Patent US-1913-1061484
| Year filed | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Year granted | 1913 |
| Office | US |
| Patent number | 1061484 |
| Inventors | Thaddeus S.C. LOWE |
| Inventor country | US |
| Applicant person | LOWE THADDEUS S C |
| Applicant firm | |
| Applicant type | INDIV |
| Applicant is inventor? | 1 |
| Original title | Airship |
| English title | Airship |
| Tech fields | LTA |
| Filing date | balloon |
| Full specification filed date | 1910-04-06 |
| Application number | |
| Grant date | 1910553870 |
| Granted? | 1913-05-13 |
| Publication date | 1 |
| Supplementary to patent | |
| Related to aircraft? | |
| Serial number | 1 |
| Patent agent | 553870 |
| Assigned to | |
| National tech categories | |
| IPCs | 244/118.5 |
| CPCs | 244/30 |
| Family year | 244/129.2 |
| First filing? | 239/14.1 |
| Cites these patents | |
| Citations from after 1930 | |
| Application ID | 43/8 |
| INPADOC family ID | B64B1/00 |
| Number of text pages | B64B1/00 |
| Number of diagram pages | 1910 |
| Number of figures | 1 |
| Number of claims | 6 |
- Sources
- https://www.google.com/patents/US1061484 espacenet lighter than air ; 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): Los Angeles, CA, Los angeles county, CA (FIPSloc=6037)
