Wind-operated power-generators and wind wheels therefor
Patent
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OSTI ID:6440090
A wind-wheel for a wind-operated power generator comprises a rotor shaft, carrying the vanes of the wind-wheel, and mounted at its ends in rotary bearings supported by a frame. The frame is mounted on the top of a tower by means of a support member which itself is rotatable about a vertical axis through the tower. The connection between the support member and the frame enables the frame to be rotated about a horizontal axis below the bottom of the vanes. In a high wind, the wind-wheel can, thus, swing out of the vertical plane, spilling wind from the vanes, to avoid damage.
- Assignee:
- EDB-83-057278
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4362466
- OSTI ID:
- 6440090
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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