Scoop wheel
When throwing wheels refers to a type of water lifting machine, which consists of several at the periphery with shovels occupied wheels.
The paddle wheels are rotatable about a horizontal axis and move in a Kropfgerinne. In rapid rotation offset, they throw the water from the lower part of the crop in a higher ground flume.
They have been used extensively in Holland for the drainage of lowlands (hence the Netherlands) and placed there by windmills in motion. Throwing wheels have a maximum lifting height of 1.5 m.
More quiet than lifting up violently flinging acts Overmarssche the pump wheel.
- Rotary pump