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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
JAVEES DARCHE, OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
AIRSHIP.
1,050,921. SpeciAcation of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 21,1913.
Application filed May 22, 1912. Serial No. 699,036.
To all whom it may concern: 10 pivotally connected, as at 11, to the up-
Be it known that I, JAMES DARCHE, a per end of the standard 2. An arm 12 ex-
citizen of the United States, residing at tends from the pivot end of the tubular cas-
Corpus Christi, in the county of Nueces and ing 10 and is connected, by means of a rod 60
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and 13 or the like, to an adjusting lever -14
useful Airship, of which the following is a whereby the said tubular casing 10 can be
specification. adjusted angularly relative to the standard
This invention relates to airships of the 2. Shaft 9 does not extend through the
heavier than air type its principal object casing 10 but is merely a stub extending ra- 66
no being to provide a helicopter the elevating dially therefrom. This shaft has a gear 15
wheels of which constitute means not only journaled thereon and rotating with the
for lifting the machine but also for pro- sprocket 8. Said gear meshes with oppo-
pelling it in any direction desired. sitely disposed bevel gears 16 and 17 housed
A further object is to provide a safety within the tubular casing 10. Gear 16 is. 70
15 attachment in the form of a combined para- secured to the lower end of a tubular shaft
chute and sustaining - plane which can be 18 extending upwardly through the casing
used for maintaining the machine in an 10 and provided, at its upper end, with an
elevated position while gliding and which elevating wheel 19. The gear 17 is secured
also constitutes means for retarding the to the lower end of a shaft 20 which ex- 76
20 downward movement of the machine should tends through the tubular shaft 18 and to
the elevating wheels fail to work. a point above the upper end thereof, the up-
With the foregoing and other objects in per end of said shaft 20 being provided
view which will appear as the -description with an elevating wheel 21 similar to the
proceeds, the invention resides in the com- wheel 19 but having its blades pitched op- 80
25 bination and arrangement of parts and in positely thereto. By arranging the gears
the details of construction hereinafter de- in the manner shown it will be seen that,
scribed and claimed, it being understood when gear 15 is rotated, the two shafts 18
that changes in the precise embodiment of and 20 will be simultaneously rotated in
the invention herein disclosed can be made opposite directions so that wheels 19 and 85
30 within the scope of what is claimed, with- 21 will operate to elevate the machine with-
out departing from the spirit of the inven- out, however, causing the machine to rotate
tion... about the axis of the wheels. It is to be
In the accompanying drawings the pre- understood that when the casing 10 is in
ferred form of the invention has been alinement with the standard 2 the wheels 90
35 shown. 19 and 21, while rotating, will lift the ma-
In said drawings :-Figure 1-is a side ele- chine vertically. By shifting the casing 10
vation of the elevating and sustaining ap- relative to the standard 2 by means of lever
paratus constituting the present invention. 14, said casing will cause the wheels 21 and
Fig. 2 is a section on line A-B Fig. 1. 19 to tilt relative to the car 1 and said 95
40 Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section wheels will not only elevate the machine but
through the means provided for transmit- will propel it forwardly.
ting motion to the elevating wheels. Fig. In order to hold taut the chain 6 which
4 is a vertical section through a.portion of engages sprocket 8, a tightener 22 engages
the sustaining plane with the valves or flaps said chain and is mounted on the standard 100
45 closed. 2. Thus it will be seen that casing 10 can
Referring to the figures by characters of be adjusted angularly and the chain will be
reference 1 designates a. portion of the car maintained taut.
of an airship, the same having a standard For the purpose of retarding the down-
2 erected therein and suitably braced, as by ward movement of the machine and for the 105
50 means of rods 3. A rudder such as shown further purpose of sustaining the machine
at 4 may be connected to the standard and while gliding, a plane is mounted upon the
may be provided with any suitable mecha- casing 10. This plane consists of a rim 23
nism for shifting it. A motor 5 is adapted which can be octagonal or of any other
to transmit motion through chains 6 and&a shape desired and which is connected to the 110
55 sprocket 7 to a sprocket 8 secured to a shaft upper end of the casing 10 by means of
9 which is journaled in a tubular casing spokes 24. Triangular spaces are thus
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Darche, James. Airship, patent, January 21, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508723/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.