Patent ID: 8475143

Claim:
An automated furling system for a wind driven compressor, the system comprising: a wind driven compressor having a propeller section, a tail section hinged to the propeller section, an air compressor rotationally combined to the propeller section, and a storage tank in fluid communication with the air compressor for storing a compressed air therein; a pressure sensor associated with the storage tank for sensing a predetermined pressure inside the storage tank; an actuator for actuating in response to a signal from the pressure sensor that the pressure sensor has sensed the predetermined air pressure in the storage tank; a linkage system extending between the actuator and one of the propeller section and the tail section to move one of the respective sections between an active position where the compressor is compressing and an inactive position where the compressor is inactive; and wherein the linkage system rotates with one of the respective sections around an axis of a channel that provides for fluid communication between the air compressor and the storage tank to maintain an alignment of the linkage system and the linkage system moves axially between the active and the inactive position.