Franz Xaver Wels
(As we proceed, an emphasis on patents first filed with Austria is likely to develop.)
Franz Xaver Wels, known sometimes simply as Franz Wels, born 10. February, in Maribor, deceased 18 October 1940 in Vienna) was an Austrian manufacturer and aviation pioneer,[1] who collaborated quite extensively with Ignaz Etrich.
This collaboration was crucial to Ignaz Etrich, and to the development of the Etrich Taube.
Wels' exposure to the aircraft of the Wright Brothers, which he saw in Paris, led to a split with Etrich over the question of whether to build a monoplane or biplane.[2]
Incidentally, Patent AT-1912-75092 seems to be a reference point for many of Wels' filings with offices other than the Austrian. This Austrian original filing was made in collaboration with Dr. Albert Eder, whom we have located in Berlin.[3]
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Franz Xaver Wels
- Patent AT-1905-23465 (English title: Flying machine, Filing date: 1905-03-03)
- Patent US-1910-952316 (English title: Monoplane, Filing date: 1906-02-28)
- Patent FR-1906-363970 (English title: Airplane, Filing date: 1906-03-08)
- Patent AT-1912-75092 (English title: Swing Plane (gliders) with counter-operable drive levers, Filing date: 1912-02-24)
- Patent FR-1913-453815 (English title: Human-powered Ornithoplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent AT-1912-75092, Filing date: 1913-01-30)
- Patent US-1913-1154466 (English title: Wings levered and fulcrumed, Supplementary to patent: Patent AT-1912-75092, Filing date: 1913-02-11)
- Patent HU-1913-88916 (English title: Winged aircraft, quite likely flapping, at least movable, elaborate glider, Supplementary to patent: Patent AT-1912-75092, Filing date: 1913-02-13)
- Patent GB-1913-4191 (English title: A type of winged flying machine in which weight, levered wings, and factors including human "muscular effort" are arranged as to most greatly facilitate lift, Supplementary to patent: Patent AT-1912-75092, Filing date: 1913-02-18)
- Patent AU-1913-8156 (English title: Improvements in flying 1 machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent AT-1912-75092, Filing date: 1913-02-24)
- Patent GB-1913-4191.18112 (English title: An exhaustively counterbalanced human-powered flying machine with flapping wings, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1913-4191 • Patent AT-1912-75092, Filing date: 1913-08-08)
- Patent GB-1913-4191.29772 (English title: An exhaustively counterbalanced human-powered flying machine with flapping wings, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1913-4191 • Patent AT-1912-75092, Filing date: 1913-12-24)
Publications by or about Franz Xaver Wels
- Publication 5290, 1907, Die Glieitflüge in Oberalstadt. (Igo Etrich und Franz Xaver Wels.) (Simple title: The flights in Oberalstadt. (Igo Etrich and Franz Xaver Wels.), Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
- Publication 4202, 1908, Etrich-Wels flying machine (Simple title: Etrich-Wels flying machine, Journal: American Aeronaut)
- Etrich-Wels, 1908, Die Versuche Wels-Etrich (Simple title: The experiments of Wels-Etrich, Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
- Keimel, 1981, Österreichs Luftfahrzeuge (Simple title: Österreichs Luftfahrzeuge)
References
Sources
Franz Wels on German Wikipedia
| Names | Franz Xaver Wels; Franz Wels |
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| Birth date | 10 February 1873 |
| Death date | 18 October 1940 |
| Countries | FR, GB, DE, AT, HU |
| Locations | 32 Margareten Strasse, Vienna, Austria |
| Occupations | engineer |
| Tech areas | Glider, Monoplane, Industry |
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