US897504A - Flying-machine. - Google Patents

Description

the following is a f ALEXANDER v. wrLsoN, OF BAR HABBORZ'MAINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1998.

Application filed October a1,- 1906. Serial No. semis.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I, I SON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bar'Harbor, in the county.of.Hancock and State of- Maine, have invented a new and Improved-Flying-Machine, of which car, and exact description. I

invention relates to improvements in machines, the object being toprovide a fl ng machine of simple and compara+ tive y inexpensive construction,.so arranged thatit will operate with or against the wind and that may be readily directed laterally and also u and down.

Other 0 jects of the invention-willappear .in the neral description. v I describea 1 machine embed my invention and t on point out the nove features in 'the appended claimsl Reference is to be had to'the accompanying drawi forming a part of this specification, in w hgdh similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

' line 1--1 of Fig. 2,o

- bodying Figure 1 is a plan, partlyin section on the ,a flying machine emmy invention; Fig. 2 1S aside eleva= tion. thereof; Fig. 3 is a detail showing a means for causing oscillatory movements of the wings or blades; .Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig.3 Fig. 5 is a section on the .line,5-j5 of Fig. 3; and Fig.- 6 is a sectionon "the line 6-6 of Fig.- 1

Referring to the drawin the car platform having on uprights 1 1 con nected at the top by rollers 12, and interme:

' diate upri the severe upri hts of aside, being inclined row-nward from the center.

Between the intermediate uprights'13 is a housing '15 in which spring rollers 16 are placed, and to' the spring rollers roofing cur .tains 17 are'attached. These roofing cur 'tains. of course may be drawn downward over the rollers 12 and secured bymeans of ro es to cleats 18 on the uprights 11.. Upon re easing the ropes the spring rollers will 'wind up the roofing curtains:

To cause the flying movements of the machine, I employ a series ofwings or blades.

' 1 have here shown two blades 19, 20 at one side of the machine and two blades 21, 22- at the opposite side of the machine. The blade 19 is attached to the outer end of a stem 23 the innerend of whic engages with a crank 24 on a crank shaft 2 r 1 The stem 26 of the ALEXANDER V. Wns

s, designates his 13 and side rails 14 connect.

said side rails blade engages with a crank 27 on the crank shaft and the cranks 24, 27, are extended in o positedirections so that the wings or bla es will beEalternately moved inward and outward. The stem 28 of the blade 21 connects with a crank 29 on a crank shaft 30, while the stem 31 for the wing or blade 22 enga es with a crank 32 on said crank shaft t ese cranks '29, 32 are also arra ed or extended in opposite direc- 'tions for t e urpose before described;

' Any suita le motor carried by the machine may be emploged to impart rotary motion to the cran s afts. I have here inis a'band wheel 35' from which a band 36 extends to a band wheel '37 'on th e crank shaft 1 25 The crank shaft 30 is operated from the shaft of the motor through the medium of a belt 38 engagin with a band-wheel 39 on the motor'sha t an with a bandwheel '40 on the crank shaft 3Q.'

. I will now describe means for causing lateral deflect' or oscillatory movements. of the wings or lade's." As this means is common toall the wings. or blades a description of one will answer for all. Secured. along the under side of the wing-carrying stems is a' metal rod 41 which at its inner portion, that is substantially from the center to the inner end,

dicated a' inotor 33 on the shaft 34 of which is rectangularin crosssection' as indicated at The forward ortion is also rectangular but this 'ortion as its corners turned at right-ang es to the corners of th e portion 42,

as 'indicatedatj43. The rod 1s slidable throu' h a rectangular opening 14.which is larger than the rod, this opening be slight y ing formed in apla'te"45 extended from. the cross-bar 46, to which it is voted and which of courseextends across t e carplatform to control the operation of the opposite blade of the. air. The plates45 are extended downwar and connected by a bar 45", which may be shifted by'a lever 45', to move the fulcrurns either backward or for-. ward'with relation to the body; The bar 46 is connected to slides 47, movable in guides 48 arranged on the base or platform, and also connected to the slides is a cross-bar 49 from which a rod 50 extends-to connection with an adjusting lever 51 pivoted to a standard 52 which has at its top asegmentl-raclkrfi ftor engaging a sprln pressed paw ca the leven By thi s means the s eed or verti cal movement of the wings or b ades may be regulated by adjusting'zrthe fulcrum-that is,

the plates carried by the bar 46--inward 1 60 is manipulated. by means of the handle (1.

or outward, and by this adjustment the time of oscillatory movement 01 the blades may be adjusted. It will. be understood that the bar 46 has a slight rocking movement so that the rods 41 may pass readily through the openin in the plates 4.5.

In t 1e operation of this portion of my flying machine, as-the crank shaft rotates, the wings of a pair will be alternately moved inward or outward that is to say one blade of each air of blades makes 2 n u ward and outward stroke while'the other b ade of the air is making an inward. and upward. stroke.

uring a portion of the movement both inward and outward of the wing the rectangular part 42 of the bar 4], in passing through the opening 44, will maintain the wing on a practically horizontal plane. When, however the part 43 of said rod passes througlti the opening the wing will be oscillated at both inward and outward movements. By thls arrangement, the movements of the wings of a bird are closely simulatcd'and the machine is caused to ascend and tobe pro- The ascensional power of the ma chine can also beincreased by adjusting the fulcrums of the blades, so that the blades will have alternate long and short strokes at opposite sides of the machine. This adjustmentfoi the fulcrumsof the blades also permits the machine to be'kept on an even keel.

'The machine may be deflected upward or downward by means of a weight 54 slidable on a rod 55 extended upward from the front of the platform. By moving the weight outwarden the red the machine will. be deflect ed downward, and by moving the weight inward along the red the machine will move upward. As a .means for adjusting the Wei ht I here show an endless rope 56 which at t is outer portion carried on the end 0 the rod, and at the iii-- 'nerortion plasses around pulleys 58'on the plat orm of t e machine. The rope it will be noted is attached to the wei ht as indicated at 59. It is to be understoer however, that other means may be employed. for adjusting the weight without departing from the spirit Tope ,63, secured to of my invention. i

The rudder consists of a rod, 60 extended outwardfrom the rear side of the car and havi rotary movement, and on the outer end 0 the rod 60 is a transverse bar 61 having pulleys 62 at the ends, An adjusting the operating handle a passes over the pulleys 62 and thence to the car-.nnd. is secured thereto. The inner ."treths of the rope 63 are secured to the the bodyof the rudder.

that this riiddefis of triangular shape. hen

edges of the flexible material 64 which forms It will be noted as indicated in Fig. 1 When the red the rudder is extended the air-ski 'gwill float on an even keel. it is desire to steer the ship laterally,

, tl'i'rough which said rod asses around'pulleys 57 to turn the body in vertical direction or at an angle. lt to be umlcrsiriod. that the wings may be made oil" any desired length or eye tended inward as indicated. by the dotted line in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An air-ship comprising a car or bodyportion, wings or blades extended outward from both sides of the body portion, means for causing lengthwise reciprocating motion of the blades, and means for causiiig oscillatory movements of the blades on both their inward and outward movements.

2. An air-ship comprising a body portion, wings or blades extended from opposite sides of the body portion, there being a pair of blades at each side, stems extended inward from the blades, crank shafts, with the cranks of which the stems have, connection, the cranks of a shaft being so arranged as to im part alternate longitudinal movements to the blades of a pair, a motor for operating the crank'shafts, and means for causing oscillatory movements of the wings or blades.

3. In an air-ship, a body portion, a crank shaft thereon, a wing or blade, a stem ex-. tended inward from the wing or blade and having connection with the crank of the crank shaft, a rod connectedto the under side of the stem, said rod through a portion of its length being rectangular in cross seetion with its planes-respectively horizontal and perpendicular, and another portion of said rod being triangular in cross section with its planes arranged at an angle to the planes of the first-named section, and a f1llcruin plate having a rectangular perforation is movable.

4'. :An airship comprising a body portion, a crank shafttlmreon, a stem having connec tion with the crank of the crank shaft, a wing or blade on the outer end of the stem, a rod connected to the under side of the stem, the said rod having one portion of its length rectangular in cross section with the planes thereof horizontal and vertical, the other portion of the rod being also rectangular in cross section but having planes arranged at an acute angle with relation to the planes of the first-named section, a fulcrum plate hav ing a rectangular opening through which said Ted is movable, and means for adjusting said rods and fulcrums being so formed as to passing over said pulleys and extended to the 1 permit not only of the longitudinal movecar, and a flexible material connected to-the ment of the stems but to imparta rocking or inner stretches of the re e. oscillatory movement thereto. In testimony whereo I have signed my 15 5 6. In an air-ship, the combination with a name to this specification in the presence of body or car and wings extended outward two subscribing witnesses.

from the sides thereof, of a rudder consisting v of a rod extended outward from the rear of ALEXANDER WILSON the car and having rotarymovement, a trans- Witnesses: 10 verse bar at the outer end of said rod, pulleys JNo'. M. BITTER,

on the ends of said transverse. bar, a rope G. R. FERGUSON.

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