US1023369A

US1023369A - Apparatus for aerial navigation.

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Publication number: US1023369A
Application number: US41129408A
Authority: US
Inventors: Manfredo Ferrero
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-01-17
Filing date: 1908-01-17
Publication date: 1912-04-16
Anticipated expiration: 1929-04-16

Description

M. FERRERO.

APPARATUS FOR AERIAL NAVIGAIIUN.

APPLIGATION FILED .TAN17, 190B.

1;O- 23,369, Patented Apr. 16. 1912.

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M. FERRBRO. APPARATUS FOR AERIAL NAVIGATION.

APPLIQATION FILED JAN. 17, 1908.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

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. ciprocating I movement -a' subject of the UNITED; sTATEs PATENT orr ion,

-M,ANFBEDO FEBBERO, F-T:UB.IN, ITALY.

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" 2 Be it"known that I, MANrRuo'o FERRERO, King of Italy, residing at" Turin, in Italy, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Apparatus for Aerial Navigation, ofwhich the following 'is-alspecification.

This invention relates to apparatus for aerial navigation in which the ascending movement as -:well, as the balancing are obtained by means-of surfaces having a resimilar to that of wings, while'the propulsion or advance is -'obta1ned'by'1neans:of a screwpropeller.

A construction. of apparatus according to this invention is illustrated, by Way of example, in the accompanying drawing, in which-. m

Figure l i838. general perspective view of the apparatus. Fig.2. is a cross section in avertical plan "Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section in a vertical plane. Fig Lisa front elevation, and Fig. 5-is a side'elevation of .the drivingspindles and gear. Fig. 6 shows in perspective the method of transmitting movement to the wings. Fig. 7 is'a side view of the shutters of the wings with the springs for keeping them closed. Fig. 8

is a vertical section through theshutters of the wings.

The framework ofthe central part of the apparatus is constituted b transverse frames 1, the widthof which increases toward the rearend of the apparatus, the said frames being connected by longitudinal members 2. .'At the back of thesaid body descend vertical-bars intended to connect the apparatus to a bottom platform and having mounted thereon the motor 3 and the bracket'or support for the propeller4; Between the two lateral bars. of the central body are mounted, so as to be able to oscillate about rods 5, the frames 6 of the wings. Each wing (Figs. 1 and 2) consists of a frame 6 pivoted about a rod 5 and having wooden bars crossing each other. The por- "tion of the frame which is outside the, central'body, is completed by a double system of

wires

8 and 9 intersecting each/other at a right'or other angle, the wires/8 serving as suspension means for louvers or shutters 10 and the wires 9 preventing the shutters from turning over. These shutters are constituted by canvas or silk bands which iirrana'rus ron AERIAL NAVIGATION.

Specification of Letters Patent. 4 Patented Apr. 16, 1912. I .Appllcati'onfiled January 17,1908. Scria1No.411,2 94.

. can either be arranged as shown .in Fig. 1,

or substantially parallelto the axis of the apparatus. They are suspended as at 8 from thewires 8 and connected to them by springs 11 having the tendency to keep them in the plane of the frame of the wing, that is to say, so that the wing should form one continuous surface. 1

Movement is communicated to the wings, for the purpose of giving a certain elasticity to the wing strokes, by means. of bars 12 controlling 0n the one hand, the frames 6 and connected on the other hand to a connecting rod or lever operatedby the engine. The side .of the frame 6 nearest to the axis .of the apparatus is connected tothe top longitudinal member 2, by means of helical springs 13 for the purpose of balancing the work of the engine and of keeping the Wings with their ends downward in the position of rest. The springs- 13, are connected, on the one hand,'to the longitudinal girder 2, of the framework of the apparatus, and at the other end to the inner side 6 of the framework of the wing, orto the rods secured to the framework of the wing, but always at a .point near the side of thejsaid frame which is inthe interior of the framework of the apparatus, the spindle 5, lates,,is between the point of application of that is to say, connected so that about which the Wing oscilQ the springs and the shutters 10. The power of the engine is transmitted by a pulley 14 to a spindle. 15, and from the latter, by means of chains, to the pulleys or wheels 16 and 17 one ,or the other of which can be coupled to the'spindle 18 by means of a clutch 19. vThe rotation of the shaft 18 is transmitted by the

wheels

20,21, and 22 to the shafts 23 and24 which are arranged at an angle relatively to each other.

spindles

23 and 24 are provided with cranks 25 operating connecting rods 26, and through them the bars 12 operating-the frames 6 of the wings. The engine drives, directly or otherwise, the propeller 4 by means of a universal oint 27, so as to enable the direction of the propeller to be changed, and a rudder to be dispensed with. The machine is finally mounted on a frame 28 raised in front and provided at the back with two wheels 29.

The driver is in front, below the framework, and consequently in the best conditions for operating and balancing the appa- The Y ratus, in which the heaviest weight, represented by the mechanisms, is arranged at the back half.

The working of the apparatus is as follows :When it is desired to rise in. the air, the engine 3 is coupled by means of the clutch 19 to the spindle 18 operating the wings. At the beginning of the upward course of the Wings, the shutters 10, owing to the resistance of the air, take an oblique position relatively to the plane of the wings,

so that the resistance to the movement during the whole of this ascent of the wings, is theminimum, and the working of the engine is almost completely absorbed by the has been attained, the number of strokes of.

the wings can be reduced or -stppped altogether, in which case the springs 13 prevent them from becoming reversed, while the springs 11 keep the shutters 10 in the plane of the frames 6 of the wings, so that the latter form a continuous horizontal surface acting as a parachute or poise, so that in that Way a quick fall is-avoided, even in case of an accident to the engine'or to any other part of the vessel. "Propulsion in the horizontal direction is given by the propeller 4, and steering is effected by the inclination which can be given to it by means of the Cardan joint 27.

Shutters similar to those of the wings, can be used on the central body of theapparatus and arranged, of course, in such manner that when it advances or rises, they should be open.

' What I claim as-mv invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1 In apparatus for aerial navigation the combination of wings for rising, shutters in said wings, a rigid frame for the wings, a propeller for propulsion, means for pivoting the wings about two axes which converge toward the front end of the apparatus, a motor for operating the-wings a'n'd propeller, a bar on the lower part of the frame of the wings, means for connecting the bar to the motor, and springs for connecting the frame of the wings to the body 7 of'the apparatus, and adapted to balance the operating effort of. the motor keep the wings pointing downward.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of and to two subscribing witnesses.

I MANFREDO FERRERO. Witnesses: CARLO TOSTA,

Lou s ALLEN.