Thermal air powered electric generator system

Claim 1

A thermal air powered alternating current electric generator system comprising, in combination, (a) a generally conical structure for collecting air having an upper and lower end, said structure having a covering through which a maximum amount of radiant heat may pass from the exterior to the interior thereof, (b) means at the lower end of said structure for the passage of air from the outside of said structure to the inside thereof, (c) mounted on the upper end of said structure, an alternating current (Ac) producing turbine-generator whose main axis extends vertically from said structure and which comprises a shaftless turbine forming the center portion of the generator and having attached circumferentially thereto a rotor, which when powered, rotates as an integral part of the turbine to which it is attached, and a stator surrounding the rotor and attached at the inner wall of a housing which surrounds and encloses the entire turbine-generator, the turbine-generator having means at either end thereof for ingress and egress of air which passes upwardly through the collector, thence through the turbine-generator to produce an alternating current. (d) said turbine further having a plurality of blades, the blades being sequentially stacked from top to bottom of the turbine, each blade being arranged across the diameter of the turbine and being at essentially a 45° angle from the preceding blade.