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US 2023/0020796 A1Published application
Compact vertical axis turbine
AssigneeHeadwind Technologies Ltd.
InventorGlenn KYLLONEN
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Abstract
Disclosed are vertical axis turbines comprising: a turbine shaft; a plurality of helicoidal blades mounted on the turbine shaft, each blade comprising a front face and a rear face; and a plurality of venturis, each venturi comprising a channel extending through each of the plurality of blades from the front face thereof to the rear face thereof.
Claims15
A vertical axis turbine comprising:
- a turbine shaft;
- a plurality of helicoidal blades mounted on the turbine shaft,
- wherein each of the plurality of blades comprises a front face, a rear face, and an arbor extending from the rear face, said arbor having a leading edge and a following edge,
- wherein the leading edge of the arbor on a first blade of the plurality of blades is configured for interlocking engagement of the following edge of the arbor on a second blade of the plurality of blades, and the following edge of the arbor is configured for interlocking engagement with the leading edge of the arbor on a third blade of the plurality of blades;
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- a plurality of venturis, each venturi comprising a channel extending through each of the plurality of blades from a respective front face thereof to a respective rear face thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.