US983243A

US983243A - Airship.

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Publication number: US983243A
Application number: US55107210A
Authority: US
Inventors: Cassius E Lamburth
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-03-23
Filing date: 1910-03-23
Publication date: 1911-01-31
Anticipated expiration: 1928-01-31

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G. E. LAMBURTH.

AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.23, 1910. 93 Q43 Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

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CASSIUS E. LAMBURTH, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters a .Pa'fentetll Jan. 31. 1911.

Application filed March as, 1910. Serial No. 551,072.

Be it known that I, Cass us E. LAMBURIH, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air-ships, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in aerial vessels.

The ob ect. of my invention is to provide an air-ship known as an aeroplane which will encounter a minimum of resistance in its passage throughthe air and which has great plane area thereby giving it great buoyancy and which by reason of the great speed which may be attained causes such air beneath the vessel as to raise it.

Theair-ship embodying my invention is constructed on the principle of the Indian arrow or pfeil. The wings of mysaid ves selare so' constructed or shaped as to pass through the air with a minimum of resist- The planes on the extreme ends of the said. wings, hereinafter described, not automatically so as at all times to maintain at once the vertical and horizontal position required for safety in flight; and if the ma chine should go out of the horizontal posh tion the planes will raise or lower the wings and cause the vessel immediately to right itself to such position. v

I attain the objects of my invention by the arrangement and combmation of parts shown in the accompanying drawings, de-

scribed in the following specification and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure l is a plan view of the air-ship embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a side View thereof. Fig. 3 is a front View of said vessel and Fig. 4 is a detail of one of its planes looking at the front end. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of the said air ship at an angle slunving the planes for maintaim ing the equilibrium in action.

In the figures, 1 shows a suitable frame for the vesselfrom which extend laterally wings 2 having pivotally mounted at their outerends planes 3 for the purpose of main taining the equilibrium of the vessel. Said planes are substantially T-shaped in crosssoc'tion. as shown in Fig. 4, and have pointed front ends. The forward plane 4: and the rear plane 5 constitute rudders to control the i direction of the ship, said rudders being l mounted universally so that they control the upward and downward as well as the lateral wurse ofthe vessel, being adapted to turn in any plane. as indicated by the arcs described by their turning centers as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Supporting planes 6 and ts are mounted in pairsone pair above and the other pair below--on each side of the frame 1. A horizontally disposed plane 7 is rigidly secured to the framework for further equilibration. i r

A' tank for gasolene ll'supplies fuel to a suitable motor 10 which serves to drive the propeller 11 which is mounted on the shaft 21. whereby it is driven.

12 is a cock pit for the receptionof the operator and wheels 12are provided as a means for movement along the surface of the earth which is required so as to give the vessel sufficient momentum to rise by the action of the wings and planes.

Pivotally mounted on the rear edge of the wings 2' are secondary planes Ll lying normally within the same plane as planes 2. 'Link 15 between the lower inner corner of the planes 3 and the outer edge of the secondary planes 1% serve to control said planes or blades 14-. said link being connected as shown. in Fig. 5. v

The planes 3 being pivotally mounted always maintain ttl'lOliZOn'ltll position and their action is similar to that of a parachute so that when one'side ofthe air ship is depressed orlowered by the action of the air currents, the planes 3 keeping the horizontal position are at an angle to the wings 2 and in assuming this angle they move blades 14- accordingly, which action brings the blades 14 in such position that the action of the air currents will tend to restore'the air ship lo ahorizontal position when the blades It will again lie in the same plane.

A curved plane positioned at the front of the vessel under plane .4. and similarly supported gives additional lateral support at this point.

Planes 5. (S and 8 are of similar construction lo plane 3, being of triangular shape with heels inclining upwardly to their pointed front. ends.

In the construction of my appaatus I combine the monoplzuv and biplane, there being one main wing .--;urface and two superposed wing surfaces. By using the arrow shape in said vessel I effect a considerable saving in power by the same cutting the air with a minimum of resistance.

The automatic arrow-shaped planes on the ends of the wings 2 vary the resistance of the right,v or left wing surfaces, as each may act independently of the other, and the rear rudder may also be used as the front rudderfor rising in the air or dropping to the earth as well as for lateral steering.

Having thus described my invention what ftblaim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an air-ship a tending wings projecting frame, pointed planes having by the side walls of said frame planes having keels movably mounted in proximity to the outer ends of said wings.

2. In an air-ship a frame, oppositely extending wings projecting laterally from said frame, pointed planes having keels carried by the side walls' of said frame, pointed planes having keels movably mounted in proximity to the outer ends of said wings, and movable blades secured to said ends of said wings and linked to said movably mounted planes.

3. in an air-ship a frame, oppositely extending wings projecting laterally from said frame, pointed planes carried by the side walls said frame, pointed planes movably mounted in proximity to the outerends of said wings, movable blades secured to said ends of said wings and linked to said movably mounted planes, and a horizontally disposed plane centrally mounted above said wings.

4'. In an air-ship a frame,.oppositely extending wings projecting laterally from said frame, pointed planes carried by the side walls of said frame. pointed planes. movframe, oppositely exlaterally from said keels carried ably mounted in proxmiity to the outer ends of said wings, movable blades secured to said ends of said wings. and linked to said movably mounted planes, a horizontally disposed plane centrally mounted aho ve said wings, and a pointed plane turnably mountfront end of said frame.

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1 frame, pointed planes carried by the side Walls offsaid frame, pointed planes mov: ably mounted in proximity to the outer ends ,of said wings, movable blades secured to 1 said ends of said wings and linked to said l movably mounted planes, a horizontally dis,- posed plane centrally mounted above said l wings, a pointed plane turnably mounted at i the front end of said frame and a pointed i plane turnably mountedat the rear end of said frame. L 6. In an air ship a frame, oppositely extending wings projecting laterally from said frame, pointed planes carried by the side walls of said frame, pointed planes mqvably mounted in proximity to the outer ends of said wings, movable blades secured to said ends of said wings and linked to said movably mounted planes, a horizontally disposed plane centrally mounted above said wings, a forwardly projecting pointed plane and a laterally extending wing turnably mounted at the front end of said frame, a pointed plane turnably mounted at the rear end of said frame.

7. In an air ship a frame, oppositely extending wings proj ecting laterally fromsaid frame, pointed planes having upwardly inclining lreels carried by the sidewalls of said frame, pointed planes having upwardly inclining keels movably mounted in proximity to'the outer ends of said wings, movable bladesi secured to said ends'of said wings and linked to said movably mounted trall mounted above said wings, a forwardly projecting pointed plane having an upwardly inclining heel and a laterally extending wing turnably mounted at the front end of said frame, and a pointed plane having an upwardly inclining keel turnably mounted at the rear end of said frame.

In testimony whereof in presence of two witnesses.

CASSIUS E. LAMBURTH.

\Vitnesses:

-M. V. COLLINS,

G. L. BLACK.

planes, a horizontally disposed plane cen-' and 4 I afiix my signature,