Abstract: The invention relates to a water driven turbine. The turbine has a central drum rotatable on a horizontal shaft, the drum having a series of buckets about its periphery, the outer lips of each bucket being such as to delay discharge of water from each bucket until the bucket has a almost reached bottom dead center. The turbine has an inlet with a relatively narrow upstream opening and a relatively broad downstream opening, the inlet spreading the flow of water along substantially the length of each bucket. The turbine may be coupled to a pump which pumps water from a reservoir of water that has passed through the pump. Delivery of water can be achieved to unexpectedly high levels using the turbine/pump combination.

Abstract: An arm wrestling apparatus (10) includes a base (12) with a telescoping arm (20) pivoted about pivoting brackets (16) and (18). A resilient band (50) is disposed between a stud (48) and a stud (46). The stud (46) is mounted on a reinforcing member (42) that is oriented at an essentially 45.degree. angle with respect to the base (12). Rotation of the telescoping arm (20) stretches the resilient band (50) and directs the force primarily along the longitudinal axis of the support member (42). An additional reinforcing member (40) is disposed at an essentially right angle with respect to the reinforcing member (42). A stud (44) is disposed thereon such that the resilient band (50) can be disposed thereon to reverse the rotation thereof. A limiting pin (32) is disposed on the brackets (16) and (18) to limit rotation to essentially 90.degree..