US1039530A - Flying-machine. - Google Patents

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A. C. HARRY.

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Be it known that .sonne-Y C. HARRY, e citizen of the United States. residing at Portsmouth, State of Ohio, have invente new und useful inpi'oveinents .in Fiyingiaciines. of which the following is a specification.

This invention rei-stes to iiyiiig machines of the heavier-themen' dass, one object ot the invention being to provide a flying Inaehine of this character having (.iiving and lifting propeilers which muy be thrown into and out` of operation. at will, whereby the inschine may be Caused to iise directly from or deseen@ in a straight patio towazd the ground. may be sus-'ruined .in u stationary position at any altitude, and when tile popei sititude is reached in its ascent 'o' iight ning.' be., propeiieol ortvudiy in a horizonta ptn.

A. further 'object of Une invention is to provide s living inueiine havin L of supeiposed. supi: sui.ees, one of which suiiaces is acigust "wie from Woiin yposition iengtiiwise tiansverseij to the iin-e of iiig'htto a position eo11 .,..nonciing io that of the other suiffice or sn'fiiaces paieiiei with the iine of flight. ,so to diminish the resistance of the mnenine to ascent oi* ziescent Whenever desired.

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of the machine. Fig. 3 is :i vert-ioni longitudinal seion of the saine. Fig. is ahorizontai transverse section tinough the mast and iioiiow shaft on a line immediately below the ieve of the 'lower pinne. snowing the ineens for turning' the upper piane. 5 is a horizontai transverse sect-ion through inns" an@ hollow shaft showing the oonsti'u tion of the means foi` iiniiting the ssvii 0' nioveniens of the upper piane.

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volve Athrough an angle of 90 operative or inoperative at'will.v It will thus bennderstood that the lifting propeller may beset into action to cause .the machine to rise from the ground to the ldesired altitude in tlieair and then thrown out of action while the driving propeller is set into action to propel the machine forward. The driving. propeller maybe thrown out of action and the liftingy propeller rinto-action at any desired time when the machine is in flight, whereby the machine may be main-` tained in a stationary position in' the air above any given point on the earth below. By the use of suitable speed .regulating gearing the working thrust of the 9 may be controlled 'to adaptitto 'simply assist the planes in supportin' the machine lwhile it is being driven ahea by the driving propeller, or to'regulate the speed of descent of the machine to tlie ground in landing. Arranged between the front portions of the planes 2 and 3` is a vertical rudderr24= pivotally mounted for lateral movementl to different angular positions to the line" of flight beyond the opposite sides of the central longitudinal line of the machine, whereby the latter maya be steered laterally in ivotally supported upon this vertical rudder is a bifurcated or bisected horizontal rudder 25 adjustable vertically to steer themachine up or down. This rudder is provided with asteeringlever orother suitable steeringelement 26 adapt-l ed to be conveniently actuated from'` the aviators oz pilots seat 27, and throu h the medium of which'either rudder may e adjusted and al combination of steering movements secured, as will be readily understood.

Arranged above the supporting surface is a 'third supporting surface 28, Which isl,substantially coextensive in area Withsaid @supporting surfaces 2 and 3; 'This support-v 'j'ing surface or plane 28 is mounted to] reupon the nast- 6, and is connected and reinforced by sta s 29 coupled to collars 30 revoluble on tje mast. By this mode of mounting the plane or supporting surface 28 is adapted to be turned to a working position transversely to the line of flight, er to a non-working position parallel with the line of flight, as shown in full and dotted lines in .the drawings. When the said plane 28 is disposed in parallel relation to the planes 2l and 3, the

whole of the supporting surface is arranged within a compactl area., so as to diininishits resistance to the ascent or descent of the machine. 'llie plane 28- lnay, therefore, be disposed in the dotted' line position to enable the machine to be elevated by the lifting propeller in starting a flight., and when the machine is being driven forward may bev turned to its normal position shown iu full pro eller lines to act as a supporting medium, in.-

creasing the sustentation po'werwoffthe ma- 1 chine. For the puigpose of adjusting saidplane, a gear segment 31 is fixed thereto, which meshes `with a gear segment 32 ona pivoted controlling lever kadapted to be conveniently operated by the aviator. This lever is provided with ay spring actuated pawl or dog 34 to engage a rack 35, whereby the lever and plane may be locked in adjusted position, On the plane 2 are pawls or dogs 36 adapted to cooperate with pairs f of opposed ratchet stop teeth or notches 37 von the mast, whereby the swing of said plane between its working and non-working positions is limited. By means of the adjusting mechanism the llane may be turned to a slight degree to slightly advance either of its end by the machine ma be balanced laterally andl banked in ma ring turns, as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the construction angl'mode of operation of my improved .flying machine will be readily understood,

and it will be seen that tle invention provides a. flying machine which is simple ofA construction and is adapted to be readily? controlled by the aviator. While the construction disclosed is preferred, modifications within the scope of theappended claims may be made without departing from `the portions and retract the othei1 be' yond their normal working positions, where-V lspirit or sacrificing any of the advantages" of the invention.

I claim' as new is 1. A flying machine comprising a frame, a fixed supporting surface extending lengthf" mast and carrying a lifting propeller, .fa

an adjustable supportingmg surface, a shaft projecting through said` in),Y

said siipextending upwardly through said support driving propeller, suitable means for operat ing the propellers, an adjustable supporting surface revolubly mount-ed upon the hollow mast above theiixed supporting surface for movement in an ,arc of 90 so as to extend parallel with or at right angles to said supportingsurface, means for adjustingsaid 1013v Having thus described the inventiomvrhat l adjustable supporting surface, a collar upon the mast provided withV pairs of notches arranged at right angles to each other, and spring dogs upon the adjustable supporting 5 surface and adapted to engage said notches to limit the reverse rotary motions of the adjustable supporting surface.

AUBREY C. HARRY.

Witnesses.

JAMES H. HARRY, CLYDE HARRY.

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