Patents Assigned to Earl Jerome Nickell
  • Current power plant
    Patent number: 4142823
    Abstract: A current power plant including a shaft mounted turbine wheel for employment in water current, a housing adjacent said impellar and to which the shaft extends, a ramp positioned on the upstream side of said impellar, a frame on which the turbine wheel is mounted, which frame means is mounted by rollers on a tract such that the impellar and frame may be rolled on the tracks inside the housing, whereafter doors are closed, and water around the turbine wheel may be pumped out to facilitate turbine repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Assignees: Eugene Nickell, Eldon Glenn Nickell, Earl Jerome Nickell
    Inventor: James H. Nickell