Patent US-1897-588556
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Lemon-shaped balloon, multiple compartments, inflated from car; cabin tightly connected to balloon, double walls; floor sloping upwards to decrease air resistance; rudder operated by extension inside cabin; propeller wheel (can be run backwards for backwards motion once in air); parachute for emergency or even potentially replacing the balloon
- Inventor location (imputed by HistPat): Grand Rapids, MN, Itasca county, MN (FIPSloc=27061)
Sources
- Patent 588556 document and bibliographic info on espacenet
- Patent 588556 at google patents
- Aeronautical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4, October 1897, p. 24.
- Short's DB
Year filed | 1896 |
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Year granted | 1897 |
Office | US |
Patent number | 588556 |
Inventors | Thomas Mortimer Crepar |
Inventor country | US |
Applicant person | |
Applicant firm | |
Applicant type | |
Applicant is inventor? | Yes |
Original title | Air-Ship |
English title | Air-Ship |
Tech fields | LTA, balloon, car, rudder, parachute, design |
Filing date | April 14, 1896 |
Full specification filed date | |
Application number | |
Grant date | August 24, 1897 |
Granted? | Yes |
Publication date | |
Supplementary to patent | |
Related to aircraft? | Yes |
Serial number | 587438 |
Patent agent | |
Assigned to | |
National tech categories | USPC 244/25 |
IPCs | IPC B64B1/00 |
CPCs | CPC B64B1/00 |
Family year | 1897 |
First filing? | No |
Cites these patents | |
Citations from after 1930 | |
Application ID | 46567400 |
INPADOC family ID | |
Number of text pages | 3 |
Number of diagram pages | 2 |
Number of figures | 4 |
Number of claims | 2 |