Air Ship Patents Collection at Indiana University of Pennsylvania

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) has an archive of US airship patents at its campus an hour northeast of Pittsburgh.

• "The Air Ship Patents collection contains patents related to airplanes and other modes of air travel, ranging from 1844-1903."
• "These papers include patents for air balloons, flying machines, aerial navigation equipment, and other aerial inventions. . . . Most contain a detailed sketch of the product, and a letter of patented certification."
• "The Air Ship Patents Collection is housed in 2 archival boxes." "This collection is open for research."

On pages about these patents, freely use {{IUParchive}} to cite this page as having archive information abouth it.

Below is a published list of the patents covered. Let's add the patent numbers, at our convenience

References

List of the folders in the archive

• M. Muzzi: Flying Machine October 16, 1844 - Patent US-1844-3799 (on Manner of directing the course of aerostats or balloons of various forms)
• Hugh Bell: Balloone March 26, 1850 - Patent US-1850-7207
• J.W. Brewer: Balloon - July 11, 1854 - Patent US-1854-11248
• James P. Gage: Balloon - March 8, 1859 - Patent US-1859-23163
• M. Nelson: Aerial Car, May 21, 1891
• Luther C. Crowell: Aerial Machine, June 3, 1862 - Patent US-1862-35437
• Thomas L. Shaw: Balloon -- February 10, 1863 - Patent US-1863-37667
• James H. Connell: Air Balloon - November 17, 1863 - Patent US-1863-40608
• Solomon Andrews: Aerostat - July 5, 1864 - Patent US-1864-43449
• A. G. Wright: Balloon, December 27, 1864 -- Patent US-1864-45665
• John Wootten: Flying Machine, May 22, 1866
• Chester W. Sykes: Improved Marine Balloons - September 11, 1866 - Patent US-1866-57996
• W. F Quinby: Improved Flying Machine - September 10, 1867 - Patent US-1867-68789
• Zaphna Stone: Aerial Navigator, May 12, 1868 - Patent US-1868-77850
• Onofrio Abruzo: Aerial Car, July 21, 1868
• Frederick Marriott: Aerial Steam Car, November 23, 1869
• Martin Braun: Improved Aerial Ships, February 8, 1870 - Patent US-1870-99629
• A.P. Keith: Aerial Car, March 1, 1870
• Edward Oaks: Aerial Car, August 30, 1870
• Isaac W. Forbes: Aerial Cars - July 16, 1872 - Patent US-1872-129401
• Paul Haenlein: Improved Balloon Locomotion, August 27, 1872
• Watson F. Quinby: Improved Flying Apparatus - October 8, 1872 - Patent US-1872-132022
• Charles McDermott: Improved Nav. Apparatus - November 12, 1872 - Patent US-1872-133046
• T. Moy and E. Shill: Navigation Apparatus, November 26, 1872 - Patent US-1872-133381
• Thomas Green: Navigating Apparatus, August 12, 1873
• Otto Francis: Navigating Apparatus, February 10, 1874 - Patent US-1874-147252
• C. B. Wainwright: Steering & Propelling App., March 24, 1874
• Lewis A. Boswell: Improved Propeller-Wheels - April 4, 1874 - Patent US-1874-155218
• James Hartness: Balloons, May 19, 1874 - Patent US-1874-151124
• C.F. McGlashan: Guiding Balloons, June 16, 1874
• Daniel L. Rhone: Aerial Boats, June 23, 1874
• Micajah Dyer: Navigating Apparatus, September 1, 1874
• L. A. Boswell: Aerial Propeller Wheels, September 22, 1874 - Patent US-1874-155218 (same as above)
• Felix LeBlanc: Aerial Vessels, October 27, 1874
• Peter B. Fernandez: Aerial & Marine Gyrator, April 6, 1875
• F. X. Lamboley: Flying Machine, August 15, 1876
• John B. Ward: Aerial Machine, December 19, 1876
• Frank Barnett: Flying Machine, May 15, 1877
• Washington Beckley: Balloon, July 17, 1877
• M. M. Murrell: Aerial Navigators, August 14, 1877 - Patent US-1877-194104
• James J. Pennington: Flying Machine, September 4, 1877 - Patent US-1877-194841
• John B. Ward: Aerial Machine, October 2, 1877
• Fritz A. L. Von Ehren: Aerial Vessels, January 15, 1878
• C.F. Ritchel: Improved Flying Machine, March 12, 1878
• William F. Pearson: Balloon, April 23, 1878
• Richard William Cowan: Aerial Paddle-Wheel, May 28, 1878 -- Patent US-1878-204296
• James Tracey: Air Ship, June 25, 1878
• J.F. Cameron: Air Ship -- November 26, 1878 -- Patent US-1878-210238
• Henrey Badgley: Aerial Machine, April 22, 1879
• Watson F. Quinby: Aerial Ship - granted August 12, 1879 - Patent US-1879-218573
• J.J. Greenough: Aerobat, October 17, 1879
• Albert L. Blackman: Aerial Nav. Vess. & Machine - February 17, 1880 - Patent US-1880-224510
• Charles A. Sullivan: Flying Machine, November 30, 1880
• F. W. Brearey: Aerial Apparatus, November 30, 1880
• John F. Mackenzie: Aerial Navigation, December 21, 1880
• E.A. Pearse: Aerial Navigation Machine, January 11, 1881
• William Beeson: Flying Ship, August 16, 1881 - Patent US-1881-245768
• Edward De Jongh: Aeronautic App. & Regulator, September 13, 1881
• Albert L. Blackman: Aerial Navigation Vessel - granted December 6, 1881 - Patent US-1881-250417
• William G. Krueger: Air Ship, January 31, 1882
• Charles P. Fest: Balloon, April 4, 1882 -- Patent US-1882-255963
• Carl W. Petersen: Air Ship, April 11, 1882
• James A. Nisonger: Shifting rail for vehicles, May 23, 1882
• Charles P. Fest: Air Ship, August 29, 1882 -- Patent US-1882-263397
• R.L. Downton: Aerial Ship, September 12, 1882
• Joel Ray: Aerial Vessel, January 2, 1883
• E. F. Falconnet: Aerial Ship, January 23, 1883
• Martin Bruan: Aerial Ship February 1, 1877
• James M. Wheeler: Air Ship April 19, 1887
• Peter C. Campbell: Air Ship May 10, 1887
• Joseph Neubrand: Aerial Vessel April 19, 1887
• Williams Beeson: Aerial Navigation April 26, 1887 - Patent US-1887-361855
• C. R. E. Wulff: Apparatus for Propelling & Guiding Balloons, May 17, 1887 -- Patent US-1887-363037
• W. N. Hutchinson: Aerial Vessel October 18, 1887
• Charles H. Morgan: Air Ship November 22, 1887
• William Beeson: Flying Machine January 24, 1888 - Patent US-1888-376937
• W. Gustafson: Aerial Navigation February 21, 1888
• Blaise Bontems: Aerial Navigation Apparatus, April 17, 1888 - Patent US-1885-381106
• E. P. Johnston: Air Ship, June 5, 1888 - Patent US-1888-383889
• John P. Holmes: Air Ship, February 12, 1889
• C. A. Kunzel: Balloon, March 12, 1889 -- Could not find such a patent on google or espacenet. There are other inventions in the 1890s by a Charles A. Kunzel Jr. -- looking thru the patents of this particular day (over 200 of them) I haven't found a balloon patents
• H. A. J. Rieckert: Air Ship, March 19, 1889 - Patent US-1889-399783
• N. H. Borgfeldt: Flying Machine, granted October 1, 1889 - Patent US-1888-411779
• David Thayer: Aerial Apparatus December 24, 1889
• Matthias H. Baldwin: Aerostat March 25, 1890
• John J. Pokorny: Air Ship - April 1, 1890 - Patent US-1890-424822
• C. E. Bechtel: Air Ship June 3, 1890
• Carl G. E. Hennig (C. D. E. Hennig): Air Ship, June 17, 1890 - Patent US-1890-430343
• Stewart Cairncross: Aerial Machine July 22, 1890
• Perham W. Nahl: Navigable Air Ship October 28, 1890
• Burr F. Barnes: Flying Machine - September 29, 1891 - Patent US-1891-460194
• John Arbtin: Air Ship November 3, 1891 - Patent US-1891-462612
• Stewart Caircross: Aerial Machine December 8, 1891
• James C. Walker: Air Ship January 12, 1892
• W. N. Riddle: Aerial Ship April 19, 1892
• Burr F. Barnes: Air Ship - July 12, 1892 - Patent US-1892-478905
• Leon Grayon: Propeller August 16, 1892
• C. T. L. Gabrielii: Balloon Ship June 27, 1893
• Theodor Steinmann: Air Ship July 11, 1893
• S. B. Batten: Aerial Machine July 25, 1893
• A. F. Bergqvist: Aerial Vessel October 17, 1893
• C. F. Billwillner: Navigable Air Ship October 31, 1893
• Edwin Pynchon: Air Ship November 14, 1893
• Joachim A. Sumovski: Balloon December 12, 1893
• [[J. S. Preiswerk -- Listed incorrectly; should be Theodor Schneider-Preiswerk: Parachute Sail for Balloons January 9, 1894 - Patent US-1894-512450
• S. Spaeth: Aerial Vessel February 6, 1894
• Christopher G. Cross: Aerial Locomotive March 13, 1894
• George Wellner: Flying Apparatus March 13, 1894 - Patent US-1894-516581
• Duana Hurlbut: Air Ship September 25, 1894
• Hermann Ganswindt: Propeller for Aerial Vehicles October 2, 1894
• Nicholas H. Borgfeldt: Aerial Navigation Apparatus December 4, 1894
• Otto Lilienthal: Flying Machine August 20, 1895
• W. N. Hutchinson: Navigable Balloon October 15, 1895
• Manoel V. Coutinho: Aerostat - March 17, 1896 - Patent US-1896-556621
• C. A. Smith: Air Ship August 11, 1896
• Frank Kline: Power Wheel July 28, 1896
• E.J. St. Croix: Air Ship December 26, 1896
• Henrey Heintz: Air Ship April 20, 1897
• Carl E. Myers: Sky Cycle April 20, 1897
• Octave Chanute: Soaring Machine May 18, 1897
• Louis P. Mouillard: Means of Aerial Flight May 18, 1897
• Thomas M. Crepar: Air Ship August 24, 1897
• Daniel Reed: Air Ship October 12, 1897
• Jacob D. Graybill: Aerial Machine October 26, 1897
• James Richardson: Flying Machine December 28, 1897
• Theodore Leibbrand: Aerial Navigation March 22, 1898
• Adolph Koehler: Air Ship June 7, 1898
• F. A. Jone: Flying Machine June14, 1898
• William P. Butuson: Soaring Machine June 28, 1898
• Charles E. Hite: Air Ship July 12, 1898
• Thomas J. Brown: Aerial Ship September 13, 1898
• Oscar L. Smith: Air Ship October 13, 1898
• R.H. Von Sieqsfeld: Air Balloon October 25, 1898
• Frederick R. Merritt: Air Ship December 6, 1898
• F. Graf Zeppelin: Navigable Balloon March 14, 1899
• John F. Pickering: Air Ship February 20, 1900
• Louis Etienne Roze: Flying Machine - May 1, 1900 - Patent US-1900-648634
• Charles Stanley: Air Ship - October 9, 1900 - Patent US-1900-659264
• Leo Stevens: Controllable Balloons November 13, 1900
• Joseph H. Dillon-Gregg: Aerial Navigation Machine - January 22, 1901 - Patent US-1899-666266
• A. F. Hubbard: Air Ship February 19, 1901
• Eugene M. Farr: Aerial Vessel July 9, 1901
• Walter J. Bell: Wing for Flying Machine February 25, 1902
• Frederick W. Dufwa: Blade for Air Ship March 4, 1902
• Charles Groombridge: Propeller for Air Ship April 8, 1902
• Joel T. Rice: Flying Machine July 8, 1902 - Patent US-1902-704375 (probably)
• Ernest R. Krocker: Air Ship or Vessel - November 4, 1902 - Patent US-1902-712689
• E. P. Johnson: Air Ship March 10, 1903
• John Berry: Air Ship March 24, 1903
• Thor Michelsen: Air Ship April 21, 1903
• Otto A. Kaehler: Flying Machine May 5, 1903
• L. A. Boswell: Steering for Diriqible May 26, 1903 - Patent US-1903-728844
• Geo. D. Shultz: Aerial Vessel June 2, 1903
• Theodor Gibon: Aeroplane June 2, 1903
• A. F. Godefroy: Means for Propelling Vessels June 9, 1903 - Patent US-1903-730529
• Isaac I. Morris: Aerial Navigation Machine September 1, 1903
• C. E. Van Devanter: Aerial Navigation Apparatus October 13, 1903
• Eugene F. Falconnet
• Charles H. Morgan: Aerial Ship