Patent US-1910-968931

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Aircraft had valved hinged flapping birdlike wings, covered with silk; steel tubes form skeleton; driven by gasoline engine sparked by battery; operator leans one way or another to steer; horizontal fly-wheel acts as gyroscope; rubber air tanks on the sides act as cushions and flotation devices; base of inclined planes, with legs which can cork-screw into the ground. The claims discuss bracing and hinging of the wings extensively. Wheels and tubes ("bars") are mentioned often.

Inventor location: Collinwood, Cuyahoga county, Ohio (FIPSloc=39035, imputed by HistPat)

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Year filed 1907
Year granted 1910
Office US
Patent number 968931
Inventors Harry C. Gammeter
Inventor country US
Applicant person Harry C. Gammeter
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? Yes
Original title Flying-machine
English title Flying-machine
Tech fields ornithopter, flapping, frame, propulsion, navigation, stability, marine, landing, propeller
Filing date October 9, 1907
Full specification filed date
Application number 1907396546
Grant date August 30, 1910
Granted? Yes
Publication date
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft?
Serial number 396546
Patent agent
Assigned to
National tech categories USPC 244/105
IPCs
CPCs CPC B64C33/02
Family year 1907
First filing? Yes
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID 47337540
INPADOC family ID 11353853
Number of text pages 6
Number of diagram pages 6
Number of figures 13
Number of claims 41