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  • 1e object of this invention is to provide a parachute attachment for aeroplanes that is so small and compact when reelcd in, and in place ready for instant act-ion. that it offers no resistance to the air in flying, and is practically invisible; yet when unreeled and expanded it has such an enormous sustaining powerthat it will sustain, not only the aviator, but the weight of the aeroplane also.
  • It is preferably attached to, or built into the fuselage of an aeroplane, just behind the seat of the aviator, and is so designed that in time of danger it can be instantly thrown into the air and automatically unreeled and expanded.
  • Other objects are to provide means whereby the aviator may climb up into the rst parachute to a place of safety, should o ccassion make it desirable, as for instance, in the event of the machine catching fire, and also to provide means whereby the aviator, having reached the place of safety, may detach the aeroplane from the parachute and himself make a safe landing.
  • the foregoing objects are obtained by building a long narrow box of light material in the fuselage of the machine, just back of the aviators seat, and as near the center of gravity of the machine as possible.
  • the box being provided with quick opening instrumentalities; in this box is located a reel on which collapsible parachutes are Wound.l when not in use, the several parachutes being serially secured to a strong spring cable of exible steel wire, or other suitable material, an auton'iatieally opening air anchor or umbrella-like device being secured to the outer end ofthe cable. while the inner end is made fast tothe reel, the cable being knotted, if desired, at intervals from the reel upwardly a suflicient distance to enable the aviator to climb to a place of safety.
  • a detaching device may be provided whereby the aviator may then release the parachute from the machine.
  • Fig. is a side elevation of the same.
  • Fig. 3 is a view illustrating how the parachutes may be laid out for reeling on the reel.
  • Fig. l is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section of the box showing the parachutes unreeling from the reel.
  • Fig. 5 is a side elevation of' the box, in the normal position, parts hobos broken away to show the relative positions of' the rceled up parachutes and the air anchor.
  • Fig. is a cross section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 7 is a detail view showing a releasing device that may be employed.
  • Fig. 8 is a side View, parts being broken away illustrating a modification of the invention.
  • Fig. 9v is a sideelevation illustrating another modification of the invention.
  • 1 is'the flying machine whose fuselage 2 is provided with a light long box 3 of aluminum, or other suitable material, which is located just back of the aviators seat and includes bearing supports 4 for a rod 5 which is secured by nuts pinned at 7 against turning off'.
  • the rod 5 sustains the reel, which consists of the tubular portion 19 and the heads 20, the heads 20 having recesses 21 in which ball bearings 2Q, of any approved design, are retained by retaining caps or plates 23 so that the bearings may remain in place when ythe reel is removed for winding up the parachutes, as will be later explained.
  • 26 is the suspension cable which is wound around the reel as at 25 and secured to the eye 24 that is suitably fastened to the reel as a permanent art.
  • the bottom or mouth of the parachute is guyed by suitable guy cables 30, to the suspension cable 26.
  • an air anchor which may be of any approved construction, but preferably such as shown in my patent hereinbefore referred to, the anchor consisting of a self-'opening umbrella-like device that functions to catch the air and drag out the collapsible parachute parts into position to be opened as the machine drops.
  • the releasing device 28 maybe of any approved construction, such as shown in Fig. 7, in Which a lever 33 is fulcrumed at 34 to the channeled member 28 and held in position by a pin 35, the lever 33 being designed to be self-opening when the v,pm 35 is Withdrawn, a ring 36 serving to connect the lo-Wer section of the cable 26 with the lever 33, While the upper section of the cable 26 is connected at 37 to the device 28, as illustrated.
  • the box 3 is provided with lids 8 that are.-
  • the lids 8 having their adjacent edges over-M7 lapping (see Fig. 6) when closed and they are held closed by the latch dog 11 on lever 12 that is secured to the flap 14, which is hinged to the front Wall of the box, so
  • the hinge Hap 14 is provided with a. socket 16 in which' the shank 17 of the air anchor is fastened to hold the anchor down When the box is closed.
  • the dog 11 is designed to engage a holding latch 10 on the lidsy and is preferably heldin such engagement by spring pressure, as for instance, by a stout spring 13, or any other suitable Way.
  • the parts are normally positioned as shown in Fig. 5, but should occasion require the release of the safety lappliance, the aviator simply pulls en the lever 12 to throw it into position, shown in full lines in Fig. 4, whereupon the lids of the box will open out, the air anchor 18 will spring to its open osition, catch the air, release itself from t e socket 16 and unreel the parachutes. As the parachutes unreel, the air enterin the same through the entrances k31 Wi l expand the parachutes, which will then perform their desired functions.
  • the aviator may climb to a place of safety above the releasing device 28 and by Withdrawing the pin 35 he may release the air ship which may be permitted to fall and the aviator be lowered gradually and safely by the parachute device.
  • the lfabric of the parachute and the air anchor is preferably fire-proofed by impregnation With a suitable fire-proofing compound so that the parachutes will not take fire in the event that the aeroplane catches on tire.
  • the parachutes and air anchor may be replaced 'into the box by removing the reel (and this is done by taking out the rodon which the reel turns) and laying the parts down on the ground, as shown in Fig. 3, with the parachute members collapsed, and they may then be rolled upon the reel, after Which thefreel may be replaced in the box and the air'anchor closed and placed in its position also.
  • the .spool is dispensed -With and the parachute members and air anchor are folded longiltudinally in the chamber 3 formed in the fuselage, While in the modification shown in Fig. 9, the spool 20 is located 4transversely in the chamber 3 in the fuselage so as to facilitate the unwinding of the parachute elementsv and prevent any possible binding of the same at the rear end of the chamber.
  • an aerial navigating machine having a fuselage, a reel located within the confines of the fuselage, a parachute device having 'a sustaining cable connected to said reel, said device being winda'ble on said reel, an air anchor connected to said parachute device and adapted to be located within the confines of the fuselage, means for releasing said anchor from the fuselage to unreel4 the parachute device, said cable having knots at intervals from the machine, and a releasable connection in said cable whereby the aviator can disconnect the parachute from the machine after climbing to a place of safety.
  • the combination With an aerial navigating machine havin a fuselage, a reel located Within the conmes of the fuselage, a parachute device having a sustaining cable connected to said reel, said cable being Windable on said reel, an air anchor connected to said parachute device and adapted to be located Within the confines of the fuselage, means for releasing said anchor from the fuselage to unreel the parachute device, said mea-ns comprising a lever device having a socket, said anchor having a shankto enter said socket, means holding said lever device to restrain said anchor, said lever device adapted to be moved by the aviator to release said anchor, said cable having knots at intervals from the machine, and a releasable connection in said ca'ble whereby the aviator can disconnect the parachute from the machine after climbing to a place of safety.
  • parachute device having a cable secured within the chamber and a plurality of parachute members connected with said cable and adapted to be -normally located Within said cham'ber, an air anchor connected 'to said cable and having ⁇ a shank held in said socket member, all being arranged whereby as said latch device is operated to release said cover said ⁇ hinge member Will move 0n its hinged axis to raise said air anchor out of said chamber, substantially as shovvn and described.

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I. F. WEBB. Sn.
PARACHU'TE ATTACHMENT FOR FLYING MACHINES.
APPLICATION FILED IULY 2,1917. RENEWED OCT. 23| 191B.
Patented Aug. 26, 1919.
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ATTORNEYS/ 1. F. WEBB. SR. PARACHUTE ATTACHMENT FOR FLYING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILEDVIULY 2,1911. RENEWEDIOCT. 23,1918- 1 3 1 4, 446 Patented Ang. 26, 1919.
4 SHEETS--SHEET 2.
l. F. WEBB, SR.
PARACHUTE ATTACHMENT FOR FLYING MACHINES.
APPLICATION man JULY 2,1911. RENEwEo 0m23.191s.
1 ,3 1 4,446. Patented Aug. 26, 1919.
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20 d "il .1 o i ST TIl www INVENTOR J. F. WEBB, Sn.
FARACHUTE ATTACHMENT FOR FLYING MACHINES; APPLICATION mw JULY 2, wiz. niuzweo ocT.2a.1s|a.
1 ,3 14,446. Patented Aug. 26, 1919.
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INVENTOR anl? 717355.11771 BY m ATTORNEYS 'UN ITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.
JEAN F. WEBB, SR., F NEW YORK, N. Y.
PARACHUTE ATTACHMENT FOR FLYING-MACHINES.
To all lwho/la it may conce/fn Be it known that I, JEAN F. lVnn, Sr., residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parachute Attachment -for Flying-Machines,
f of which the following is a specification.
1e object of this invention is to provide a parachute attachment for aeroplanes that is so small and compact when reelcd in, and in place ready for instant act-ion. that it offers no resistance to the air in flying, and is practically invisible; yet when unreeled and expanded it has such an enormous sustaining powerthat it will sustain, not only the aviator, but the weight of the aeroplane also.
It is preferably attached to, or built into the fuselage of an aeroplane, just behind the seat of the aviator, and is so designed that in time of danger it can be instantly thrown into the air and automatically unreeled and expanded.
Other objects are to provide means whereby the aviator may climb up into the rst parachute to a place of safety, should o ccassion make it desirable, as for instance, in the event of the machine catching fire, and also to provide means whereby the aviator, having reached the place of safety, may detach the aeroplane from the parachute and himself make a safe landing.
Generically the foregoing objects are obtained by building a long narrow box of light material in the fuselage of the machine, just back of the aviators seat, and as near the center of gravity of the machine as possible. the box being provided with quick opening instrumentalities; in this box is located a reel on which collapsible parachutes are Wound.l when not in use, the several parachutes being serially secured to a strong spring cable of exible steel wire, or other suitable material, an auton'iatieally opening air anchor or umbrella-like device being secured to the outer end ofthe cable. while the inner end is made fast tothe reel, the cable being knotted, if desired, at intervals from the reel upwardly a suflicient distance to enable the aviator to climb to a place of safety. A detaching device may be provided whereby the aviator may then release the parachute from the machine.
More subordinately the invention is an improvement on that disclosed in my Patent No. 1,011,683, issued December 12, 1911.
Specification of Letters Patent.
YApplication filed July 2, 1917, Serial No. 178,230.
Patented Aug. 26, 1919.
Renewed October 23, 1918. Serial No. 259,458.
In its more detailed nature, the invention includes those novel details of construction, coml'ination and arrangement of' parts, all of which will be first fully described, then bc specifically pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the invention in use.
Fig. is a side elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 is a view illustrating how the parachutes may be laid out for reeling on the reel.
Fig. l is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section of the box showing the parachutes unreeling from the reel.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of' the box, in the normal position, parts heilig broken away to show the relative positions of' the rceled up parachutes and the air anchor.
Fig. is a cross section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a detail view showing a releasing device that may be employed.
Fig. 8 is a side View, parts being broken away illustrating a modification of the invention.
Fig. 9v is a sideelevation illustrating another modification of the invention.
ln the drawings, in which like letters and numerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 is'the flying machine whose fuselage 2 is provided with a light long box 3 of aluminum, or other suitable material, which is located just back of the aviators seat and includes bearing supports 4 for a rod 5 which is secured by nuts pinned at 7 against turning off'. The rod 5 sustains the reel, which consists of the tubular portion 19 and the heads 20, the heads 20 having recesses 21 in which ball bearings 2Q, of any approved design, are retained by retaining caps or plates 23 so that the bearings may remain in place when ythe reel is removed for winding up the parachutes, as will be later explained.
26 is the suspension cable which is wound around the reel as at 25 and secured to the eye 24 that is suitably fastened to the reel as a permanent art.
27 indicates knots or enlargements in the cable 26 which are located at intervals from the reel upwardly to the first. parachute 29, it being understood that a plurality of parachutes 29 are preferably used an'd arranged .seratm on the cable Q6.
28 is a releasable connector which, when released, will permit the aeroplane to drop.
bottom.
The bottom or mouth of the parachute is guyed by suitable guy cables 30, to the suspension cable 26.
18 designates an air anchor which may be of any approved construction, but preferably such as shown in my patent hereinbefore referred to, the anchor consisting of a self-'opening umbrella-like device that functions to catch the air and drag out the collapsible parachute parts into position to be opened as the machine drops.
The releasing device 28 maybe of any approved construction, such as shown in Fig. 7, in Which a lever 33 is fulcrumed at 34 to the channeled member 28 and held in position by a pin 35, the lever 33 being designed to be self-opening when the v,pm 35 is Withdrawn, a ring 36 serving to connect the lo-Wer section of the cable 26 with the lever 33, While the upper section of the cable 26 is connected at 37 to the device 28, as illustrated.
The box 3 is provided With lids 8 that are.-
hinged by self-opening hinges 9 to the box,
the lids 8 having their adjacent edges over-M7 lapping (see Fig. 6) when closed and they are held closed by the latch dog 11 on lever 12 that is secured to the flap 14, which is hinged to the front Wall of the box, so
that it may be thrown open, as shown in Fig. 4, to release the' lids and permit the air anchor to open out. The hinge Hap 14 is provided with a. socket 16 in which' the shank 17 of the air anchor is fastened to hold the anchor down When the box is closed.
The dog 11 is designed to engage a holding latch 10 on the lidsy and is preferably heldin such engagement by spring pressure, as for instance, by a stout spring 13, or any other suitable Way.
In practice, the parts are normally positioned as shown in Fig. 5, but should occasion require the release of the safety lappliance, the aviator simply pulls en the lever 12 to throw it into position, shown in full lines in Fig. 4, whereupon the lids of the box will open out, the air anchor 18 will spring to its open osition, catch the air, release itself from t e socket 16 and unreel the parachutes. As the parachutes unreel, the air enterin the same through the entrances k31 Wi l expand the parachutes, which will then perform their desired functions.
Should the machine catch on fire, the aviator may climb to a place of safety above the releasing device 28 and by Withdrawing the pin 35 he may release the air ship which may be permitted to fall and the aviator be lowered gradually and safely by the parachute device.
Numerous modifications and adapta-tions 'of the invention may be readily made, as
will be manifest to those skilledl in the art, and I do not wish to limit myself to the structure shown and described, although the same is the preferable form, beyond what may be necessary by the state of the prior art andthe scope pf the appended claims.
It should 'be understood that the lfabric of the parachute and the air anchor is preferably fire-proofed by impregnation With a suitable fire-proofing compound so that the parachutes will not take fire in the event that the aeroplane catches on tire.
Should the machine not'be detached from the parachutes, after the ground has been reached, the parachutes and air anchor may be replaced 'into the box by removing the reel (and this is done by taking out the rodon which the reel turns) and laying the parts down on the ground, as shown in Fig. 3, with the parachute members collapsed, and they may then be rolled upon the reel, after Which thefreel may be replaced in the box and the air'anchor closed and placed in its position also.
In the modification shown in Fig. 8, the .spool is dispensed -With and the parachute members and air anchor are folded longiltudinally in the chamber 3 formed in the fuselage, While in the modification shown in Fig. 9, the spool 20 is located 4transversely in the chamber 3 in the fuselage so as to facilitate the unwinding of the parachute elementsv and prevent any possible binding of the same at the rear end of the chamber.
From the `foregoing "description, taken in connection With the accompanying drawings, it is thought the complete construction,
'parachute device and normally located in said box, and means for releasing said air anchor when said cover `is opened.
2. The combination with an aeroplane having a fuselage, of a box built into the fusela e, a self-openn cover for said box, release le means for olding said cover closed, said releasable means including a lever clement having a socket. a reel in said box, a parachute device having a cable wound on said reel and connected to sustain said machine when said parachute dcvice is released, an air anchor connected to said device and normally located in said box, said air anchor having a shank to enter said socket and adapted to be released when said cover is opened.
3. The, combination with an aerial na`vi gating machine having a fuselage, a rcel located within the contines of the fuselage, a parachute device having` a sustaining cable connected to said rcel, said devicel being windablc on said rcel, an air anchor connected to said parachute device and adapted to be' located within the contines of the fuselage, and means for releasing said anchor from the fuselage to unreel the parachute device. Y
4. The combination with an aerial navigating machine having a fuselage, a reel located within the connes of the fuselage, a parachute device having a sustaininfr cable connected to said reel, said device being windablc on said reel, an air anchor connect ed to said parachute device and adapted to be located within the contines of the fuselage, means for releasing said anchor from the fuselage to unreel the parachute device, said means comprising a lever device having a socket, said anchor having a shank to enter said socket, means holding said lever device to restrain said anchor, said lever device adapted to be moved by theI aviator to release said anchor, substantially, as shown and described.
5. The combination with an aeroplane having a fuselage, of a box built into the fuselage, a self-opening' cover for said box, means for releasing said cover, a reel in said box, a parachute Adevice having a cable wound on said reel and connected to sustain the machine when the parachute is released, an air anchor connected to said parachute device and'normally located in said box, means for releasing said air anchor when said cover is opened, said cable having knots at intervals from the machine. 6. The combination with an aeroplane having a fuselage, of a box built into the "fuselage, a self-opening cover for said box,
7. The combination with an aerial navigating machine having a fuselage, a reel located within the confines of the fuselage. a parachute device having a sustaining cable connected to said rcel, said device being windable on said reel, an air anchor connected to said parachute device and adapt cd to be located within the confines of the fuselage, meansl for releasing said anchor from the fuselage to unreel the parachute device, said cable having knots" at inter vals from the machine.
8. The combination with an aerial navigating machine having a fuselage, a rcel located within the contines of the fuselage, a parachute device having a sustaining cable connected to said reel` said cable being windable on said reel, an air anchor connected to said parachute device and adapted to be located within the contines of the fuselage, means for releasing said anchor from the fuselage to nnrecl the parachute device, said means comprising a lever device. having a socket, said anchor including a. shank to enter said socket, means holding said lever device to restrain said anchor, said lever dcvice adapted to be moved by the aviator to release said anchor, said cable having knots" at intervals from the machine, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.
9. The combination with an aeroplane having a fuselage, of a box built into the fuselage, a self-opening cover for said box, means for releasing said cover, a reel in said box, a parachute device having a cable wound on said reel and connected to sustain the machine when the parachute is released, an air anchor connected to said parclmte device and normally located in said box, means for releasing said air anchor when said cover is opened, said cable having knots at intervals from the machine, and a releasable con ncct ion in said cable whereby the aviator can disconnectI the parachute from the machine a t'ter climbing to a. place of safety.
lt). The combination with an aeroplane having a fuselage. of a box built into the fuselage, a self-opening cover for said box, relcasable means for holding said cover closed, said rclcasable means including a lever clement .having a socket, a reel in said box, a parachute device having a cable wound on said reel and connected to sustain said machine when said parachute device is released, an air anchor connected to said device and normally located in said box, said air anchor having a shank to enter said socket, and adapted to be released when said cover is opened. said cable having knots at intervals from the machine, and a releasable connection in said cable, whereby the aviator can disconnect the parachute from the machine after climbing to u. place of safety.
11. The combination with an aerial navigating machine having a fuselage, a reel located within the confines of the fuselage, a parachute device having 'a sustaining cable connected to said reel, said device being winda'ble on said reel, an air anchor connected to said parachute device and adapted to be located within the confines of the fuselage, means for releasing said anchor from the fuselage to unreel4 the parachute device, said cable having knots at intervals from the machine, and a releasable connection in said cable whereby the aviator can disconnect the parachute from the machine after climbing to a place of safety.
12. The combination With an aerial navigating machine havin a fuselage, a reel located Within the conmes of the fuselage, a parachute device having a sustaining cable connected to said reel, said cable being Windable on said reel, an air anchor connected to said parachute device and adapted to be located Within the confines of the fuselage, means for releasing said anchor from the fuselage to unreel the parachute device, said mea-ns comprising a lever device having a socket, said anchor having a shankto enter said socket, means holding said lever device to restrain said anchor, said lever device adapted to be moved by the aviator to release said anchor, said cable having knots at intervals from the machine, and a releasable connection in said ca'ble whereby the aviator can disconnect the parachute from the machine after climbing to a place of safety.
13. The combinationrvvi-th an aeroplane" having a fuselage, of a chamber in the fuselage, and a self-opening cover for said cha1nber, a hinged body having a socket member and a latch device carried by said hinged body for holding said cover closed with said -socket member projected into the chamber, a
parachute device having a cable secured within the chamber and a plurality of parachute members connected with said cable and adapted to be -normally located Within said cham'ber, an air anchor connected 'to said cable and having` a shank held in said socket member, all being arranged whereby as said latch device is operated to release said cover said `hinge member Will move 0n its hinged axis to raise said air anchor out of said chamber, substantially as shovvn and described.
14. The combination with an aeroplane having a fuselage provided With a chamber, a self-opening cover for said chamber, a lever actuated latch device for holding said c'over closed, a plurality of serially arranged parachute members connected on a cable which is secured to the fuselage at one end, an air anchor connected at the other end of said cable, said parachute members and said air anchor adapted to be located Within said chamber with the cover closed under normal conditions, means for holding said air anchor within the chamber, said means connected With said lever actuated device for lifting said air anchor out of said chamber as said cover is released, substantially as shown and described.
J EAN F. WEBB, SR.
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