Patent ID: 9599299
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: F03D,F05B,F21S,F21W,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Claim:
1. An outdoor light unit comprising: a stationary structural support for supporting the light unit; an electrical lamp mounted on the support; photovoltaic panels for generating electricity from a UV rays source to power the lamp; a rotary electrical generator pivotably mounted to said support for generating electricity from a wind source and from a rain source to power the lamp; a shaft on said rotary electrical generator for generating electrically when said shaft is rotated; wherein the rotary electrical generator is connected by said shaft to a first set of wind turbine blades for rotating the shaft of the rotary electrical generator under the influence of the wind source and said shaft is also connected to a set of rainwater impingement blades for rotating the shaft of the rotary electrical generator under the influence of the rain source, and wherein said first set of wind blades and said set of rainwater impingement blades are axially separated along said shaft of said rotary electrical generator; and a rainwater collector for collecting rainwater from an exterior of said electrical lamp and directing the collected rainwater from the rainwater collector onto said set of rainwater impingement blades, wherein the rainwater collector has an open top having an annular shape and wherein the entire open top is in vertical alignment with bottom ends of the photovoltaic panels to receive rainwater running off the panels and the rainwater collector directing the rainwater onto the set of rainwater impingement blades.