Patent FR-1906-369855
This airship is shaped almost in the manner of a fairly simple balloon, though its top fraction is a bit more angular than round. A vertical airscrew provides lift, or elevation. It seems to have been inspired by simple balloons, and may have had limited applications as the airplane was dawning dominantly within the realm of the heavier-than-air. It is of interest. Though not resembling a helicopter in any usual sense, it pertains to related principles. Belgians may have played a significant per capita role in the earlier development of the helicopter, during and after the periods which we are studying. There is a significant per volume focus on propellers, and perhaps on propellers in the service of lift, or elevation.
Sources
- BOPI 16 jan. 1904 22 sept. 1906 TL 513 F815 NASM Smithsonian Libraries (First published in various issues of Aérostation) Paris
- Original patent document and bibliography entry on espacenet
- Original via Espacenet
- Inventor location: Herseaux, Belgium
Patent family descending from Patent FR-1906-369855
- Patent FR-1906-369855 (English title: Air-Ship, heavier-than-air, specifically not an airplane, an aircraft using a vertical airscrew for elevation, National tech categories: FR 6.4)
- Patent ES-1906-38661 (English title: A heavier-than-air aircraft, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1906-369855)
| Year filed | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Year granted | 1906 |
| Office | FR |
| Patent number | 369855 |
| Inventors | Joseph Maes |
| Inventor country | BE |
| Applicant person | Joseph Maes |
| Applicant firm | |
| Applicant type | INDIV |
| Applicant is inventor? | Yes |
| Original title | Aéronef plus lourd que l'air |
| English title | Air-Ship, heavier-than-air, specifically not an airplane, an aircraft using a vertical airscrew for elevation |
| Tech fields | heavier-than-air, airscrews, helicopter, hybrid |
| Filing date | July 3, 1906 |
| Full specification filed date | |
| Application number | 369855D |
| Grant date | November 28, 1906 |
| Granted? | Yes |
| Publication date | January 23, 1907 |
| Supplementary to patent | |
| Related to aircraft? | Yes |
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| Patent agent | |
| Assigned to | |
| National tech categories | FR 6.4 |
| IPCs | IPC B64C27/04 |
| CPCs | CPC B64C27/04 |
| Family year | |
| First filing? | No |
| Cites these patents | |
| Citations from after 1930 | |
| Application ID | 19189912 |
| INPADOC family ID | 5272969 |
| Number of text pages | 1 |
| Number of diagram pages | 1 |
| Number of figures | 1 |
| Number of claims |
