Measuring and testing – Navigation – Leeway incidence or side-slip
Patent
1982-09-07
1984-06-19
Ruehl, Charles A.
Measuring and testing
Navigation
Leeway incidence or side-slip
7386176, 73430, G01F 128
Patent
active
044547579
ABSTRACT:
A portable, pocket sized instrument for measuring wind speed and indicating wind direction wherein a multiple number of vanes of varying size and spacing are radially and orthogonally fixed to a disc and wherein the force of the wind against the vanes causes the disc to rotate against the restraining torque of a spring. Wind speed is indicated by angular rotation of the disc and wind direction is indicated by the orientation of the instrument at the time of maximum reading. A foldable handle protects the mechanism and increases the convenience of positioning the instrument.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2207747 (1940-07-01), Manarik et al.
patent: 2315185 (1943-03-01), Boyle
patent: 2889707 (1959-06-01), Snider
Connell John L.
Skeen Michael A.
Weinstein Albert
Connell John L.
Davis Instruments Corporation
Ruehl Charles A.
Skeen Michael L.
Tumm Brian R.
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