Elevator

The term elevator is today understood to mean a flap attached somewhere in the tail area of an airplane, whose angle influences movement along the y-axis, i.e. pitch.

A patent family from 1909–1910 (see Patent DE-1909-236693) gives translations including:

• Höhensteuer
• Timón de profundidad

In this group, the British patent uses the term "Steering Rudder".

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This wiki has 21 patents in category "Elevator".

Patents in category Elevator

• Patent GB-1868-568 (English title: Elevator and propeller kite, Inventors: John Hullett, Filing date: 1868-02-20)
• Patent DE-1907-209844 (English title: Flying machine with movable elevator, Inventors: Ernst Wilhelm Brackelsberg, Filing date: 1907-09-27)
• Patent GB-1908-21092 (English title: Box rudder, Inventors: Albert Tribelhorn, Filing date: 1908-10-06)
• Patent DE-1909-236693 (English title: Device for autonomous movement of high-rudder ["elevator"] on aircraft, Filing date: 1909-04-29, Applicant firm: Motorluftschiff Studiengesellschaft m.b.H)
• Patent GB-1909-16068 (English title: Mechanism for actuating rudders or controlling planes of aeronautical machines, Inventors: Orville Wright • Wilbur Wright, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1908-07-15, Filing date: 1909-07-09)
• Patent GB-1909-23166 (English title: Improvements to rudders or elevating planes of flying machines, Inventors: Horace Leonard Short • Albert Eustace Short • Hugh Oswald Short, Filing date: 1909-10-11)
• Patent NZ-1909-26981 (English title: Aeroplane, Inventors: William John Hastings Beach, Filing date: 1909-12-02)
• Patent AU-1910-17277 (English title: Aeroplane, Inventors: William John Hastings Beach, Supplementary to patent: Patent NZ-1909-26981, Filing date: 1910-03-03)
• Patent HU-1910-54129 (English title: Equipment for automatic control of the height steering of flying airships, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1909-236693, Filing date: 1910-04-18, Applicant firm: Motorluftschiff-Studiengesellschaft m. b. H)
• Patent FR-1910-415956 (English title: Elevator for airplane, Inventors: Walter Stein • Friedrich Wagner, Filing date: 1910-05-13)
• Patent GB-1910-9685 (English title: Improved devices for aerial and other vessels, Inventors: Alexander Horton, Filing date: 1910-05-27)
• Patent US-1910-1018474 (English title: Airplane, Inventors: Willian John Hastings Beach, Supplementary to patent: Patent NZ-1909-26981, Filing date: 1910-08-05)
• Patent FR-1910-419623 (English title: Improved airplane, Inventors: William John Hastings Beach, Supplementary to patent: Patent NZ-1909-26981, Filing date: 1910-08-22)
• Patent GB-1911-3340 (English title: Improvements in aeroplanes, Inventors: Renato Giampietro, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1910-112937, Filing date: 1911-02-09)
• Patent FR-1911-427404 (English title: Spiral direct lift for aeroplanes, Inventors: John Llewelyn Evans, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1910-6416, Filing date: 1911-03-15)
• Patent AT-1911-54438 (English title: Aircraft controls, Inventors: Michael Ouschkoff, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1910-241266, Filing date: 1911-04-10)
• Patent US-1911-1056247 (English title: Propeller steering, Inventors: Julius Christian Christiansen, Filing date: 1911-04-10)
• Patent GB-1911-18730 (English title: Controlling plane for flying machines, Inventors: Algernon Fletcher, Filing date: 1911-08-19)
• Patent NZ-1912-30924 (English title: Aeroplane, Inventors: George Brougham Hubert Austin, Supplementary to patent: Patent AU-1911-510, Filing date: 1912-02-22)
• Patent DE-1913-307486 (English title: Airplane, of which the wings can be adjusted together with the elevator, Inventors: Bernard de Beer, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-450422, Filing date: 1913-11-04)
• Patent FR-1913-465919 (English title: Automatic elevator for airplanes, Inventors: Peter Margardt, Filing date: 1913-12-09)

Publications referring to Elevator

• Quervain, 1908, Ueber die Wirkung der Höhensteuer beim Zeppelinschen Luftschiff (Simple title: On the effect of the height control in the Zeppelin airship, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Lilienbach, 1909, Amélioration du gouvernail de profondeur des aéroplanes (Simple title: Improvement of the elevator rudder, Journal: La Conq. l'Air)
• Publication 12998, 1909, Wright Brothers' new elevator (Simple title: Wright Brothers' new elevator, Journal: Flight)
• Higgins, 1911, To discover the best flying type of glider with main planes and elevator (Simple title: To discover the best flying type of glider with main planes and elevator, Journal: Flight)