Wind speed detector actuator

Details Wind speed detector actuator Wind speed detector actuator

1999-09-16

2000-12-12

Fuller, Benjamin R.

Measuring and testing

Fluid flow direction

Using a fluid actuated alignment device

7317007, C08G 7310

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061582786

ABSTRACT:
A device for switching an electrical signal as a function of wind speed that includes a wind vane, a shaft, an actuation unit, an electrical switch, and a reset unit. The shaft is attached to the wind vane such that the wind acting on the wind vane causes the shaft to rotate in a first rotational direction. The shaft has a first, a second, a third, and a fourth shaft position. The electrical switch has a first and a second switch position. The actuation unit, which has an actuation unit biasing element, is capable of engaging the shaft and the electrical switch. The actuation unit supplies a first actuation resistance to shaft rotation at the first shaft position and switches the electrical switch from a first to a second switch position at the second shaft position. The reset unit, which has a reset unit biasing element, is capable of engaging the shaft and supplies a first reset resistance to shaft rotation at the third shaft position. The first actuation resistance to shaft rotation may be varied from a high first actuation resistance to a low first actuation resistance. The first reset resistance to shaft rotation may be varied from a high first reset resistance to a low first reset resistance.

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