US1439316A - Windmill - Google Patents

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Dec. 19,` 1922.

' 1.1. MCARDLE.

WINDMILL.

FILED IAN- 27,192l.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

` Pawtucket, in V:the county Aof Providence patented ec.; 19, i922,

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insane HQE v JAMES J. Marianna, or Paw'ruoiznr, RHODE-ISLAND.

WINDMILL@ ppiicationuievi January 27,1921. ysei-iai' No. 440,523.

T all @from it may concern:

Be it known that I, Trims J. lioAnnnE, a citizen of the United States, residing at and State of Rhode Island,fhave invented ynew `and yuseful Improvements in Windmills, "offwhich the following vis a specification. i

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in windmillsvand thev primary object thereof is tov provide'a de-` vice of this kindl which has -novelineans :torl

directingan added amount of `the wind,` and ifestedl in f lyvin section'oi1 the crownor topfb'earing; Figure 41, isa like view of the bottompr l ybase bearing,`

peller buckets' or vanes.

regardless of its directiom'. ontoithe proff Thev invention further aims to 'provide a windmill structure wherein the customary and expensive supporting` towersy are 'dispensed with, andi which accordingly may be of any desired height-and supported 4by "guy cable'sin'a manner later 'set'. forth.

"Stillfi'urther, the linvention aims to yprovide ka windmill which affords maXimum of power and has still `other and further ob ,jects which willfbe later set i'orth andimanscription. Y

In the drawings f Figure l, is a front elevation of the in'y vention; Y f f Figure 2, is a top plan view; l Figure, is an'enlargeddetail View, part- Figure 5, is a side elevation, and 'Figure 6 ure 5; i

lIn l proceeding in accordance with the v present invention, a suitablebase orliifunda-rk v tion' structure' may be employed 'and "which fmayv .be constructed y `of concrete or masonry, yas shown in Figure 1, thebottom" of thek base being designated 15' and the 'upper part 16, the latter having'a tunnellor pas- `Sage 22 for thedriven beltrl'lotfshownf The windwheel includes a central vertical v shaft 5 the lower end of'which rotatably en gages in afbearing 7 suitably embedded `in the'base part 15 and may be equipped with' loall-bearings 8 and a collar 9 having ball l bearings which seat" on the bearing 7.

, Iheshaft` 5' is provided with ag'ear 18v vwhich is lin mesh with a pinion 19 mounted on a' shaft .that carries pulley 20, 4the latter being engaged by afbelt (not shown) which;l

the course oftherfollowing de? is a section on line of Figi transmits power rto the'fdriven device or the likeA which the windwheel is to operate.

" Thev `-windwheel f further embodies a series of spaced horizontal wheels having spokes lconnected by riinsl t, the vrims having a series, of verticallbu'ckets' 34 secured thereto,

buckets "being disposed in the sliaces "between "the `rims as depicted in Figure l,

of fthe drawings, yand'hei'ng mounted :upon

entends throughy the y*tunnel `22andy which f vertical'rods 3,'which`extend through and i are connected to'therirns. y n i The upperend of ythe shaft 5 has a collary 'leisuitably secured thereto uponwhich the lower end oi tlieftopl or flangedbearing l()y seats, ballfbearings 12 being. interposed `,between the upperv end lface ottheshaft 5:5 and the crown cap or bearing, while vertical roller bearings'lseat onfthe upper end theshaftl and the crown bearing or cap 10.

y ofv collar, 14 and are interposedfbetween n' For the purposeof stabilizingthestrucl'`v ture,'a`series of cables lllai'e secured 'to the 4.flanged baseof thebrown cap 10 and are extended downwardly and suitablyl anchored to 'theI earth ,by mea s of posts 1 secured in'aywell known'manner. y l"For the 'purpose of 'directing an' added amount ofthe windontothe buckets, a col- ,lector is employed whichv includes'side wings 24 and k26 having" a relatively.jflaringformationand a hood or cafp 25, carried'by'the wings, the'. collector 'being open at lits front andl -rearas shown in' Figure. Collars 23 and 23 are looselyfmounted on the shaft 5 I `below and-'above the ,windwheel respectively.

Beams() are secured to the wingsand to Y-shape'd castings 42 formed integral with lthe collars 23 yand 23', while arearwardly extending horizontal beam 27 is'con'nected lto the casting 42 andinturn 'isy connected ,by a diagonal beam 29l to 'a vertical y'beam' 28, thefbealfns 27, 28 yand 29 Aforming a triangular frame work of whichbeam 2 9 is the hypotenuse. `rThe triangular )frame worrfmayjhsve itis ,Space sind with Sau workr piovi'desiso as 4.to allow same to reasily and ,quickly respond tothe 4action ofthe wind, vspaced circular" tracks '17k lare lprovidedpupon which.l a pair of castor wheels icc wheels being carried by ybeam 27.y Anad-r dtional wind collecting Ahood maybe employed and secured y'to the triangular frame composed. rofthe beams 27,28 and 29,

the purpose ot which is to concentrate andk direct the wind against tail wings'll and 42 which latter relatively diverge and are` secured to the beam 27.

The featlie'ringr buckets asT shown in Figi ,ure Q arepivotedat their ,outer endsl to the vertical rods 3 and are tensioned r4,eX-y pansible controlling springs 37 connected to cured to the wheel spokes so as toengage and. cushion the bucketsupon the latter being moved by the winduagainst the spokes." In operation, the triangular lvrane,hood l()A y and the Vtailmembers Llland l2 are yengaged `by the wind and move the collector into posi;

.tion for catching the wind regardless of the direction in which the latter may be blowing.4 The wing engages the lbuckets on oneside'oi` :the wheel thereby driving ythe latter, while the buckets onl the opposite side oic the wheel feather, the ybuckets being steadied springs in their mouvements.

What is claimed is A,by the l. In a, windmill, a verticaly shaft, horizon' tal series of buckets carried by the shaft, a ccllector extending about thev buckets and having lside wings and an open' rontand back, vand a cap at its'top, ,asubstantiallyl triangular vane extending outwardly fromy the back of the collector, a curved track for slidably supporting the base ofthe vane, a

collectoiyadjacent to the outer end of they vane, and divergentftail wings, carried by the vane and disposed beyond the rear end n of the second collector.

2. In a windmill, a.. vertical shaft, horizontal series of buckets carried by the shaft,

back, and a cap atits top, al substantially triangular vane extending outwardly from the rear of the collector and divergent tail wings carried by the outer end of the:l triries of vhorizontal buckets, a collector hav-1,`

angular vane;

3. InL azwindmill, a wheel having a seing opposed side wings disposed aboutthe n buckets vand having anvopen frontA and back, a vane connected to the collector and extending'fiearwardly thereof and tail, wings eX-` .tendingoutwardly from the rear end oithe vane.

y 4. in semmai, a Versen Shaft, a wind" wheel having buckets carried bythe shaft,

-atrianguilar vane having a horizontal beam connected to theshat, an inclined beam and lv'a vertical beam, lmeans to connect the vertical beamte the shaft, a collectorhaving'side wings connected to the'shaft andv disposed about the wheel, a collector carriedby the and' downwardly to .inclined beam adjacent the outerfeml o'ftbe latter, and tail wings carried by theouter end oi the horizontal beam and disposed beyond ytbe-second. collector. f

5. In a windmill, a vertical sha-tt, a Wind wheel having buckets carried bythe shaft, a triangularvane having a horizontal bea-in connected to the shaft, an inclined beam and a vertical beam, means to connect the vertical beain to the shaft, and a collector ineluding side wings connected to the shaft and disposed aboutthewheels l l f `6. ln` a windmill, a4 vertical wind wheel having buckets, a main collector disposed about the wheel, avarie carriedbyfthe main collector, and an auxiliary collector carried .by `the vane. l l y 7.,"In a windmill, afvertical windwheel, a curvedtop therefor yopenl at its ront,-and. lopposite sidewings depending from the top lto provide a collector inconjunction withI the top, the collectorbeing open atits front and rear the front of the top being in approxr mate register with the tront sides' of the wings .and extending for a spaced distance thereabove, `the top being curved rearwardly -theupp'er ends of the wings.v i i 8. In a' windmill', a windwheel, acollector therefor, `a horizontal member` connected to the wheel and collector,"a vane supported on the member and extending upwardly therefrom, tail `wings carried by thefouter end of the member, and an auxiliary collector interposed between the tail wings and the' first named collector.y .Y

9. Ina windmill, a windwheel, a collector therefor, a'vane extending' rearwardly rfrom the collector, tail wings carried ,by the vane and an auxiliary collector interposed between vthe tail wings andthe iirst named collector.

a collector extending about thek buckets, and` pha'vingside wings, and an open front and 45 I10. `:ina windmill, a windwheel, a ,cole` lector thereior, avane connected to the collector, wings carried by thevane, and means `for directing the wind'oiito Aand against the wings. y 11.111 a windinillfa windwheel, buckets carried by the `wheel,,a collector for the wheel, triangular vanejconnected to the collector, .wingsr carried byjthe rear part of the vane, and an auxiliary colleetorstrad "f dling the inclined side olfrthevane'and arranged to cocperate with the, respective 'op- 'posits sides" or', the` vvane todirect wind against *the wings. d

12.*In a windmill, a windwheel, buckets carried bythe wheel, fa' lcollector forl the wheel having 'opposite sides and ya hoodflike top,the"top being'open at its front and extending above the vupper ends of the wings and having its'jrear extending downwardly and its sides leXtendi'ng Atoward the sides and Connected'to the upper'endsot1 the sides. i

' 13. Aln a windmill, upper beams, opposite side Wings connected to the beams7 a lower beam, and a Wheelhavng buckets disposed between the side Wings and in front of the vertical beam, the rear' enel of the lower beam and the Vertica-lbealn constituting ltwe of the sides kof a triangular vane. n'

JAMES J. MCARDLE.

y' Vtnesses:

PETER J. QUINN, PERCY B. yMOF'FI'JTT.

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