Peripheral turbine support system

A peripheral turbine support system comprising:

• a rotor having a generally horizontal axis of rotation;
• a plurality of blades distributed about the rotor, connected by a corresponding number of radial arms, and said blades defining a peripheral boundary of the rotor;
• said blades are shaped and angularly pitched across their width to the flow of air therebetween to effect rotation of said rotor and where the blades are perpendicular to the horizontal axis of the rotor and the wind-stream;
• a support system for said plurality of blades including a support ring concentric with the horizontal axis of rotation and adjacent to the peripheral boundary of the rotor;
• said concentric support ring comprising of a flattened concentric ring connected to a rounded concentric ring through a plurality of metal bridges fused along said rings, thereby providing additional support;
• a support mechanism comprising a rolling assembly mounted at the base of said blades rotating above and in association with the surface of the support ring proximal to the rotor, so that the mass and force generated by said blades is substantially supported at the peripheral boundary of the rotor by said proximal surface;
• said support ring buttressed by a plurality of legs in triangular design where said support ring is mounted at the apex and a rolling assembly is mounted at the base of each leg;
• a second concentric support ring comprising of a lower, flattened concentric ring connected to an upper, rounded concentric ring through a plurality of metal bridges fused along said second support ring, thereby providing additional support;
• said rolling assembly at the base of said legs rotate above and in association with the upper surface of said rounded portion of second support ring providing a yaw means to adjust the angel with respect to the wind-stream.

A peripheral turbine support system comprising:

• a rotor having a generally vertical axis of rotation;
• a plurality of blades distributed about the rotor, connected by a corresponding number of radial arms, and said blades defining a peripheral boundary of the rotor;
• said blades are shaped and angularly pitched across their width to the flow of air therebetween to effect rotation of said rotor;
• a support system for the blades including outer and inner blade support rings concentric with the vertical axis of rotation and adjacent to the outer and inner peripheral boundary of the rotor, respectively, the support rings interposed substantially equidistant along the length of the blades;
• said inner and outer support mechanism comprising a lower, flattened concentric ring connected to an upper, rounded concentric ring through a plurality of metal bridges fused said rings, respectively, thereby providing additional support;
• said outer support mechanism for each blade comprising a rolling assembly mounted substantially equidistant along the length of each blade base in rotational supporting association with the outer support ring so that each blade is supported at the outer peripheral boundary of the rotor by an upper surface of the outer support ring;
• said inner support mechanism for each blade comprising a rolling assembly mounted substantially equidistant along the length of each blade base in rotational supporting association with the inner support ring so that each blade is supported at the inner peripheral boundary of the rotor by an upper surface of the inner support rings.

A peripheral turbine support system comprising;

• a rotor having a generally vertical axis of rotation;
• a plurality of blades distributed about the rotor, connected by a corresponding number of radial arms, and said blades defining a peripheral boundary of the rotor;
• said blades are shaped and angularly pitched across their width to the flow of air therebetween to effect rotation of said rotor;
• a support system for said blades including an upper support ring concentric with the vertical axis of rotation and adjacent to the substantially uppermost peripheral boundary of the rotor;
• said concentric upper support ring comprising of a flattened concentric ring connected to a rounded concentric ring through a plurality of metal bridges fused along said rings, thereby providing additional support;
• a support mechanism for each blade located at the substantially uppermost portion of said blade comprising a rolling assembly mounted in rotational supporting association with the rounded surface of the support ring so that the mass and force generated by said blades is substantially supported at the peripheral boundary of the rotor by said said round surface of the upper support ring.