Apparatus for weather prediction

Claim 2

Apparatus for predicting weather conditions solely on the basis of present wind direction comprising: means for producing a physical indication of the present wind direction, means responsive to said physical indication of the present wind direction for generating a plurality of signals, each of said signals corresponding to a particular wind direction, and means for converting said signals into visual indications of future weather conditions comprising means for selectively combining said signals to yield a set of three signals, and means responsive to each of said three signals for generating visual indications of weather conditions corresponding to fair, changing or unsettled conditions.

Claim 3

The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said means responsive to said physical indication of the present wind direction generates eight distinct signals corresponding to particular wind directions of north, northwest, west, southwest, south, southeast, east and northeast.

Claim 4

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said means for generating visual indications are light bulbs.

Claim 5

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said means for generating visual indications are light emitting diodes.

Claim 6

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said means for selectively combining said eight distinct signals to yield a set of three signals comprises: a first electrical connector having an input terminal for receiving signals corresponding to wind directions of west, northwest, and north and an output terminal for generating a signal corresponding to fair weather conditions, a second electrical connector having an input terminal for receiving signals corresponding to wind directions of south and southwest and an output terminal for generating a signal corresponding to changing weather conditions, and a third electrical connector having an input terminal for receiving signals corresponding to wind directions of east, southeast, and northeast and an output terminal for generating a signal corresponding to unsettled weather conditions.

Claim 7

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said means for producing a physical indication of the present wind direction is a wind vane.

Claim 8

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said means responsive to said physical indication of the present wind direction from said wind vane comprises: a shaft made of electrical conducting material physically connected to said wind vane, a wiper arm and contact block made of electrical conducting material electrically connected to said shaft and physically orientated to point in the same direction as said wind vane, a plate orientated in a plane perpendicular to said shaft, said shaft extending through and being free to rotate within a hole in said plate, said plate made from insulating material which is coated in eight distinct segments with conducting material about a concentric ring defined by the locus of said contact block as said contact block extending on said wiper arm completes a 360 degree rotation during rotation with the shaft in the center of said plate, a source of electrical voltage connected to said rotor, and conductors extending from each of said segments on said plate.