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UNITED
STATES
PATENT 'OFFICE.
WILLIAM FAUBION, OF GAUSE, TEXAS.
WINDMILL.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 711,954, dated October 28, 1902.
Application filed June 24, 1902. Serial No. 112,970. (No model)To all wlbo7Th it 7may conCerm:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM FAUBION, a
citizen of the United States,residingatGause,
in the county of Milam, State of Texas, have
5 invented certain new and useful Improve-
ments in Windmills; and I do hereby declare
the following to be.a full, clear, and exact
description of the invention, such as will en-
able others skilled in the art to which it ap-
io pertains to make and use the same.
This invention relates to windmills; and it
has for its object to provide a mill contain-
ing but few parts, which will be cheap and
simple of manufacture and will be highly ef-
15 ficient.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a construction wherein the wind-wheel
may be entirely closed up when desired to
protect it under extreme weather conditions.
20 Other objects and advantages of the inven-
tion will be understood from the following
description.
In the drawings forming a portion of this
specification, and in which like numerals of
25 reference indicate similar parts in the several
views, Figure 1 is a section taken vertically.
through the tower and showing the mechan-
ism therein in elevation. Fig. 2 is a trans-
verse section through the upper portion of.
30 the tower and showing the mechanism there-
in in plan view.
Referring now to the drawings, there is
shown a windmill comprising a tower, the
lower portion 5 of which is preferably in-
35 closed and is built over the well from which
water is to be drawn by the mill, and upon
the upper end of the portion 5 is a cupola. 6,
comprising the corner-uprights 7 and inter-
mediate uprights 8; having vertical guide-
40 ways therein, in which slide doors 9, which
may be raised to close the sides of the cupola
or lowered to open them,the raising and low-
ering of the doors being effected by means of
the ropes 10, passed over pulleys 11, secured
45 to the roof- beams 12 and attached to the
doors. Upon the cupola is the roof 13, and
at the peak of the roof is mounted a bearing-
race 14. A hanger 15 is passed downwardly
through the race 14 and has a race 16 above
50 the race 14, and between these races are ar-ranged bearing-balls 17. Below the ball-
bearing described is a second bearing. 18,
through which the-hanger 15 is passed, and
at the lower end of the hanger is the stirrup
19. In the stirrup 19 are bearings 20, in 55
which is journaled the wheel-shaft 21, and at
the forward end of this wheel-shaft is fixed
the wind-wheel 22, while at the extreme for-
ward end'is fixed the grindstone 23. To the
stirrup 19 is attached a frame 24, comprising 6o
sills and connecting cross-pieces, and on the
cross-piece 25 is a bearing 26 for the rear end
of the shaft 21. In the frame 24is.mounted
the casing 27 of a grinding-mill, the casing
containing a cylinder 28, a hopper 29 being 65
provided to receive the grain and direct it to
the grinding-faces.
At the lower end of the stirrup 19 is mount-
ed a shaft 30, carrying a gear-wheel 31, which
engages a pinion 32 on the shaft 21, so that- 70
the shaft 30 will be rotated from the wind-
wheel. On the shaft 30 is fixed a drum 33,
with which is engaged the belt 34, carrying
buckets 35, and the belt hangs down into the
well below the tower, so that as the shaft 30 75
is rotated the belt will be operated to raise
the water and discharge it into a trough 36,
which surrounds the belt below the shaft 30,
this trough permitting the wheel to be swung
to catch the wind and at the same time re- 8
ceiving the water from the bucket.
To insure the wheel remaining in the wind,
a vane 37 is attached to the upper end of the
hanger 1.5.
From the trough 36 leads a pipe 38 to a tank 85
39, that holds the water that has been raised
from the well.
It will be seen that with this construction
one or more of the doors of the cupola may
be lowered to permit more or less of the breeze 90
to pass therethrough, and thus the speed of
the wheel may be prevented from exceeding
its proper point. Furthermore, the arrange-
ment of the mechanism is such that the mill
has many conveniences not ordinarily con- 95
tained, it being understood that a drum 40
may be mounted upon the shaft 21 to receive
a belt for transmitting energy.
In practice modifications of the specific con-
struction shown may be made, and any suit- ioo
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Faubion, William. Windmill., patent, October 28, 1902; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511591/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.