Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 26th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 26th July, 1898-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
I, JOHN DOYLE, of Hoboken, in the County of Hudson, and State of New Jersey,
United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has for its object to produce a new or improved kite and it con-
sists in the construction hereinafter claimed.
The invention will be understood by referring to the accompanying drawing
in which are shown two forms of kites embodying the invention wherein
Figure 1 shows the kite as it appears when in the air;
Figure 2 is a front or face view of the kite;
Figure 3 is a side view thereof;
Figure 4 is a detail view of a part of the kite and
Figure 5 is a front view of another shape of kite embodying the invention.
I will particularly describe the forms of kites shown for the purposes of clear
ness.
The kite shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 is made to represent a vessel, being
shown in the present instance as a sloop, with an enlarged square top sail, with
the jib and main sail fore-and-aft rigged, as is usual in sloops.
In the drawing a is a transverse brace or stick which is the main brace of the
kite, from which a canvas covered frame b depends, which canvas covered frame b
It will be under-
is in the present instance shown as in the form of a hull and flat.
stood, however, that instead of making the hull flat, it may be given any desired
shape. Rising from the main brace a is an upright brace or stick c, (of which
there may be a plurality) which serves to support the sails or wings of the kite,
which are above the main horizontal bar or brace a.
is a cross-brace secured
to the vertical brace or mast c and is in the form of a top sail yard from which
depends the wing or top sail d, which is guyed in any usual manner by a guy or
string e running from the brace b₁ to the main horizontal brace a, preferably at
or near the bowsprit extremity al of the said main bar or brace. The lower edge
or tack of the wing or sail d is preferably secured to the fore-guy e and may
be provided with a boom or yard, if desired. It is preferable to secure this sail
or wing d to the mast or upright brace e, as for instance by means of loops or
hoops . Somewhat the same result may be obtained by employing a yard along
the lower edge of the sail or wing instead of a boom. The rear end of the yard
or stick bis preferably guyed as by means of an after-guy el preferably running
to the rear end of the horizontal brace a. f is another wing which is shown in

page_text: Figure 1 as in the form of a jib or foresail, which jib or foresail is preferably con-
nected to the end of the bow-sprit at the point a¹, is connected at its head to the
mast or upright stick at and at its rear end or clew to the base or foot of the
mast at the point ².
In this
By referring to Figure 4 a preferred mode of connection will be seen.
figure, is a button or belaying pin to which the clew of the sail is secured. g is
another sail or wing of the kite shown in the present instance as the main sail
of the sloop. This main sail is shown as incorporated in the kite structure as
follows: The luff of the said sail is connected to a pin e' at the base of the mast
or upright stick and the head of the sail is connected to a gaff h (Figure 2) the
jaws h of which gaff being preferably rigidly fastened to the mast. The clew of
the sail is preferably secured to the main horizontal stick or bar of the kite.
The gaff is preferably guyed by means of the top sail guy g¹, as shown, the after-
guy serving to assist in bracing the gaff, as will be seen by inspecting the
drawing.
By referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3 it will be observed that instead of employing
the usual form of bridle a bridle comprising a stock or rod i, is preferably socketed
in the socket of the mast or upright e and extends upward and outward from
the face of the kite and is guyed by a guy j, which is secured at its forward end j
k is the kite
to the said bridle rod i and at its rear end j2 to the upright or mast c.
string which is secured to the bridle structure just described preferably by being
tied into the ring or rings 7. The socketed end of the stick or rod i may be suit-
ably bound to the upright c. Instead of employing the ordinary and cumbersome
tail heretofore usually employed with kites, a balancing device is provided com-
prising an anchor of a general parachute form, that is to say, having a plurality
of arms 'm preferably radiating from a common centre and having their ends con-
nected by a baggy fabric m¹, the structure being provided, if desired, with a
stick m2, as shown. This anchor may be collapsable as for instance by securing
the arms m and the upright stick m² together by means of a nail or other pivotal
connection passing through the said arms and entering the upright m². This
balancing device is preferably secured to the kite by means of a bridle n secured
to the horizontal bar or stick of the kite.
In Figure 1 is clearly shown the mode of using the kite, which has been reduced
to practice and has been found to be very efficient for the purpose.
In Figure 5 I have shown a shape of kite wherein instead of making the kite
ship-shape I have modified the arrangements of the sticks and have given the fabric
portion of the kite the form or shape of an angel. This view is to a degree
diagrammatic to show the principle thereof. In this view A is the horizontal stick of
the kite, C is the upright stick of the kite and D are laterally extending sticks
secured to the upright stick. The said sticks are preferably guyed together as
by means of guys E and the bridle device and balancing device heretofore described
employed. The fabric, as before mentioned, is made in the form of an angel and
suitably connected to the sticks, employing additional guys and sticks where
necessary. It will be observed, however, that the fabric parts extend both above
and below the horizontal or transverse stick A as in the former case the sails of
the vessel extend above the horizontal or transverse stick a of the kite and the hull
of the ship extends below the said transverse stick.
I would have it understood that although I have employed the word "sticks"
herein to designate the more rigid bars or braces of the kite, the sticks may how-
ever be made of any desired form and of any desired material without departing
from the spirit of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:―
1. A kite provided with a kite-string attaching means comprising an upwardly
proiecting stick connected at one end to the body of the kite by which the said

page_text: kite receives the thrust of the stick, and guyed to the kite so that the said kite
receives the pull of the free end of the stick, substantially as described.
2. A kite structure of the character described comprising a kite body, a bridle
secured thereto comprising a rigid stick bringing a thrusting force to bear upon
the kite structure by one of its ends having its free portion guyed to the kite and
bringing a pulling strain upon the said guy and a bifilarly suspended inverted
parachute balancing device, substantially as described and for the purposes set
forth.
3. A kite structure comprising a hull, a mast provided with sticks after the
manner of yards or gaffs and independent sails secured to the said mast and yard
or gaffs.
4. A kite comprising in its structure the hull b, the transverse stick a, the
vertical stick or mast c, the yard 6, the gaff h, sails d, f, g, and guys for securing
the parts together, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.
5. The herein described improved kite constructed substantially as specified and
illustrated in the drawings.
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A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.