US979341A - Flying-machine. - Google Patents

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M. W. SARGEANT.

FLYING MAGHINB-` A APPLIOATION FILED JULY 15, 1909.

Pateldlted Dec. 20, 1910.

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lVIOJR/TIIVIER W. SARG'EANT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

FLYING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 2o, 1910.

Application filed July 15, 1909. Serial No. 507,849.

To all whom t may concern.'

GEANT, a citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of l\"ew.J.ersey, have invented new and useful Improvements `in Iflyingfacliines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to flying machines or airsliips of the heavier than air type; and the principal object of the invention is to provide means whereby the stratum of air disposed directly. adjacentv to the upper sides 'of the lifting planes may be eX- hausted and utilized -in the propulsion of.

the machine, thus enabling the latter to rise more readily than 'when subjected to" the direct pressure of the superposed air.v

Further objects of the invention are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of devices.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same `con-l sists in the improved construction and novel arrangement -and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been lillust-rated a simple and preferred form of `l-'the invention; it, being however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise' structural details therein exhibited,-

but that changes, alterations and modifica- `tions within the scope of the invention may be made when desired.

Inu the drawings: Figure l is a top plan view, showing the invention. Fig. 2 is a .longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken I4 1 l. l orresponding parts in the'several views 'are denoted by like characters of reference. i i

the. construction of the limproved devic'ejfhthere 1s provided an air chute org-casing 5,w': ch may be approximately circular in crosssection; said chute, which isprovided wi th.a"downwardly and rearwardly curved oriiriclined bottom `Gzisopen at the top and at .therear end for the passage of air. A djacent to the open rear end'of the chute are a propeller wheel 9 is supported for rotation. Means are to be provided for driving the propeller wheel 9 but said means have not been illustrated in the drawing and it is evident that a suitably disposed motor of any suitable construction may be utilized for this purpose.

suitably connected with and extending laterally from the upper edges of the chute 5 are the front and rear planes lO-ll and the side planes l2 which latter may be pro-y vided with extensions 13 connected therewith. The tail piece or rudder 14 is hingedly connected with the rear edge of the 4rear plane fr? lTliecperation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description taken in connection with the appended drawings. It is obvious that when tlxe'propeller wheel 9 is in 'motion 5 in advance of said propeller wheel, and that the air exhausted from the chute will be replaced by air from the upper surface of of the air current being indicated by darts, in Figsf l and 2 of the drawing. Itis obvious that the pressure of the superposedy air 'being thus removed, the machine will rise less power than would otherwise b e the case.

It will be understood that no limitation is Aintended with regard to the shape or the specific construction of the air chute, but

that the exact formation of the same may be varied within the scope of the appended claims. Havingl thus described the invention, what is claimed is* l. In aliying machine7 an air chute of apa partial vacuum will be created in the chute more readily, and with the expenditure of B 1 1 I M V b l provided bearings wherein the shaft 8 of l e it {nown tiat oR'rIMER Anthe laterally extending planes, the direction" vao proxilnately circular cross section and havand ut the rear e11d,'fr0nt, rear and sidey shaft adjacent to the open rear und of the plane$ connooted with and extending laterally from the upper edges of the chute, lateral extensions Connected with 5 planes, a rudder connected lingedly with tho roar plane adjacent to the rear edge of y the latter, and a propellery Wheel supported for rotation upon u longitudinally disposed chiite. 1.0 ln tclnnony whereof I, ulix my Slgnaturc the side'l in prosencolof two Witnesses.

MORTIMER 7W. SARGEANT.

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ELSIE M. PELOUBET, ROGER H. BUTrERwoR'rH.

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