Patent US-1887-361855
A multi-part aircraft in serial suspension (see image), with balloon (A), winged propeller (B), 'sail-suit' (C) , and four winged sail (D).
The balloon is a cylinder oriented vertically.
Includes description of a fabric 'sail suit' for the aeronaut, including holes for head, arms, legs, eyes, & mouth!
Wing motion:
After the propeller is raised by the balloon A, the aeronaut, standing on the platform L, may, by throwing his weight first on one edge of it and the on the other edge, cause a vertical alternate up-and-down motion of the opposite side parts or wings of the main top-sail N, to help rise to higher altitudes, or to hold either side of the top sail down or up to take advantage of the favorable air-currents and ward off unfavorable ones, and thereby facilitate the movements of the airship.[...]
It will be seen that the contraction and expansion of the elastic cords or bands P greatly facilitate the wing movements of the top-sail, and these movements may be accelerated in frequency and force by the power applied by the aeronaut's hands grasping the side bars, l l, of the platform frame.
On the vertical suspension of the elements:
An important feature of my invention is the suspension of an aerial motor or propeller or flying-suit from a balloon by a long rope, whereby the motor or suit may have independent motion from the balloon in its waftage, and whereby whirls or zigzag or inclined courses taken by the motor or suit, by wind-power and gravitation, will, by acquired inertia of the propeller or flying-suit, tow the balloon against the wind, or partly so, or enable the balloon and propeller or suit to rise in altitude, whereby force will be stored up, to be used again at will by gravitation.
Inventor location: Dillon, Beaverhead county, Montana Territory, MT (FIPSloc=30001, imputed by HistPat)
Sources
- Patent 361855 document and bibliographic info on espacenet
- Patent 361855 at google patents
- Short's DB
- PTO 244
| Year filed | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Year granted | 1887 |
| Office | US |
| Patent number | 361855 |
| Inventors | William Beeson |
| Inventor country | US |
| Applicant person | William Beeson |
| Applicant firm | |
| Applicant type | |
| Applicant is inventor? | Yes |
| Original title | Aerial navigation |
| English title | Aerial navigation |
| Tech fields | LTA, propeller, sail, piloting, balloon, rudder, flapping, navigation, stability |
| Filing date | October 26, 1886 |
| Full specification filed date | |
| Application number | |
| Grant date | April 26, 1887 |
| Granted? | Yes |
| Publication date | |
| Supplementary to patent | |
| Related to aircraft? | Yes |
| Serial number | 217235 |
| Patent agent | Munn & Co. |
| Assigned to | |
| National tech categories | USPC 244/28 |
| IPCs | |
| CPCs | CPC B64B1/00 |
| Family year | 1886 |
| First filing? | Yes |
| Cites these patents | |
| Citations from after 1930 | |
| Application ID | 46177477 |
| INPADOC family ID | |
| Number of text pages | 5 |
| Number of diagram pages | 3 |
| Number of figures | 8 |
| Number of claims | 22 |
