US77850A - Zaphna stone - Google Patents

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Z STONE AERIAL NAVIGATOR.

No. 77,850. Patented May 12, 1868 1m flirt.

ZAPHNA STONE, OF, KINSM'ANS, OHIO.

LettirPatmt 1%. 77,850, dated May 12, 1868.

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TdAL-L. WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, Znrnmi STONE, of Kinsmang ip the conntjcf Trngnbull, nmlState ct Ohio, have invented a new and improved Aerial Navigatoig; and]: do'hereb y. declare that tbe following ice full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others eltillod'in the art to make and use the 'sanie', reference{being had to the accompanying rapin gs, and to'the letters of reference marked thereon.-

' This invention relates tea new and improved device for navigating the air; and itconlists in constructing a ballcon in-o. novel way, as hereinnlter' fully shown and descrilged, whereby it may be made'to ris'ejnd descend, .et the will of the operator ornavigator, and bennder the coniplete control of the latter.

In the accompanying sheet of driw'ings Figure 1 is a side sectional view of any invention, takenfin the line s at, fig. 2.

Figiire 2, a transverse ve tical section of the dame, taken in the line 3 y, 1.

Similar letters of reierenco indicate like ports. a

A represents the upper portionot' the balloon,-which ilcon'strectedofan entreacely light framework, covered with varnished silk, sncli'as ie'n'ewiased for the ordihary balloons. k

This upper part A has a llet or plane bottom or under sat-face, a, and amended-or convexnpper surface,

7 b, as .shown in both figures, and is fillednrtinflated with gesghencli nsjallow neodfor inflating the ordinary air:

balloons. This upper part A may be rounded at its ends so as to form an oval'or ellipse inin'its plan view.

' Thie npper part A is connected by to": B to a car, C, to hold the, passengers, and this car is of snficient length to admit of heir-g partitioned ofi' to'form twocolnparttnents, D D, which -'are,'lil re thenpper part A,

inflated with gas. The central compartment}, which isopen et'the top, is the car propeigin which the pan anger; nrescated. l

To each side oi the car 0, near one or both ends, there are attached byfpivot-bclts o, bars F, having rollers at at their outerends, and to the sides of the car, near its centre, there are attached, by pivot-holts e, liar-KG;

This balloon, thus constrnctcd, is propelled along thronghthe air by cars orpaddles H, \v'orlred by hand, and it is designed to have the balloon ascend by inclining it,' so-that' its upper pert',"A, when proving with m ole'vated end foremost, will' have an lDOlllllMlOl'l to escend,-the ascension being due to its propelling power on well as to the lightness of the balloon, or ofthe' latter being ofless specific gravity than the atmosphere; in fact, it is designed to have the balloon, in connection with the persons it carries, of rather greater specific gravity than the atmosphere, so that when the propelling pom celses'nor is stopped, the'balloon will descend very gradually. 1 r t It is designed to tilt or incline the balloon by menus of a moveblc weight, so'arrsngedor applied that it maybe moved from one end at the ear to the other, and this tilting or inclining may be assisted by an ear or paddle arranged so as to work or operate like the tail of a bird.

The rollers d admit of :tbe car C passing readily oven the surface ;cf the ground, when thefornaer e'ome's'in contact with the latter, and the bnre'G nre'designed to prevent any retrograde c'i: -backward increment of the car.

' The bars G and F "many he raised or depressed,.to' render them operative or inoperatiire, an occasion nay re airs.

Having thus described my invention, I claim'as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent- A balloon or aerial navigator, constructed with an upper part, A, having a flat or plnnesurface and an upper convex surface, and adapted to befilled with gts, in connection with a pendent car, G,-having chmpartmente D D, which are also, adapted to be inflated with gas, and a central compartment, E, for the passengers,

substantially as herein shofi'n and described. V

ZAP HNA STONE.

Witnesses:

Wk. )3. MONAHARA, Mex. F. Rename.

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