US1270200A - Airship. - Google Patents

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C. PETERSON;

MRSHIP;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15- I9!!- Patented June 18, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

INVENTOR C. PETERSON.

AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION HLED lUNE 15.1911.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES OFFICE.

CHARLIE PETERSON, OF FLORENCE, WIQ CQQIBIN, LASSIG-NOIE'OF ONE-FOURTH '10 HARVEY BOWMAN, OF FLORENCE, WISCONSIN, AND ONE-FOURTH TO CHARLES ERICSON, OF

Amsnrr.

To all whom it may concern:

shoe s when landing and to prevent injury A to the air-ship or the operator thereof when landin The invention also relates to the provision of pontoons of novel construction for floating an air-ship on water, preventing the same from c'apsizing, and also adapting the air-ship to be started from and landed on the earth as well as on water as may-be desired.

The invention also relates to the provision of cushioning connections between the frame of the air-ship and the ontoons or base or landing elements thereo which prevent concussions by absorbing shocks and thusprevent injury to the frame or other parts of the air-ship when the-same is landed.

In the accompanying drawings Fi ure 1 is a side elevation of an air-ship provided with pontoons and cushioning connections constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention.

Fig.2 is a longitudinal sectional view. of one 'ofthe ontoons or floats.

Fig. '3 1s a transverse sectional view through the air-ship and the pontoons.

Fig. 4 is a detailed transverse sectional viewof one of the pontoons.

a An air-ship is indicated at 1 for the purpose of this specification. The frame of the air-ship is rovided with stanchions 86 which extend own from the sidesthereof and are connected together by crossed guys 87. Said stanchions are here shown as tubular and each is provided at its lower end with a plunger rod 88 secured thereto at 8 9 and provided at its lower end with af' piston The sai eyhnder 91. cylinders are, ar

and may be made 'of'sh'eet metal or other material and are arranged under the frame andatsuitable distances apart-and are sup-' unger 90 which operates in a vertical Said 1 specification when ew; Patented June 18, 1918. Application filed June 15, 1017. Serial 110,174,948.

plied with compressed air by a suitable air compressing .pump 83 which\is operated b an engine such as indicated at 69 and with which the air-ship is provided. Each pongasolene may be forced up through pipes to the carbureters of the engine. I

The cylinders 91 are provided at their lower ends with openings 92 so that comressed air is admitted to said cylinders mm the pontoons and caused to force the pistons upwardly. The pistons and the compressed air containing cylinders form cushioning connections between the stanchions of the air-ship and the base members formed by the pontoons and serve to absorb shocks when the air-ship is landed and hence obviates concussions and injury to the air-shi when landing.

In t e lower side of each ontoon near the front and rear ends thereo aretruck receiving chambers 93 which are open at their lower sides and are formed by cylindrical.

walls 9 1 which extend upwardl and inwardly in the pontoon. Each of t ese chambers is closed at its upper side as at 95 and provided with a central opening for the passage of the vertically arranged piston rod 96 of a piston 97 which operates in. a cylinder 98. Each cylinder 98 is provided at one side with a chest 99 which communicates with one of the compressed air container chambers or compartments of the on-' Each pontoon is provided with trucks 103 p for landing on and starting from the earth,

each truck, comprising a wheel 104 and a fork 105 'in which the axle of the wheel is mounted. The forks are secured to the lower ends of the piston rod 96 so that the trucks may be raised and lowered by the fluid pressure mechanisms comprising said cylinders,

valVesand pistons, to arrange the trucks in the chambers 93 out of the way when the machine 'is 'inflight or is used as a hydroplane and to project the trucks downwardly of the machine on the trucks.

While I "have shown herein and described a preferred form of my invention, 1 would have it understood that changes may be,

. made in the form; proportion and construction of the several parts without departing awson from the spirit 'of the invention and within the scope of the appended claim. I, Having thus described my invention, what a pontoon below the claim is:--

Anair-ship havin same to float the air-slip on water, said pontoon having, compressed air receiving chamhers in its ends and agasolene storage chamber between said compressed air receiving chambers, and'a tube extending through the gasolene receivin' ehamberand connecting the compressed air receivlng chambers, and

compressed air operated shock absorbing devices having pneumatic connection with said compressed air-receiving chambers.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. CHARLIE. PETER-SON.

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