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Flying-Machine - U.S. Patent No. 544,816 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | In a flying machine the combination with a supporting frame, of a wing adapted to be folded together and having its ribs diverging from a common support, and suitably hinged thereto a string connecting the outer points of the ribs, and continuous fabric attached to a series of ribs, substantially as set forth. |
 | | In a flying machine, the combination with a supporting frame, of a wing having its ribs diverging from a common support, fabric stretched over the ribs and wires, as i, extending from the ribs downward to the supporting frame for the purpose of adjusting thereby the tension of the ribs, substantially as set forth. |
 | | In a flying machine, a supporting frame for the wings comprising a hoop h, rods extending from it for supporting the operator and a tail and a rudder, and pockets as d for receiving the ends of the ribs of the wings, substantially as set forth. |
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