US1075791A

US1075791A - Air-craft.

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Publication number: US1075791A
Application number: US73070112A
Authority: US
Inventors: Johann Pobuta
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-11-11
Filing date: 1912-11-11
Publication date: 1913-10-14
Anticipated expiration: 1930-10-14

Description

J,0BUTA,

AIR CRAFT APPLICATION lFILED NOV. 11, A1912'.

J. POBUTA.

AIR CRAFT.

APPLICATION 11115D1101. 11, 1912.

Patented 0111.111913..

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J'. POBUTA.

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AIE-CRAFT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed November 11, 3912. Serial No. 730,701.

To all whom t may concern A Be it known that l, JOHANN. POBUTA, a subject of the Emperor of Austrialflungary. residing' at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improve-v ments in Air-Craft, of which the followingI is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. V

This invention relates to an air craft. and the primary object of my invention is to provide an air craft constructed upon the principle of an aeroplane, said craft having;` a semi-eigar shaped body that coperates with planes in sustaining the craft in the air.

Another object of this invention is to provide an air craft with novel propeller' and steering planev that coperate with a rudder in safely guiding' the air craft when ailight.

A further object of this invention is to provide an air craft that has a large passonger capacity and. ample space for the necessar'ycrew and operating mechanism of the air craft.

A still further object of this invention is to provide an air craft that is simple in construction, easy to manipulate and highly efficient for various'kinds of service'.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed. n

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein 2 Figure l 1s a perspective view of the air craft. Fie. :'2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan of a portion of the air craft.

Further describing my invention with reference to the drawings wherein like numerals denote corresponding parts throughout: l denotes a platform that is cigar shaped in plan and the forward 'and rear endsof said platform are provided with heads 52 and 3, said heads bei-ng connected by lonnitudinal bulging equally spacedribs i that coperate with said platform in forming a strong and durable thin metallic plate, canvas or other suitable material to form a hollow craft body that is scmhcigqar shaped.

G denotes a deck house or cabin located upon the platform l and retained thereon by straps 7 that extendv under the body of the air craft. The deck house or cabin is for passengers and to safely guard the passengers upon the platform l, said platform has a railing@ that also extends around lateral extensions 9 of said platform, these lateral extensions serving as a bridge or station from which observations can be made.

10 and 11 denote parallel main sustaining planes that are arranged transversely of the air craft above the cabin 6. rlhe plane l0 is connected to the walls of the cabin by angle brackets 12 and to the straps l by angularly disposed tie rods 13, the tie rods 13 extending to the ends of the plane and to points intermediate the ends of said plane, whereby the plane will be firmly held against warping and deflection when strong air currents are encountered. The plane lll is spaced apart and above the plane 10 by vertical supports M. The ends of the plane il are bent dewnwardly'in proximity to the ends of the plane l0 and connected to said plane by supports y 1G denotes tiltable planestrunnioned between t-he endrnost support l5, said planes being out away, as at l? to provide clearance for thev intermediate supports l5.

.18 denotes longitudinal partitions carried by the central supports 11i, said partitions forming a compartment for a cylindrical reservoir 19 that is suspended from the plane il by straps 20.'

Q1 denotes longitudinal bearings carried by the rear edge of the plane 10, intermediate the ends of said plane and the cabin. 8. Journaled in the bearings 2l are propeller Vshafts 22 having' two-'blade propellers The forward ends of the shafts 22 are pro vided with belt wheels Zland passing over said wheels are belts 25 that extend over belt wheels 26 journaled in bearings 27, carried by the roof of the cabin 6.

28 denotes a floor located in the hollow semi-cigar shaped body of the air craft, said floor supporting an engineer motor 29 that represents a suitable source of power for op erating the air craft, said engine or motor receiving fuel or current from the reservoir 19.

30 denotes a driven shaft of the engine or motor and one end of this shaft has a belt wheel 3l., over which passes a belt 32 that extends'to the belt wheels 2G of the bearings 27, said belt extending through the cabin G.

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The belt wheels' and belt simply represent one form of transmission thatv ,can be resorted to for driving the propeller shafts 22. 33 denotes a beveled gear Wheel carried by the opposite end of the driven shaft 30 and this beveled gear wheel meshes with a simila'r wheel`34 mo-unted upon a shaft jouri lnalediina bearing 35, carried by the'top of A the, engine or motor 29. -The same shaft is lt@ provided with abeveled gear wheel 36 meshing with a similar wheel 37 mounted upon the inner end of a. propeller shaft 38 that is journaled in the bearing and the headl 'f3 of the air craft.

vend o this fin and the head 2 support an adjustable rudder 4G that is providedwith side .straps 47 connected by tie rods 48 to the cranksv 49 of a transverse shaft 50. The shaft 50 is journaled transversely of the craft' body and said shaft has cranks 5l within the body that are connected to rods 52 extending in proximity to the engine or .motor 29, whereby an operator upon the door 28 can easily control the movement of the adjustable rudder 46.

' 53 denotes hangers carried by the craft iQOdv and these hangers supporta' four wheel truck 54.

`55 denotes a revoluble shaft journaled in the body of the air craft and'having the ends thereof protruding from the sides of the body. Mounted upon the ends of the shaftv 55 are three-bladed wheels 56,- each 4.15

blade of the wheels having inclined slats 57. Theshaft 55 is driven by the engine or motor 29 and these side wheels are adapted to coperate with the

propellers

28 and 39 in moving the air craft through the air.

58 denotes a ladder carried by the air craft whereby the crew and passengers can easily ascend to the platform or deck 1 of the air craft.

1n operation, the planes 16, 43 and 44 can be operated from a suitable station and the operation of the 'propellers and side wheels," also the movable rudder 46, controlled from Within the body of the air craft.

What I claim is -1.,.An air craft comprisin shaped. hollowbody having its top formed with a flat platform, a deck house mounted upon said platform, straps extending around said body and secured tofthe deck .house for maintaining .the latter in position, parallel a semi-cigar main sustaining planes arranged transversely of said body and with the lowermost plane mounted upon said deck house, means for securing said lowermost plane to said deck house, tie rods for securing said lowermost plane to said straps, a pair of rear- Wardly projecting propellers carried by said lowermost plane, means for driving said propellers, a fin projecting from said body at the rear thereof, a rudlder connected to the stern of the body, and a propeller at thebow of the body and driven from the means for operating the otherpropellers. j

2. An' air craft comprising a semi-cigar shaped hollow body having its top formed with a flat platform, a deck house-mounted upon said platform, straps extending around said body and secured to the deck house for maintaining the .latter in position, parallel main sustaining planes arranged transversely of said body and with the lowermost plane mounted upon said deck house, means for securing said lowermost deck house, tie rods for securingl said lower most plane to said straps, a pair of rearwardly projecting propellers carried by said lowermost plane, means for driving said propeller, a 1in projectin from said body at the rear thereof, a ru der connected to the stern of the body, a propeller at the bow of the body and driven from the means for operating the other propellers, and bladed wheels carried at the sides of said body below said deck house and driven from the means for operating the propellers.

3. An air craft comprising a semicigar shaped hollow body having its top formed with a iat platform, a deck house mounted upon said platform, straps extending around said body and secured to the deck house for maintaining the latter in position, parallel main sustaining planes arranged transversely of said body and with the lowermost plane mountedZ upon said deck house, means for securing said lowermost planeto said -deck house, tierods `for securing said lowermost plane to said straps, a pair of rearwardly projecting propellers carried by said lowermost plane, means for driving said propellers, Iafin projecting from said body at the rear, thereof, a rudder connected to the stern yof lthe body, a propeller at the bow of the body and driven from the means for operating the other propellers, a vertically disposed bearing located upon said platform in proximity tothe bow and stern of said body, and a tiltable curved plane carried by each of said bearings.

4. An air craft comprising a semi-cigar shaped hollow body havin its top formed with a fiat platform, a deck house mounted upon said platform, straps extending around plane to said said body and secured to the deck house for maintaining the latter in position, parallel main sustaining planes arrenged-ftransversely of saici body and. with #doe lowenios; plane mounted upon said decis house, means for securing saidv lowermosiJ 'plane to seid deck house, tie ms orseouring sani lowermost vplane to smid sirops, a pair of sem'- Wni'dly projecting Propellers ooiiieel by sai@ lowermost plane, means or driving seid 'peo pelleisy a- 'projeeiing from soicl loofiy et *die rear her'eo, a runcier connected 'izo 'alie stern ofthe body, a propelei of@ 'eine looW- of lie body and driven from lle means for operating the other propelleis, depending iongij'cndinal paittions cairieo by the upper of saiol planes,anol a reservoir suspended x'om the' upperl plane and eiiapgefl between said; partitions.

5.45m air @mit coinpi'isingfg;`r o Sernieigai"v soapecl hollow body having its top formed with a Het platform, a deck house mounted upon said platform, straps extending roundL said body and secured to the deck house for maintaining the latter in position, parallel sustaining planes e'mnge iansverselly of sani loocy and with the lowerinosf vplone mounteelupon saiol deck house, means foi' securing seid loweimosi, plane to said deck loonse, iie iods for secuing soicl lowermoet plone io said straps, :i 'pair of rear- Wardly projecting propelleis carried by said lowemost plane, means for driving said propellets, f fin projecting from said body ai;

In testimony whereof Eaiix my signature y in the presence of *two witnesses,

l JoHANN Poeme..- lWitnesses I J. CNSCYAK, M. Zinio.y