WIND MOTOR WITH VERTICAL SHAFT Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: wind power engineering. SUBSTANCE: wind motor with vertical shaft has support, ring rotor 3 having vertical blades and mounted on the support, and control mechanism. The blades are arranged from both sides of rotor 3. Ring rotor 3 coupled with the vertical shaft through traverses is hollow, oval, has lateral slots 7 on its outer side, and is provided with brake shields 8 with horizontal rollers 9. Each of brake shields 8 is received in space 10 of rotor 3 and mounted on roller 9 for permitting movement in respective lateral slot 7. The control mechanism consists of horizontal shaft 12, counterweight 13 and tie 14. The tie is coupled to brake shield 8 and counterweight 13 by way of pivots 15 and 16. Several brake shields 8 and 18 with common counterweight 13 can be mounted. EFFECT: improved design. 4 cl, 4 dwg