US152414A - Improvement in aerial boats - Google Patents

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WITNESSES'. INVENTOR] UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

DANIEL L. RHONE, OF VILKESBARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN AERIAL BOATS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,414, dated June 23,1874; application tiled June 1, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL L. RHONE, of Wilkesbarre,in the county of Luzerne and in the State of' Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aerial Boats; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, rei'- erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a boat or machine to be inflated with hydrogen-gas or coal-gas, and so arranged that in rising and falling the boat or machine shall be moved forward by means of the resistance of the air on two side wings or projections, and

a rudder moving' on a plane with these wings, and also a rudder on the stern to be moved right or left, as in a water-boat, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig? 2 a plan view, of' a machine illustrating my invention.

A represents the body of the boat, which may be of the form and proportions of any schooner or yacht with its top covered, and in it is placed the gas-bag, or the gas-bag may form this body. rIhe bottom of this boat is projected on each side the desired distance, forming two stationary wings, B B, which are made so as to present the least surface at the bow of the boat and increase toward the stern, substantially in the form shown in Fig. 2, or other form that will answer the same purpose. These wings are to create resistance to the air, so that the boat in rising and falling will be compelled to take a forward course, on the principle that force always expends itself in the direction of least resistance. On the stern of this boat is a rudder, O, moving in a plane with the wings B B, to increase or decrease the resisting-surface at the stern of the boat.

Enlarging or contracting the rudder C will elevate or depress theforward end. In ascending, the forward end is to be elevated, and in falling it is to be depressed. On the stern, perpendicular to the side projections or wings CB, is a rudder, D, to be moved right and left, and in so doing will guide the boat right or left on a horizontal plane.

The principle involved and applied is, that as least resistance is made at the front end of the boat it must take a forward course, both in rising and falling, and the speed and power ofthe machine will depend upon the ascensive and falling weight of the whole machine. The boat is put in shape for least resistance in front. The wings are to create great resistance to any perpendicular ascent or descent, andthe two rudders are to guide the whole machine.

The boat A is, of course, fixed and rigid in form, and whether the gas-bag is inflated. or contracted, the form of' the boat will remain the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The boat A, provided with side wings B B, constructed as described, to present the least surface at the bow and increasing toward the stern, substantially for the purposes herein set forth.

2. rlhe boat A, provided with the side wings B B and rudders C and I), substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of April, 1874.

DANIEL L. RHONE.

Witnesses 1). H. CAMPBELL, E. A. LYNCH.

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