Wind-driven generator

Abstract

An arrangement for harnessing wind energy has a platform pivotably supported on a base for movement in a horizontal plane with a pair of elongated arms diverging from the base and each supporting cogwheels at opposite ends with an endless support arrangement extending along opposite sides of the arms and about the opposed cogwheels. The endless support has a plurality of vanes or sails distributed therealong so that the vanes on the outside sides of the arms are influenced by incident wind to cause the endless support to move along the arms, imparting a rotary motion to the cogwheels, which motion is coupled to an electrical generating arrangement to provide an electrical output. The platform pivots on the base in response to incident wind to align the arrangement into the incoming wind and the arms are pivotably attached to the base and biased away from one another so that the angle between the arms may be varied under varying wind conditions to provide a more uniform electrical output despite wind condition variations. Thus, linear motion of the vanes along the outer sides of the arms is converted into electrical energy.

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