US Patent: 231,253 - Wind Wheel


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US Patent: 231,253

Wind Wheel

Patentee:

Julius Austin (exact or similar names) - Wakeman, Huron County, OH

USPTO Classifications:

415/129, 415/219.1, 415/4.5, 416/111, 416/189

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : wind power apparatus

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	May 27, 1880
Granted:	Aug. 17, 1880

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Description:

Claim:

My cone diverts the wind to the outside of the diameter of the wheel, so as to obtain more power than if it acted on the whole face of the wheel, while the funnel, being larger at the end next to the wind, catches more wind than if it was no larger than the wheel.