US1002093A - Airship. - Google Patents

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H. THADEN.

y AIRSHIP. ArPLIouIoN FILED `11111;: 11, 1910` Patented Aug. 29; 1911.

4 SHEETS-'SHEET 1,

H. THADEN.

A?PLIOATION ILED JUNE 17, 1910.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911. f

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' AIRSHIP.

VLIPPL'IATION FI'LBD JUNE 17,1910.

. Patented Aug. 29, 1911 4 SHEETS-sunk.

HERMAN THADEN, F ATLAmL-GRGRGII AIRSHIP.

Speicatin 0l Letters-Patent- Iatented Ang. 29, 1911.

Application tiled June 17, 1910. ySerial No. 567,488.

To all whom it may concern: Y

lle it known that I, HERMAN THfAnEN, a citizen of the United States, residin at Atlanta, in the countyl of Fulton and tate of (lt-orgia, have invented certain new and use A ful .improvements in Airships; and I do herehy declare the following to lbe,V a full, clear, and exact description. of the invention, such as will enable` others. skilled', in

the art to which it appertains to make and use the sinne..

This invention relates to improvements -in to air ships ar-` air ships, and particularly ranged with lifting an,d propelling means which operate from one or more prime mov.-

ers and controlled to Yany'desiredextent for properly guiding and changing the posi'- tiou of the ship.

'l`he ohjeet in view is the arrangement of eoinhined lifting and propelling means, together with a plurality of controllersfor shiftingand raryingthe action of the lifting and sired. Y

Another object of the-invention is the arrangen-lent in an air ship of lifting and propelling means adapted to co-act with lifting and sustaining planes, the planesl and lift ing and propelling means being conneetpropelling Vmeans as may be de' ed with controlling means for varying the arlion of the planes :and the lifting and proiellin" ineens in ro )er relation to each other for guiding, lifting and thoroughly rontrolling the various actions of the ship.

still further object of the invention is the arrangement in an airship, of lifting and propelling means comprising a rotating sha ft having a plurality of propellers nr ranged thereon designed to engage 'the-air" llatwise on `the down stroke when lifting, and to engage the air edgewise onlthe up stroke, the propeller hlad'es heingassoeiated with n pluralityr of eontrollers designed to he operated in unison or individually for rarying the action of all of the propellers, .r any partieular group. y

ll'itll these and other objects in view the invention comprises certain norel construe-' tions, combinations, and arrangement of parts as will he hereinafter more fully desrrihed and claimed.l

ln the aemnupauying drawings: Figure l is :l side elerntion ofan uir shilp e|nlmdyingthe invention. l"ig. 2 is a c etait fraginentary pei-.speel ire view of the central part the air ship, she-wing the controllers and operating levers.

,tains 'plaisent invention a framework Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view through the front half of the upper part of the air ship, showing the alrrangement of planes .and controlling eur- Fi 4 1s an enlarged detail fragmentary vlewof one of the controllers. Fig.

5 is a fragmentary sectional' view through part of the propelling shaft showing the.

arrangement .of thereciprocating bar `and means for shifting the position of the'- propeller blades. F ig.- 6 is an enlarged detail .perspective view of one of. the controlling 'levers for regulating theaction of the controllers. Fig. 7 is -an enlarged detail 'perspective view of. a controlling lever used for varying the action of'lthe controllersat the front of the machine. Fig. 8 is a. side elevation of one of the controllers and surround ing parts. l `1`g..9 is a longitudinal sectional view through Fig. 8 approximately on line 9-9thereol Fig. 10 is a section through the` controller shown inV Figs. S and 9', approximately on line 10-10 of Fig. 9.V

Invforuiing an air ship-according to' the of any desired kind may be provided, hraeed in any desired mannerfor forming a'strong andrigid support. To the upper part of the -franleworlc is connected a. plurality of planes'arranged at angles to the general di reetionof the fra|ne\\'orl AM'ranged at the front of each of -the planes are, a plurality of curtains foreontrolling 'the amount of air pressure perlniteiI to' en gage the `respective planes.y the curtains heing controlled hy suitable ealilezs extending to the operators position. Arranged at. :luy desired dislaneeflnelow the planesl is a propeller shaft on euelrside of the .lranieworlg to eaoh'of' whieh are eounertedn plurality of propeller blades. '.l`hese propeller shafts may lie' (friet-ated from a single sourre ol'l power or frolu 'u plurality of sonrrfes ot power if desired. "lhe propeller sha fis extend for the full length of the. framework and each contain :L ieeiprmaiting har which is preferably divided into independent seetions. llueh ot' these sections of the reciprocating har are eonneeted with :l ':ontr'ol ler, which iu turn is vnunet-ted willi u eoutrollinglerer so that all ot the eoutrollers, and eonsequeutly all ofthe propeller hludes, luay he controlled as desired. l'n order to steer or guide the air ship the front' sections of propeller hlades are arranged tio he controlled indepemlently of the rear sccof the machine.

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-caused to lift planes 2 tions and also independently .of cach other, f so that the front ot the air ship may be pointed upward or from `one side to thei other as desired. The controllers are ar- I ranged to cause the propeller blades to uct as lil'tiug means lor theiair ship when held l in' one position, and to act as propellingi means for forcing forward th'e air ship whemheld in another position, so that the I air ship may be raised and moved as desired I independently of the. planes or in combinationtherewith, the planes being brought into operation preferably only'when noving substantially horizontally. When the planes are in use as snpportingimembers the propelli ng' means are `used' as means for forcing iorward the ship'and not: as lifting means ldivi tions is controlled described. In the.draw

unless the ship is moving very slowly.-

In order that the. invention may be more clearly understood an embodimentof the saine is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which 1 indicates a frameworr' which may be formed of any desired mate; rial and which is designed to be provided with suitable. braces for firmly supporting the various planes andthe various moving pa rtsi Connected with the framework' 1 are a plurality of lifting and sustaining planes 2 which 'may be arranged at. anywlesired angle.' Arranged at the frontofleach of planes are one'or more curtains 3. The curtains are hinged at 4 so that unless' positively prevented they will move back against f the planes 2 when the air presses against the ift sa'me.' This will vpermit the planes to act freely in their normal way, but if it should hc desired at. any time to prevent the planes from aetingtlle curtains may he closed by operating cablesi and cables 5 operating the curtains at the front of the -machine and cables ttoperating thecurtains at. therear Preferably there are. two curtainspfor each plane, aml an operating cable 5 for each setof curtains, so that the 'ist in turningr the machine hy'closing one side or the other ac cordiiigto the. direction it.- is desired to turn the machine. 'lhe cables 5 are connected l with lever so that` when lever 'T is moved to the righty the curtains on the left will be closed. and when lever 7 is moved to the leftV the curtains on the rightwill be closed. At the same time that: thc respective right aml left. curtains are closed the iropellers` l on the right and left side of the machine are cansed to lift. 'lhat is when the curtains on the left side of the machine ar` closed the propeller blades on that side are caused to lil't instead of urge the machine forward, and when the curtains'on the'right side are closed the propeller blades on that. side are' instead of urge the ship fori i i i l l l t ward.

Arranged any desired dist-ance beneath are propeller shafts 8 and 9. The

anv desired place,

' secured together ings four controllers are description as l0,

propeller shafts S and D are formed tubular and extend for the entire length of the ship, so that the prime mover 10 may be located and yet rotate the propeller blades at; the -desired speed. Preferably power is conveyed from prime mover 10, thrf. ugh chains 11 8 andtl' Then the size of the air ship necessitates comparatively long shafts 8 and 9 4the same may be divided into sections and rigidly secures the seccausing the saine to act Arranged in each of 9 is a. reciprom'embcr 13 which tions together for as a continuousshaft. the propeller shafts 8 and eatin"lr bar 14, which bars ed into sections, each of which seeby a controlling device hereinafter fully n disclosed, and consequently four reciprocating sections are used. By this means each bar may be controlledjndependently rocating bars 14 are provided with an aperture' 15 for' each of the propeller blades. The apertures 15 are beveled preferably at an angle-c1545 degrees for accommodating the movement of pin 1Q, which is rigidly secured to the shaft 17 of 4each 'of the pro-` l neller blades 18. 'lVhen the reciprocating bar 14. is in the position shown m Fig. 5 the blades` 18 engage the air atwise on the down stroke, andedgewise on-the up stroke. Tf it is desired to cause vthe propeller blades tov art as means for. forcing the ship forward the. reci procatng bar 14 is moved for c ansf incr pins lli to extend at a substantial right angle to the general direction of bar 14, which will set the blades 18 at a 45 degree angle which will give the-maximum for.- ward impulse.

'lhe cont rollers, as'more clearly shown in Figs. -l and 8 to 10 inclusive, are loosely mouundnpon the shafts S and SL and also are made identical so that. the description nf one will be sullicient. for more particularly to FigsLt and 8 to 1Q inclusive there is disclosed a controller which will be designated for the purpose of and which controller is of like constructiol'i as controllers E20., E l and 'lhe controller 19 comprises sleeves 23 and 24 which have coacting cam surfaces 23 and 2li for cnnlging a projection 27. Projection 27 is formed with plus 38 and 29 which are rigidly secured to har 'Il and which carry anti-frictiou rollers Il() and 3l. The outer ends of pins .8 amblfl are eonneeted by a suitable link 3i so that the pinsl will act: as a unit for forming a rigidwprojection whie-lnhas anti friction members thereon. These designed to engagethe cams 5 and lli so as to perlnitt.tlic.cams to cause. a. proper reciprocation of the bar tlfor properl \Y setand l2 to the shaftsby a. coupling sleeve orare preferably if desired. The reeipanti-friction members` arel its ting the blades 18 at the desired anglerl Surronrnlingr sleeves Q3 and 24 are sleeves 33 and 34 whichl sleeves are in ellcct rings. 'lhe sleeves 23 and 24 are loosely mounted on shaft 8, and sleeves 33 and 34 are loosely. mounted on sleeves Q3 and SA. Ini order to: causo a proper movement of the cams on sleeves 28 and 24, and also to bring into action sleeves 33 and 34 when the cams are thrown outl of operation, connecting memlhers 35---35 and 3(3--36 are provided. The

.of ,members connecting members 35i-35 are rigidly secured at one end to sleeve 33 and at lhe other end to sleeve 24, while members 36--36 are rigidly secured at 'one' end to 'sleeve Q3 and at the otherend to sleeve 34. -By this arrangement whenever 1nen1bers135-35'and 36--36 are nloved longitudinally of shaft 8 and inopposite directions the c ams25 and 2G will more apart but sleeves 33 and 34 will move together, so that as projection 27 rotates the same will engage part of 'one of/the cams 25 or 2G and engage sleeves 33 and 34 .tor a partial rotation if the cams are moved a short. distance apart. j

ln order to control the act-ion of the cams and sleevesl a pair of links 37"-37 and 38-38 are pivotally connected to the ends of .mem-

l bers 36--36 and a pair of links 39-39 and l0- l0 are pvotally connected to the ends 35 35. Links 385-38 dand l0-fl() are pivotally connected tbget-heriby a pin 4l which extends through aperturesfI tlim-'lf2 in ba rs or guiding members Z13-43. Links 37--37 and 32P-39 are pivotally connected together by a pin 44 which extends through bars and is slidingly mountcd in slots 4.1-4.3. One of the bars 43 is bolted to cross braces 4G and -l7 by bolts 48 and 4f). 'Bolts 48 and 4t) pass through sleeves 5t) and 5l and through both'bars 43 and braces 46 and 4:7, so as to-lirinly hold in position both of the bars 43 and provide ample support for the pins -ill and 44. One ot' the links used for opening and closing the canna, nalin-ly link 37, is lenglliened to any desired extent forming a handle or level'. '`o the oulceend of link 37 is sei-tired cable 52 which is connected 'with cable 53. A' cable similar lo cable 52 is also con. ncclcd with cable 53, and extends down to thc lcvcr nr long link of controller 20, so that. when cable 523 is pulled both of the ccnlrollcrs Vll and 2() will be operated' for llnowing the caans 5 and Qlleinto operation. When cablc 523 is released the projection 27 will automalimlilv lorce'aparl. the ea-lns 25 and L't and al the saine time. [orce'togetller sleeves l and ill leaving only sullicient- :qi-n c :':elxscen the .saine for the free rotation of llle, projection.

('able 53 passes upward over pulley aud l'roln lhcncc lo lever 5U. Connected to lever .76 is a second cable 57 which acts simisection andthe rear section-nre 'llalrto cable 53 except that the same passes 58 and moves cables 59 and 60- o'ver pulley for actuating 'controllers 21 and 22 on the opposite sideof the machine to controllers 1.() and 20. Lever`56 is pivtally mounted at (31 and cables 53 and-57 are secured to the lever on opposite sides of its pivotal point, so that a pivotal movement 1n onedirection will pull both cables'53 and 57 and a pivotal movement in'the opposite direction will release both cables. For instance, if lever 5G had the lower end thereof swung to the left both cables will be pulled, but if swim in Atheopposite direction both eables'wi be slacked. In pulling ca bles 53 and 57 the respective levers 37 of the. controllers will be pulled 4or raised pivotall 'for throwing the cams into operation'.- n'. order to hold the cams properly 1n operation asfloug as desireda pivotal member or 'paivl 62 is pivotall'r'connected' with lever 58 and-is formed with teeth 63 whiclr engage acteh'or tooth 64 ri idly connected `-with one of thecross bars o the framework. This tooth and ratchet construction permits a free movement of lever 56 in such a direction as -to pull cables 53 and 57 but will not )ermit a. return thereof until pawl' 62 has een lifted v.out of engagement with tooth or catch-64. Then the controllers are held to act in the position shown in Fig. 8 the' blades 18 of the pro- .pellers are acting -in such a manner as to lift thev machine 'so lthat in order to hold the corn rollers in position for causing the blades tocontinue a lifting motion all that is necessary isto move lever 56 to the left an'd allow paw] 6:2to hold the Liever in that position. j When a, sufficient height-'hasl been attained and it is desired "to move longitudinallypawl (32 is raise'dand lever 56 permitted to take its normal position and sleeves 33 and 3ft-of the"controlle`rs permitted to contact with the projection 27.` If it should be desired to cause thc-blades 18 to give a. lifting and slightly propelling action 'lever 56 could belnoved only a' short distance to the left and; held in that position by pawl 62. t

In guiding the air Vship the sanleis'caused to turn to the right or left-as desired by' causing one side of'the 'front .section or' propcllers to lift, wlule therernamln front the machine in" a' forward direction. .In order to control and regulate-the 'action of each of the front sections independently ofthe rear sections, acont-rolling or gui ing,r lever 'is provided. Lever 7 is 4connected with part of the framework by a universal joint't (Figs. 2 and 7), so as to permit a free movement in any direction of the lever according to what may be desired.

' Connected with lever 7 at any desired distance from joint (36 are cables G7 and 68 i is moved to the right cable 68 is pulled and 4cable 67 loosened, so that only controller 2 will he operated for causin the section eontrolled thereby to lift. This will cause the machine to tnrn to the left. The movement of'lei'er 7 to the left will cause-"the machine to m'ovc to .thevright Cables 5 5; are also connected with `levers 7 at snbstan-j tially the saine point as cables (S7-'and 68, so that when either of the citliles 67 -or G8 is pulled one of the cables 5 willvbe pulled tor chasing the curtains on that side ofthe inaehine. The closing of the ciirtains will dest-ro)v the lifting and sustaining 'powcn' of the planes on that side of the machine which will he counter-balanced by the lifting' of the blades 18 on that side of the machine, so that, as far as that particular side 4of the n'iaehinc is concerned, it. is not given either an upward .or a forward motion, while the remaining parts of the machine are hven a forward motion. This will canse t e ma# ehine to tnrn.- l

lVlnit I claini is: l. -ln an air ship,- a framework, a p inralit).y of hollow longitudinal rotating v neen-d with the propeller blades for conlrollingthe. angle at' which the propeller blades operate, cams for moving and controlling "the reciprocating bars, a 'lever ineehaiisni for moving the cams -intio and out. of operation, and a' sli'dably monnted sleeve arranged onreach of said cams for inaii'naining the bars in a fixed position for eausng t'he propeller blades to oi xrate at. a predetermined angle after. the ca is have been moved out. of operation, ln an air lsliip, a framework; a. plyrality of longitudinalI ilY disposed hollow rotating shafts, means for rotating said shafts, propeller blades connected with the shafts, a reeiproeating liar for each of said shafts und connected with the propeller blades for `ont rolling the angle at which the. propcllers operate., a pin projet-.ling from cach of said reeiproeatiiig bars. a pair of'ainsdngtiveen "lndinal motion ol' said.reciprocating bar Ais ,-ereat'ed.

pivotally mounted means for maintaining the bars in a tixed position when the eaiiis have been moved ont of operation for cans ing the propeller blades to operate at a predetermined angle.

3. In an air ship, a frame, a plurality of longitudinally f' disposed hollow rotating shafts, mennsffor rotating the shafts, pro peller blades lconnected with the shafts, a reciprocating-'bar in each of the shafts con nected 'withjthe propeller blades for controlling the' angle at. which the propeller trolling the reciprocating bals', means forl throwing' t-he bar moving and controlling means ont-of operation, anda plurality of sleeves for maintaining Vthe bars in 4a fixed operate at a predetermined angle.

longitudinally disposed. hollow rotating shafts, men-ns for rotating tlielsliafts',-,propeller bla desconnccted with the shafts, a re'- ciprocating bar for each of the shafts and. connected with the propeller blades :for coni blades operate, cams for moving and contmlling the action of the reciprocating bars, means for throwing the cams.ont of opertaining the-bars in a. fixed position when.. the cams'have been thrown out of operation Afpr causing the propeller blades to operate: at'rapredetermined angle. ."nln an air ship, a framework,` a. pair -of rotatable shafts extending longitudinally shafts, propeller .blades arranged along snbstantially the entirelcngth ofl said shafts, a. plnrality of controllers for the .propeller )lades of cach of said shafts, 'and a siziigle means for varying the action of said con-A trollers;

rality of propeller blades for raising and propelling said framework, means for actuating said Vpropeller blades, and a. conpropcller lilades, s.l.id controller comprising a pair of eanis, means for slidingly moving' i saidca-ins for, varying the action thereof,

shafts for controlling the. position and acengafginej each ol said'lugsfor controlling blades operate, means for moving and con- 4. In an air Ship, a frame, a plnrality of;

trolling 'the angle at which the propeller' ation, and a plurality 'of sleeves for main-I of said framework, means for rotating said (l. ln an air .ship,'a framework, a pln. A

titiller-.for controlling the action of said tion ol" Isaid propeller blades; a lug projecting from eaeh ol said liars, and :i controller' position for causing the propellerblades to* gl ipoo reeiproeating bar arranged in each of said.'

44by said lugs are permitted a' free rotary :the notion thereof,| each; of said. controllers movement and prevented any longitudinal 10 comprising n pair of csi-ms adapted to engage `suidlugs for moving the sume longitud inail` movement.

In testimony whereof I affix my slgnature 111 presenceof two witnesses.

HERMAN THADEN.

of said shafts, a pail' of sleeves for hol ing said lugs-against longitudinal movement, and means for Simultaneously ,moving said 'cams from said lugs and for moving said Sleeves against said lugs, Where- Witnesses LUCIEN H. THADEN, E. T. FnNwIoK.

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