Anemometer

Claim 1

AN ANEMOMETER, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF WIND CUPS DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE UPPER END OF A SHAFT, A WORM SECURED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID SHAFT, A VERTICAL ELONGATED COLUMN INCLUDING A BASE PORTION HAVING A SLOT THEREIN, A PIVOT MEMBER CENTRALLY LOCATED IN SAID BASE PORTION, SAID SHAFT BEING ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID PIVOT MEMBER TO ENABLE ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT WITHIN THE COLUMN, A GENERALLY U-SHAPED BRACKET INCLUDING TWO DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING VERTICAL LEGS AND A HORIZONTAL BRANCH THEREBETWEEN, ONE OF SAID LEGS INCLUDING A BENT PORTION ADAPTED TO BE PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED IN SAID BASE PORTION SLOT, A WORM GEAR ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID VERTICAL LEGS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WORM, AN EXTERNAL OPENING IN AN EDGE OF SAID HORIZONTAL BRANCH TO ENABLE POSITIONING OF THE SHAFT IN SAID PIVOT MEMBER, A DISC SECURED TO SAID SHAFT ABOVE SAID WORM AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE UNDERSURFACE OF SAID HORIZONTAL BRANCH TO LIMIT VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT OF SAID SHAFT, A PAIR OF ELONGATED RESILIENT ELECTRICAL CONTACTS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED IN AN INDICATING CIRCUIT, EACH OF SAID CONTACTS BEING CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID BASE PORTION, AND A CAM SECURED TO SAID WORM GEAR AND ADAPTED TO INTERMITTENTLY CONTACT THE FREE END OF ONE OF SAID CONTACTS TO OPEN AND CLOSE SAID CIRCUIT, WHEREBY THE NUMBER OF CIRCUIT CLOSURES PROVIDES AN INDICATION OF THE WIND VELOCITY.