Patent GB-1909-22176

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Pear-shaped gas envelope which can be "tacked" like a sailboat, and propeller. An elastic tube inside the gas envelope can be inflated to become rigid and maneuvered to control the envelope like a sail, I think. The combination enables better navigation of a balloon.

  • Inventor location: "Parkstone", Coombe Road, New Malden, County of Surrey
  • occ: Journalist

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Year filed 1909
Year granted 1910
Office GB
Patent number 22176
Inventors Wynford Brierley
Inventor country GB
Applicant person Wynford Brierley
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? Yes
Original title Improvements in airships
English title Navigable airship
Tech fields navigation, LTA
Filing date September 29, 1909
Full specification filed date
Application number 190922176D
Grant date February 3, 1910
Granted? Yes
Publication date
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft? Yes
Serial number
Patent agent
Assigned to
National tech categories
IPCs IPC B64B1/00
CPCs CPC B64B1/00
Family year 1909
First filing? Yes
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID 23588297
INPADOC family ID 11082647
Number of text pages 2
Number of diagram pages 2
Number of figures 2
Number of claims 2