US381313A - Wind-engine - Google Patents

Description

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NAT. WINGHELL.

. WIND ENGINE.`

PatentedA'p'r. 17, 1888.

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'WIND-ENGINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,313, dated .April 17, 1888.

Application filed February 3, 1887. Serial No. 226,387. (Model.) l

of Albion, in the county of Calhoun and State of M1chigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wind-Engines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a'full, clear, andl exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

which f orm a part of this specification.

This lnvention relates to new and useful improvements in wind-engines; and the object of the invention is'to so construct a windengine that it can be used for driving machinery of all kinds without the sfo-called creeping occasioned with the present mode of gearing, all as hereinafter described.

Theinvention consists, therefore, in the improved construction and arrangement of the gearing for the transmission of power.

In the drawings which accompany this speciication, Figure l is a vertical central section of my improved wind-engine, and Fig. 2 is a central section thereof.

A represents the usual derrick uponwhich the mill is erected. B is the turn-table, and C is the frame of the windmill, which supports the operating parts of the mill itself, and Which turns in the usual manner on 'the center of the turn-table. This center or pivotal point is formed bythehollow vertical shaft or sleeve D.

E is the wind-wheel, provided with wings of any suitable construction.

F is the shaft of the windwheel, suitably journaled in the frame, and provided -at its free end with the usual crank or equivalent device for operating the pump-rod G, Uponv the shaft of the wind-wheel is loosely sleeved a crown-gear, H. The hub of-this crown-gear is formed with one or more clutch-teeth, I, arranged` to engage with the fixed pin J by the action of the spring K. ,n

L is a hollow shaft passing loosely. through the pivot-shaft D and stepped in suitable bearings at its lower end. Upon this shaft is loosely supported the double lgear-wheel-M, which also loosely engages with the upper end of the hollow'sleeve D. The lower gearing of this double pinion meshes with the crowngearing H, while the upper portion meshes with the beveled pinion N, which is loosely journaled on a Stubshaft, O, supported in a suitable standard of the frame.

P is another beveled pinion loosely sleeved upon the central hollow shaft, L, and meshes with thelast-named bevel-pinion. This bevelpinion P carries a4 clutch-tooth, Q, on its underside, arranged to engage with a corresponding clutch-tooth, R, formed on a 'collar fixed onthe hollow shaft L underneath the pinion. The pinion P has a slight vertical play, by means of which it; is enabled to vlift out of engagement with the fixed clutch-tooth underneath.

The hollow vertical sleeve D passes loosely through the turn-table and through the frame,

and is held vertically adjustable by means of a lever, R.

In practice, by R', the double gear-Wheell M may be thrown at will in and outof operation with the crowngear. Thus it will be seen that this combinathe operation; of ,they levery tion of gearingmakes a-power and pumping Y mill combined, or-a pumping-mill without running the gear, or a power-mill alone by detaching the pump-rod. i

. The object of the clutches-between the crownf wheel and the shaft of the wind-wheel and between the bevel-pinion and the shaft L isl to enable the wheel to face the wind Without turning either shaft, thus acting as a perfect swivel.

By transmittingthe power from one side of the turn-table to the opposite sideA it will be seen that the gear perfectly compensates, and there will be no creeping or climbing yof the gear, which produces greatirregularity in the motion of the driven shaft. v

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a Wind-engine, the combination, in av powentransmitting gearing, of thehorizontal bevel-pinions M P, turning in opposite directions to balance the resistance equallyion the turn-table, and vertically movable on their shaft, and connections between said pinions, as

set forth. v A

2. The combination, with theturn-table and wheel E, of the hollow sleeveD, forming the pivot-point of said table, the shaft L, passed loosely through the sleeve D, the double gearwheel M, loosely supported on said shaft, the crown-wheel H on the wheelshaft F, 4the pinion P, and the miter-pinionN, all substantially as described. Y y

3. In a wind-engine, the vertical shaft L,

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carrying the drivepinion P and having a the shaft D, means, substantially as described, clutch-connection therewith, the horizontal fol` vertically moving the shaft D, the double windmill-shaft F, carrying the crown-wheel gear-wheel M, loosely supported on the shaft H and having a clutch-connection therewith, L, the pinions N P, their shafts, the crown- :5 5 and the intermediate gear-wheels, M N, argear H, and its shaft, all substantially as and ranged 1at right angles to each other, all subfor the purposes specified. stantial y as described. T

4. In a windlengine, the combination, with ALVIN T WD* CHELL the turn-table and the frame C, of the hollow Witnesses: 1o shaft D, forming the center of the turn-table, H. S. SPRAGUE,

the hollow shaft L, passing loosely through E. J. SOULLY.

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