US1259083A - Aeroplane. - Google Patents

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mal". 1.2, 191$.

1 Application filed October 25, 1917. Serial No. 198,529.

' The objects I have in View are the follow-- lo produce an aeroplane of the multiplane type.

To produce an aeroplane of the tractor and after propulsion type with a multimotive power svstem.

To produce an aeroplane capable to asoend from and descend on land or water.

To produce an aeroplane which ofiers ample protection and freedom of action to the. pilot and others.

To produce an aeroplane of the multipropeller system and each propeller has a separate motive ower.

Finally to prod ilce an aeroplane of large displacement capable of making long distance flights and carrying great weights.

These and further objects will appear more clearly from the following specification and accompanying drawings, considered together or separately.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete aeroplane, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the aeroplane, Fig. 3 is a front view of the front part of the aeroplane, Fig. 4 is a side view of the aeroplane.

In all the views like parts are indicated by the same reference numerals.

General construction and design.

In fgeneral design my aeroplane consists o a Two sets of multiplanes with the usual stabilizers; four small bodies, each having a tractor system of propulsion; three larger bodies each having an after system ofpropulsion, the center body having communication for the usual control of the engines and therefore their respective propellers, the vertical and horizontal rudders and the stabilizers; each of the bodies having accommodations for carrying passengers, fuel or other material; the usual vertical and horizontal rudders; ontoons for floating on water, a pontoon eing located beneath each of the large short bodies, and each pontoon also having a system of landing wheels which enable the aeroplane to ascend from and descend on land.

The sustaining planes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are so placed as to form two sets of multiplanes 1, 2,3, 4 and 5 forming one set and 6, 7, S, '9 and 10 forming the'other set. The planes of each set are built with sufficient space between them to allow the air currents of each upper plane not to interfere with the plane below it. Each plane is made of the usual construction and has the usual curvature and each has the usual stabilizers at its tips. The stabilizers are operated and controlled in the usual manner. Each set of multiplanes is held together in the usual'manner with the usual vertical ribs and cross sectional wires now in use for the construction of bi lanes.

ractor bodies 11, 12, 13 and 14 are of similar'size and shape in every respect, 11 has a mechanic at 15 who operates the engine 16 which moves propeller 17, and the usual vertical rudder located at 18; similarly 12, 13 and 14 have mechanics located at 19, 20 and 21 respectively and the engines at 22, 23 and 24 respectively and their respective tractor propellers at 25, 26 and 27 respectively and the vertical rudders at 28, 29 and 30 respectively; each body is built of the usual construction; at the rear end of the bodies the horizontal rudder 311is 'located which connects with the tip end of the four tractor bodies which is also made of the usual construction.

Sustaining bodies 32, 33 and 34 are of similar size and shape, each having at the rear end engines 35,36 and 37 respectively and their respective propellers 38, 39 and 40 with their respective fuel tanks, etc.; also each having pontoons 41 42 and 43 respectivel underneath at a suiiicient distance so that p anes do not touch water when floating; and pontoons 41, 42 and 43 have attached underneath landing wheels 44, 45 and 46 respectively which enable the aeroplane to ascend or descend on land; each body having at the upper section 47, 48 and 49 respective accommodation for passengers, fuel or other material. The center body 33 has at its fore end 50, accommodation for the aviator, the usual steering devices which connect with the vertical and horizontal rudders, and the stabilizers. The

similarly the propellers, pontoons and the landing wheels are made of the usual construction.

To operate.

The propellers 17, 25, 26, 27, 38, 39 and 40 are set in motionby their respective motors, either simultaneously or in combination, at the will of the operator, in a manner so that equilibrium is maintained while the aeroplane is flying, after the propellersare set in motion the aeroplane skids along the ground on its wheels, if flying from the ground, or on the surface of the water on its pontoons if flying from the surface of the water, until sufllcient speed is acquired so as to allow the resistance of the air to lift the aeroplane from the surface, by turning the horizontal planes up ward the aviator will cause the aeroplane to rise further; when flying the aviator maneuvers the machine in the different directions at his will by moving the horizontal orvertical rudders and the stabilizers .to

maintain equilibrium, he can diminish the speed by stopping the motion of some of the propellers in a way to keep the equilibrium of the machine; to descend to the surface the aviator stopsthe motors or reduces their speed and by lowering the horizontal rudders he will cause the aeroplane to de- 7 gscend gradually until the aeroplane touches land or water whence by the resistance encountered it will be stopped.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;

1. An aeroplane having sets of multilanes arranged in tandem, and four tractor dies, said bodies being in a horizontal plane located midway between the upper and lower planes of said sets of multiplanes and all being parallel to each other;"each of said tractor bodies havin at its fore-end a traction system of prop sion, consisting of a source of motive ower and a propellersaving at its tail end each tractor body the usual vertical rudder; each of said tail;

ends connecting with a common horizontal rudder, said rudders being actuated by the aviator from his seat by the usual means of steering, all substantially as described.

2. An aeroplane havin threelarge bodies; each body having an a ter system of pro pulsion, each system consisting of a source of motive power and its respective propeller, and each body having located underneath a pontoon, each pontoon having attached. thereto a set of landing wheels, said bodies being located horizontally in the same plane in which four tractor bodies are located; the center propelled body having at its fore-end accommodation for the aviator, all the aforesaid being of the usual construction now in use for aeroplanes, all substantially zontal rudder located at the rear end of the four tractor bodies, four vertical rudders located at the end of each of the four tractor bodies; landing wheels to allow aeroplane to move on land and pontoons to allow aeroplane to float and move on the surface of the Water, all substantially as described.

In .testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

I ISAAC GOVINO.

Witnesses:

Gnonemm O. (looms, Romm'r JAMES.

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