Turbine governor

Claim 1

A TURBINE HAVING A HOUSING AND A ROTOR, SAID ROTOR HAVING V-SHAPED IMPELLER BLADES RADIALLY DISPOSED IN THE PERIPHERAL PORTION THEREOF, A SOURCE OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE AND RETURN MEANS THEREFOR, A JET IN SAID HOUSING POSITIONED TO DIRECT SAID SOURCE OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE TO IMPINGE THE BLADES ON THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID ROTOR AND DISCHARGED THERETHROUGH TO THE LOWER SIDE THEREOF, VALVE MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID HOUSING OPERABLE TO REGULATE THE FLOW OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID JET, AN ACTUATOR MEMBER DISPOSED ADJACENT THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID ROTOR, SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER BEING POSITIONED AND PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ON ONE SIDE BY SAID HOUSING FOR FREE SWINGING ARCUATE MOVEMENT TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF SAID ROTOR, SAID MEMBER HAVING A FIRST PROJECTION POSITIONED TO URGE TRANSVERSE MOVEMENT THEREOF IN ONE DIRECTION RESPONSIVE TO IMPINGMENT OF SAID DISCHARGE FLUID MOVING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID ROTOR, SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER HAVING A SECOND PROJECTION POSITIONED TO URGE TRANSVERSE MOVEMENT THEREOF IN THE OTHER DIRECTION RESPONSIVE TO IMPINGEMENT OF SAID DISCHARGE FLUID MOVING SUBSTANTIALLY OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF SAID ROTOR, AN ARM PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON ONE END PORTION THEREOF TO SAID HOUSING AND POSITIONED FOR ARCUATE MOVEMENT TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF SAID ROTOR, MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER FOR OPERATIVELY ENGAGING THE OTHER END PORTION OF SAID ARM FOR MOVING SAID ARM CONCURRENTLY WITH MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER, SAID VALVE MEANS BEING POSITIONED IN OPERATIVE RELATION WITH SAID ARM FOR CLOSING SAID VALVE MEANS WHEN SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER IS MOVED IN ONE DIRECTION RESPONSIVE TO IMPINGEMENT OF DISCHARGE FLUID MOVING IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIRECTION OF SAID ROTOR AND ALTERNATELY OPENING SAID VALVE MEANS WHEN SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER IS MOVED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION RESPONSIVE TO IMPINGEMENT OF DISCHARGE FLUID MOVING IN THE SAID SUBSTANTIALLY OPPOSITE DIRECTION THEREBY GOVERNING THE FLOW OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE IN SAID JET.