US1057366A - Shelter for housing dirigible balloons. - Google Patents

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M. VANIMAN, DECD.

I. L, VANIMAN, ADMINISTRATRIX.

SHELTER POR HOUSNG DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS.

APPLICATION FILED rms. 3, 1909.

1,057,366. Patented Mar.25,1913.

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SHELTER POR HOUSING DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS.

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MELVIN VANIIVIAN, OF GENNEVILLIERS, FRNCE; IDA L. VANIMAN ADMINISTRA- TRIX F SAID MELVIN VANIMAN', DECEASED.

SHELTER FOR HOUSING DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

Application led February 3, 1909. Ser'i'al No. 475,798.

To all 'whom i may concern Be it known that I, MELVIN VANIMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Gennevilliers, France, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shelters for Housing Dirigible Balloons,

' which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification.

The present invention has for its object a shed which may be taken apart-and transported from place to place and which owing to the rapidity with which it can be erected is adapted for sheltering a dirigible balloon wher-ever it may come to the ground. The same shed is equally applicablel as a permanent shelter. The erected shed is represented by way of example in the accompanying drawings7 in which Figures 1 and lu are a sideelevation. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line A-A in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a partial plan view. Fig. 4 shows to a larger scale7 in partial elevation and in cross section the details of the means for fixing one of the sheets.

This shed is constituted by a light column a of square or other section a small truss b and a number of other trusses c. The col umn a the small truss b and the trusses c are connected one with the other by the upper bridge d and by the bridges e and j" on each side of the trusses. Beams g are also used for connecting the trusses laterally. All these parts are of metal. The extremity 7L of the shed opposite to that at which the column 'a is situated serves as the entrance for t-he balloon. The whole is closed by means of two sheets z' each of which covers one face of the shed including the rear part z" proceeding as far as the column a. Another sheet of canvas j forming the door closes the entrance to the shed.

The column the trusses t-he bridges and the beams are all essentially dismountable the connect-ion of these parts one with the other being effected by bolting them together. All the trusses except the small truss I) are interchangeable with each other, so that they may be placed in any order without changing the construction of the finished hanger, as are also the bridge elements or beam members which serve to unite them. These parts are light and they may be arranged in place without any special tools or the like.

The column a and the trusses Z) and c are supported by means of guy ropes firmly anchored to the ground by means of special anchors.

The shed is erected in the following manner :-First of all the site is marked upon the ground and the column av is erected and at once strengthened by the guy ropes 7c. In utilizing the column a the small truss and the lengths o f bridge or beam work serving to connect it with the said column are lifted by means of hoisting tackle. In this manner an exceedingly strong triangular construction is obtained. The second truss is raised in utilizing this construction and fixed by means of t-he bridge pieces or beams. The same procedure is adapted for all the trussesuntil the shed has reached the desired length. The trusses and the column a are fixed by means of guys 7c provided with tensioning devices Z and each fixed into the ground separately or several together by means of an anchor m formed by a plate driven into the ground obliquely to a certain depth. The rolled sheets z' are then lifted and engaged with the upper bridge Z whereupon they are allowed to unroll. They are fixed to the column at the rear and to the truss c forming the entrance at the front by means of hooks n. The same hooks 'a receive eyelets in the sheets z' and above those of the sheet j forming t-he door. A cable pass-ed through all the hooks n insures the fixing of the sheets. In order to prevent ill effects from the wind acting upon the sheets they are provided with internal sheaths 0 through which cables 0 connected with the trusses are passed. The holes formed in the sheets for the passage of the guy ropes should be as small as possible. In addition the upper part of the sheets z' or the part above. the upper sheaths o and which constitute to some extent the roof of the shed is protected against the wind by means of cables proceeding from the foot of each of the trusses passing above the shed and terminating on the other side at the opposite foot always running along the same truss. These cables pass through a certain number of rings appropriately fixed in the trusses and are fitted to the sheets provided with apertures for the passage of the said rings. The shed is dismounted in the reverse manner. Nevertheless instead of raising the lower part of the sheets in order to roll them they are allowed to fall to the ground where they may be rolled up with greater facility.

The rolled sheets and the constituent parts of the shed may be arranged and transported in a few vehicles.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :d

l. A shed adapted for being taken apart and transported for dirigible balloons and comprising a column, a small truss, a plurality of larger interchangeable trusses, interchangeable bridges connecting said larger trusses one with the other and with said column, removable fastening-devices connecting said bridges to said trusses and column, guy ropes provided with tensioning devices and iiXed at their lower ends to the ground by anchors and secured at their upper ends to said trusses, a .pair of lateral sheets on the outside of said trusses, and a front sheet forming a door.l

2. A transportable shelter for dirigible balloons comprising a trussed end-column,

a small arch-shaped truss and a series of larger interchangeable arch-shaped trusses, an upper bridge-truss extending from end to end along the top of the shelter and connecting said arch-shaped trusses and said column, intermediate bridge-trusses between said upper truss and the lower ends of said arch-trusses and substantially parallel to said bridge-truss, fastening-devices detachably connecting said arch-shaped trusses and said bridge-trusses and said column, guy ropes secured at their upper ends to said arch-shaped trusses, the lower ends thereof being anchored to the ground, a pair of canvas sides secured to the upper truss and extending on the outside of said trusses down to the ground, and a canvas front at the end of the shelter.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. p

MELVIN VANIMAN.

lVitnesses:

EMILE LEDRET,

H. C. COXE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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