Patent ID: 6998729
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: E04G,F03D,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A wind power installation comprising: a rotor which is coupled to a generator within a machine housing; an observation platform arranged below the machine housing on a pylon of the wind power installation and fixed by means of a support structure to the pylon of th4e wind power installation, wherein the support structure comprises an upper carrier arrangement and a lower carrier arrangement, wherein each carrier arrangement comprises a plurality of substantially identically formed support arms which are distributed around the periphery of the pylon, such that the observation platform substantially surrounds the pylon, the upper support arm arrangement carries a roof of the observation platform, the lower support arm structure carries a floor of the observation platform, the upper and the lower carrier arrangements receive holding means for windows which are distributed over the periphery of the observation platform and permit the user of the observation platform, in use of the observation platform, to have a panoramic view over the landscape.