Patent GB-1909-20962

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Flying machine, with propellers and wheels, capable of marine landing, with "one or more gyrostats or tops which serve to maintain the equilibrium of the whole apparatus."

Submitted a month after Austrian version with some changes. The 'gyrostat' in particular is fleshed out with more detail in the British version and has actually been redrawn within the otherwise similar overview illustration (fig. 1 for both patents).

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Year filed 1909
Year granted
Office GB
Patent number 20962
Inventors Adalbert Plaček
Inventor country AT
Applicant person Adalbert Plaček
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? Yes
Original title An improved flying machine
English title Improved Flying Machine
Tech fields frame, wheels, marine, stability, gyroscope, subsystem
Filing date September 14, 1909
Full specification filed date April 9, 1910
Application number 190920962D
Grant date September 14, 1910
Granted? Yes
Publication date
Supplementary to patent Patent AT-1909-46299
Related to aircraft? Yes
Serial number
Patent agent H. D. Fitzpatrick
Assigned to
National tech categories
IPCs
CPCs CPC B64C39/00, CPC B64C2700/6295
Family year 1909
First filing? No
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930 1
Application ID 23587612
INPADOC family ID 11082056
Number of text pages 6
Number of diagram pages 3
Number of figures 7
Number of claims 7