document.getElementById('cloak62588').innerHTML = ''; A metal "split tail" type wind vane. Approx 500W peak. Technically, this one doesn’t have a tail vane but it still needs to be identified. This item Good Directions White Tail Buck / Deer Weathervane, Pure Copper, Rooftop, Roof Décor, Wildlife Good Directions 401AL Adjustable Aluminum Weathervane Roof Mount,Black MONTGOMERY INDUSTRIES Deer Wildlife Weathervane (Roof Mounted Included) The wind vane is balanced by a small weight below the pivot, but if the boat turns so that the board is no longer edge-on to the wind it will be blown over to one side as the extra ⦠1919. Nelson Electric and after 1942 Allied Electric Products Company, Spencer, IA. Such gear wheel 50 is enmeshed with an annular gear or ring 5| having internal teeth, and which ring is secured in the body 39 by screws 52 or otherwise. 1. It has a pointer that freely rotates on the top of a fixed vertical rod and shows which way the wind is blowing. 32 and 110V models rated at 60 to 200 kWhrs/mo. A thin metal shaft with an arrowhead shape at one end and at the other end, a pair of metal blades angled out from the shaft. Your vane is quite long, from tip to tail, compared to my vane. 1926. Resize them to around 1024 pixels wide and you should be OK. If the arrow on the weather vane is pointing north then it means there is a north wind. Early Parris Dunn, 38”w X 12”h. It spins in the wind and points in the direction from which the wind is coming from. In most cases however, vane shape will not tell you the model or performance parameters. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Further, it is aimed to provide a structure of the present character in which less material will be required with lighter towers being used, and to provide a structure which is generally improved and is especially light, simple, compact, enclosed, accessible, streamlined, self-oiling, has rotatry motion and straight lift. Earlier Parris Dunn, 6V and possibly 12V. A wind vane is an instrument used to measure the direction of wind. Several sizes were made, 32V and 110V. 1920. You can see examples of many of these tail vanes at http://www.wincharger.com/index.php/resources/parts-suppliers under "Wind Charger Mike. 13. 14. Delivery Special $25 for 1,2,3 or more. If there is an order, it is the most common manufacturer to the least common. Vane is very similar to the early Wincharger vane (#1). 19. 23. Step 4. This tail shape continued to be used after WinPower acquired Parris Dunn in 1948. Overall length of the vane is 70.”, 30. The Sears name for this 32V model was PowerMaster. ", Thanks. Stainless Steel Stunning Wind Wands - flexible in the breeze - A Beautiful Addition to your garden , comes with stake end. var addy_text62588 = 'mike' + '@' + 'wincharger' + '.' + 'com'; The other end is wide so it will catch the smallest breeze. Mike WerstâWriten 7/24/16 (Updated 5/19/17) Vane shape is one of the quickest and reliable ways to identify a vintage wind generator manufacturer. One or more arms 65 may extend from the short pipe 42 and carry a vane 66. A wind vane, also called a weather vane, is a tool for measuring wind direction and was probably one of the first weather instruments ever used. 9. It will be clear that any type of furling device or brake and control therefor may be employed. 1500W Wincharger, 32V and 110V models, 34”w X 67”h, 2 piece, round vane pipe, gear driven generators. Co, ca 1936, Kansas City MO. document.getElementById('cloak92657').innerHTML += '
'+addy_text92657+'<\/a>'; I FOLDING mu. a Wind wheel and pump rod, a wind vane, a sleeve connected to the wind vane and journaled on the tube, said tube and sleeve having oppositely directed spiral grooves, a collar mounted on the sleeve and tube and having lugs engaging said grooves, and remotely operated furling means for moving the collar in one direction relatively to the tube and sleeve for rotating the tube and sleeve relatively to one another to fur] the wind vane, and a spring for urging the collar in the opposite direction to normally retain the wind vane in an operative position. 555,300. The length of the tail-boom and the surface area of the tail vane are critical factors in having a wind turbine remain facing into the wind during normal and turbulent conditions. 600W version was galvanized, both were direct drive, 32V with an internal brake at the rear of the generator, 15-1/2”w X 27”h, 2 piece and attaches to 1” sch 40 steel pipe. 11. 516,310, filed December 30, 1943, for a Knee action windmill. SEVERIN F. CZERNER. The larger the tail vane area the more influence it will have on maintaining proper rotor pointing. document.getElementById('cloak62588').innerHTML += ''+addy_text62588+'<\/a>'; The arrow head should be 5 cm long and about 3.5 cm wide at the end. This 2 piece Wincharger vane was used on units sold by Sears. This distinctive 3D vane encloses the generator, transitioning from round to rectangular at the rear. In operation, the wheel 41 will rotate the shaft 46 so that through the gearing, the crank 6| will reciprocate the pump rod 64 in order to operate the pump. Seen with “Airline (Montgomery Ward) Super-Power” graphics, 26”w X 12”h. Abstract: An improvement of the device disclosed in U.S. Pat. Also used on the 1500W Jacobs Twin, 44-3/4”w X 29-3/4”h, galvanized. Also enmeshed with the teeth of the internal ring gear 51 is a gear wheel 53 keyed to a shaft 54 journaled in and extending through a flywheel 55. As wind blows onto the tail of the vane, the arrow of the vane points into the direction from which the wind is coming. Seen with “GyroMatic,” “Silvertone,” “Dun-Charger,” Western Auto Truetone” graphics. This email address is being protected from spambots. You can test this using a fan. 35. This vane could be the very first wind generator nacelle. //-->\n. The reason you could not upload your photos was that they were too large. Keyed to the shaft 54 is a crank or knee mem-' ber El having an opening 62 therethrough through which the upper angular end 63 of a pump rod 64 passes. Take the card paper, draw the head and tail of the wind vane on it, ⦠addy92657 = addy92657 + 'wincharger' + '.' + 'com?subject=Info'; The way the weather vane works is that the wind is more likely to push the tail end of the arrow than the point end since the tail end has greater surface area. If you are fortunate enough to have a vane that still retains the original graphics, you have a significant advantage and may not need this guide. 3.8 out of 5 stars 1,953. In most cases however, vane shape will not tell you the model or performance parameters. West and East C. ⦠1916. A narrow upright board, the wind vane, is mounted on a nearly horizontal axis carrier that is itself rotated around its vertical axis so that with the boat traveling in the desired direction the vane is vertical and edge-on to the wind. Numeral 43 designates a suitable or conventional collar having inward projections 43a at its upper end shaped to fit into a spiral groove 4319 at the bottom of the short pipe and inward projections 430 at its bottom end shaped to fit into the spiral grooves 43d of the long pipe 4|. 6V models with this vane had either Silvertone or Silvertone Heavy Duty on the top, Wincharger on the bottom. Miller Air-Lite Co., Newton, IA. In a windmill, a tower, a tube journaled therein, a body mounted on the tube, a pump rod extending through the tube into the body. The swept area (A) of a wind turbine is the square of the rotor radius (R) times Ï, which is A SR2. About 1941, Wincharger started listing the average kWhr/mo as the model numbers. 36. pivot means pivotally connecting said gear case to the tail vane assembly about a vertical axis, said tail vane assembly being held with its axis substantially parallel to the wind direction by wind passing through the propellers, and further including a first pivot control means connected between the gear case and the tail vane assembly for providing a first predetermined resistance against pivoting by the gear case in a first direction with respect to the tail vane â¦