US1005381A - Flying-machine. - Google Patents

Description

S. WEBER.

FLYING MAGHIHE. APPLIUATIOH mum um. 31, 1009.

1,005,331 Patented Oct. 10,1911.

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FLYING MAUHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1909. 1,005,38 1

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Patented Oct. 10, I911.

S. WEBER.

FLYING MACHINE.

nrmouxou nun MAR. 31, 1909.

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Patented Oct. 10, 1911 a I mmvron 56707219/ 14 6561 Arman rs.

S. WEBER.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rum) nun. a1, 1909.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

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INVENTOR asamae/ heer" WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

SAMUEL WEBEB, OF OSSINING, NEW YORK FLYING-MACHINE.

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My improved flying naehine comprises a main body or frame work, the transverse dimensions of which are much larger than the endr ammd,

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5. 1 washih {hi} i forenndraft'; dimensions end which. comin'ises .top iand.bottomuballooni members a m nlahconstrueted and connected by a rigid frame .work j ns hereinafter described. The balloon members a and a; are composed of n elel casings a, and these-casings are of the samen dimensions horizon-tally as. the body or frame work of the.n1achine,-. and said cesings; consist aof (top ondebottom plates a and a" which i are brought. together :at. the front: and, back sides and .ends of said casings, and. secured together. formflanges a", which, Ixextend. entirely around Ethe said balloon gnembers, and placed in said ='casings are inflatable: rbogey-o One. inflatable, bag a", alley, be used-.in leach of. the casin'gsia t, or a nuinbeiyof bagsof any. deSireddimensions may. be, .,pl,aced-= in said ieesings -whi'ch,2.: it is signed, Shall fbe of suohcapacity as when inflnted to; carry; ,or. supportrthe weight of the nmohine.

Thmtop, 3nd bot-tom balloon unembers a and: a .are .conneoted-iby a isuitable fram'e work composed of rodsb which .are. rig-idly sec n'edto'the flanges a of the bzilloonncasing s; ;a,; and, this connection may. be made .in

any, desired :nianner, .and said. rods lmay be arran o d in-jany preferred.iorm so.--as to giyet ierequired strength. in the frame work and to; support, and, holdi in proper; position the-propelling apparatus and steering mechanism hereinafter described.

Placed centrally of andover the bottom balloon member a and ranging fore-andaft and rigidly secured'to or in the frame work and forming in effect. a part thereof, is a bridge 0 having :1 bottolno of any suitable construction and cei'itrally of which is placed a motor a of any suitable construction, and the ends of thelbridge c are provided with trunnions or other suitable supports a from which is suspended in ear or carriage, which comprises a main part 0 com used of any suitable open work and provi ed with end suspending devices 0.

The opposite side portions of the main frame or body work of the machine are provided with forwardly and backwardly directed open work supports (l and d, and the front supports (l are provided withtransverselg. arranged aeroplanes e and e, and the rear supports (1 with similarly supported aeroplanes e nude, and it will be observed that this construction is exactly the same at both :sides of the machine and the positionof the aeroplanese-and e, ands undo is in a lane midway between the to) and bottom llalloon members, and as clear y shown, the said supports (1 and (Z project forwardly and backwardly of said balloon members.

The aeroplanes e-e and (f -c are connectcd with shafts 6" provided at their inner ends with sprocket wheels 6, and at the front of the machine and at each side of the bridge 0 are mounted horizontal shafts j which range transversely of the machine and which are sproc et wheels f, and at their inner ends with sprocket wheels f, and mounted on the sprocket wheels c and f are drive chains or' similar devices f, this construction, as will be seen, bein duplicated at the opposite sides of the mac ine;

At the rear end of the machine or opposite the shafts f are mounted. similar shafts 9 provided at their outer .ends with sprocket gears g and at thcirinner, ends with sprocket gears g, and drive chainsq" similar'to the rive chains are mounte' on the s rocket wheels e of t e rear aeroplanes e an e and on the sprocket gears g of the shaftsg, this construction beingalso duplicated att e opposite sides of thejmachi'ne.

Mounted doub e' sprocket gears h which are directl under the geaisg on the shafts 9", and whic are connected with said gears g? by drive chains h, and at the opposite sidesof the bridge 0 and atthefrontend thereof are corresponding double sprocket gears i which are geared in connection with the gears f of the shafts f by drive chains or similar devices 11, and the gears iare provided with hand wheels i, and the ears h and z are also connected by drive c ains h, and this construction, as. will be seen is duplicated on the opposite sides of the ridge, and by manipulating the'hand wheels 1" the aeroplanes ee* and e'e may be'manipu'lated as may be desired andas willbe readily understood.

Mounted inthe opposite'side portions of the bridge a are sprocket gears j and in the outer si e portions of the main frame or body work of the machine are'mounted acroplanes j which range fore-and-aft and are mounted on shafts provided at their front ends with sprocket geais j, and the sprocket gears j are geared in connection with the sprocket gears j by drive chains j, and the sprocket wheels 1' are provided with hand wheels 7' and b means of the hand wheels 7'" and the gearing connected therewith and with the aeroplanes j maybe turned into an desired position.

onn'ected with the front and rear parts of the main frame or body work of the machine and at the front and rear ends of the bridge 0 are forwardl and backwardly directed supports in, an in the forwardly diprovided at their outer ends with at 'the,- 'opposite sides of the p brid e 0 and 'at the rear end thereof are rooted support in are mounted vertically arranged rudders In and is, and in the back .wardly directed support /0 are similar rudders k and In, and these rudders are connected with shafts, the lower ends of which are provided with sprocket gears it.

Mounted at the rear end of the bridge 0 and at the opposite sides thereof are gears or idlers m, and below said gears or idlers are other gears or idlers m and mounted at the front of the bridge and at the opposite sides thereof are gears or idlers m which-correspond with the gears or idlers m and below whichlare gears or idlers m which correspond with the gears or idlers m, and mounted over the front end portion of the bridge a is a hand wheel it provided with a drum n, and wound on the drum n is a drive chain or similar device 0 which passes around the gears or idlers m and in, and around the gears or idlers m and m and around the sprocket gears k of the ruddcrs k and k and which contacts with the sprocket wheels is of the rudders k and k and by manipulating they hand wheel n the said rudders at the front and back of the machine may be thrown into any desired osition.

Mounte at the opposite sides of the rear end portion of the bridge 0 and above said bridge are propeller shafts p, the rear end portions of which roject rearwardly of the main frame or b with propellers p, and thejront end ortions of which are provided with rope ers p, and the front ends of the props lcr shafts p are provided with spro'cketgears p.

The motor 0 is provided with a shaft 1', and said shaft is provided with a double sprocket gear 7", and the double sprocket gear 7" is geared in connection with the sprocket. ears p on the propeller shafts p by drive 0 sins The propeller shafts p are rovided with supports 8 which are arrange as shown in the drawing'so as to give said shafts the strongest possible support involving the least necessary weight, andthis is also true of the supports of the aeroplanes e-e and e'---e and of the supports of the rudders 16 -4 and k' k.

y In the operation of this machine, the balloon members a and a serve by reason of y work and are provided their form and dimensions as stationary aero lanes and aid in the movement of the mac inc, while the aero lanes H and e--e may also be manipu ated for the same purose, and these aeroplanes also aid in gui ing and steering the movement of the machine upwardly and downwardl and the rudders kk* and k*- in a dition to serving as ordina rudders for steering or guidin the mac inc also, as will be understoo serve as aeroplanes when the di rection of the machine is fixed or deter- ,bags, I desire it underst mined; and it will be understood that while with the construction shown, the aeroplanes e-e and ee at the front and back of the machine are manipulated by the same means and at the same time, other methods of operation may be employed. My invention is not limited to these arrangements, and this also a plies to the means foro ratin or contro ling the rudders k k an kk. It will also be observed that the side aeroplanes j in the construction shown are adapted to be manipulated separately, but the construction by which this is accomplished may also be changed, and said aero lanes may be otherwise operated if desired.

Although I have shown and described the balloon members a and a, as composed of outer casing in which are laced inflatable that these casings may be made in any desired manner and may be provided with suitable reinforcing or brace work and may be coniposed' of se arate parts if desired, and the inflatab e bags therein may also beformed of separate parts or members and may be of any pre erred construction, and other changes in and modifications of the various other parts of my improved flying machine as herein shown and described, 1n connection with those specifically pointed out above, may be made within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages; and I reserve the right to make all such alterations and amendments therein'as fairly come within the scope of the invention.

As hereinbefore stated, the balloon members of the main frame or body are intended to carry or raise the machine, but by putting, the propelling apparatus'in-operation, an by properly mani ulating the forwardly and backwnrdly .irected aeroplanes ee and ee*, the said aeroplanes may also be made to aid or assist in raisin the machine as will be readily understoo It will alse. be understood that the part or parties in control of the machine wil occupy the bridge a and other passengers and supplies of any kind may be carried in the car or carriage c, and the bridge 0 may also be made to' carry articles or supplies'of various kinds and classes.

Although I have described the top and bottom balloon members a and a as composed of casings containing an inflatable bag or bags, said casings being flat or oblon in cross section so' as to enable said 0011 members to operate as aeroplanes, it 18 not essential that sin le casings for this pnrpose be employe and instead thereof I may employ the construction shown in Fig. 6 which represents a transverse section of one o-f'these balloon members, said balloon member being composed of separate cylindrical casings a which range forwardly and backwardly and each of which is provided with a separate internal inflatable bag a", and in practice any desired number of these casings may be secured together in any suitable manner so as to form the top and bottom balloon members a and a and formea part of'the main frame or body of the machine, and it will be understood that the top and ottom balloon members when'made up in this manner will act as aeroplanes, the same as in the construction of single casings and internal inflatable bagls, as hereinbefore described;

' avin fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a flying machine, a main frame or body composed of top and bottom balloon members which are comparatively flat oroblong in form in cross section and rigidly connected by an open frame work, said balloon members being composed of outer casings and inflatable ba 's placed therein, said main frame or body being provided at its opposite sides with forwardly and backwardly directed supports in which are mounted aeroplanes, a central bridge construction placed in the main frame or body and ranging orwardly and backwurdly, pr ellers mounted on the opposite sides of sai bridge work, other supports connected with the main frame or body and projecting forwardly and backwardly centrally thereof and at the opposite ends of said bridge work, rudders mounted in said supports, means for operating said aeroplanes, devices for operating said propellers, and means for operatin said rudders.

2. A ying machinecomposed of a main frame or body comprising top and bottom balloon members rigidly connected by an open work frame construction, said balloon members being composed of outer casings and internal inflatable bags, 2. central for- .wardly and backwardly ranging bridge work, outwardly directed supports con nected with the front and back portions of the main frame or body, transversely rang ing aeroplanes mounted in said su ports, other forwardly and backwardly directed supports placed centrally of the main frame or body and between the first named supports, rudders mounted in said last named supports, forwardly and backwardly rang ing propeller shafts mounted at the opposite sides of the bridge work and provided at their front and rear ends with propellers, means for operatin said aeroplanes, means for operating sai propeller shafts, and means for operating said rudders.

3. A flying machine composed of a main frame or body comprising top and bottom balloon members rigidly connected by an open work frame construction. said balloon members being com osed of outer casings and internal mflata le bags, a central forwardly and backwardly ranging bridge work, outwardly directed supports connected with the front and back portions of the main ders mounted in said last named supports,

forwardly and backwardly ranging propeller shafts mounted at the opposite sides of the bridge work and provided at their front and rear ends with propellers, means for operating said aeroplanes, means for operating said ropeller shafts, and means for operating said rudders, said main frame or body being also provided at its 0p osite sides with ivotally sup orted aerop ancs, and means or operating t e same.

4. A flying machine comprisin a main body or frame work composed 0 top and bottom balloon members rigidly connected by an open work construction, said balloon members being approximately flat or oblong in cross section and being com osed of outer casings and internal inflatab e bags, aero planes mountedat the o posite side portions of said frame or body, orwardly and backwardly ranging'propeller shafts mounted in the rear ortion of the main frame work or construction and on the opposite sides of the central part thereof, propellers connected with the front and rear ends of said shafts,

means for operating said shafts, and for wardly and backwardly directed rudders mounted centrally of the main frame work or body.

.5. A flyin machine composed of a main frame provided with top and bottom members formin main aeroplanes, a central forwardly an backwardly ranging bridgework, outwardly directed supports conthe main frame, transversely ranging sup 2 6. In an aeroplane, a main frame prow'ded with top and bottom main aeroplane members, forwardly and backwardl directed supports at the op osite ends 0 the main frame and rovide with horizontally sup ported and movable supplemental aeroplanes, other forwardly and backwardly directed su ports midway of the main frame and provi ed with rudders, propelling de vices, means for operating the supplemental aero lanes, and means for operating said rud ers.

7. In an aeroplane, a main frame provided with top and bottom main aeroplanes, other aeroplanes movably mounted in the end portions of the-main frame transversely thereof, forwardly and backwardly directed supports connected with the op osite end portions of the main frame an provided with movable aeroplanes, other forwardly and backwardly directed supports arranged midway of the main frame and rovided with rudders, and pro elling devices also mounted transversely o the central portion of the main frame.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have si ed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 27th day of March 1909.

SAMUEL WEBER. Witnesses:

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