Construction or Arrangement of Windmill or Power Motor for Driving Machinery in General by the Aid of the Wind.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 30th Jan.. 1890-Accepted. 1st Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Novel Construction or Arrangement of Windmill or Power Motor
for Driving Machinery in General by the Aid of the Wind.
I, SERJIUS ORLOFF, of Maison Markoff, Rue Petropavlovskaia, Kazan, Russia,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention relates to a novel construction or arrangement of wind mill or power
motor for driving machinery in general by the aid of the wind.
For the purpose of this invention I mount rectangular or other shaped frames on
vertical posts, said frames having canvas, or other fabric or material stretched and
suspenued from cross bars, so that they can yield during part of the rotation or
travel and remain rigid over another part of their travel for the wind to act against
for forcing them round.
The canvas sails or their frames may be in any number and a counterpoise or a
spring can be arranged to each and in some cases where a pit can be dug, weights
as accumulators of power when the wind is strong can be raised for use when the
wind has lulled.
Any kind of mechanism can be put in communication with or by the motor.
Each sail may have its own socket or ring on the vertical post and several of a
series can be coupled for imparting motion round or with the post by rings or rollers,
the lower part of the post being held steady by props or struts.
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H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said Serjius Orloff.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said Serjius Orloff.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Novel Construction or Arrangement of Windmill or Power Motor
for Driving Machinery in General by the Aid of the Wind.
I, SERJIUS ORLOFF, of Maison Markoff, Rue Petropavlovskaia, Kazan, Russia,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to a novel construction, or arrangement of Wind Mill, or
Power Motor for driving Machinery in general by the aid of the wind.
For the purpose of this invention, I mount rectangular, or other shaped frames
on a vertical post, said frames having canvas, or other fabric, or material stretched
and suspended from cross bars, so that they can yield during part of the rotation,
or travel and remain rigid over another part of their travel for the wind to act
against for forcing them round.
The canvas sails and their frames may be in any number, and a counterpoise, or
a spring can be arranged to each, and in some cases where a pit can be dug, weights
can be raised when the wind is strong, and be held in reserve for use when the wind
has lulled.
Any kind of mechanism can be put in communication with, or be actuated by the
motor.
Each sail may have its own socket, or ring on the vertical post, and several of a
series can be coupled for imparting motion round, or with the post by rings, or
rollers, the lower part of the post being held steady by props, or struts.
An example of my invention is shown in the annexed drawings, Figure 1 a part
sectional elevation, and Figure 2 a plan of the sail frame.
A is the main post sunk well into the ground to give rigidity and projecting out of

page_text: the ground to the desired height according to the number, or sail surface to be
exposed to the action of the wind. B B are the sail frames, of which at Figure 2, I
show four. Each sail Cinade somewhat like a window sash is suspended from a
cross bar D, on which bars the sail sashes C can oscillate within certain limits. The
outer ends of these cross bars are secured to the frames B, the inner ends being
attached to flanged rings E encircling the post A, around which they have rotation.
The rings E are connected at their respective distances apart by the rods F, the upper
ends of which are connected to a top ring G, and the lower ends to a casting H
provided with bevil teeth for giving motion to a pinion I on shaft J. This shaft J is
supported in bearings K and bas, beyond the range of the Wind Mill, a spur wheel L
for giving motion to a spur pinion M of another shatt N for actuating any machinery
put in connection therewith.
On the right hand of Figure 1, each of the sails is shown abutting against the one
below to receive the full force of the wind, the sails of the left hand frame being
swung open for the wind to pass through while the sails and frames are rotated.
The post A is a fixture; and for convenience of the arrangement shown in the
drawing, I have passed the shaft J through it.
On the opposite side of the post A another bevil wheel P is arranged, this being
carried on a sleeve having a feather, and capable of being thrown in and out of gear
with the wheel H by the hand lever Q. The sleeve belongs to a drum R, over which,
a rope is wrapped for suspending a weight S, this being preferably in a deep pit, or
well T proportionate to the length of the rope.
When the weight which is capable of being raised by the rotation of the Wind
Mill is above the level of the pit T, a plank, or the like can be put across the mouth
of the pit, then by disengaging the wheel P from the wheel H, the weight will lower
itself onto the plank and remain there.
Should the wind drop to such an extent as not to impart rotation to the wheel L
and mechanism to be moved by it, the Wind Mill can be turned by hand to raise the
weight from the plank which can then be withdrawn, the clutch U, by movement of
the hand lever V, can be thrown into gear with the drum R, simultaneously the
wheel P would be taken out of gear with the wheel H, whereby the descent of
weight S, by reason of the clutch U being feathered on the shaft J, will give the
necessary motion to the wheel L and so assist in making up the power lost from
the Wind Mill during such lull, there being seldom a dead calm, so that the Wind
Mill will still exert the power to keep the Machinery connected with it going, assisted
by the descent of the weight.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The novel construction, or arrangement, and combination of parts, herein-
before described and shown on the drawings, as a means for driving Machinery in
general by the aid of the wind.
2. The arrangement of suspended sashes, which close against the pressure of wind
during one part of their travel, for power purposes, and open for the wind to pass
through during other portions of their travel, as described with reference to the
annexed drawings.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said Serjius Orloff.