Pivoting Anemometer Beacon Mount for Space-Limited Installations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing anemometers and beacons on tall objects like cranes and buildings often lack space and are susceptible to environmental damage, leading to inefficiencies and potential obstruction of light signals.
Innovation Solution
An integrated anemometer with a pivoting mount and integrated beacon, featuring a cup or wind vane design, LED illumination, and a solar-powered voltage source, which maintains vertical alignment and provides adjustable light signals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If separate anemometer and beacon installations are used on tall objects, then each device can be optimized independently, but space is wasted and installation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the anemometer and beacon into a single integrated device mounted on the same housing. The anemometer measures wind speed while the beacon provides visual signaling, and both functions share common mounting structures and power sources, reducing installation space and simplifying installation procedures on tall objects like cranes and buildings.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated device performs multiple functions simultaneously: wind speed measurement via the anemometer and visual signaling via the beacon. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate installations of each device, optimizing space usage while maintaining independent optimization of each function's performance.
2Reliability
If continuous beacon operation is maintained for safety signaling, then visibility and safety are improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The beacon operates periodically rather than continuously, switching between active signaling and standby states. This periodic operation maintains safety signaling reliability when needed while significantly reducing overall energy consumption, allowing the battery-powered system to operate for extended periods without maintenance.
3Device complexity
If standard anemometer designs are used without integrated signaling, then manufacturing is simpler, but space efficiency and functional integration are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the beacon signaling function directly into the anemometer housing, creating a unified device that maintains relatively simple construction while achieving functional integration. The shared mounting structures, power sources, and control systems reduce overall complexity despite the added versatility of combined wind measurement and visual signaling functions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The integrated system optimizes space usage, protects against environmental damage, and ensures clear signaling by maintaining vertical alignment and energy efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
The wind interacts with the hemisphere-like cups and thus drives the shaft around its axis of rotation
Implementation Method 2
For electromagnetic pulse generation, for example, a voltage generator is coupled with the shaft. The voltage generator produces an electric voltage proportional to the rotation speed
Implementation Method 3
the anemometer is designed as a cup anemometer, wherein the wind capturing means are formed as hemisphere-like cups
Data Source
AI summary
An anemometer (10) for measuring wind speeds includes a housing (16) and/or frame. A shaft (20) is mounted such that it can rotate in a bearing of the housing (16) and/or frame. Wind capturing means (14) are arranged on the shaft (20), said wind capturing means (14) setting the shaft (20) to rotate in the wind. Detecting means (43) detect the rotational speed (ω) of the shaft (20). Issuing means (49) are also provided for issuing the detected rotational speed (ω).