Patent US-1913-1061484
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Diagrams show balloons not dirigibles
- light fabric such as silk, contained in a netting carrying the weight to be suspended
- objective here is to use the natural spherical shape which is most efficient, not to elongate it which calls for bracing
- avoid filling bottom portion of the gas bag, keeping it loose instead
- outer casing in the shape of a cone covering the lower portion of the balloon and concentrating at a ring below
- reducing need for ballast or allowing gas to escape from gasbag for raising/lowering control
- offer facilities for cooking and heating to occupants
- carry fuel for propulsion
- use electricity from the atmosphere
- incorporate wireless telegraphy
- shape car so it would be able to travel on water for usefulness and safety
- enable fishing from the car, or to be useful for fishing indirectly
- anchor the airship to water
- upper portion of gasbag is spherical, lower portion tapers
- flexible conical casing on the lower part
Inventor location (imputed by HistPat): Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, CA (FIPSloc=6037)
Sources
- Patent 1061484 document and bibliographic info on espacenet
- Patent 1061484 at google patents
Year filed | 1910 |
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Year granted | 1913 |
Office | US |
Patent number | 1061484 |
Inventors | Thaddeus S.C. Lowe |
Inventor country | US |
Applicant person | Thaddeus S.C. Lowe |
Applicant firm | |
Applicant type | INDIV |
Applicant is inventor? | 1 |
Original title | Airship |
English title | Airship |
Tech fields | LTA, balloon |
Filing date | 1910-04-06 |
Full specification filed date | |
Application number | 1910553870 |
Grant date | 1913-05-13 |
Granted? | 1 |
Publication date | |
Supplementary to patent | |
Related to aircraft? | 1 |
Serial number | 553870 |
Patent agent | |
Assigned to | |
National tech categories | USPC 244/118.5, USPC 244/30, USPC 244/129.2, USPC 239/14.1, USPC 239/171, USPC 244/97, USPC 43/8 |
IPCs | IPC B64B1/00 |
CPCs | CPC B64B1/00 |
Family year | 1910 |
First filing? | 1 |
Cites these patents | |
Citations from after 1930 | |
Application ID | 47577037 |
INPADOC family ID | 43925348 |
Number of text pages | 6 |
Number of diagram pages | |
Number of figures | |
Number of claims | 4 |