US1041779A - Combination autoboat and aeroplane. - Google Patents

Description

- Patent a 0051221912.

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\ Inventor Witnesses P. GREGOIRB. COMBINATION AUTOBOAT AND ABROPLANE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1911.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Batent. PatefitQdQCt. 22, 1912.

- Application Iiovember '6, 1911; SerialNo. 658,847.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnmx-Gnlisoms,' a

' subject or the King of Great Britain,-residing at St. Jean Baptiste, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combina tion Autoboats, and Aeroplanes; and I do hereby declare that. the following is a full, clear, and exact description'of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to ,make and use the same.

* The invention to be hereinafter described relates to a conibined autoboat and aero-v plane, v v. In order to more clearly-disclose the construction operation, and use of the invention, reference should be had to the accompanying drawingsforming part of the present application.

Throughout drawings like reference characters designate the same parts. v a

In the drawings .Figure-l is a side elevation, partly broken away;,Fig. 2 i'sa top planview; 3is'a front end View; and

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary, vertical, cross section, showing the air delivery vanes, enlarged.

Referri ng to" the drawings in detail, -1'

" indicates a boat shaped body from which is seats.

solidly supported a deck 2 for passenger From the'sides of this deck are extended pairs of wings or sustaining planes 8, strongly braced bysuitable guy wires, cables or the like. These wings are adapted'to receive the impulse or thrust of upwardly directed air currents from large force fans 4 (sein like, housed within the body 1 and suitably driven by any well known form of" motor 'or engine. .x:t-ube 5' which is bent outwardly .-led through the Si From each fan leads a '=.'.1'Of the body l, and terminates di- "rectly- 'below the inner part of each wing.

Between the under surface of each wing and the upper end of each tube 5 are arrangedtwo parallel arc plates 6 connected by radially arranged deflecting vanes 7. The upper end or delivery section 8 of each tube 5 1s'con nected to the upper part of a flexible joint or coupling-9 permitting the delivery end to be swung in an arc corresponding to the are of plates 6. Each of the'flexible joints is provided with a small wheel, lever, or the likedevice, for turning the upper, endof the he several figures of the tube, and all of these operatingdevices are connected bycords, cables orthe like to a' single hand'wheel 10' arranged at about the center of the bodyil. Thus, movement of the hand wheel will efiect simultaneous movement. of all of the flexible pipe sections', simultaneously, and to the sameex tent. direct the currents issuing from 'the ends 8 of the tubes 5 so that they strike the wings '6; at 'the-desirtd angle. The single hand wheel 10, of cours, makes it certain that :thisangle will be the'saineflfor all of them. Thus, the currents may be directed vertically' upward to eflectascension of the areo-.

jplane.

After ascending to the desired height, the sections .8 may all be tilted rear- The vanes 7 act to concentrateand.

Ward to .a :g 'reater or,le ss degree to sheet forwardtravel. oft-he plane, or in the reverse direction for rearward travel. .Beneath the center of the deer is arranged a similar set of fans-tubes and guide vanes, the flexible joint-sot these :tub es being also operated from the one hand wheel 10. In order to prevent too' -great a .concentrati'onof the lift: ing current ,or draft at the center of the deck, a division plate-ll is used extending downwardly fromthe deck 'and between each two are plates 6. This divides the cur-' rent into-two portions each slightly deflected laterally so as to strike the under surface of the deck a littleat either side of the center line.

It is necessary, of course, to provide means for steering or'turning the machine in any desired direction besides the straight forward or straight rearward direction. 'For this purpose tubes 12 and 13 with'suitable fans are .provided, one at each end of the machine. The upper sect-ion of the tube .12

is directediorwardly and connected .by a

ends of the tubes 12and 13. j1are connected by in cable, cord or the hke to a pulley,-drum, or

'toits rear edge, passed inwardly over guide pulleys, and secured to a drum or pulley operated by a suitable hand lever 17 Suitable supporting wheels 18 are used,

for travel on land and for landing or starting purposes.

The fans and all of their operating mechanisms are arranged within the body of the machine and this body is constructed to float as a boat. The propulsion by air currents will bethe same, of course, whether in the air, in the water, or on land.

It is thought that the operation and use of the invention will be clear from the preceding detailed descript-ion.

Changes may be made in'the construction, arrangement, and disposition of the several parts of the invention without; in any way departing from the field and scope of the same and it is meant to include all such '.within this application wherein only a preferred form has been disclosed.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

- 1. In a machine of the character described, a body, a deck supported above said body, wings extending from said deck, a plurality of upwardly extending tubes withln said body beneath said deck and said wings and each provided with an upper flexibly connected section, means for creating currents of air through said tubes, and means for simultaneously swinging the upper sections of said tubes. 1

2. In a machine of the character described,- a body, a deck supported above said .body,

wings extending from said deck, a plural-- ity of upwardly extending tubes within said body beneath said deck and said wings and each provided with an upper flexibly connected section, means for creating currents of air through said tubes, means for simultaneously swinging the upper sectlons of said tubes, and deflecting means for directmg currents of a r issuing from said tubes.

3. In a machine. of the character described,

taneouslyswinging the upper sections of 'said tubes, an elevating plane, and means for operating the same.

'4. Ina machine of thecharacter described,

a body, adeok'supported above said body,

wings extending from said. deck, a plurality; of upwardly, extending tubes within said body-beneath said deck and said wings and each provided with an upperiflexibly connected section, means for creating ourrents-of air-through said tubes, means for simultaneously swinging the upper sections of said tubes, a tube mounted in'each end of said body and each provided with anupper flexibly connected sectionarranged at an angle to the vertical, means for creating an air current through each" of s'aid'iqeildtubes, and means for simultaneously swinging the flexibly connected sections thereof in opposite directions. l

5. In a machine of the character described,

a body, a deck supported above said body,

wings extending from said deck, a plurality of upwardly extending tubes within said body beneath sai d deck and said wings and each provided with an upper flexibly connected section, means for-creating currents of air through said tubes, means forysimultaneously swinging the upper. sections of saidtubes, a tube mounted in each end of said body and each provided with an upper flexibly connected section at an angle to the vertical, means for creating an aircurrent through each of said end tubes, means for simultaneously swinging the flexibly connected sections thereof in opposite directions, and deflecting means for directing the currents of air from said sections.

In witness whereof-I have hereunto set my 7 hand in the presence of two witnesses.

FELIX GREGOIRE.

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