US1808132A - Airship - Google Patents

Description

June 2, 1931. 6. e. DUERING 1,808,132

AIRSHIP Filed Sept. 12, 1950 3 Sheet s-Sheet 1 Inventor (71 0?? 6 ZueT/n;

A llomey June 2, 1931. G. e. DUERING AIRSHIP Filed Sept. 12, 1930 3 Sheeis-Sheet 2 lnvenlor A llomey 66076 6 @uerz'i} June 2, 1931.

G. G. DUERING' AIRSHIP Filed Sept. 12, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor A Ilomey Patented June 2, 1931 UNITED STATES OFFICE 1 GEORGE GERARD DUERING, or, FORT BLISS, TEXAS I AIRSHIP Application filed September 12,1930. Serial No. 481,484. i

The present invention relates generally to the art of aerial navigation and more particularly to a new and novel form of dirigible airship, the principal object of the invention being to generally improve upon and stantially parallel with each other, each body being adapted to receive a lighter than air gas and to arrange between said bodies an elongated cabin structure which cooperates with the cylindrical bodies in forming a sustaining plane which is effective in materially increasing the lifting and carrying capacity of the airship.

A still further very important object of the invention resides in the provision of an airship of this nature which has its parts arranged in a convenient compact manner capable of withstanding storms and inclement weather and is thoroughly efficient in use and operation.

With the above and numerous other objects in view' as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of an air ship embodying the features of my invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the cabinet taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is an end elevation thereof,

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail section showing the arrangement of the motors and propellers, and

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a stream line cabinet having a plurality of floors 6 formed therein to provide different storage for different purposes. On the bottom of th'e'c'abinet thereare provided doors 7 for the'loading and unloading of the cabinet.

the sidesof the cabinet and are connected with cylindrical like bags or bodies 9 for containing lighter than air gas. These bodies may be constructedin stream line fashion in ,Laterally extending tubes 8 extend from the usual well known manner havingconventional'r udders and elevators on.the rear ends thereof.

p On the bottoms of the bodies 9 are ground engaging bumpers 10. On the lower outer sides of the bodies there are arranged motor housings 11 and motors for operating propellers 12. These propellers are arranged at the front and rear of the group of housings and between the housings. Enclosed windowed gangways 14 are provided over these housings to provide ready access to the engines by the crew. It will be seen that the crew may pass from the cabinet through the tubes 8 into the bodies and into the 14. with ease and facility.

It is thought that the construction, opera- 'tion, utilit and advantages of this invention will now e quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention, of course, has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplificatio-n since in actual practice it attains the 3.11 a S e gW y features of advantage enumerated as desir-' able in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will'be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be re sorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In an airship of the class described, a cabinet, a pair of lighter than air gas containing bodies one to each side of the cabinet and means connecting the bodies to the cabinet, said means being in the form of hol- 1 low tubes to provide means for entering the bodies from the cabinet and vice versa.

2. In an airship of the class described, a cabinet, a pair of lighter than air gas containing bodies one to each side of the cabinet and means connecting the bodies to the cabinet, said means being in the form of hollow tubes to provide means for entering the bodies from the cabinet and vice versa, motor housings on the lower outer sides of the bodies arranged in groups disposed longitudinally, and propellers at the front and rear of the groups and between the housings.

3. In an airship of the class, described, a

cabinet, a pair of lighter than air gas containing bodies one to each side of the cabinet and means connecting the bodies to the cabinet, said means being in the form of hollow tubes to provide means forentering the bodies from the CZLbIIIBtVaIId'VlCB versa, motor housings on the lower outer sides of the bodies a arrangedin groups disposed longitudinally, and propellers at the front and rear of the groups and between the housings, and closed gangways over the housings to permit ready access thereto and movement from one housv mg to the other. r

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE GERARD DUERING.

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