US229907A - Wind-wheel - Google Patents

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G. A, MYERS. Wind Wheel.

No. 229,907. Patented July 13,1880.

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GEORGE A. MYERS, OF SGHOOLGRAFT, MICHIGAN.

WIND-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,907, dated July 13, 1880.

Application filed December .2, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. MYERS, of Schoolcraft, in the county of Kalamazoo, and in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wind- Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a windmill, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved windmill. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

A represents the tower or derrick of my windmill, provided with a casting, B, which forms the upper bearing for the tube 0, the lower bearing for said tube being on a step, a, at the side of the tower. The tube (3 is formed with a head, D, of substantially the form shown in Fig. 2, which supports the wind-wheel and vanes.

E is the wind-wheel, attached to a hollow sleeve, 1), which has an elongated bearing in the head D, and is at its inner end provided with an eccentric, cl, having on its face a projecting stud and roller, 0. This stud and roller work in a slot in a cross-head, F, so as to move the same vertically up and down in guides f, formed on or secured to the head or casting D. The cross-head F is provided with the pitman G, which passes down through the tube 0, and is to connect with the pump-rod.

Through the hollow sleeve 1) is passed a shaft, h, which carries at its forward end a vane, H, and at its rear end is provided with a beveled cogged segment, i. This segment gears with a similar segment on a shaft, m, which runs in suitable bearings at right angles to the shaft h. The shaft m carries at one end a vane, I, and at the other end a rod, a, is passed through the shaft, which rod has upon one end a wing, J, and on the lower end an adjustable wcight,p.

The normal position of the parts is as represented in the drawings-that is to say, the vane H stands vertical and the vane I horizontal. The wind strikes the wheel E from the back, and the wheel keeps itself in the wind according as the wind may change. As the wind increases the Wing J is forced forward, and turns the vane l more or less from a horizontal position, and at the same time the vane H is correspondingly turned more or less from its vertical position. The wind acting upon the vane I will turn the wheel more or less out of the wind. Then as the Wind lulls the weight 1) brings the vanes back to their original position, and the wind acting upon the vane H throws the wheel back into the wind again.

The oscillating shaft m is provided with stops 8, so that it can only turn a certain distance in either direction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1., The combination of the heading-vane H with shaft h, hollow shaft b, bevel-gears i, and oscillating shaft m, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The oscillating shaft m, provided with stops 8, bevel-gear t, vane I, rod a, wing J, and weight 1), in combination with the shaft h and heading-vane H, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The combination of the wheel E with hollow shaft 1), shaft h with vane H, and the shaft m with vane I and weighted wing J, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of November, 1879.

GEORGE A. MYERS. Witnesses:

J. JOSEPH McOARTHY, E. B. DYCKMAN.

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