Patent US-1886-336984

Dual, cigar-shaped balloons, carrying what might really be described as a long house, complete with windows; bamboo or cord netting: "By omitting the netting from a part of the balloon the latter may be freer to expand into a spherical shape, and therefore less strain upon the material of which the balloon is made"

• "The object of my invention is to provide some important improvements in ships for aerial navigation. The improvements relate, first, to the arrangement of the balloons in reference to each other and in reference to the housing and cabin; and, second, to the means of propulsion which [also steer] the aerial ship."
• Tech class: CPC B64C9/00 Adjustable control surfaces or members, e.g. rudders
• Inventor location: Dodge City, Ford county, KS (FIPSloc=20057, imputed by HistPat); US citizen

Sources

• Patent 336984 document and bibliographic info on espacenet
• Patent 336984 at google patents
• Short's DB

Year filed	1885
Year granted	1886
Office	US
Patent number	336984
Inventors	Levi A. Beardsley
Inventor country	US
Applicant person	Levi A. Beardsley
Applicant firm
Applicant type	INDIV
Applicant is inventor?	1
Original title	Ship for aerial navigation
English title	Ship for aerial navigation
Tech fields	LTA, car, propeller, balloon
Filing date	1885-06-06
Full specification filed date
Application number
Grant date	1886-03-02
Granted?	1
Publication date
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft?	1
Serial number	167822
Patent agent	Edward P. Thompson
Assigned to
National tech categories	USPC 244/51
IPCs	IPC B64C9/00
CPCs	CPC B64C9/00
Family year	1885
First filing?	1
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID	46134673
INPADOC family ID
Number of text pages	2
Number of diagram pages	1
Number of figures	2
Number of claims	7