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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
11,629 Aug. 29, 1854 Wind Wheel Daniel Halladay Ellington, Tolland County, CT Claim:
The nature of nmv invention consists in having the wings or sails attached to movable or rotating spindles having levers or equivalent devices connected to them, said levers or equivalents being also connected to a head which rotates with the wings or sails and upon the same shaft, the head having a lever connected to it, which is operated by a governor which slides the head upon the shaft and causes the levers or their equivalents to turn the wings or sails so as to present a proper resisting-surface to the wind, and thereby produce a uniform velocity of the wings or sails, which are made to have a greater or less obliquity, according to the velocity of the wind.
RE4,064 Jul. 05, 1870 Wind Wheel Daniel Halladay Batavia, Kane County, IL
179,109 Jun. 27, 1876 Wind-Mill Daniel Halladay Batavia, Kane County, IL Claim:
The combination of a turntable, having a wind-wheel mounted thereon, a, vane attached to the turntable by a swiveling joint, and mechanism which raises the outer end of the vane-when the wheel is turned out of the wind, so that the weight of the vane will operate to bring the wheel into the wind again.
29,492 Jul. 11, 1888 Hay Elevator and Carrier William H. Burnham Batavia, Kane County, IL
    Hay Elevator and Carrier John H. Miller Batavia, Kane County, IL  
675,062 May. 28, 1901 Pump George G. Guy Batavia, Kane County, IL Claim:
My invention is designed, primarily, to produce a pump in which the spout or handle, or both, can be adjusted to any angular relation that may be desired with reference to surrounding objects, and that without shifting the position of the base or supporting piece.
889,290 Jun. 02, 1908 Windmill Albert J. Anderson Batavia, Kane County, IL Claim:
In a windmill, the combination with a wind wheel, of a shaft on which said wheel is fixed, a supporting base upon which said shaft is journaled, a brake comprising movable friction disks surrounding said shaft for stopping the rotation thereof, means for imposing the axial thrust of said disks in both directions directly upon said base, a vane normally extending at right angles to the plane of said wheel, means for swinging said vane into a plane substantially parallel to that of said wheel, and means for automatically applying said brake when the vane is swung into position to discontinue the operation of the mill.
1,216,499 Feb. 20, 1917 Drip Connection for Fire-cocks, Hydrants, and the Like Anton J. Roeffs Batavia, Kane County, IL Claim:
The combination with a stand pipe valve and a hose, of a connecting member located between said valve and hose, said member comprising a tubular connection with the valve, a tubular connection with the hose, the axes of said tubular connection being nonvertical and substantially in alinement, said member comprising also a drip collecting chamber constructed to receive the drip from the valve and to prevent it from entering the hose, and located to one side of the tubular connections.