Patent GB-1897-15221
This invention is a triplane with an engine, as well as a biplane, with two or three stacked wings; two propellers, one in front and one in rear, rotating in opposite directions, according to Simine Short and Steve Spicer at Spicerweb, which says the patent application filed 31 May 1897 through Thomas Moy as the agent for O. Chanute and A.M. Herring. British Patent No. 15,221 (C.P.L.)
- Chanute and Herring: 413, East Huron Street, Chicago; engineers
- Thomas Moy: 8, Quality Court, London, W.C.; engineer
Here there seems to be a distinction between Thomas Moy ("applicant"), who files the patent on behalf of Chanute and Herring, and the "agent" George Downing & Sons. Moy is known as both an inventor and an agent. We don't know of any relationship between him and George Downing.
This patent was cited by the US patent office as prior art when initially rejecting Patent US-1903-821393 by the Wright Brothers.[1]
Sources
- An Extended Bibliography on Octave Chanute at Spicerweb
- Neilson, 1910, Aeroplane Patents, p. 24, p73.
- Original patent document and bibliography entry on espacenet
- Abridgment of patent specifications for 1897–1900, Class 4, p. 6; subject-matter index pp. iii–iv.
References
Links
- "Chanute and Herring", Carroll Gray
| Year filed | 1897 |
|---|---|
| Year granted | 1898 |
| Office | GB |
| Patent number | 15221 |
| Inventors | Octave Chanute, Augustus Moore Herring |
| Inventor country | US |
| Applicant person | Thomas Moy |
| Applicant firm | |
| Applicant type | INDIV |
| Applicant is inventor? | 0 |
| Original title | Improvements in or relating to means and appliances for effecting Aerial Navigation |
| English title | Means and appliances for effecting Aerial Navigation |
| Tech fields | aeroplane, biplane, triplane, propeller, frame, navigation, rudder |
| Filing date | June 25, 1897 |
| Full specification filed date | March 27, 1898 |
| Application number | |
| Grant date | July 25, 1898 |
| Granted? | 1 |
| Publication date | |
| Supplementary to patent | |
| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
| Serial number | |
| Patent agent | George Downing & Sons |
| Assigned to | |
| National tech categories | GB 4 without buoyant, GB 4 aëroplanes, GB 4 framework, GB 4 propel & steer, GB 4 landing |
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| CPCs | |
| Family year | 1897 |
| First filing? | No |
| Cites these patents | |
| Citations from after 1930 | |
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| Number of text pages | 7 |
| Number of diagram pages | 3 |
| Number of figures | 10 |
| Number of claims | 22 |
