US419123A

US419123A - Windmill

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Publication number: US419123A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-01-07
Anticipated expiration: 1907-01-07

Description

(No Model.)

W. J. 4HOGfUE` WINDMILL.

No.. 419,123. Patenfed Jan. 7, A1890..

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.. v

VILLIAM JAMES HOGUE, OF LA OTTO, INDIANA.

WINDMILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,123, dated January 7, 1890.

Application filed May l, 1889. Serial No. 309,186. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J AMES HOGUE,

A a citizen of the United States, residing at La Otto, in the-county of Noble and State of In diana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IVindmills; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of -this specification.

This invention relates to vertical solid windmills, and has for its object to improve the general construction of the same, whereby their efficiency is increased, the number of parts reduced, and the friction lessened.

The improvement consists of the novel features which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view, parts being broken away, of a windmill embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the adjustability of the guide-casting on the tubular standard and the manner of attaching the tail-vane casting to the wheel-casting.

The corner-posts comprising the tower or derrick A are united and protected at their upper ends by the cap ct, which is centrally apertured to receive the tubular standard B, that is secured to or forms part of the wheelcasting O. The lower end of the standard B is journaled in the centering` device D, of ordinary construction.

The wheel-casting O is composed of thehorizontalbearingd,in which the wheel-shaft c is journaled, the horizontal and oblique arm d', and the vertical stop d2. The guide-casting F is adjustable or movable on the upper end of the tubular standard, being held thereon by the binding-screw f, and has the overhanging arm f', through which the upper end of the pumperod G works, and the depending lug f2, between which and the vertical portion f3 the guide-pulley f4 is journaled. The wheel H is of Wellknown construction, and is mounted on the outer end of the shaft e, and

the crank Ion the inner end of the said shaft is connected by the pitman z' with the pumprod G.

The tailvane casting J, recessed in its side to receive the arm of the tail-vane, and having the vertical arm j, to which the stay-rodf is attached, is pivotally connected atits ends with the wheel-casting C and the guide-casting F, and has an extension or stop 3'2 at its lower end. This stop G7'2 strikes against the tubular standard B when the wheel is full in the wind, and against the stop d2 when the wheel is out of the wind. The ends of the tail-vane casting have sockets l) formed therein, and the guide-casting F and the wheel-casting O have corresponding sockets b. The pintles 7c are fitted in the said sockets, and form the pivotal connections between the said tail-vane casting and the wheel and guide castings, as will be readily understood. To remove the tail-vane casting or place it in position, it is necessary that the guide-casting F be raised suiciently high to clear the upper end of the top pintle.

The wheel-shaft is set to one side of the Vertical axis about which the engine turns when adapting itself to the current of the wind, so that in a gale the engine will be automatically thrown out of gear by reason of the greater area of wind-surface of the wheel on 011e side of the said vertical axis of the engine.

The weighted lever L is pivoted to the arm d', and is connected by rod Zwith the tailvane, as shown. The cord M, attached to the adjustable collar m on the weighted lever, passes over the guide-pulleyf4, and thence down through the tubular standard B within convenient reach.

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

In a windmill, the combination of the wheel-casting having a tubular standard B, a horizontal bearing d, a horizontal and oblique arm d', and the vertical stop cl2, the tail-vane casting having a stop j?, constructed, as described, to engage either the tubular standard or stop d2, the guide-casting F, movable on the standard B and having the tail-vane IOO In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM JAMES HOGUE.

Witnesses:

ELMER LEONARD, JAMES E. GRAHAM.