US35453A - Teeri tory - Google Patents

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` VTo c'z/ZZ` whom it may-concern.- c V `13e it known that I, ARTHUR KINsELLA-,;. of- Cascades, in the countyof Skamania and Territory of Washington," havefinvented a'jnew and Improved Aerial Machine; and I; do here! i by declare thatthe folloWingj Ais a, full, clear,

and exact description of thesame, referencebeing had to thefacconlpanying drawings,l vforming part of .thisspecicati'om in whichi Figure lirepresents a longitudinalvertical ",sectionof myl invention. Fig.2 isa` horizon-v talsection of thesarne, the, line :I:l w, Fig. 1; indicatingtheplane of section'.` 'n 1 Similarlettersbf referencein both views indicate corresponding parts.-

This invention consists in the e o r use of ,a `gas-,f. ;enerato`r and j condenser con "nected 'to a suitablecylinder byfmeans ofpi pes lprovided with stop-cocksthatare alternately 7 opened and closed by the/motion of the crank-v mpl'oymentg l shaft, in combination with fanfwheelsrandldisf" charge-pipes assing' outat the stern of the' `jrocketshape balleo ,nd with a steering- `gear in such asinanner iat bythe action of the fan-wheels theairli y orcibly driven out atthe stern of thecballoonandtthe latter is prof V pelled in the sax'nexnanner asaV rocket, and at l 'the same time the conrseof the balloon can be `governed Vat pleasure. y t"` f f j To enable 4others skilled in the artto .makey fand use my invention,I wilhproceed todescribe its constructionandoperation with referenceto the drawings` 1 y Af shell, A, iSv-constructed of rattan, cane, or other suitable material split aritwoven together, in the .manner offa chair-bottom, and,4 the ends Workedinto a` roperunning fore and aft the shell'.` This shell ismade inthe shape of arocket,'as clcarlyshown in Fien 1 of the drawings, and `it `isflined "on the inside with silk or other Isuitable "material capable of retaining gas andkforming theballloon proper. One sideof theshellA is cnt open, and secured to this side by means of pendants is the platform'` B, which supportsithe engine and other parts of .thelpropelling and steering-` mechanism. -The 'enginelconsists of an ordi-r nary steam-cylinder,4 G,`the piston of which connectsfwith` the crank b of the crank-shaft c, andtowhich compressed hydrogen `gas is supplied from the generator D through' pipes y d d', oneof whichljconnectswith thecylinder near-its `bottcfnnand` the other near its top. s Each ofilth'ese pipes `is prvidedwith a stop- ``fiii/IPRovl-:MENT'T' AERIALMACHINES.

ARrHUaKINsnnnA,-or cnscADEsfWAsHINe'roN TERRITORY.

" i spetinwtionformng pm or Lea-ers Patent N0.a5,l15a`, daten June-3, 1862.

` cock, e e, and the plugs of these cocks are con nected by a crank-shaft, f, to which arotary motion is 'imparted from the ymain shaft c. The holes inthe `'plugs are bored at right anglesto each other, lso that one is closed when the other is open,fan'd vice versa. `By these means the' gas from the generatoris alternately admitted-at the top and at the .bottom of the cylinder. The spent or exhaust gas passes oi'f .throughfthepipes'g g' to the condenser E, said pipes beingyprov'ided with'stop-cocks h'h', thc plugs of which are connected by aCraUk-shaft, f l,precisely'in the samev manner as the stop' cocksefle ofthe induction-pipes@ d., The

crankrshafta however,is connectedwith the niain' shaft in such a 'manner that the exhaustpipe'at the bottom ofthe cylinder opens simul- #ta'neously with the'induction-pipe' at the top, and `vice versa, thus changing ports 4in the Y same manneras in an ordinary steam-engine Froxv'n the main. shaft c motion is transmitted' to .the twofan-'w-heels F F by means of pulleys and belts, or in my otherdesi'rablev manner. The fans of thesewheels are secured to air-tight ldrums filled with hydrogen gas, and they rotate in half-cylindrical cases which Vtit close fto the sides 'and to thecircumference of Saidfan-wheels, and from whichtubes G G extender the stern ofthe shell A. 4 By impart- I ing a 4rapid rotary ,motion to the lfan-n rheels lthe air is expelled with considerable force through the tubesG G,Iand the whole niachi ne is thereby propelled similar to a' rocket.'

The course ofthe n1a`chineisgoverned bythe rudder H, which connects by means'of ropes with the steering-wheel I, which is constructed similar to an ordinary steering-Wheel, having y `its bearings instandaidsj, that rise fr platform B.

Having thus fully om the described myv invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure byl Letters Patent, is,- .Y The arrangement ofthe generator D and condenser E, connecting with the cylinder' C ,by means of pipes d d' g g', and stop-cocks e e h h', operated by crank-shaftsfi, as described,

in combination with the fanfwheels F F', tubes G G', and with ,the rocket-shaped'balloon A, `the whole being constructcdand operating, in the manner and for the purpose specified.

y ARTHUR KINSELLA. Witnesses: Y

H. BOYD, W. V. SPENCER.

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