US329914A

US329914A - Wind-engine

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Publication number: US329914A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-11-10
Anticipated expiration: 1902-11-10

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

s. E. LIMPUS.

WIND ENGINE.

No. 329,914. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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SHERMAN E. LIMPUS, OF OLATHE, KANSAS.

WIND-ENGINE.

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Application filed July 31, 1884. Serial No. 139,274. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, SHERMAN E. LIMPUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olathe, in the county of Johnson and State of Kansas, haveinvented a new and useful Wind- Engine, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to wind-engines designed for use in pumping water, and for other purposes; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly`pointed out in the claim.

Figure l is a view in perspective of a windengine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan View, and Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line :t x in Fig. 3.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the derrick, provided with a circular platform on top, which is provided with friction-rollers, and a circular rim, B, having inwardly-projecting guidearms C, which holds the turn-table D in place u on the platform. The periphery of the turn-table is also provided with friction-rollers, the 0bject of the rollers in the platform and those in the periphery of the turntable being to l` ssen the friction as much as possible. The turn-table is provided with the bearings for the wheel-shaft E and the frame F for the pitman-rod that engages the pump-rod. The wheel-shaft E is also provided with a bevel gear-wheel, G, which is adapted to engage a bevel-pinion to drive a rotary shaft when necessary. The frame F is provided with bearings H, in which the vane I, that regulates the pivoted sections J of the Wind-wheel L, is pivoted. The lower end of the arm I of the regulating-vane I is pivoted to a horizontal rod, M. immediately above the Wheel-shaft E, and this rod M is provided at its forward end with a forked clutch, N, which engages a grooved spool, O, on the rear face of a disk, P, to the periphery of which the rods Q, that operate the crank-rods R of the wind-wheel sections S, are pivoted. The forward ends of these rods Q are provided with eyes T, which engage the cranks U of the crank-rods R.

The wheel Vconsists of a hub, W, provided with a series of .radial spokes, X, connected at their outer ends bya rim, Y, which converts the wheel into a balance-wheel. A short distance from the hub of the wheel wooden or iron braces Z are employed to strengthen the spokes.

The wheel-sections S vary in number according as the size of the wheel is increased or diminished in its manufacture. They consist of straight, shorter, lower, or inner rails, a, and curved longer outer rails, b, connected by slats c, placed diagonally across their parallel middle lines.

The curved outer rails of each of the wheelsections S are provided at one end upon their outer faces with metal stops d, which prevent the sections from being turned on their pivots through the spaces between the spokes in the direction of the regulating-vane I, although they are turned edgewise in the opposite direction by the operation of the wind when it has a power or force greater than the spring e, secured to the frame F, and operating against the vane I to hold thewheel-sections normally in the wind or closed when the wind is not too high.

The tail-vane f is of any desired construe tion, and is secured to the turntable in line with the wheel-shaft, and serves to keep the wheelin the wind. When the regulating-vane I is forced toward the tail-vane by the force of the wind, it slides the disk P outward on the wheel-shaft E, and the rods Q operate the crank-rods R and open the wheel-sections, thus slackening the speed of the wind-wheel. Vh en the wind decreases, the spring c forces the vane forward, slides the disk back, and closes the wheel-sections.

This wind-engine is durable because the wheel-sections are pivoted centrally on the crank-rods and undue strain does not come upon the sides of the sections. It is simple because there is less machinery in it than in others in use, and for this reason it is cheaper. The rim of the wheel acts as a balance-wheel and makes the wheel stronger. The Wheel is given a considerabledish, and this adds to its strength and gives it at least one-third more power than if it were not dished. The sliding disk and grooved spool are of iron.

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

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'Ihe combination, with the derrick and platings and pressing against the vane, and interform, of the turn-table, the vertical frame F, mediate devices for connecting the vane with v mounted on the latter, the wheel-shaft E, oarthe cranked rods It, as set forth. rying the wheel, which has a series of pivoted In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5 sections, S, working between the spokes and my own I have hereto affixed my signature in I 5 rim thereof, loraees 'Iat the lower or inner end presence of two witnesses. of the wheel-seotions, crank-rods R, passing SHERMAN E. LIMPUS. through the latter and acting as a pivot for l Witnesses: the same, the Vane I7 mounted in bearings H l J. B. MARSHALL, Io of the frame, a flat spring, e, tted in the bear W. F., LIMPUS.