a second bar, on a swivel, is extended horizontally, under the path of the first bar, from the forward surface of a side pontoon, where the swivel is secured, to a position next to the adjacent paddle wheel disk.