Patent GB-1913-8180
This is a parachute in which the airplane itself, as opposed to the pilot and-or his seat, is saved from a destructive fall. These diagrams are worth a look. Aside from the elegance of the airplane itself, in full parachute suspension, the diagrams emphasize the coil and-or spring apparatus used in the release of the parachute. "jaws" are disengaged, allowing this springing to occur. The invention is conceived as being useful in the course of "normal descent" as well as in the case of accident.
Much of Steinmetz's work in the anti-aircraft field involves attacks made by one aircraft upon another. This patent seems to be among the minority of patents in which Steinmetz makes improvements upon airplanes, per se, in an of themselves, with only a non-exclusively military application.)
- Inventor location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Inventor occupation: Manufacturer
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| Year filed | 1913 |
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| Year granted | 1913 |
| Office | GB |
| Patent number | 8180 |
| Inventors | Joseph Allison Steinmetz |
| Inventor country | US |
| Applicant person | Joseph Allison Steinmetz |
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| Applicant type | INDIV |
| Applicant is inventor? | Yes |
| Original title | Improvements in Aeroplanes |
| English title | Improvements in airplanes |
| Tech fields | airplane, parachute, safety, frame, descent |
| Filing date | April 7, 1913 |
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| Grant date | October 2, 1913 |
| Granted? | Yes |
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| Related to aircraft? | Yes |
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| Patent agent | W. P. Thompson & Co. |
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| IPCs | IPC B64D17/00 |
| CPCs | CPC B64D17/00 |
| Family year | 1913 |
| First filing? | Yes |
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| Number of text pages | 2 |
| Number of diagram pages | 1 |
| Number of figures | 3 |
| Number of claims | 2 |
