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Regulated high torque flexible bladed wind wheel

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6064437
An improved horizontally mounted wind wheel is provided which comprises a framework mounted for rotation in a horizontal plane on a central upright drive shaft, a plurality of secondary shafts supported for rotation on said framework near the periphery thereof, a vane mounted near one end thereof to each secondary shaft, a plurality of vane stops on the framework positioned radially inwardly of the secondary shafts for limiting the rotation of the vanes, each of said secondary shafts being mounted for rotation about an axis which is tilted with respect to a vertical to said horizontal plane whereby each vane has a preferred predetermined rest position defined by the direction of tilting of each axis from a said vertical.
Assignee:
EDB-85-022126
Patent Number(s):
US 4468169
OSTI ID:
6064437
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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