Multi-windmill wheel power generator
OwnerFrank H. Carterinventor
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Abstract
A power generator driven by multiple windmill wheels rotatably supported for movement about a substantially vertical axis with all of the windmill wheels being drivingly connected to the generator. The windmill wheels are arranged in pairs on opposite sides of a vertical column and shaft assembly with a supporting framework for the windmill wheels being rotatable about a vertical axis and oriented in predetermined relation to the wind direction by a rudder assembly and provided with a governor to increase the load on the windmill wheels when a predetermined speed is reached thereby limiting the rotational speed of the windmill wheels by increasing the generator load.
Claims9
A power generator comprising a supporting stationary column, a windmill wheel module rotatably supported from said column for swivelling movement about a substantially vertical axis, vertically spaced horizontal shafts rotatably journaled on the module and extending diametrically of the vertical axis, a plurality of windmill wheels mounted on each end of each horizontal shaft for rotating the shaft in response to axial flow of wind therethrough, a vertical shaft supported from the column and drivingly connected to the horizontal shafts, a generator assembly supported at the lower end of the column and being drivingly connected to the vertical shaft, and rudder means rigidly connected with the module for maintaining the rotational axis of the horizontal shaft generally parallel to the wind direction.
In a wind driven power generator, a windmill wheel module comprising a hollow column supported for swivelling movement about a vertical axis, a plurality of vertically spaced horizontal shafts journaled on said column and extending radially therefrom, said shafts having end portions disposed outwardly of said column, a framework supported rigidly from said column and rotatably supporting the outer ends of said shafts, at least one windmill wheel mounted on each end of each shaft, and means drivingly connected to said horizontal shafts for generating electrical energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.