Cylindrical water turbine

Claim 1

A WATER TURBINE GENERATOR PLANT COMPRISING A HORIZONTAL GENERATOR, A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL CASING FOR HOUSING THE GENERATOR, A RUNNER ASSOCIATED WITH THE GENERATOR AND ROTATABLY MOUNTED AT THE END OF THE CASING, AN OUTER CASING SURROUNDING THE FIRST NAMED CASING AND DEFINING THEREWITH A SPACE AROUND THE FIRST NAMED CASING, SAID SPACE FORMING A WATER PASSAGE TO CONDUCT WATER TO THE RUNNER PARALLELLY WITH THE AXIS OF THE RUNNER AND THE FIRST NAMED CASING AND DEFINING A FURTHER SPACE THEREBETWEEN WHICH ACTERIZED IN THAT THE SUPPORTER IS IN THE FORM OF TWO SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL PARALLEL SUPPORTING LEGS OF VARYING NARROW WIDTH ARRANGED UNDERNEATH THE FIRST NAMED CASING AND DEFINING A FURTHER SPACE THEREBETWEEN WHICH CONSTITUTES A FURTHER WATER PASSAGE LENGTHWISE OF THE AXIS OF THE FIRST NAMED CASING, THE MINIMUM WIDTH OF SAID SPACE AND THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF EACH OF SAID LEGS BEING APPROXIMATELY EQUAL, THUS COMPRISING MEANS FACILITATING A UNIFORM FLOW OF WATER THROUGH SAID SPACES AGAINST SAID RUNNER.