US1108596A - Miniature parachute. - Google Patents

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H. MANsoN-OLIN. MINIATURE BARAGHUTE. APPLICATION PILED 0OT.9, 1913.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

W/TIVESSES proved Miniature Parachnte,

UNITED s'rA'rns lI-'Atlritiwr orrion HAROLD Manson-emu, or Nnw Yonx, N. Y.

MINIATURE PRACHUTE.

Specification of Letters PatentA f Patenteu Aug. 25, 1914.

Application filed October` 9, 1913. Serial No. 794,235

- chutes, and has for an object to provide a device of this character with a guiding tube in which al loosely mounted weight is posinected therewlth a canopyl of.aniy desired kind 'may be prov matic'ally move moving forinstance a plurality of shotf, or'if 'pretravel.

tioned. so as to guide the p-arachute 1n its vupwarfd travel,'and also in its downward A further lobject of the provide .a miniature parachute with a collapsible' canopy and a tubular member conand co-acting with braces connected 'with the periphery of the canopy so as to 'limit the spreading of the canopy in its downward movement. i

In carrying out the ob] ect of the invention 'vided either with or without stifening ribs, and with a pl'urality of bracing members connected together at a central point near the'bottom of a bracingland guidin tube when' the device is falling. The tube is connected near its upper end with a canopy and extends downwardly to a position in contact with the lower ends of thelrvarious bracing members so as to hold the same against furthor movement, thus regulating the extension of the canopy. A movablemember is arranged in the tube,.and is adapted to autoto .the upper end of the tube when 'the device is thrown into the air, and

to automatically move' to the bottom or lower end`` of the tube when the device is downward under the action of gravity. This weight maybe a solid member or may be` made i to a plurality of parts,`as

.ferred a 'liquid may be used, as or instance, quicks'ilver. a

In the accompanying drawings-Figurel is a section through a parachute embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a section through the parachute shown in Fig.

1, but showing the same in a collapsible or closed position;

' Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view of the guiding tube witha'liquid arranged therein acting as a weight. i

.guiding tube invention :is to' Fig. 1. and aszthe 'entire device moves dowi- Referrin to the accompanying drawing the numera 1 indicates 'a canopy formed of any desired material and provided with bracing ribs 2. At the end of bracing ribs 2 bracingvmembers areconnected which are lower end-5 of the 'guidi-ngtube 6. Guiding tube 6 is connected at 7 near the upper end 8 to canopy 1 so' that When the parachute is secured together 'at 4 'Iso as to engage the .llinganopy 1 cannot be opened beyond the position shown in- Fig. 1 as the knot or of the vbraces 8 beneath the connection 4 I lower end 5 of tube 6 prevents the further opening of the -canopy. Arranged in the mounted in to the tube, and is designed freely 'slide from one end to the other. desired, other means besides a solld weight could be used, as fory instncej a liquid 10 (Fig. 3)` which will act in a similar manner to'the weight 9, that is, the other under gravity or momentum as the case may be. Preferably 'an Operating cord 11 is connectedl with the lowerv end or knotted portion 4 operate the parachute.

In use the parachute may be used simply as a toy or may be used for signals. When it is desired to operate the parach-ute the cord 11 is grasped and the parachute is collapsed, as shown in is then swung around in a circle or back and forth as desired, after which it is thrown into the air. The swingmg and throwing of the Darachute into the air causes the weight 9.to press against the upper end Stof tube 6, and in a certain sense propel the parachute in the direction desired. If the parachute has reached the extreme altitude to which the 'power applied moves the same the weight 9 first moves downwardly under the action of gravity to the position shown in wardly the canopyopens andth, guides and steadies-the device so teig t at the descent will be comparatively 'slowo and even.

my inventi'on I 'Having thus described w claim a'sfignew and -desire to secure by- Letters Patent,-"'fthe followmg 1.-In a toyoffthe class .a .col-' .lapsible parachute structure, a tube con- 6 is aweight-9 which is'loose-ly move from one to of braces 3 so as to properly Fig. 2. The paraohute nected with said vparachute structure, anda weight l'osely -positioned in said [tube forv of .the para-chute structure in'both its upward 'and its down- .Ward travel.

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2. In a toy the class descr-ibed, a colla-psible canopy, a guiding tube connected with said canopy, a plurality lof bracing members' connected With said canopy at its periphery, said bracing members being con- I nected together at a point adjacent the end.

'ranged in said tube,

of said tube, whereby the tube limits the upward movement of the bracing members and the periphery of the canopy when the toy is falling, and ,a movable' weight arsaid weight moving automatically to the top of'the tube under the 'action of momentum When the toy is moving upwardly, and moving to 'the bottom of said tube'under the action of gravity When'the toy is moving downwarolly.

B. In a toy of the class described, a parachute structure, a tube connected ,nea'rits upper Vend to the canopy of theparachute structure and adapted to engage the lower 20 Witnesses:

OHAS. M. N. AKBERG, J osEPH BIsHoP.

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