US359282A - Wind-engine - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

I J. PH'ILPOTT.

:WIND ENGINE. No. 359,282. Patented Mar. 1 5, 1887.

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HENRY J. PHILPOTT, OF DES MOINES, IOlVA.

WIND-ENGINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,282, dated March 15, 1887.

Application filed July 2,1886. Serial No.206,913. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. PHILPoT'r, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in WVind-Engine's, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of windengines in which a wheel carrying adjustable vanes revolves horizontally. Heretofore the size and power of such wheels have been restricted, because the vanes could not be adjusted so as to balance the wheel and retain it inoperative in a storm. The danger of blow.- ing down and breaking has been in ratio to the diameter of the wheel and the area of the vanes.

My object is to increase the diameter of a wheel and the size of the vanes, to augment the power of a wind-engine, and to prevent it from becomingunbalanced, upset, and damaged by storm, and I accomplish the results conten1- plated as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing the horizontal wheel supported in a square arch or frame that is fixed to a solid base. Fi g. 2 is a top view showing the relative positions of four vanes while subjected to the action of wind.

A A are hubs, and 1 2 3 4 radial arms fixed to the hubs.

B B are rods or posts rigidly fixed to the hubs to connect them and to produce a skeleton frame and wheel adapted to support vanes in avertieal position. The upper hub has a journal fitted in a fixed bearing at the top and center of the fixed arch G. The lower hub has a shaft formed on or fixed thereto and pivoted in a step, D, that is fixed to the base of the arch. The. length and diameter of a skeleton frame and horizontal wheel adapted to carry vanes in a vertical position may vary as desired. Vanes H, corresponding in size with the skeleton wheel, are provided with journals eccentrically located at their ends, and thereby pivoted to the free ends of the radial arms 1 2 3 4. in such a manner that each vane can rotate upon its own axis during a storm, while the skeleton wheel remains stationary and balanced.

J are rigid bars that have journals eccentrically located on their ends, pivoted to the arms 1 2 3 4 outside of the orbits of the rotating vanes.

K is a shaft that extends through a bore in the upper hub, A.

L is a metal plate or frame attached to the lower end of the shaft K'and flexibly connected with the outer edges of the pivoted bars J by means of rods m, in such a manner that the joint weight of the shaft and plate will press the outward edges of the barsJoutward and within the orbits of the vanes, to prevent the vanes from passing the bars, as required to make the vanes and engine operative.

m are pins fixed to the hub to proj ect through perforations in the plate L, for the purpose of guiding the vertical movements of the plate.

m is a lever pivoted to the arch G, and connected with the shaft K in such a manner that by means of a rope on the end of the lever a person on the ground can operate the lever, and thereby lift the shaft K and plate L and draw the pivoted bars J inward to allow the vanes H to rotate, as required, to make the wheel inoperative.

N is a sail pivoted to the top of the shaft K in an inclined position, in such a manner that it will rotate horizontally to adjust itself to the direction of a storm, and also rise by the pressure of wind on its under surface, to lift the shaft and plate and automatically operate the pivoted bars J as required, to free the vanes, so each one can rotate on its own axis.

A crank, gear-wheel, or belt-wheel may be fixed to the axle of the wheel, to transmit power and motion to operate apump, printing-press, and various kinds of machines in a common way.

A rod, 1', is fixed to each vane H, to extend horizontally across its center to support an adjustable weight, 8, that can be moved to and from the axis of the vane to counterbalance the centrifugal force of the vane, as required, to regulate the turning of the vane to and from the direction of the wind.

I am aware that a weight has been connected with a rod that extended from a pivoted vane to a governing device; but connecting aweight with a pivoted vane, to be carried by the vane as the vane rotates on its own axis, forthe purpose of changing the center of gravity in the vane and keeping it balanced and its centrifugal force regulated, is novel and greatly advantageous.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a wind-engine, the combination of a horizontally-adjustable weight with a stationary support fixed direct to a vane that is piw oted eecentrically, so that it can make complete horizontal revolutions, in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

2. The combination of a vane having a stationary fixed support for a weight, a weight that can be moved horizontally on said support, and an adjustable stop device for preventing the vane from making an entire revolution, for the purposes stated.

3. The combination of the fixed rod 1' and the adjustable weights with a vane, H, in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

4. A horizontal rotating frame or wheel having radial arms, horizontally-rotating vanes pivoted cccentrieally to the arms of the said wheel, stop devices at the sides of the orbits of the vanes, an inclined rotating and vertically-moving sail, and mechanism for moving and retaining the said stop devices across the orbits of the vanes, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

5. The combination of the vanes II, having fixed rods 1-, the adjustable weights s, the adjustable bars J, the shaft K, the plate L, and

the links at, to operate in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

6. The rotating sail N, in combination with the shaft K, carrying a plate or frame, L, links m, and stop devices J, or their equivalents, and vanes H, to operate in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

7. An improved wind-engine comprising a frame or base, a horizontally-rotating frame 01' wheel having radial arms at its top and bottom, vanes pivoted eccentrically to said arms to rotate independently, and provided with bearers upon which to adjust weights laterally relative to their centers of motion, stops pivoted to the frame to move horizontally to arrest the motions of the vanes, a verticallymovable disk or frame linked to said pivoted stops to simultaneously operate the said stops, and an inclined rotating and vertically-moving sail to actuate the said disk or frame, in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

8. The wheel consistingof two hubs, A, and two series of radial arms, and several posts,B, pivoted vanes H, pivoted stop devices J, the shaft K, carrying the plate or frame L, the rods m, the lever m, and the sail N, arranged and combined with a suitable base and support, to operate in the manner set forth, for the purposes specified.

HENRY J. PHILPOTT.

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