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Wind wheel electric power generatorWind wheel electric power generator apparatus includes a housing rotatably mounted upon a vertical support column. Primary and auxiliary funnel-type, venturi ducts are fixed onto the housing for capturing wind currents and conducting to a bladed wheel adapted to be operatively connected with the generator apparatus. Additional air flows are also conducted onto the bladed wheel; all of the air flows positively effecting rotation of the wheel in a cumulative manner. The auxiliary ducts are disposed at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the housing, and this feature, together with the rotatability of the housing and the ducts, permits capture of wind currents within a variable directional range.
Document ID
19800013342
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Kaufman, J. W.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
March 4, 1980
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-880726
Patent Number: NASA-CASE-MFS-23515-1
Patent Number: US-PATENT-4,191,505
Accession Number
80N21828
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
NASA-CASE-MFS-23515-1|US-PATENT-4,191,505
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-880726
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