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US 6,249,059 B1Granted
Wind power device
OwnerNaoyoshi Hosodainventor
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Abstract
A wind power device comprises a wind guide and a twisted member in the wind guide. The wind guide is rotatable around a vertical shaft so that a front opening of the wind guide may always face the wind. The wind which comes into the wind guide is guided around the twisted member and reaches to a blade wheel, which actuates a generator via gears to create electric power.
Claims13
A wind power device which comprises:
- a wind guide which is gradually larger in diameter forwards;
- a twisted member which is twisted around a horizontal axis of the wind guide in the wind guide so that a twist angle may become larger rearwards;
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- a blade wheel disposed on the horizontal axis of the wind guide behind the twisted member in the wind guide to drive a generator.
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