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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
GUSTAY DIETERT, OF KERRVILLE, TEXAS.
WINDMILL.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,195, dated March 26, 1889.
Application filed May 31, 1888. Serial No. 275,567. (Model,)To all whom it mnay concern:
Be it known that I, GUSTAV DIETERT, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Kerr-
ville, Kerr county, Texas, have invented cer-
5 tain new and useful Improvements in Wind-
mills, of which the following is a full specifi-
cation.
My improvements are designed more par-
ticularly for use in connection with that class
io of wind- motors known as "the vertical
wheel;" and the said improvements consist in
certain features of novelty, which will now be
described, with reference to the accompany-
ing drawings, and then more specifically
15 pointed out in the claims hereto annexed.
In said drawings, Figure I is a side elevation
of a windmill, showing a portion of the wheel
and also a portion of the tail, and the trellis-
work or tower omitted. Fig. I is a detail
20 view of the ball-and-socket joint hereinafter
referred to. Fig. Ib is a sectional view taken
on the line b b, Fig. I". Fig. II is a plan view
of the same. Fig. III is a detail view, partly
in vertical section, showing the crown of the
25 tower with the wheel-support fitted thereon,
portions broken away. Fig. IV is a detail
view looking in the direction of the arrow in
Fig. II, the arms for supporting the wheel be-
ing broken away.
30 1 represents a portion of the wind-wheel
upon the shaft 2, which latter is journaled in
suitable bearings or boxes, 3, carried by the
two arms 4. These arms are preferably cast
integral with the sleeve or collar 5, which, to-
35 gether with said arms, forms the wheel-sup-
port.
6 is the part which will be hereinafter des-
ignated the "crown" of the tower, which may
be secured in any suitable manner to the top
40 of the trellis-work of which the tower is
formed. Projecting upwardly and axially
from this crown 6 is a tenon or journal, 7,
around which the collar or sleeve 5 is adapted
to revolve, the latter resting upon a shoul-
45 der or flange, 8, on said crown. Formed
around this tenon is a peripheral groove or
channel, 9, in which engages a set-screw or
pin, 10, driven through the collar or sleeve 5
for preventing the latter from being lifted
50 vertically from said tenon, but at the same
time permitting its free revolution thereon.
Passing vertically through the tenon andcrown 6 is a hollow shaft, 11, which at its
lower end is suitably stepped in a bearing or
step, (not shown,) and at its upper end is pro- 55
vided with a beveled gear, 12, adapted to be
engaged by a similar gear, 13, mounted upon
the wheel-shaft 2.
The tail or rudder 14 is provided with a
stem, 15, which latter is planted in a stock or 60o
socket, 16, hinged to an arm, 17, the latter be-
ing secured to or made integral with the col-
lar or sleeve 5, or with one of the arms 4, as
shown in dotted lines in Fig. I. These two
parts, 16 and 17, are hinged together by means 65
of a ball-and-socket joint of the usual and
well-known construction, the arm 17 bearing
the ball 18, while the stock 16 carries the
socket 19, the latter being made in two sec-
tions, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. I and 70
in full lines in Figs. IP Ib, and provided with
a lateral groove, 21', for the passage of the
arm 17 as the rudder turns, and the lower
section being provided with a vertical notch
or groove, 20, in order to permit the tail or 75
rudder to be folded downward in a vertical
position when the same is to be removed or
when it is desired to have the mill remain in-
operative. Secured around this stem 15 is a
ring or collar, 21, which is provided at both 80
sides with rings 22 for the attachment of
cords 23 24, the former passing around the
pulley 25, which is mounted in an approxi-
mately horizontal position in the recessed end
of an arm, 26, and thence over a pulley, 27, 85
which is mounted vertically and directly over
the hollow shaft 11 in the bifurcated end of
the arm 28. The cord after passing over this
latter pulley descends through the hollow
shaft within the reach of the operator, where- 90
by he may be enabled by drawing upon said
cord to pull the tail or rudder toward the
wind, and. consequently throw the wind-wheel
out of the wind or with its edge toward the
same. The arms 26 and 28 are preferably 95
made integral with a bracket, 29, secured by
any suitable means to the side of the collar
or sleeve 5.
The tail is maintained in the wind by means
of a weight, 30, which is mounted upon one coo
arm of an angle-lever, 31, and held at any de-
sired position on said arm by means of a set-
screw, 32, it being prevented from slipping
from said arm by an ordinary stop or pin, 33,
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