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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WALTER F. PRESSLER, OF TOSCA, TEXAS.
AUTOMATIC WATER-SUPPLY REGULATOR FOR WINDMILLS.1,245,616.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Nov. 6, 1917.
Application filed March 8, 1917. Serial No. 153,409.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that.I, WALTER F. PRESSLER,
citizen of the United States of America,
residing at Tosca, in the county of Gillespie
5 and State of Texas, have invented certain
new and useful Improvements in Automatic
Water-Supply Regulators for Windmills, of
which the following is a specification, refer-
ence being had therein to the accompanying
10 drawing.
The invention has for its object to pro-
vide means, whereby as the water in the
storage tank, commonly used in connection
with windmills, reaches a predetermined
15 height, the wind wheel of the motor will- be
automatically stopped and consequently the
inflow of water into the storage tank
stopped. Also as a predetermined amount
of water in the storage tank is consumed
20 the wind wheel will be automatically re-
leased and allowed to revolve, thereby again
pumping water into the storage tank, these
actions of stopping and starting being re-
peated and consequently preventing the
25 overflow of the storage tank.
A further object is to automatically stop
and start the wind wheel and consequently
the pumping action of the motor, by means
of a vertically guided receptacle, having a
30 valve therein, said valve being connected to
and controlled by a float in the storage tank,
said vertically guided receptacle being also
connected by means of a wire to the tail or
rudder of the wind-wheel so that upon a
35 downward movement of said receptacle, the
rudder will be swung against the action of
springs and at the same time apply the
brake to said wind-wheel.
With the above and other objects in view
40 which will appear as the description pro-
ceeds, the invention resides in the combina-
tion and arrangement of parts and in the de-
tails of construction hereinafter described
and claimed, it being understood that
45 changes in the'precise embodiment of the
invention herein disclosed can be made with-
in the scope of what is claimed without de-
parting from the spirit of the invention.
In the drawings:-
50 Figure 1 is a front elevation of a wind-
mill tower and storage tank.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view,
through a portion of the storage tank and
the vertically movable receptacle.
55 Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the guid-ing yoke for .the vertically movable recep-
tacle.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4
of Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a perspective. view of the. verti- 60
cally movable receptacle..
Referring to the drawings 1 designates
a conventional form of windmill tower,
upon the upper end 2 of which a. conven-
tional form of wind motor 3 is mounted. The 65
motor 3 is provided with a conventional
wind-wheel 4 adapted to be rotated by the
action of the wind. The motor 3 is also
provided with a rudder 5, normally held at
right angles to the wind wheel by means of 70
springs 6,.however as the rudder is swung
out of right angled position -to the wind
wheel, against the action of either of the
springs 6, a brake 7 will be actuated,. which
will stop the. motor and consequently the 75
pumping of water; the. purpose of stopping
the motor will presently appear. The water
as it is pumped is conveyed into the storage
tank 8, by means of the pipe 9, said storage
tank being mounted upon a tower. 10, at 80
such a height that the upper end of said
tank 8,. will be higher than the discharge
end 11 of the overflow pipe 12, which is
connected at 13 to the tank 8. The. discharge
end .11 of the overflow pipe 12 is. disposed 85
over a vertically movable receptacle 14,
which in turn is loosely mounted in the yoke
15. The yoke 15 comprises the annular
ring 16 having depending guide arms 17
adapted to be engaged by the guide lugs 18, 90
upon the receptacle 14, so that said recep-
tacle will be prevented from rotation.
The ring 16 of the yoke 15 is provided
with an arm 19, having an elongated slot 20
registering with an elongated slot 21 in the 95
arm 22 of the vertically slidable collar 23,
which is adapted to be vertically and later-
ally adjusted on the tower, by means of the
set screw 24. Radial adjustment of the yoke
15 may be accomplished by means of the 100
bolts 25. The arm 19 is provided with a
vertically and laterally extending arm 26
and mounted upon the pin or bolt 27 in said
arm is a pulley 28.
The bottom of the receptacle 14 is pro- 105
vided with a centrally located port 29.
Hinged at 30 and adapted to seat upon and
normally close said port is a valve 31. Con-
nected at 32, to said valve 31 is a wire or
chain 33, which extends upwardly and over 110
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Pressler, Walter F. Automatic Water-Supply Regulator for Windmills, patent, November 6, 1917; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853934/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.