US260085A - Wind-power machine - Google Patents

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2 Sheets-.Sheet 1.

(o Model.)

' M. COLONEY.

WIND BOWER MACHINE.

Patented June 27, 1882.`

Patented June 27 N, PETERS, Phalo-uxhngmphor. washington, D. c.

UNITED STAT-Es l PATENT OFFICE.

MYRON COLONEY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

WIND-POWER MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,085, dated J'une'27, 1882.

' Application tiled April 1B, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, MYRON-COLONEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented Improvements in Wind-Power Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists ot'a wind-wheel formed of two wheels mounted upon a hollow shaft, and connected by cross-bars at the outer eX- tremities of the spokes of said wheels. Upon the periphery of this frame are the sails or pockets, mounted upon wire frames and formed with triangular side flaps or gussets. These pockets are provided with stay-ropes, which pass through the bottoms of the pockets and into the hollow shaft, where they unite with a cord passing down through theinterior of said shalt to within convenient reach ot' the operator, a knob or handle being attached to its lower end. By this arrangement a pull upon the central cord will close all the pockets simultaneously and stop the revolution of the wheel.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the wind-wheel. Fig.

3 is a perspective view of one ot' the pocketsA of the wind-Wheel.

Thewindwheel consistsof two simplewheels, A A, of metal or wood, between Which,at the extremities of their arms, are canvas pockets B, stretched upon wire frames hinged at b', so that they may collapse against the periphery of the wheel under a back pressure, and under a front pressure will be opened into radial position, as shown in Fig. 3, and on one side ot' the wheel represented in plan view in Fig. 2. The arrow a in Fig. 2 shows the direction of the wind, and the arrow b the directionin which the wheel is rotated. Pockets l and 2 are wide, open and receiving the full force of the wind,

the pocket 3 is commencing to open, the pock ets 4 and 5 are closed, but ready to open in succession as the wheel rotates, the pocket 6 is nearly collapsed, the pocket 7 is one-halt'45 collapsed, the pocket 8 is just beginning to collapse as it comes under the eli'ect of the wind againstits back, while the pockets 9 and 10 are still wide open, being on the leeward side of the wheel.

C C Vrepresent canvas gusset-pieces, forming the ends or sides of the pockets.

D D are stayropes limiting the opening of theA pockets to a radial position, and passing down through the hollow shaft E, on which the wheel is keyed, to a position in convenient reach of the engineer or operator, where they are attached to a knob or handle,D, by which the cords may be drawn down, so as to collapse all the pockets simultaneously, and thus stop the rotation of the wheel. y

ln the said drawings I have shown my iinproved wind-wheel applied to an air-compressor and provided with a variable gear to compensate for the loss or gain ot' power due to a decrease orincrease in the velocity ot' thewind.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The horizontal wind-wheel constructed, as herein shown and described, with connected wheelsAA,gusseted pockets B,and staysD.

2. The horizontal wind-wheel constructed, as described, with connected wheels A A, gusseted pockets B, and stays D, in combination with shaft E and cord D', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

K MYRON COLON EY.

Vitnesses :V

A. P. CARPENTER, ROBERT SANDERsoN.

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