Patent US-1888-398984
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"The aeronaut's jacket A (shown most clearly in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings) is preferably made mainly of leather; but it may be made mainly of cloth or any other suitable material or fabric. It has an elongated main or back portion, a, and a front consisting mainly of a breast-belt, a', two shoulder-belts, a2 a2, and a broad body-belt, a3, all having suitable buckle-and-strap connections with the main part of the jacket, which is provided with holes a4 a4, through which the aeronaut will slip his arms prior to buckling the jacket around his body. A couple of straps, a5 a5, fastened at one end to the bottom of the jacket-back a, are brought up between the aeronaut's legs, and thence diagonally across his thighs, and are buckled to tabs at the sides of the jacket, and another belt, a6, also connected to the middle lower part of the back, a, is brought around between the aeronaut's legs, and is buckled to a tab at the central lower portion of the broad body-belt a8, and whereby when all these belts are buckled the jacket will be held very tightly to the aeronaut's body [...]
Human flapping attached wings underneath a gas balloon
Lilienthal museum's Seifert notes:
- Spalding built a model in the shape of a flying human. The flying apparatus consists of wings and a tail, which are connected to the plane with a jacket-like construction. Straps in the pelvic area pass between the legs on the back. The wings attached to the wrist are pivotable by Holm joints. They are attached to the 13 springs along the direction of flight. The wings are to be flapped by the movement of the arms. The tail was spreadable. The model is to be made airworthy by a balloon. It is located in the Washington DC National Air and Space Museum. Spalding patented this model. Bildquelle: Quelle 1, S. 63 gl 68 S. 77
- Seifert cites V. Moolman. The way to Kitty Hawk. Amsterdam 1981, p. 63, and translates the original title as "Flügelschlagmodell"
- Inventor location: Rosita, CO
Sources
- Patent 398984 document and bibliographic info on espacenet
- Patent 398984 at google patents
- Archive record of this patent at the Lilienthal museum patents web site
- Short's DB
- Other sources of information about this patent are on the Web
| Year filed | 1888 |
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| Year granted | 1889 |
| Office | US |
| Patent number | 398984 |
| Inventors | Reuben Jasper Spalding |
| Inventor country | US |
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| Applicant is inventor? | Yes |
| Original title | Flying-machine |
| English title | Human-powered flapping wings with balloon |
| Tech fields | LTA, flapping, piloting, human-powered, hybrid, ornithopter, texture, leather |
| Filing date | September 1, 1888 |
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| Application number | |
| Grant date | March 5, 1889 |
| Granted? | Yes |
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| Related to aircraft? | Yes |
| Serial number | 284340 |
| Patent agent | Munn & Co. |
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| National tech categories | USPC 244/28, USPC 244/64, USPC 244/151R |
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| CPCs | CPC B64B1/00 |
| Family year | 1888 |
| First filing? | Yes |
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| Number of text pages | 7 |
| Number of diagram pages | 5 |
| Number of figures | 14 |
| Number of claims | 20 |
