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US1008965A
US1008965A US59069010A US1910590690A US1008965A US 1008965 A US1008965 A US 1008965A US 59069010 A US59069010 A US 59069010A US 1910590690 A US1910590690 A US 1910590690A US 1008965 A US1008965 A US 1008965A
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  • My invention relates to improvements in propellers for dirigible balloons.
  • the propeller in distinction to the known dispositions, is so arranged that the bow-frames of the blades, provided with a suitable cover, are attached to separate sleeves or couplingmembers, the one sleeve or coupling-member being connected to the propeller-shaft by means of a coupling which may be displaced so as to reverse the motion of the propeller, while the other sleeve or couplingmember can move loosely o-r freely upon the shaft.
  • Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a constructional form ⁇ of my improved propeller;
  • Fig. 2 a front view of the same.
  • the propeller-shaft 1 is supported by the bearings 2 and 3 which are carried by stays connected to the frame of the balloon. From the crank 4 the motion is imparted by means of the wheels 5, 5 and the transmission 5 to a pinion 7 keyed upon the same shaft 6 as the wheel 5, said pinion 7 meshing with a rack 8 which, on being moved by the pinion 7, affords by means ⁇ of a suitable controlling-bar the adjustment of the propeller so as to produce a forwardor a backward act-ion yof said propeller.
  • the rack 8 has a cavity forming a bearing which takes up the end of the controlling-bar 10 located in the inside of the hollow propellershaft 1.
  • Said controlling-bar 10 is provided at its outer end 11 with coupling-wedges 12 which, when the crank 4 and consequently thecontrolling-bar 10 is moved, are so displaced as to interlock with the recess 13 of either of the sleeves or hubs 14 or 14a respectively of the propeller-shaft.
  • Said sleeves or hubs 14 'and 14a are connected together by means of bows or hoops 15 which are provided with a cover 16 of canvas Vor other tissue.
  • 17 is a brace or tie-rod and 18 are springs which provide a resilient limitation of the pitch of the propeller.
  • the propeller-shaft 1 is driven in a known manner by a motor.
  • the crank 4 is turned in the direction of the arrow of Fig. 1.
  • the controlling or coupling rod or bar 10 moves the wedge or wedges 12 into the corresponding recess or recesses 13 and, in consequence thereof, the sleeve or hub 14a is taken along with the hoop-arm 15 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1, while the sleeve or hub 14 which at present sits loosely upon the propeller shaft 1 runs behind.
  • a propeller for dirigible balloons or l helical form under the influence of the air- T pressure the combination of blades consisting of hoops provided with a cover of canvas or other suitable material, of two sleeves or hubs arranged upon the hollow propellershaft, each sleeve having attached to ity one of the ends of each of the hoops forming the propeller blades, and of means for coupling the source of power with either of said sleeves, so that the propeller correspondingly acts to drive the balloon or air vehicle either forward or backward, substantially as described.
  • each sleeve having attached to it one of the ends of each of the hoops forming the propeller blades, of a rod movable forward or backward in the interior of the propeller shaft, and of wedges connected to said rod, said'wedges being intended to be moved forward or backward so as to interlock with either of the sleeves or -hubs connected to the ends of the hoops of the propeller blades, substantially as described.

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A. GROSS.
PROPELLEE FOR DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS.
APPLIUATION FILED Nov. 4, 1910.
1,008,965, Patented Nov.l14, 1911.
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ALBERT GROSS, OF BAD-EMS, GERMANY.
'.PROPELLER FOR DIRIGIBLE BALIOONS.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed November 4, 1910. Serial No. 590,690.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ALBERT GROSS, erector, a subject of the King of Prussia and German Emperor, residing at Bad-Ems, in the Kingdom` of Prussia and German Empire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Propellers for Dirigible Balloons, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in propellers for dirigible balloons.
It is already known to provide the air propellers for dirigible balloons with elastic blades arranged in the axial plane of the propeller-shaft, the connection being such that said blades are bent or curved into a helical form by the action of the air-pressure. Generally, the anterior part of the blades was up to the present rigidly fixed to the propeller-shaft, while the posterior partk of said blades obtained the desired bend.
According to my invention the propeller, in distinction to the known dispositions, is so arranged that the bow-frames of the blades, provided with a suitable cover, are attached to separate sleeves or couplingmembers, the one sleeve or coupling-member being connected to the propeller-shaft by means of a coupling which may be displaced so as to reverse the motion of the propeller, while the other sleeve or couplingmember can move loosely o-r freely upon the shaft.
In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which similar numbers refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a constructional form `of my improved propeller; Fig. 2 a front view of the same.
The propeller-shaft 1 is supported by the bearings 2 and 3 which are carried by stays connected to the frame of the balloon. From the crank 4 the motion is imparted by means of the wheels 5, 5 and the transmission 5 to a pinion 7 keyed upon the same shaft 6 as the wheel 5, said pinion 7 meshing with a rack 8 which, on being moved by the pinion 7, affords by means `of a suitable controlling-bar the adjustment of the propeller so as to produce a forwardor a backward act-ion yof said propeller. The rack 8 has a cavity forming a bearing which takes up the end of the controlling-bar 10 located in the inside of the hollow propellershaft 1. Said controlling-bar 10 is provided at its outer end 11 with coupling-wedges 12 which, when the crank 4 and consequently thecontrolling-bar 10 is moved, are so displaced as to interlock with the recess 13 of either of the sleeves or hubs 14 or 14a respectively of the propeller-shaft. Said sleeves or hubs 14 'and 14a are connected together by means of bows or hoops 15 which are provided with a cover 16 of canvas Vor other tissue.
, 17 is a brace or tie-rod and 18 are springs which provide a resilient limitation of the pitch of the propeller.
Of course, the propeller-shaft 1 is driven in a known manner by a motor.
During or after the engagement of the coupling-wedge 12 with the sleeve or hub 14, the latter is set in rotation together with the propeller-shaft 1, while the second sleeve or hub 14a, which is connected with the sleeve or hub 14 by the bow or hoop 15, sits loosely upon the propeller-shaft 1. Consequently, the two arms of the bows or hoops 15 which are connected to the sleeve or hub 14, run ahead of the two other arms of said bows or hoops 15, whereby the pitch of the propeller is formed.
Now, in order to adjust the propeller which in the position represented in the drawing drives the balloon or air vehicle forward so that the same drives backward, the crank 4 is turned in the direction of the arrow of Fig. 1. By this means the controlling or coupling rod or bar 10 moves the wedge or wedges 12 into the corresponding recess or recesses 13 and, in consequence thereof, the sleeve or hub 14a is taken along with the hoop-arm 15 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1, while the sleeve or hub 14 which at present sits loosely upon the propeller shaft 1 runs behind. Owing to this coupling the two arms of the bows or hoops 15 which are connected to the sleeve or hub 14a run ahead of the two other arms of said bows or hoops 15 so that the propeller now acts so as to move the balloon or air vehicle backward.
Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States Patented Nov. 14, 1911.
1. In a propeller for dirigible balloons or l helical form under the influence of the air- T pressure, the combination of blades consisting of hoops provided with a cover of canvas or other suitable material, of two sleeves or hubs arranged upon the hollow propellershaft, each sleeve having attached to ity one of the ends of each of the hoops forming the propeller blades, and of means for coupling the source of power with either of said sleeves, so that the propeller correspondingly acts to drive the balloon or air vehicle either forward or backward, substantially as described.
2. In a propeller for dirigible balloons or air vehicles, the combination of bladescapable of being bent out in a helical form under the influence of air-pressure, and said blades consisting of hoops provided with a cover of canvas or other suitable material, of two sleeves or hubs arranged upon the hollow Copies of this patent may be 4obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,
propeller shaft, each sleeve having attached to it one of the ends of each of the hoops forming the propeller blades, of a rod movable forward or backward in the interior of the propeller shaft, and of wedges connected to said rod, said'wedges being intended to be moved forward or backward so as to interlock with either of the sleeves or -hubs connected to the ends of the hoops of the propeller blades, substantially as described.
Subscribed by me this 11th day of October 1910, in the presence of two witnesses.
ALBERT GROSS.
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WILHELM MAY, GG. GEORG GROHE.
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