US251688A - Windmill - Google Patents

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WINDMILL. No. 251,688.

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Patented Jan. 3, 1882.

'UN'ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. BAUGH, OF FARMERS"INSTITUTE, INDIANA.

WINDMILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,688, dated January 3, 1882;

' Application filed August 30, 1881. (No modeh) To all whom 'itmay concern:

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. BAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Farmers Institute, in the county of Tippecanoe and State of Indiana, have invcnted certain new and useful Improvements in Windmills; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to 10 which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in windmills, and its object 1s to improve the construction of the parts in such manner as that the wind-wheel will be automatically or self controlled in its action, andcan be at any time so operated upon by hand that its action will cease; and it consists in an improved construction of the parts of the device whereby these objects are attained, and also such other construction by which some of the actuating 2 5 parts are truly adjusted to their proper position, as will be fully hereinafter described in the drawings.

Figure l is a side elevation of a windmill having my improvements embodied therein, it

0 showing thegframe-work, a shaft with vanes or 5 work, a portion of the windwheel, a crank and connecting-rod for operating the pump, and themethod of connecting the crank to the pump-rod. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the parts, enlarged, the framework being omitted. Fig.

4 is a side elevation of the vane or rudder shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section, showing the frame-work and an adjustable bearing in which the shaft which supports the wind-wheel turns; and Fig. dis a sectional elevation, showing the same parts.

Arepresents the supporting-mast or pedestal, upon which the operating parts all rest or are attached, and it consists of four inclined ports, a a a a, tied or bound together in any secure manner to be firm and unyielding, their top ends being secured by a cast or other metal said cap has a central perpendicular round opening through it, so that the connection with the pump plunger may reciprocate in said central opening.

- B is the wind-wheel, in disk form, having a series of inclined radial wind-slats, b, fixed to the concentric rings 1) b, which are firmly secured to radiating arms I), that are fast in h'ub B.

O is a horizontal shaft, freely revolving in bearing 0, formed in a projecting horizontal swinging arm, D, that projects from an upright revolving metal hub, D, having an upright or perpendicular aperture centrally through it, and bearing upon cap A, as seen in Fig. 3.

. O is a crank-disk on shaft, 0 having a crank or wrist pin, 0, projecting horizontally therefrom, to which is attached a pitman, G pivoted to a reciprocating rod, d, which freely reciprocates in guideway d in an. upright brace, D, which may be a part of or attached to the hub D; and the lower guide, d, of the rod d is in the top of a tube, through which it passes in its downward course to be attached to the plunger-rod of a pump or other device.

E is a horizontal rock-shaft, supported by and rotating in aproper bearing in a projection, E, on hubD, and swinging horizontally with said hub.

F is the main vane or rudder, and in Figs.

1, 2, and 4 is seen in a horizontal position under the rock-shaft E, and is firmly secured to said shaft by the clamps or clipsfff. G is a smaller vane or rudder, fixed to shaft E by the clamp or clip 9, and stands perpendicular, or at right angles to vane F. These vanes or rudders are constructed with slats and cross ties, as seen in Fig. 1, and whenever the shaft E rotates or vibrates the vanes or rudders move with it.

H is an arm fixed to and projecting downshaft by the eye I and holding-screw i at the end opposite the vanes, as seen in Fig. l, but free to rotate or vibrate as the shaft E ro'tates or rocks back and forth. H is a weight adjusted on arm H at any desired place by holding-screw h.

J is an arm fixed by means of hub J and holding-screw t" to shaft E, and has attached to its outer end a cord, j, which extends upward and over a pulley, j,.in the upright D; thence through a slot, 9'', in hollow rod (1, down through the rod, to and within reach of an operator on the platform or ground.

K is a hollow upright pipe or cylinder, fixed at its lower end in an adjustable box, L, having a center bore to fit the exterior diameter of said pipe, the flange at the lower end thereof fitting against the under side of box L, as seen in Fig. 6, while the flange k at the upper end fits and bears upon the upper part of the revolving hub D. This pipe or cylinder K receives the pipe-rod d and cord j within it, and in which they freely work, and it also forms the axle around which the hub D revolves, and is held in upright position by the eye a in cap A and the box L. To adjust the pipe K and keep it perpendicular or in relation to other working parts, the box L is adjustable in fourdirections between the posts a, that form the mast or pedestal A, by means of the tempenscrews l I ll, that are tixed in the four projections Z Z Z Z of box L, and extend outward and through bearing-plates l l" l l and screw-nuts m m m m, so that the box is forced to move as the screw may be turned, one loosened and the other opposite tightened up toward the loosened one, and hence the adjustment can be effected truly and easily, and no friction or binding of the parts will result.

N is a reciprocatingrod, attached at its lower end to a pump-plunger, or other thing to be operated, by or through any known and proper means, while its upper end is swiveled to the hollow reciprocating pipe-rod d at a in such manner that the rod may be revolved, and the swivel-joint n will not affect it or in any way prevent it from freely reciprocating while it turns in the pipe K.

In an easy breeze the wind-wheel B will revol've with its shaft and crank-wheel, and thereby reciprocate the rod that is connected to the pump-plunger, or to anyotherthing to be acted upon, and all the parts will be relatively in the position seen in Fig. 1; but let a strong wind strike the side of the wind-wheel,the wheel will be put into violent or quick revolution, and at the same time the wind will strike the upright vane or rudder G and turn it over with the shaft E, and in doing so raises the larger vane or rudder F into the wind, and also raises the counter-weight H 5 and this strong wind, raising the large vane or rudder, causes the shaft E to swing around horizontally, and, if the wind isstrong enough, the wheel B will be turned so as to present its edge to the wind, when its motion will be either entirely stopped or it will slowly revolve. When the wind abates the counter-weight H will gradually fall down, and as it falls the large vane or rudder F will also fall, and the wind-wheel will again come into the wind and again -revolve.

When it is desired to stop the revolution of the wind-wheel the attendant will take hold of the cord j at its lower end, and by a steady pull will turn the shaft E and bring the large vane or rudder F into the wind, when the shaft and vanes or rudders will swing around with the wind and cause the wind-wheel to turn its edge to the wind, which will stop its revolution. The cord can then be made fast and hold the parts in that position. and, as the wind changes its direction, the wheel will also change its position, so as to always present its edge to the wind until the cord is released, when their normal positions and the wind-wheel again commence its revolution.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. The combination of the wind-wheel B, horizontal shaft E, placed at a right angle to the face of the wind-wheel, vane F, attached to said shaft, vane G, placed at a right angle to vane F, weighted arm H,andacord or chain for changing the position of' the vanes F and G, the parts being arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the rock-shaft E, having vanes F and- G, arm J, cord j, pipe-rod d, and guides 01 and d, with the wind-wheel B, as and for the purpose described. I

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. BAUGH.

WVitnesses:

G. M. GoNNELL, A. RUPPERT.

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