A NOVEL WIND MOTOR.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 22, Issue 68, 1 September 1911, Page 2

A NOVEL WIND MOTOR.

An inventor in Philadelphia has been experimenting with wind motors of a peculiar type. As shown in the drawings, the motor consists of a series of wings formed with movable blades or shutters so arranged that when the wind are in their lower positions the blades are closed, aud when the wings are moved to their proper position the blades are opened. Thus, there is no resistance offered by the wings when moving against the wind. The turning of the blades is due to the fact that they

are eccentrically mounted, and their weight brings them into the open or closed position. The motor is here shown mounted on ,a short tower. In practice it should be placed on a tall windmill tower or building so that the upper currents of air may strike it. Like the ordinary windmill the motor is mounted to swivel freely and is provided' with a vane, as shown, which keeps it properly didected to the wind. Power from the motor is directed by chain and sprocket gearing to a horizontal shaft below,, and thence it is transmitted by bevel gearing to a vertical shaft on which the motor is mounted to swivel.