Abstract: An electrical power generating system that uses wind power to drive hydraulic pumps or motors that in turn drive electrical generators. The system uses a plurality of squirrel-cage type fans or turbines arranged with their axes in different intersecting planes to more efficiently utilize the wind. The wind turbines are mounted on a partially enclosed supporting structure that directs the wind for the most efficient use of the turbines, and the entire unit is rotatable about a pivot support so that the unit can swing through a full circle to orient itself to the wind direction.

Abstract: A waste collection and disposal system utilizing a multi-compartment container and a collection vehicle with compartments corresponding to those of the container so as to keep the different waste materials separated throughout the collection process. The container has a locked cover over each compartment that is automatically unlocked when the container is placed in the inlet chute of the collector vehicle and descends to the bottom of the chute. To assure alignment of the compartments of the container with the proper compartments in the collector vehicle, the locking mechanisms holding the lids over the compartments of the container are arranged in an asymmetrical pattern that corresponds to the relative location of grooves in a tapered inlet chute leading to the compartments in the collector vehicle.