johnhearfield Wind/Windmills "The sails of the two five-bladed mills pictured above are evidently not of simple lattice construction. Instead, they look more like a stack of open letterboxes. This mill seems to be fitted with the so-called ‘patent sails’, which were invented in 1807. They consist of a series of hinged shutters linked together, as shown in the drawing"
US.PAT.OF sell patents. European's think that this is only "design protection" level patent
RutinaRottis 4 days ago
How the hell did someone get a new patent on something invented in 1807?!
MrMonkeyspanner 4 months ago
johnhearfield Wind/Windmills "The sails of the two five-bladed mills pictured above are evidently not of simple lattice construction. Instead, they look more like a stack of open letterboxes. This mill seems to be fitted with the so-called ‘patent sails’, which were invented in 1807. They consist of a series of hinged shutters linked together, as shown in the drawing"
bedsdavec 1 year ago
I love it!
Phacias 1 year ago