US1098024A

US1098024A - Flying-machine.

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Publication number: US1098024A
Application number: US77552213A
Authority: US
Inventors: Adalbert Domaradzki
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-06-24
Filing date: 1913-06-24
Publication date: 1914-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 1931-05-26

Description

- A. DOMARADZKI. FLYING MACHINE.

Patented May 26, 1914.

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FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IILED JUNE 24, 1913.

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car, and means to elevate and propel the same, the elevating means consisting of up-' ADALBERT DOMARADZKI, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FLYING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented llIay 26, 1914.

Applicationfiled June 24,1913". Serial No. 775,522.

tain new and useful Improvements in- Fly-.

ing-Machines, of which the following is 'a specification.

This invention relates to flying machines ofthe heavier than air type and embodies a per and lower sets of wings, and horizontal propellers, that is, propellers rotating on a vertical axis. These. propellers drive currents of air downwardly, and by means of chutes or guides these currents of air are di rected under the wings. The propelling means comprise screw propellers of ordinary type arranged vertically, that is rotat- Suitable steering devices are also provided. The wings are of.

mg on horizontal axes.

special construction, and when not in use for elevating the machine, may beheld in fixed position to act as planes.

The invention is illustrated in the ac-.

companying drawings in which Figure 1 is an end viewof the machine.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the body of the car.

- operating devices for the lower wings. Fig.

6 is a detail of one of the air chutes. Fig. 7

is a detail transverse elevation, partly in section, of the operating devices for the wings. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the operating connections for the wings. Figs. 9 and 10 are details.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the car body, which may be made of any suitable size and shape and serves to carry the operators and the motors, and such other devices as may be appropriate. This bod that it will run on the land. Mounted upon the framework of the body are upper and lower frames 28 connected by supports 28*, and the wings work in these frames. The

upper wings are indicated at A, the lower is provided with wheels 70 so 1 sections with a longitudinal hinged joint at 27 so that they will flex when lifted as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

80 is an engine which drives a belt 7 and 'a pulley 8, the shaft 8 of which is carried in suitable hearings in the ear, and said shaft also carries a cam wheel 9 which works in a cross head frame 10 which slides up and down in guides l0 at opposite ends thereof. Connected to the frame 11 by pivots 11 are links 11, and the upper ends of these links are fastened to levers l1 by pivots 11. The outer ends of the levers 11 are pivoted at 11 to links 12*, the lower ends of which are pivoted at 12 to levers 12 and his at the upper ends of the links 12' slide in slots 12 in fixed bars 13 onthe frame. The levers l2 are pivoted at 12 to the frame atone end, and at the other end are pivoted at 13 to links 13 the upper ends of which are pivoted to levers 13 which are pivoted at one end, at 13, to the frame, and connected at the other end to a vertically movable bar 13iwhich is the main operating bar for thewin'gs. The inner ends of the leversll are provided with pins sliding in slots 12 in the frame portions 12. When the cross head 11 moves up and down the links 11 swing the levers 11 12, 12 and 13 thereby reciprocating the standard 13. The slots 12 and 12 permit a certain amount of .lost motion and are designed toprevent jar.

By means of these slots the links and levers travel until the pins in the slots reach the ends thereof, givlng a periodical motion to the wings. The bar 13 has a pin, 14 and slot 14 connection to levers 15 which are pivoted at 16 to the car body, at one end, and at the other end are connected by links 17 to bars 18 which slide up and down in guides at the ends of the carbody. Connected to the bars 18, by the pin and slot connections at 190, are cross levers 19f pivoted at one end at 191 to the frame of the car body and at the other end to links 24 pivotally connected to sectional levers 24 which are fulcrumed at240 to the uprights 5241 con stituting part of the frame and which are connected .at their outer ends to the upper wings A by means of pivoted links 25. These wings are hinged in the frame 28 at 26, and a closed plane or part 280 extends between the wings at the top. One section of each lever 24-. works between

branches

250 and 251 of an arcuate guide attached to the other section.

The lower wings B are pivoted at 23 to the frame of the machine and are comparatively short. To operate these, cross levers 20 are connected at their inner ends to the vertically sliding bar-13, by links 200, and are fulcrnmed at their outer ends on brackets 20 mounted on the uprights 242 of the car. The levers 20 are pivotally connected to bars 21 which are connected to blocks 22 sliding in guides 220 (Fig. 5) and these blocks are connected to a chain or arrangement of rigid links 218, flexibly connected or pivoted to each other which work on a quadrant 209 connected to each wing B, whereby the reciprocation of the blocks 22 flaps the wings B up and down.

When the upper wings are not in use they are held in lixed position by means of hooks 29 engaging pins on said wings, these hooks being operated by thecords 30, ex-' tending into the car, and these cords are also connected to a curtain or sliding cover 31 which may be drawn to coverthe joint between the end of'each wing and the outer part of the frame 28- to make the device as,

nearly air tight as possible so that it can then be used as a plane in gliding or direct traveling. The lower plane 28-is rovided with a' curtain 31 which may be rawn by a cord 30 to close the space between the outer partof the lower frame 28 and the end of each lower wing B, to form a plane, or

when the wings are operating, the curtains 31 may be drawn up or folded, as shown in Fig. l, to allow the tipping of theupper wing A to swing down'into the s ace beyond the outer end of the lower wing I), as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The cords 30 also operate panels 32, by means of links 33, to open or close said panels by lateral movement. The panels are opened when the upper wing is operating, and are closed when the wings are fixed, in order to form a lower plane, 1n connection with the lower frame 28 and the wing B, the panels fitting between the front and rear ends of the wing and the ad acent parts of the frame 28.

The lifting propellers are indicated at 39.

There is a pair of these at each end of the car. They are driven by means of an engine (10 which drives a belt 61 which in turn.

drives a longitudinal shaft 10, geared to upright shafts 400 which by appropriate belt and sprocket gearingindicated at 401 and 402 drives said propellers 35). These propellers are located at the upper ends of chutes 34. which curve downwardly and inwardly to direct the air under the wings B, thpreby increasing the resistance to said wlngs and assisting the lifting power. The chutes 34 comprise a framework of ribs 36,

a fabric cover 35, the upper ends of the ribs having balls 37 which slide in frames 38 whereby, when. desired, the chutes may be folded or collapsed by ushing the ribs around to one end of the rame 38.

The vertical ropcllers are indicated at 4.1, and they are riven by belts 500 from the shaft 40. Four of these propellers are used, two at each end, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. These serve the purpose of driving the car forwardly.

The lifting power is supplied by the flapping wings A and B and the lifting propellers 39, and the driving power b the propellers 41. 'When the car is at sui cient might the wings A and B may be held fast to act as planes, in connection with the covered frames 28.-

42 are rudders which are operated by means of a lever 43 pivoted at 43 in the car and turned by a shaft 44 operated by any suitable steering device such as a steering wheel 600.

45 is a. rear plane or rudder which may be swung up or down by means of a lever 46 and a wire 45 connected to a lever 800 which is connected to a bar projecting from the rudder.

The details of the connections are largely diagrammatic in the illustration and may be varied or provided by mechanical skill.

I claim:

1. Ina flying machine, the combination of a car, upper and lower frames mounted thereon, and forming planes, upper and lower sets of wings working in openings in said frames, means to hold the wings in fixed position when desired,in said openings, to form planes in connection with said frames, and means to propel the machine.

2. In a flying machine, in combination, a car, upper and lower frames mounted thereon and provided with plane sections, upper and lower sets of wings mounted in openings in said frames to form planes in connection therewith, means to close the openings between the edges of the wings and the frames, and means to propel the car.

3. In a flying machine, the combination of a car, collapsible chutes at opposite ends thereof, flapping gwings at opposite sides of the car and lifting propellers at the upper ends of the chutes, said chutes being shaped to direct currents of air downwardly from said propellers to the space-under the wings.

4.. In a flying machine, the combination of a car, planes at opposite sides thereof, flapping wings working in openings in said planes, and screw propellers at opposite ends of the car, and chutes arranged to direct currents of air from said propellers to the space under the planes.

5. In a flying machine, the combination of a car, an upper plane thereon provided with openings, flapping wings working in said openings at ogposite sides of the car, In testimony whereof, 'I do aifix my siglower planes provi ed with openings, lower nature in presence of two witnesses.

wlngs working in the openings in the lower planes and curtains operable to close the ADALBERT DOMARADSKI' 5 openings in the lower glanes when the wings W'itnesses:

are inactlve, and a riving propeller for HARRY L. RICHIEY, driving theear. ALTON H. Bmns.