Improvements in Wind Motors.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th May, 1893-Accepted, 1st July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wind Motors.
I, GEORGE EDWARD MOORE, of Lorette, St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France,
Civil Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in wind motors, and it has for its
principal object to enable a fly-wheel to be used both as a regulator for equalizing
the speed of rotation by compensating for the variable power of the wind
acting on the sails and for any variations of the load, and also as a counter-
balance for the weight of the sails so as to bring the centre of gravity of the first
motion shaft on which the sails are mounted directly in the vertical axis of the
support about which the system pivots for the purpose of orientation to suit the
direction of the wind, this orientation being effected automatically. By these
improvements a reduction in the cost of construction and maintenance of the motor
is effected and greater efficiency in working is obtained.
In carrying out the invention the shaft upon one end of which the sails are
mounted has a fly-wheel fixed upon the opposite end to counterbalance the sails and
act as a regulator as above mentioned. It is cranked at the middle or furnished
with a gear wheel or other mechanical movement whereby the rotary motion of the
shaft may be transmitted where required and is mounted in two bearings situated
at opposite sides of the crank or gear wheel and carried at the opposite sides of
a ring which is fitted or mounted to revolve freely about its vertical axis. in a
suitable socket carried by a pillar by which the motor is supported at such a
height as to permit the free rotation of the sails.
By thus applying the fly-wheel to act as a counterbalance for the sails, much
heavier and larger sails may be used and the sails are automatically brought
square to the wind by the action of the wind itself without the use of a rudder or
tail for the purpose.
Dated this 15th day of August 1892.
G. E. MOORE,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wind Motors.
I, GEORGE EDWARD MOORE of Lorette, St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France,
Civil 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 improvements in wind motors and it has for its principal
object to enable a fly-wheel to be used both as a regulator for equalizing the speed
of rotation by compensating for the variable power of the wind acting on the sails
and for any variations of the load and also as a counterbalance for the weight of
the sails so as to bring the centre of gravity of the first motion shaft on which the
sails are mounted directly in the vertical axis of the support about which the
system pivots for the purpose of orientation to suit the direction of the wind, this
orientation being effected automatically. By these improvements a reduction in
the cost of construction and maintenance of the motor is effected and greater
efficiency in working is obtained.

page_text: Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification wherein
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation and Figure 2 a plan, partly in section, of the
improved wind motor.
The same letters of reference denote like parts in both the figures.
In carrying out the invention, the shaft A upon one end of which the sails B are
mounted has a fly wheel C mounted upon the opposite end to counterbalance the sails
and act as a regulator for equalizing the rotation of the shaft A under variable
conditions of the wind force or of the load as above mentioned. This shaft is
cranked at the middle a, or furnished with a bevel gear wheel or other mechanical
movement, whereby the rotary motion of the shaft A may be transmitted where
required and is mounted in two bearings d, d, situated at opposite sides of the said
crank or gear wheel and carried by a ring D which is fitted or mounted to revolve
freely about its vertical axis in a suitable socket E carried by a hollow pillar by
which the motor is supported at such a height as to permit the free rotation of
the sails, the connecting rod from the crank, or the vertical shaft, if bevel gear be
used, passing down through this pillar to transmit the power where required. By
thus applying the fly-wheel C to act as a counterbalance for the sails much
heavier and larger sails may be used and the sails be automatically brought square
to the wind by the action of the wind itself, without the use of a rudder or tail for
the purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
1. In a wind motor the combination, with the sails and shaft, of a fly-wheel on
the tail end of the shaft to counterbalance the sails, to equalize the rotation of
the shaft, and cause the sails to be automatically brought square to the wind, as
specified.
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2. In a wind motor wherein the sails are counterbalanced by a fly-wheel on the
opposite end of the shaft, mounting the said shaft in bearings on a horizontal
ring capable of rotary motion on a supporting pillar, as and for the purpose
specified.
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ed this 16th day of May 1998.
G. E. MOORE,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.