Wind powered pendulating land sail electricity generation system
First Claim
1. A wind powered electricity generation system comprising:
- a base assembly having a base member having a top surface and a bottom surface;
a pair of laterally spaced left and right upright beam members each having a top end and a bottom end and said bottom ends being rigidly connected to said top surface of said base member;
a horizontally oriented elongated spring-motor primary winding axle having a left end, a right end and a longitudinally extended X-axis;
said left end being journaled in a first bearing means secured to said left upright beam member and said right end being journaled in a second bearing means secured to said right upright beam member so that said spring-motor primary winding axles can reciprocally rotate about said X-axis;
a wind collection sail assembly having a top end, a bottom end and at least one upright oriented wind collection sail;
primary support means connecting said wind collection sail assembly to said spring-motor primary winding axle so that when a wind force blows against said wind collection sail assembly said spring-motor primary winding axle will be rotated in a first direction and when the force of the wind lessens or stops, said spring-motor drive shaft will reciprocally rotate in an opposite second direction;
a first spring motor assembly having a spring-motor secondary winding axle;
at least one spring-motor mounted on said spring-motor secondary winding axle for rotating said spring-motor secondary winding axle;
a first electricity generator having a first driven shaft;
a first drive means for taking rotational force from said first spring motor assembly and rotating said first driven shaft of said first electricity generator to produce electricity; and
first one-way transmission means connected between said right end of said spring-motor primary winding axle and said spring-motor secondary winding axle that winds said spring motors when the wind blows against said wind collection sail assembly and prevents said spring-motor secondary winding axle from rotating backwardly when the force of the wind lessens or stops and said spring-motor primary winding axle reciprocally rotates in an opposite direction.
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Abstract
An electricity generation system having the ability to generate clean electrical power by mechanically capturing the power of the wind. The system utilizes one or more modular wind collecting sail assemblies that are mounted on an upright oriented pole assembly. The bottom end of the pole assembly is rigidly connected to a horizontally oriented elongated spring-motor primary winding axle who'"'"'s opposite ends are journaled in a base assembly. Each end of the spring-motor primary winding axle is connected to a one way sprague coupling. That coupling is in turn connected to the spring-motor secondary winding axle having one or more spring motors mounted thereon. The inner end of each spring motor metal band is secured to the spring-motor secondary winding axle. When the wind force bends the wind collecting sail assembly from its static upright position, the spring-motor primary winding axle will be rotated causing the spring motors to be wound incrementally each time the wind blows the sail from its static upright position. The spring motor housing is releasably connected to a stationary retention member to prevent rotation of the spring motor housing until the spring motors are wound a sufficient amount. An electricity generator is mounted on the base assembly and there is rotation transmission structure connected to the power generation drive shaft of the electricity generator. When the spring motor assembly has been sufficiently wound, a timing gear assembly releases the motor spring housing assembly allowing it to rotate freely to dissipate stored energy and drive the electricity generator. This cycle is repeated throughout the day to generate electricity when the wind is blowing.
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20 Claims
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1. A wind powered electricity generation system comprising:
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a base assembly having a base member having a top surface and a bottom surface;
a pair of laterally spaced left and right upright beam members each having a top end and a bottom end and said bottom ends being rigidly connected to said top surface of said base member;a horizontally oriented elongated spring-motor primary winding axle having a left end, a right end and a longitudinally extended X-axis;
said left end being journaled in a first bearing means secured to said left upright beam member and said right end being journaled in a second bearing means secured to said right upright beam member so that said spring-motor primary winding axles can reciprocally rotate about said X-axis;a wind collection sail assembly having a top end, a bottom end and at least one upright oriented wind collection sail; primary support means connecting said wind collection sail assembly to said spring-motor primary winding axle so that when a wind force blows against said wind collection sail assembly said spring-motor primary winding axle will be rotated in a first direction and when the force of the wind lessens or stops, said spring-motor drive shaft will reciprocally rotate in an opposite second direction; a first spring motor assembly having a spring-motor secondary winding axle;
at least one spring-motor mounted on said spring-motor secondary winding axle for rotating said spring-motor secondary winding axle;a first electricity generator having a first driven shaft; a first drive means for taking rotational force from said first spring motor assembly and rotating said first driven shaft of said first electricity generator to produce electricity; and first one-way transmission means connected between said right end of said spring-motor primary winding axle and said spring-motor secondary winding axle that winds said spring motors when the wind blows against said wind collection sail assembly and prevents said spring-motor secondary winding axle from rotating backwardly when the force of the wind lessens or stops and said spring-motor primary winding axle reciprocally rotates in an opposite direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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