US1093062A - Weather-vane. - Google Patents

Description

A. M. MELLINGER.

WEATHER VANE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, 1913.

1 ,O93,062. Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

Witnesses r Inventor Attorneys r are.

ALDUS M. MELLINGER, 0F EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WEATHER-VANE.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, ALnUs M. MELLINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ephrata, in the county of Lancasterand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful eather-Vane, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to a weather or wind vane, and aims to provide a novel and improved device of that character which shall possess a simple, compact, durable and inexpensive structure, and which shall be practical and efficientin use.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a novel or unique means for mounting the vane proper upon the spindle, whereby the vane will be free to move with the wind, and whereby the hearing will be protected from exposure to rain, smoke, sleet and the like.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved weather vane, a portion of the spindle being broken away. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional detail taken through the hearing her: or coupling member.

In carrying out the present invention, there is employed a cruciform or )(-coupling of suitable size, and into the arms or branches thereof, are threaded the pipe sections 2, 3, 4: and The lower pipe section 5 receives the spindle 6, which spindle may be supported upon any suitable base, in order that the spindle may be mounted upon a structure to which the weather vane is to be applied. To the upper end of the upper vertical pipe section 2, which is in alinement with the pipe section 5, there is attached a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 24, 1913.

Patented Apr. 1a, 1914-.

Serial No. 802,772.

suitable head 7, of wood or other suitable material, and preferably conical in form. The horizontal pipe sections 3 and a, which are in alinement, have attached to their remote ends, the cast metal arrow head or pointer 8, and the sheet metal wing or tail piece 9, respectively, to counterbalance each other. The pipe sections 3 and l, constitute the shank of the vane proper, while the arrow 8 and wing 9 constitute the head and tail portions of the vane, as will be apparent.

Disposed within the cruciform coupling 1, is an anti-frictional ball 10, preferably of glass or other suitable material, and which is confined within the coupling 1 by means of the pipe sections 2, 3, a and The upper end or tip of the spindle 6 engages the bottom of the anti-frictional ball 10, which serves as an efficient anti-frictional bearing for the vane, whereby the vane will be free to swing horizontally with a very slight effort.

The present device is comparatively sim ple, and may be very cheaply manufactured, or constructed, particular attention being directed to the fact, that the anti-frictional bearing between the spindle and vane proper, is protected or shielded from the external conditions, by means of the coupling member 1, and the pipe sections attached thereto. The several parts may be readily assembled, and detached for the purpose of repair, replacement or cleaning. The lower pipe section 5 engaging over the spindle 6, will pre vent the vane from being displaced out of its horizontal plane.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a. device of the character described, a coupling, a vane embodying two sections attached to the coupling, a pipe section attached to and depending from the coupling, an anti-frictional ball within the coupling, and a spindle received by the said pipe section and engaging the said ball.

2. In a device of the character described, a cruciform coupling, pipe sections engaged to the several arms thereof, a vane head and wing attached to the remote ends of one pair of alining pipe sections, a head piece my own, I have hereto affixed my signature mounted upon the end of one of the other in the presence of tWo Witnesses. pair of alining pipe sections, a bearing ball disposed Within the coupling, and a spindle ALDUS MELLINGER' received by the other pipe section of the last Witnesses: mentioned pair, and engaging the said ball. 7 JOHN W- GEHR,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ELIAS F. HOMBERGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0. V

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