Patent ID: 6841892

Claim:
Wind machine mounted on a vertical mast and having a wind-driven turbine which is fitted with blades mounted on a large-diameter hub with a horizontal axis, and an alternator co-operating with the turbine to generate electrical power and which is provided on the one hand with a magnetic rotor secured to the hub, preferably on a level with the maximum available diameter, and on the other hand a magnetic coil stator adjacent to the rotor and secured to a stationary frame joined to an encircling hood extending the hub coaxially to form a streamlined casing in which the alternator is housed, characterised in that the internal part of the hub is provided with a flat ring having a horizontal axis coinciding with the axis of rotation, the lateral faces and/or the internal or external peripheral edge of which co-operate with groups of runner wheels having fixed shafts joined to the frame to define a retaining and guide rail during rotation.