GB191125040A - Improvements in or relating to Flying Machines. - Google Patents

Abstract

25,040. Bßrcz, J. Nov. 10. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, arrangement and construction of; propelling; cars.-A flying-machine comprises supporting- planes 2 hinged to the longitudinal sides of a frame 1, flapping-wings 4 hinged to the frames 2, a car 27 supported from a pivot 30 and by chains 28 passing over pulleys 26, and a rudder 20 mounted on a telescopic shaft 13, 14. The planes 2 may be adjusted by means of bands 3, and, during transport on the ground, may be folded down at the sides of the machine. The wings 4 are provided with flaps 6, which are hinged along one edge and closed in at the sides, and are guided on bolts 7, Fig. 4, fitted with springs 8 which ensure the closing of the flaps at the commencement of the down-stroke. The wings are further fitted with hinged portions 9 which are turned somewhat under the wings during the down-stroke, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, by means of crossed rods 10 connected at one end to levers 11 secured to the parts 9, and at the other end to arms 12 fixed to the machine. The wings 4 are reciprocated by eccentric rods 33, which are fitted with blocks 34 sliding in guides 35, and are connected to rods 36 which operate cranks 37 secured to a shaft 38. The wing shafts 40 are connected to the shaft 38 by universal joints 41, to allow for the adjustment of the planes 2. Steering and balancing.-The rudder 20 may be adjusted bodily longitudinally of the machine, and also about an axis in the line of flight and a transverse axis. The rudder is mounted on a shaft 13 which is adjustably held in a hollow shaft 14 by set-screws 15. The shaft 14 is adjusted about its own axis, so as to turn the rudder for steering laterally, by means of a gear-wheel 16 engaging a sector 17 operated by a lever 19. The rudder is adjusted for elevating by means of a lever 21, telescopic rods 22, arms 23, and rods 24. Aerial machines adapted to travel also on land; framework; tanks and like containers, arrangement of.-During transport on land, the car 27 is fixed against pivotal movement by a nut on the pivot 30, and a wheel 31 is operated from a hand-wheel 32, for steering. The framework is composed of tubes which serve as reservoirs for the liquid fuel of the motor.