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muriel_volestrangler

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5. Their patent application, referred to on their website, involves a bladed rotating wheel

Reply to Bill USA (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2012, 12:49 PM

Jun 2012

The technology has been patented on September 22, 2010. The international patent application has been filed through PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) to the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and has been published on March 29, 2012 under the reference WO/2012/039688

http://www.saphonenergy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=92

http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2012039688&recNum=25&docAn=TN2010000005&queryString=%28IC/F03D%29%2520&maxRec=4314

but their photos of their prototype has no bladed wheel behind the sail:

http://www.saphonenergy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=91
http://www.saphonenergy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=94&Itemid=105

That last link says the sail follows 'a knot path'. Does anyone understand what they mean by that?

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New approach to wind power (without rotating blades) will exceed efficiency of wind turbines [View all] Bill USA Jun 2012 OP

Might be an affordable residential solution? longship Jun 2012 #1

Guarantee that this is a scam. kristopher Jun 2012 #3

That could very well be. longship Jun 2012 #4

+1 AtheistCrusader Jun 2012 #7

It would likely lack the low-frequency hum some complain about NickB79 Jun 2012 #2

Their patent application, referred to on their website, involves a bladed rotating wheel muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #5

My read of the way it works kristopher Jun 2012 #6