VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE WITH MUTUALLY HINGED VANES - Patent 0932759

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EP 0 932 759 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	04.08.1999 Bulletin 1999/31

(21)	Application number: 97918869.0

(22)	Date of filing: 22.09.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

F03D 3/ 06^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/CA1997/000695

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/013602 (02.04.1998 Gazette 1998/13)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE DK FR GB IT NL SE

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Priority:

23.09.1996 US 19960718764

(71)	Applicant: Whelan, Matthew P.
	Conception Bay, Newfoundland A0A 1Y0 (CA)

(72)	Inventor:
	Whelan, Matthew P. Conception Bay, Newfoundland A0A 1Y0 (CA)

(74)	Representative: Carpmael, John William Maurice
	CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA London, WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE WITH MUTUALLY HINGED VANES