Franz Schneider was an engineer granted the first patent
Patent
A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a term of patent in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.... on 15 July 1913 for a synchronisation device
Interrupter gear
Interrupter gear is a term that covers two related technologies.The first is the synchronization gear, which is often incorrectly referred to as "interrupter gear"; this is a triggering device attached to the machine gun armament of a tractor -type fighter aircraft so that it would fire only at certain times.... allowing a machine gun
Machine gun
A machine gun is a Automatic firearm mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire List of rifle cartridgess in quick succession from an Belt or large-capacity Magazine , typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute.... to fire between an aircraft's spinning propeller
Propeller
A propeller is a type of fan which transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust. It can be used to drive an fixed-wing aircraft, ship, or the fluid within a pump.... blades.
Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland.... citizen, who left the French
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France.... aircraft manufacturer Nieuport
Nieuport
Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a France Fixed-wing aircraft company famous for racers before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.... to work for the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.... LVG
LVG
Luftverkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. was a Germany aircraft manufacturer based in Berlin-Johannisthal, which began constructing aircraft in 1912, building Farman Aviation Works-type aircraft.... company. Full details of Schneider's patent were published in the aviation periodical Flugsport in September 1914 but the Prussian War Ministry
Prussia
Prussia was, most recently, a historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. This state had for centuries substantial influence on Germany and European history.... chose not to pursue the idea.
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Franz Schneider was an engineer granted the first patent
Patent
A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a term of patent in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.... on 15 July 1913 for a synchronisation device
Interrupter gear
Interrupter gear is a term that covers two related technologies.The first is the synchronization gear, which is often incorrectly referred to as "interrupter gear"; this is a triggering device attached to the machine gun armament of a tractor -type fighter aircraft so that it would fire only at certain times.... allowing a machine gun
Machine gun
A machine gun is a Automatic firearm mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire List of rifle cartridgess in quick succession from an Belt or large-capacity Magazine , typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute.... to fire between an aircraft's spinning propeller
Propeller
A propeller is a type of fan which transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust. It can be used to drive an fixed-wing aircraft, ship, or the fluid within a pump.... blades.
Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland.... citizen, who left the French
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France.... aircraft manufacturer Nieuport
Nieuport
Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a France Fixed-wing aircraft company famous for racers before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.... to work for the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.... LVG
LVG
Luftverkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. was a Germany aircraft manufacturer based in Berlin-Johannisthal, which began constructing aircraft in 1912, building Farman Aviation Works-type aircraft.... company. Full details of Schneider's patent were published in the aviation periodical Flugsport in September 1914 but the Prussian War Ministry
Prussia
Prussia was, most recently, a historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. This state had for centuries substantial influence on Germany and European history.... chose not to pursue the idea. The concept of interrupter gear in combat aircraft was realised later in World War I
World War I
World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers.... by Germany after Anthony Fokker
Anthony Fokker
Anton Herman Gerard Fokker was a pioneer in aviation and a Netherlands-United States aircraft manufacturer.... developed the idea.
