Wind machine

Patent · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5748751

Laing, O; Laing, J L.N.

A wind machine of the type having at least two rotor units, and a tower for supporting the rotor units and having a vertical axis, is described comprising: (a) a foot bearing for rotatably supporting the tower at a bottom end; (b) a stud rigidly fixed to the tower in a generally horizontal position for supporting a pair of at least two rotor units in a position that the rotors rotate in a plane on the downwind side of the tower and are spaced horizontally; (c) a second bearing on the tower positioned above the lowest point of rotation of the rotor and below the stud and providing attachment for guy wires to hold the tower in an upright position rotatable about a vertical axis; and (d) each of the rotor units of the pair rotates in a direction opposite from the other.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-88-093477; EDB-88-037232
• Patent Number(s): US 4710100
• OSTI ID: 5748751
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 17 May 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
VERTICAL AXIS TURBINES
DESIGN
BEARINGS
MECHANICS
OPERATION
ROTORS
SUPPORTS
TOWERS
MACHINERY
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
WIND TURBINES
170602* - Wind Energy Engineering- Turbine Design & Operation