US1227912A - Combined dirigible and hydro aeroplane. - Google Patents

Description

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17,19l6.

Patented May 29, 1917.

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201mm 1521mm M. JELALIAN.

COMBINED D!RIG|BL E AND HYDRO AEROPLANE.

APPLICATION HLED NOV-17,1916.

Patented May 29, 191.7.

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COMBINED DIRIGIIBLE AND HYDRO AEROPLANE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 193W.

App1ication filed November 17, 1916. Serial No. 131,914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, MARTIN JELALLA'N, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Cranston, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Dirigible and Hydro Aeroplanes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide new and useful improvements in aerial apparatus of that class which are capable of traveling on land or water, and to arrange the certain parts of the apparatus that the same may be readily and safely operated and controlled, and arrange the propellers so that the same will permit of obtaining the desired speed and to fully assist the gas bag in the lifting operation.

The object of the invention is to generally improve this class of air-ship, and it consists in certain and special features of construction and combination of parts, as here inafter described and claimed.

A practical illustration of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference inclicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side perspective elevation of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional detail View. Fig. 3 is a side perspective View, with the main plane removed. Fig. 4c is a top perspective view of Fig. 3 with the side extending planes of the car removed. Fig. 5 is a view of a looking device for the rudder. Fig. 6 is a side perspective detail view, of the winged device.

Referring to the drawings, numeral 1- designates a car which may be constructed of a light and durable material, such as, bamboo or other suitable material. The car --1 is provided upon the bottom with a spring cushion landing device, which comprises a series of supports 2 extending to a converging position having an integral collar -3 at the free ends thereof and also a shaft 5- extending therefrom. Said shaft 5 also has an integral collar 5 at the free end thereof and said collar is designed to have sliding movement in a tubular member -6- which is loosely mounted upon the free end portion of the shaft 5. An expanding coil spring -4. encircles said shaft having its ends jecting inwardly to the car secured against said collar -3 and the fre6e end portion of the tubular member The tubular member -6 has an integral transversely extending portion adapted to loosely support a wheel shaft 5*, said shaft having a solid wooden wheel 6 secured at each end thereof. By the arrangement described it will be obvious that the apparatus will make a perfectly safe descension.

The car l is provided with windows 9 9 in both sides of the same for ob servation purposes. Extending from the forward end of said car -1- is a fiat vertical rudder 10- which extends from the lower portion of a tubular curved shaft l6 and is secured thereto. The shaft l6 is loosely mounted upon a vertically arranged stationary pin 1l and pro- --1- from the central part thereof and also having a steerwh'ecl 28 secured at its upper end; projecting forwardly from the forward end of the bottom of the car 1 is a supporting member -5 which is designed as a support for the vertical stationary pin -1land the latter having its lower end rigidly connected thereto.

Extending transversely to the car behind the steer wheel -28- is a number of seats 19 arranged upon a platform 17 fixed upon said platform 17 is a rod 18 a foot operated rudder lock 17 mounted upon the central portion of said rod 18 and having a coil pull spring connection -18*, 18*- upon each side thereof; said coil pull springs 18*, 18* encircle the rod --18 having one of their ends secured to the platform and the other ends attached to the lock -17-. A portion of a sprocket wheel 17 is made fast to the tubular shaft 16 and adapted to receive the free end portion of the lock -l7 as shown in Figs. 4: and 5. This is illustrated in order to make clear that the operation of the rudder may be controlled in a completely safe and successful manner.

Extending transversely to the car 1 behind the platform 17 is a shaft -17 provided with a revolving propeller 8 at each end thereof, and mounted upon said shaft 17 is a sprocket wheel 17* adapted to be driven by a sprocket chain 23, running over a second sprocket TIE wheel 26 mounted upon a central wing shaft 18 which is provided with a crank at each end thereof. Mounted upon the central portion of the central shaft 'l8 is a sprocket wheel 20 which is driven by chain 22 mounted upon a main sprocket Wheel l8 which is mounted upon a m'otor shaft l9 Also mounted upon the I central shaft 18 is another sprocket wh'eel '2- which cooperates with a sprocket chain l7 to drive a second sprocket wheel 16 mounted upon a 1 shaft which is provided with a revolving propeller -8- at each end thereof.

like wing -31, which are made of closely woven fine wires 16 and canvas secured to the latter, and said wings -31 have their inner ends pivotally connected centrally to the upper portion of said car 1 as at 30, Each wing has a vertical supporting arm 29 arranged centrally beneath the same, and said vertical supporting arm 29 has an eyelet at its lower end and loosely mounted upon the end portion of the central shaft l8 which is provided with a crank at each end thereof. A flat circular support -9 has a series of wing supports 11 11 encircling the same their lower ends pivotally connected to said flat circular support 9 as at 16- and the upper ends pivotally united to the transverse wing supports -15, 15 The flat circular support 9 also has eyelets 11 11*'--- upon the bottom thereof, and the upper end of said vertically arranged supporting arm 29 is pivotally connected thereto by a pivot pin 15 as clearly shown in F 6. The wing supports 1l 11 may be made of suitable wires other than woven yieldable material or pullsprings may be used if desired.

' Coil pull-springs l6 16 are arranged centrally upon the wings 3l, 3l and have one of their ends secured to the free ends of the transverse supports 39, 39 and the other ends attached to the eyelets l6 l6 integral with the wings 31,

31, and said pull springs are designed to facilitate the upward movement of the wings. By the arrangement described it will be clear that the wings -31, 31 re ciprocate or receive up and down motion in the manner of the wings of a bird.

he central. crank shaft 18 also has an integral collar -l6 16 within and near to each end thereof, and a threadedcollar secured at the free ends thereof in order to keep the vertically arranged supporting arms in their normal position upon the end portion of the crank shaft '18.

Projecting outwardly from the central portion of the car -1 is a plane 1l which extends outwardly from each side of the car and is directly beneath the laterally extending wings i+31, 31-, and a Wire netting 9 is secured to said planes 1t, 1l and canvas is secured upon the netting. Secured beneath each of said planes 14, 14 are cylinders -15, 15 which are provided with straps -9 9 for attaching to the-plane Said cylinders 15, 15 are adapted to receive air under pressure thereby providingbuoyancy t0 the planes .14,

14 and to float upon the surface of the water when traveling through the water.

The bottom of the car 1 is made of closely woven fine wires and alight Waterproof material secured to the latter.

Extending around the top of the car 1 is a series of vertical supports -34, 8%,

which support a main plane 37. The

wings 31 and the. revolving propellers 8- are located directly beneath said main plane 37, and when operating force the air directly beneath the same, thereby assuring an unusual speed and considerable amount of lifting capacity. 4

. Projecting through said main plane 37 are vertical supports 34, 3l the lower ends of which are secured to the top of the car l and the upper ends thereof connected to the supports 11, 11 which extend longitudinally of the plane -37,

and said supports are adapted to support a gas bag 5 therebetween.

The gas bag 5 is provided with a series of integral straps 9 9 extending transversely to the same andv having their ends attached to the supports 1l 11 which extend centrally to each side of the gas bag 5 Theflutility of arrangingthe gas bag is that the same will assist in lifting operation and also will prevent the apparatus from being tilted.

Ylhe operation of the device will be readily understood, and it'will be obvious that by the arrangement of the revolving propellers and the vertically reciprocating wings described the apparatus has unusual amount of speed and also lifting capacity, and all the constituting parts of the device are readily and safely operable.

Thus describing my invention what I claim as new and desire to-secure by Let ters Patent is:

*1. An apparatus of the character described comprising a car simulating the body structurebf a bird, a fiat plane mounted above said car upon a series of vertical supports, two revolving propellers and a vertically reciprocating wing upon eachside of the car and located directly beneath said plane, said reciprocating wings made of a series of transversely arranged equi-spaced supports, a Wire netting secured to the latter and canvas carried upon top and bottom of the netting, pull string connections arranged upon said reciprocating wings and designed to facilitate the upward movements of the same, a gas bag supported upon said plane and said gas bag being of a cigarshape and the ends of the same projecting outwardly beyond the plane. 2. An apparatus of the character described comprising a car simulating the body structure of a bird, a horizontally arranged wing shaft transverse to said car and l0- cated centrally of the same, and said wingshaft provided with a crank at each end thereof and also having an integral collar within and near to each end of the same, a pair of bird-like wings directly above the end portions of said wing-shaft and having their inner ends pivotally connected to the upper portions of said car and extending outwardly therefrom, a vertically arranged supporting arm beneath each of said wings each provided with an eyelet at its lower end and loosely mounted upon the end portions of said wing-shaft, a flat circular support for each of said wings located upon the upper end portion of the vertical supporting arm, said supports carrying a series of encircling wing supports having their lower ends pivotally connected thereto and the upper ends pivotally united to the wings, said flat circular wing supports provided with pivotal means upon the bottoms thereof and receiving the upper end portions of said vertical supporting arms, a threaded collar secured upon each free end portion of said wing-shaft, said collars designed to keep said vertical supporting arms to their normal position upon the end portions of said wing-shaft.

3. An apparatus of the character described comprising a car simulating the body structure of a bird, a support secured centrally upon the bottom of the forward end of said ear and projecting forwardly therefrom, and said support member carrying a vertically arranged stationary pin at its forward end, a tubular curved shaft loosely mounted upon said vertically arranged stationary pin and projecting inwardly to the car from the central part thereof and said tubular curved shaft having a flat vertical rudder secured to its lower part and also carrying a hand-wheel at its upper end, a foot operated lock for the rudder and said lock operable longitudinally of the car and mounted upon a transverse fixed rod, a coil pull-spring upon each side of said lock and said springs encircling said rod and having one of their ends secured to a platform and the other ends attached to the look, a portion of a sprocket-wheel integral with said tubular shaft, and said sprocketwheel adapted to receive the free end portion of the lock, to hold the rudder in various desired positions.

4. An apparatus of the character described comprising a car simulating the body structure of a bird, smaller planes projecting outwardly from each side of the central portion of said car said planes composed of a closely woven fine wire and canvas secured upon the top and bottom of the latter, buoyant cylinders carried beneath said planes and provided with straps for securing thereto, and said buoyant cylinders adapted to receive air under pressure, a fiat outwardly extending tail portion made of closely woven fine wires and having canvas secured upon the top and bottom of the latter, said tail portion projecting outwardly fro-m the rear end of said car.

5. An apparatus of the character described comprising a car simulating the body structure of a bird, a series of supports projecting downwardly from the sidewalls of the car to a converging position and having an integral collar at the free ends thereof and also a shaft extending therefrom, a fixed collar upon the free end portion of said shaft, a tubular member slidably mounted upon the end portion of said shaft and inclosing said fixed collar, an expanding coil spring encircling said shaft and having one of its ends secured against said integral collar and the other end attached to the free end portion of the tubular member, said member also having a transverse portion at its lower end integral with and adapted to loosely support a wheel shaft, and said shaft having a solid-wheel secured at each end thereof.

6. An apparatus of the character described comprising a car simulating the body structure of a bird, a flat plane mounted above said car upon a series of vertically arranged supports, said supports projecting vertically through said plane and having two longitudinally extending supports made fast upon their free ends, a cigar-shaped gas bag having a series of transversely extending integral straps upon its upper part and the ends of said straps attached to the said supports which extend each side of the gas bag centrally to the same, and said gas bag supported by said plane between said vertical and longitudinal supports.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN J ELALIAN.

Witnesses:

J AMES TOROSIAN, JAMES KELUNIAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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