Patent US-1892-502168
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Probably first rocket-propulsion (aero) patent; envisions large car with passengers & cargo.
A substance such as nitro-glycerine is used to create explosions in a cup-shaped appendage at the back of the aircraft; these are supposed to create a reaction which propels the ship forward.
This invention is also described in a Scientific American article published two months after the patents' initial filing.
Inventor location (imputed by HistPat): New York, New York county, NY (FIPSloc=36061)
Patents which are supplementary to this one
- Patent GB-1892-15977 (English title: Aerial Machines, Filing date: 1892-09-06)
- Patent FR-1892-224176 (English title: System of dirigible apparatus, Filing date: 1892-09-06)
- Patent CA-1892-42224 (English title: Aerial Machine, Filing date: 1892-08-25)
Sources
- Short's DB
- PTO 244
- Patent 502168 document and bibliographic info on espacenet
- Patent 502168 at google patents
| Year filed | 1892 |
|---|---|
| Year granted | 1893 |
| Office | US |
| Patent number | 502168 |
| Inventors | Sumter Beauregard Battey |
| Inventor country | US |
| Applicant person | |
| Applicant firm | |
| Applicant type | |
| Applicant is inventor? | Yes |
| Original title | Aerial Machine |
| English title | Aerial Machine |
| Tech fields | LTA, propulsion, rocket, whole, aluminum, combustion, motor |
| Filing date | 1892/08/26 |
| Full specification filed date | |
| Application number | |
| Grant date | 1893/07/25 |
| Granted? | Yes |
| Publication date | |
| Supplementary to patent | |
| Related to aircraft? | Yes |
| Serial number | 444183 |
| Patent agent | Munn & Co. |
| Assigned to | |
| National tech categories | USPC 244/74, USPC 60/200.1, USPC 60/247, USPC 60/250, USPC 89/1.14, USPC 244/53R |
| IPCs | IPC B64D27/20 |
| CPCs | |
| Family year | 1893 |
| First filing? | No |
| Cites these patents | |
| Citations from after 1930 | |
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| Number of text pages | 2 |
| Number of diagram pages | 3 |
| Number of figures | 6 |
| Number of claims | 3 |
