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Al Gore ; The basis for the later misquote by US Republicans that Gore had "invented" the Internet. Gore was the leading political champion of the modern-day Internet.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7025670 | Rotatable vent A wind powered rotatable vent includes an annular rotatable louvered panel axially rotatable about a shaft and an impeller disposed in spaced underlying relationship with respect to the rotatable louvered panel and rotatably secured to the shaft. A fixed collar unde... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6935841 | Fan assembly A fan assembly includes a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) which is coupled to an air extraction or air supply fan. The VAWT is located above and is coupled coaxially to the fan. The fan assembly also includes an auxiliary turbine to provide start-up torque to init... | 08/30/2005 |
| 5595030 | Vent stack frost build up inhibitor An aparatus adapted to be mounted on a sewer vent stack to inhibit frost buildup in cold weather including a supporting frame containing a central rotatable shaft with a wind turbine on the end exposed and four vanes on the end within the vent pipe. The r... | 01/21/1997 |
| 4648312 | Apparatus for ventilating an enclosed area An apparatus for ventilating an enclosed area comprised of a hemispherical dome-like head assembly covering an exit hole to an enclosed area to be ventilated, an external wind driven fan, and high efficiency internal exhaust fan blades adjacent to the exi... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4543042 | Windmill rotor A windmill rotor of the vertical axis type having at least three main blades mounted symmetrically around a shaft and bowing outwardly to define a generally sphere-like chamber. Each main blade has a secondary blade mounted on its inner surface, and the s... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4303375 | Closable vane turbine ventilator In a rotary ventilator having a vertical shaft rotatably supporting a rain plate, a vertically movable ring, diametrically equal with the rain plate, surrounds the depending end portion of the shaft. A plurality of elongated vanes, vertically disposed in ... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4200035 | Modular ventilating assembly A ventilating assembly is formed of three basic modules, namely a base unit constituted as a static ventilator, a turbine unit constituted as a wind-operated ventilator, and a drive unit which can operate the turbine unit as a motor-driven ventilator. The... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4086028 | Turbine ventilators and method of manufacture Rotary turbine ventilators, wherein the vanes are connected to the base ring of the rotary element by a crimping or swaging operation instead of by welding or riveting. The method of manufacturing the ventilators is particularly adapted to the manufacture... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4017205 | Vertical axis windmill A vertical axis windmill is taught having a horizontal base, preferably circular in configuration, sitting on the earth's surface, a dome having a horizontal bottom spaced above the base supported on a plurality of columns to provide an annular space belo... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4012163 | Wind driven power generator A turbine type power generator includes a rotor having a vertical shaft to drive a load which may be an electric generator or mechanical gear train or other device for using or transmitting power. Generally vertically extending blades are secured at their... | 03/15/1977 |
