US999560A - Flying-machine. - Google Patents

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A. HELFER. FLYING MAOHINB.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1910.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

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A. HELFER.

FLYING MAGHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAH, 1910.

' Patent-,ed Aug. 1,/1911.

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nimm narran, or ANew Yoan, N. Y.

FLYING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.1, 1911.

pplication 1ed Mayf 6, 1910. Serial No. 559,786.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, citizen of the Swiss Republic, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inFlyin -Machines,of which the following is a spec' cation.

My invention consists of a new and improved flying machine.l

The' invention relates to that type of airship or flying machine which isheavier than air. f

My device is constructed by having a number of revolving frames with a series of revolving planes or blades pivotally connected thereto.

The machine has a driving shaft adapted to be rotated by a suitable motor or any other desirable motive power. This driving shaft is connected by means of gears to a transmission shaft which revolves a number of frames or arms having a series of planes or blades. The transmission shaft by a system of gears f differentratios rotates the planes on slower speed than the frames or arms. Each of the revolving frames or arms with its planes can be tilted and set to any angle by means of a handwheel with a worm and gear connection. The frames or arms -with their, planes can thus be adjustedand set independently of each other to any required position, either for thepurpose of raising the machine, or one of the planes may be tilted as a rudder when steering, or they can be set on a proper angle to balance the machine, or the blades can be reversed to stop the machine and used as a brake'.-` y

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a rear View of my machine. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view. Fig. 3 isa horizontal sectional view taken on the line w a: Fig. 1. The device consists of 'a platform which maybe of any desired construction, either a flooring or a basket vor a frame like body constructed of tubing, etc. In the construction shown I have indicated at a a platform or flooring.

The driving s aft is designated at c and may be connected to a motor at d. Any suitable motive power may be used. vThe motor is notv shown. In the construction shown there are four uprights or standards b. At the 'top of the is a beveled gear e meshing driving shaft c gear f on a transmis'- with a corresponding ARMIN HELrEn, a n

sion shaft g. The transmission shaft g has sleeves h surrounding it, and these sleeves h' pass through and rest in bearings 4. The bea-rings 4 form a part of the uprights b shown in Fig. 1. These sleeves h have at each end a bifurcated frame z'. These bifurcated frames i have openings 5 and through m these openings 5 passes a shaft m carrying frames or arms 'n and to whichvare pivotally fastened the planes or `Vblades 0. These metal frame, rectangular in shape and covered with canvas or suitable material, orthe planes or blades may be made entirely of metal if desired with the pivots attached directly to the blades.

Motion is transmitted to the frames or arms carrying the planes or blades and also to the planes or blades themselves in the following manner, viz z-The bifurcated arms i of the sleeve z. have exteriorly formed hubs 7 rigidly secured thereto and to each hub 7 is rlgidly secured a gear 6. Through the hubs 7 and openings 5 therein extends the shaft m carrying the arms or fra-mes n which in turn carry the .planes or blades 0. On this shaft m is secured a gear Z meshing with the gear la which gearI lc is rigidly se cured on the transmission shaft g. It will thus be seen that motion of the transmission shaft g is by means of the gears lc and transmitted to the shafts fm. on which the frames hang vand the frames are thus rou fated.

I will now describe the rotation of the planes or blades themselves. This latter result is attained by the arm of the frame n which is nearest to the-transmission shaft g, having a series of bearings 8 thereon. Revolving in these bearings 8 are shafts s, there being onev shaft for each blade or plane o as shown in Fig. 2. Each of these shafts s' has a gear 10 rigidly secured thereto which gears 10 co-act with the steady or rigid gear 6 on the hub 7 and the bifurcated frame i of the sleeve 71.. On the farther end of each of the shafts s is al gear t meshing with a larger gear w secured to the pivot of the plane or blade o. This gear. u is larger than gear t, preferably twice the size, so that the planes or blades revolve'more slowly than the arms or frames n.

The planes or blades are the frame or arms carrying so arranged in them that they heel u and this gear u 1s rigidly 4planes or blades may be constructed of a are always at right angles to each other, as

`the blades when in advance of the other blade of the pair.

The top of the driving shaft c has a frame like housing 7 shown in Fig. l in which are mounted steering wheels p having a worm'g as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, meshing with a worm wheel 'w on the sleeve h. By turningthese steering wheels p the sleeve /L is turned on the shaft g and the revolving frames n with planes or bladesv o are correspondingly tilted to vany desired angle to obtain theforward motion of the machine, and by means of these wheels p the action of the machine may bey reversed and the planes or blades used to give the machine a backward motion or`to act as a brake, and the machine may also be steered, by changing the position orthe operation of'one of the steerlng wheels to work in one direction and the, other steering wheel to work in the opposite direction or toremain stationary.

lIn the accompanying illustrations I have only shown one driving vshaft with one transmission shaft carrying two frames or arms on each end and each frame and arm has two planes or blades making four planes or blades in all. Of course, if necessary or desirable, I inay have more than one series of driving shafts and transmission shafts so that .the machine may carry as many planes or blades as desired.

'I do not wish to be confined to the construction of the gears which I have shown. Instead of the'beveled gears shown on the arms or frame, I may use `if desired, in lieu thereof, a series of chains and sprockets.

I claim 1.1A flying machine comprising a drivlng shaft, a transmission ,shaft rotatively connected to the driving shaft, al rotative frame coupled* to the transmission shaft, a

series of planes rotatively mounted in the frame, a sleeve loosely mounted on-the transmission shaft, planetary devices connected to and rotated by the frame for revolving the -planes at a slower rate of speed ,than the rame, and ineans operatively connected to the sleeve for tilting the frame to any ldesired angle.

2. A liying machine comprising a driving shaft, a transmission shaft rotatively connected to the driving shaft, a plurality of rotative frames coupled to the transmission shaft, a series ofy planes mounted in the frames, sleeves loosely mounted on .the transmission shaft, planetary devices connected to the planes and rotated by the frames for revolving theplanes at a slower rate of speed than the-frames, and means operatively connected to the sleeves for independently tilting the frames to any de-7 sired position.

3. A flying machine comprising a driving shaft, a transmission shaft rotatively connected to the driving shaft, rotative frames geared to the transmission shaft, a series of planes mounted in .the frames, sleeves loosely mounted on the transmission shaft and connected to the frames, devices carried by the frames to Iengage the planes and having planetary the frames for revolving the 4planes Aat a slower` rate of speed than the frames,:and means operatively connected to the sleeves 4for tilting the frames to any desired angle.

4. A flying machine comprising a driving shaft, a transmission shaft rotativel connected to then driving shaft,protative rames of planes having gears mounted in the frames, sleeves loosely mounted on the transmission shaft-and connected to the frames, planetary devices geared to the planes and adapted to engage the sleeves forfrevolving the planes at a slower rate of speed than the frames, v tively connected to the sleeves for tilt-ing the frames to any desired angle.

5. A flying machine comprising a driving shaft, a transmission shaft rotatively connected to the driving shaft, rotative frames geared to the transmission shaft, a series of planes mounted in the lframes', sleeves loosely mounted 'on the transmission shaft and connected to the frames, planetary devices car'- ried by the frames to engage t e planes and rotated by the frames for revolving the planes at a slower rate of speed than the frames, and mechanism including steering wheels with worm connections to the sleeves for tilting the frames to any In testimony whereof I have hereunto set Kmy hand in the presence of two subscribing lwitnesses.

ARMIN HELFER. Witnesses .CHRISTIAN H. ALMsTADr, BERTHA -WILLEIL motlon about the axis of' and means operadesired angle.

geared to the transmission shaft, a series

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