US965289A - Apparatus for operating planes or wings and rudders of aerial machines. - Google Patents

Description

J, L. GARSBD. APPARATUS FOR OPERATING PLANES 0R WINGS AND RUDDERS 0F AERIAL MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1909.

965,28 I V Patented Ju1y26,1910.

2 sums-sum 1Q J; L. GARSBD. APPARATUS FOR OPERATING PLANES 0R WINGS AND RUDDERS 0P AERIAL MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JOHN LAW GAESED, OF ELLAND, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR OPERATING PLANES OR WINGS AND RUDDERS OF AERIAL MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26, 19ft).

Application filed November 11, 1909. Serial N 0. 527,385.

' To all whom it may concern:

county of York, England, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Ap )aratus for Operating Planes or Wings and Rudders of Aerial Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus or mechanism for operating and controlling or setting the steering or elevating lanes and rudders or warping or controlling the wings or planes generally in aerial machines either separately and in dependently orsim'ultanemisly the object being to enable the ae'ronaut. to control and steer the machine and counteract. any .adverse tendencies arising from sudden gusts of wind or air currents which are-liable to cause the machine to oscillate in various directions and so toendanger its equilibrium The hereinafter described simple mechanism or apparatus places the control of the machine at the will'of the acronaut who can actuate the various parts connected with the apparatus either by hand or foot power or partly by both and the aeronauts hands a to end and the end of one shaft 4 is received in the hollow end of the other shaft 3 (see Fig. 3) to insure rigidity and compactness the two shafts 3-4 affording mutual su port. The shafts 3-4 are carried in brac ets or pedestals 5-5 or in bearings arranged in any convenient part of the framing of the machineand the shafts 3-4 extend to any desired )art of the machine but they are shown broken off in the draw ings. A miter wheel 6 meshing with the two wheels 1-2 is fixed on the shaft 7 which is loosely carried intheframeS with its lower end or foot restingin and further supported by the step formed in the boss 9 loose on the shaft 2-). The upper end of the shaft 7 is furnished with a hand wheel 10 by means of which the miter wheel 6 can be turned in either direction as desired.

The frame 8 is loosely mounted on or carried by the shafts 3-4 and to the lower part of the frame 8 is attached the rod 11 to the lower end of which is fixed the stirrup or pedal 12. There is also loosely mounted 'on or carried by one or other of the shafts 31 a rod 13 the upper end of which is furnished with a handle 1 and thelower end is fitted with a pedal or stirrup 15 similar to' that on the rod 11. The two stirrups 12-15 are just clear of the roughened or rubber covered surface or platform 16 the contour of which corresponds with the are described by the stirrups 12-15 when the rods 11-13 are rocked with a pendnlous motion on their shaft. Each of the shafts 8-4 is preferably provided with a pulley 16 or lever or crank and the rod 13 is furnished with hooks or eyelets 17. The inner 01' tread portion of the pedals or stirrups is roughened or rubber covered to prevent the feet slipping.

The aoronaut sits adjacent to the mechanism or apparatus with his heels upon the platform 16 and his toes in the stirrups 12-15 respectively and he is thus able to manipulate the mechanism in the following manner-By niovin the stirrup 12 with his foot he can root the frame 8 in either direct-ion and the frame 8 carries with it tho miter wheel 6 and the latter bars or carries the wheels 1-2 with it and these wheels being fixed on the shafts 8- the latter are rotated in either direction as desired but both in the same direction. In like manner the frame 8 can be rocked by the hand wheel 10 and when moved or set to the required position held by the foot when the hand wheel 10 is released.

are caused to rotate and the shafts l-t with them but in this case they rotate in opposite directions. 13 can be rocked in either direction either by the handor foot of the acrouaut. As the stirrups 12-15 move. over the curved surface or latform 16 the aeronaut can without di culty hold either or both of them in any desired position the roughened or rubber covered surface of the'platform 16 facilitating this.

By turning the handwheel 10 in either direction the wheels 1--2 In a like manner the rod- The mechanism or apparatus canabe connected with the planes rudders or wlngs 1n various ways say for eXample-The elevatwith the outer portions of the sh'afts 3-4 so that they can be tilted or inclined in the same direction and angle or in different directions and angles at one and the same time'and these movements can be effected independently or simultaneously at the will of the aeronaut and by the hands or by the joint action of the hands and feet.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination, with a stationary frame, and two shafts arranged endto end and journaled therein; of a rocking frame mounted 011 the said shafts, a rod provided with a foot-piece and secured to the said rocking frame, a. shaft journaled in the said rocking frame and provided with means for revolvingit, and a miter wheel secured on the last said shaft and gearing into the said wheels.

2. The combination, with a stationary frame, and two shafts arranged end tosend and journaled therein; ofa rocking frame mounted on the said shafts, a rod provided with a foot-piece: and secured to the said rocking frame, beveled toothed wheels secured to the said shafts, a miter wheel carried by the said rocking frame and gearing into the said wheels, and a curved guide for the heel of the operator arranged under" the said foot-piece. 1 l

3. The combination, with a stationary frame, and two shafts arranged end to end and journaled therein; of a rocking" frame mounted on the said shafts, a rod provided with a foot-piece and secured to the said In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LAW GARSED.

' Witnesses J. B. HOWARD, LoU1s VVARDLE.

Images