Wind Driven Venturi Turbine
First Claim
1. A wind driven electric generator comprising,a pair of coplanar endless loop rotatable belts each having interior and exterior surfaces and each having a driving side and a return side where the driving sides are mutually opposed and spaced apart and where the spacing between the driving sides comprises a converging section with an air flow entrance, a narrow throat section and a diverging section,a plurality of spaced apart wind catching vanes mounted on the exterior surfaces of each of said belts,at least one rotatable electrical generator, andmeans carried by the interior surface of at least one of said belts for operatively engaging the at least one electrical generator for imparting rotation to the generator.
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Abstract
A venturi tube wind turbine comprising a venturi tube having inlet and outlet openings, opposed side members and a constricted throat section, where two of the opposing side members comprise rotatable endless belts each having mounted thereon a plurality of wind catching vanes.
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7 Claims
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1. A wind driven electric generator comprising,
a pair of coplanar endless loop rotatable belts each having interior and exterior surfaces and each having a driving side and a return side where the driving sides are mutually opposed and spaced apart and where the spacing between the driving sides comprises a converging section with an air flow entrance, a narrow throat section and a diverging section, a plurality of spaced apart wind catching vanes mounted on the exterior surfaces of each of said belts, at least one rotatable electrical generator, and means carried by the interior surface of at least one of said belts for operatively engaging the at least one electrical generator for imparting rotation to the generator.
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7. A venturi tube wind turbine comprising,
a venturi tube having inlet and outlet openings, opposed side members and a constricted throat section, where two of the opposing side members comprise, rotatable endless belts each having mounted thereon a plurality of wind vanes.
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