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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
- ARTHUR EDGAR BENSON, OF HALL COUNTY, TEXAS.
WINDMILL:
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,032, dated May 22, 1900.
Application filed November 20, 1899, Serial No. 737,673, (No model)T all who7m it may cOvCeerm: .
Be it known that I, ARTHUREDGAR BENSON,
a citizen of the United States, residing in the
county of Hall, in the State of Texas, (post-
5 office Clarendon, Donley county,- Texas,)
have invented a new and useful Windmill, of
which the following is a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
windmills.
10 The object of the present invention is to
improve the construction of windmills and to
provide a simple, durable, and efficient one
which will be comparatively inexpensive in
construction and adapted to govern itself au-
15 tomatically, so that it will run at a uniform
speed in high variable winds and will not be
injured by the same.
The invention consists in the construction
and novel combination and arrangement of.
20 parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, and pointed
out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sec-
tional view of a portion of a windmill con-
25 structed in accordance with this invention.
Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line 2 2
of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective
view of a portion of the wind-wheel, illus-
trating the construction of the governor. Fig.
30 4 is a similar view illustrating the manner of
mounting one of the blades. Fig. 5 is a de-
tail sectional view illustrating the manner
of mounting the spring for closing the blades
of the wind - wheel. Figs. 6 and 7 are sec-
35 tional views illustrating the construction..of
the blades.
Like numerals of reference designate corre-
sponding parts in all the figures of the draw-
ings.
40 1 designates a wind --wheel mounted on a
horizontal wind-wheel shaft 2 and comprising
a frame and an annular series of pivoted or
hinged blades 3, which are adapted to be au-
tomatically opened and closed, as 'hereinaf-
45 ter described, to present more or less fan-sur-
face to the wind according to'the force of the
latter, whereby the speed of the windmill is
regulated and rendered uniform. The frame
of the wind-wheel comprises a central hub orsleeve 4, a series of radial spokes 5, and in- 50
ner and outer concentric rings 6 and 7, con-
necting the spokes and provided with bear-
ings for the reception of the inner and outer
pivots 8 and 9 of the blades 3. The blades 3
taper longitudinally and are wedge-shaped in 55
cross-section, as clearly illustratedin Fig. 4
of the accompanying drawings, and while
they may be constructed of any suitable ma-
terial they' are preferably composed of sides
10, of sheet metal, and inner and outer trans- 6o
versely-disposed tapering bars 11 and 12, se;
cured to and interposed between the sides
10, which are arranged at an angle to each
other.
The horizontal wind-wheel shaft 2 is joitra 65
naled in suitable bearings 13 of a rotary
frame or turn-table 14, which may be mounted
on a tower in any suitable manner, and the
said shaft 2 is provided at its inner end with a
crank 15; connected by a pitman 16 with the 70
pump-rod of a pump; but gearing of any de-
sired construction and arrangement may be
employed for transmitting motion from the
wind-wheel shaft 2 to the pump-rod or other
part to be operated. 75
The crank 15 is designed to be arranged at
the center of the tower, and as the wind-
wheel is located at one side of the same, as
illustrated in Fig. 1- of the accompanying
drawings, it will be apparent that it will al- 8o
ways be in position to be operated upon by the
wind, and it is unnecessary to employ a vane
to effect this result.' The blades are centrally
pivoted and their rear or outer portions are
connected by links 17 with the rim 18 of a 85
wheel 19, mounted on the wind-wheel shaft
at the outer or rear side of the 'wind-wheel
and capable of a limited movement independ-
ent thereof, whereby it is adapted to swing
the blades simultaneously to open' and close 90
them. The' wheel 19, which consists of the
rim 18, spokes 20, and a hub or sleeve 21; is
provided at its periphery or rim with an an-
nular flange 22, provided at .intervals with
perforations to receive the outer ends of the 95
links 17, which are bent to formpivots 23.
The pivots 23 are preferably threaded and
engaged by nuts 24, which are arranged on
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Benson, Arthur Edgar. Windmill., patent, May 22, 1900; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514101/m1/3/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.