Patent ID: 7611325
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: F03D,F05B,Y02B,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A wind collector, comprising: at least three upright columns being arranged in a closed geometric form; a roof being affixed to the tops of said columns; a plurality horizontal beams connecting each adjacent pair of said columns together beneath said roof, each of said beams having an inner surface and an opposed, outer surface, each of said beams also including: a plurality of movable panels being suspended from said horizontal beams, each of said panels being hingedly connected, at the top thereof, to one of said beams and, at the bottom thereof, normally contacting and pressing downwardly upon said inner surface of another one of said beams whereby passing winds can swing the bottom of said panels inwardly and enter said wind collector past said panels.