Abstract: A fluid container associated with the wicket gate operating ring to receive fluid from a source so as to add an emergency counterweight to the gate operating ring upon failure of the gate operating ring servomotors.

Abstract: A discharge ring for a hydraulic turbine is disclosed for reducing noise and vibration emanating from the discharge ring. The discharge ring comprises an inner and outer ring separated by spacer ribs. A plurality of cavities within the ring are provided, filled with a massive granular material such as sand. Removable plates along the outer ring permit filling and emptying the cavities to reduce the weight of the ring and facilitate removal of the ring for inspection and maintenance.

Abstract: A support structure for a hydraulic turbine is disclosed where the turbine has a generally horizontal drive shaft enclosed within a bulb housing. The housing is contained within a hydraulic passage formed by duct walls within the structures foundation. A structural inner stay cone is provided in the bulb housing perpendicular to the axis of the drive shaft. An outer stay cone is provided in the duct wall coplanar with the inner stay cone. A pair of vertical stay columns extend from the bottom of the outer vane to the top of the outer stay cone while passing through and affixed to the inner stay cone. The stay columns are perpendicular to the drive shaft with the shaft extending between the two stay columns. Vertical piers abutting the stay columns extend from the duct wall to the housing both above and beneath the housing.

Abstract: A counterweight link rod incorporates a counterweight lifting lug to provide a safe and easily usable means to lift a counterweight during erection or maintenance for positioning it with respect to a connection point with the wicket gate operating ring. The arrangement also provides a readily available permanent means for attaching an overhead crane hook to the wicket gate operating ring for stroking the gates during erection or maintenance. The arrangement also provides a means for operating the wicket gate operating ring when the operating ring servo-motors fail.

Abstract: A common mounting base plate is secured to a turbine gallery floor and anchor a pair of servomotors which are connected to operate a wicket gate operator ring; the arrangement permits the servomotors to be angularly positioned to clear the gate ring counterweight and to allow the servomotors to operate in identical modes simultaneously--both push together or both pull together.

Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder and piston mechanism which acts on opposing levers with a fulcrum bar interposed to prestress a shear lever bolt of a gate restraining mechanism of a hydraulic turbine without reacting on any other component.