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US 4,065,225 AGranted
Multivane windmill
OwnerWilliam D. Allisoninventor
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Abstract
A windmill having a plurality of pairs of diametrically opposed vanes mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis in alignment with the wind. The pairs of vanes are supported in uniformly spaced relationship to each other axially of the axis of rotation and each successive pair is indexed circumferentialy in the direction of rotation relative to the prior pair. The vanes are automatically moved to a less efficient position as the speed of the wind increases to limit the maximum speed of the windmill.
Claims6
A windmill comprising;
- a rotor rotatable on a horizontal axis extending in the direction of the wind, said rotor comprising a plurality of pairs of diametrically opposed vanes, said vanes being pitched equally and in the same direction to cause rotation of the rotor in one direction, each pair of vanes progressing rearwardly away from the forward end of the axis being offset circumferentially relative to the preceding pair of vanes and in the direction of rotation of the rotor, said rotor including a hub assembly including an axially extending torque member, a support member for each pair of vanes extending radially and in opposite directions from said torque member, and a shaft passing through all of said support members and retaining said support members fixed relative to said torque member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.