Patent US-1864-43449
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New machine called an 'Aeron' consisting of three cylindrical balloons ("cyllindroids"); also uses aeroplanes. Propulsion created by the force of gravity and a system for shifting the vessel's weight.
- "The resistance on the top or bottom of the aerostat produced by the air on a surface much larger than the end of it prevents so rapid a movement in a perpendicular direction, and so it slides along on the atmosphere just as a sled slides down the side of a hill..."
Andrews built an actual vessel called the Aeron which he is credited with successfully flying—and navigating back to starting point—in 1862.
The text refers to his earlier patents of 1849 and 1850.
- Assigned to his son, Solomon Andrews Jr., of Perth Amboy, NJ
- Inventor location: Perth Amboy, NJ, Middlesex county, NJ (FIPSloc=34023, imputed by HistPat)
Sources
- Patent 43449 document and bibliographic info on espacenet
- Patent 43449 at google patents
- Archives of this patent are in the Air Ship Patents Collection at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Hallion, 2003, p. 84
- Short's DB
- PTO 244
Year filed | |
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Year granted | 1864 |
Office | US |
Patent number | 43449 |
Inventors | Solomon Andrews |
Inventor country | US |
Applicant person | Solomon Andrews |
Applicant firm | |
Applicant type | INDIV |
Applicant is inventor? | Yes |
Original title | Improvement in aerostats |
English title | Aerostats |
Tech fields | LTA, balloon, propulsion, navigation, rudder |
Filing date | July 5, 1864 |
Full specification filed date | |
Application number | |
Grant date | July 5, 1864 |
Granted? | Yes |
Publication date | July 5, 1864 |
Supplementary to patent | |
Related to aircraft? | Yes |
Serial number | 43149 |
Patent agent | |
Assigned to | |
National tech categories | USPC 244/30 |
IPCs | IPC B64B1/02 |
CPCs | CPC B64B1/02 |
Family year | 1864 |
First filing? | Yes |
Cites these patents | |
Citations from after 1930 | |
Application ID | |
INPADOC family ID | |
Number of text pages | 5 |
Number of diagram pages | 1 |
Number of figures | 9 |
Number of claims | 6 |