DE42061C - Innovation on lance shafts - Google Patents

Description

IMPERIAL

PATENT OFFICE.

CLASS 69: Cutting tools.

J. REUNERT in BERLIN. Innovation on lance shafts.

The lances hitherto introduced in the cavalry regiments of all states have "Wooden stocks. Most types of wood are not particularly suitable for this very important one Cavalry weapon, the regiments are best shown by the fact that they are with them every year resulting break itself. In addition, the lance is generally very heavy or, if the shaft is made of light types of wood, it becomes too brittle. Impregnation, At all, all processing of the wood to eliminate these errors have so far only been minor or had no use at all.

As experts have long known, the wooden lance has many drawbacks and should now Steel lance these, like easy breaking, too heavy weight, too little spring force, becoming crooked etc., and a cheap, permanent, strong-looking, well-resilient and dated Lancers with ease to wield, deliver superior war-worthy cavalry weapon. The steel lance initially consists of a cold-drawn steel lance, correspondingly in the metal thin shaft, which is either left smooth or, as shown in the drawing Fig. 1 can be seen, partially or in the whole length of the shaft provided with a spiral cut can be. The shaft thus drawn has, since it is drawn out in the longitudinal direction, similar like the magazine tubes in the German repeating rifle, intact tendons and in the wall good metal matches. The tip and the shoe of the lance can simply be inserted into the shaft screwed in, whereby the weight is already reduced in these parts.

The flag eyelets are soldered or riveted on, as is the arm strap as with the lance with a wooden shaft. Runs right under the toe and the shoe the lance shaft to about 30 cm without a spiral incision. Through the spiral Cut, the lance receives a corresponding spring force that is uniform for all lances, which is very important because the In this way, Reiter achieves a significant effect when "covering", even if this is not included Effort happens; if, on the other hand, the rider uses his full arm strength, it would "Deck Effect" should be excellent. At a penetration of a lance with a steel shaft by means of Saber or other edged weapon is probably out of the question; strong blows on the lance would hardly leave any impressions or bumps; but if such should arise, so these can easily be removed by the gunsmith without affecting the lance or even becomes unusable. Due to the even springing, the "covering" would also be in can happen at a faster pace, which is certainly not a mistake; even clumsy people would fight much better with such a steel lance.

The spiral incision in the shaft affords a further advantage because the rider at the moment of the stitch through leather, wood or pieces of clothing the stitch or the Does not feel the impact as strongly, so the lance can withdraw faster after the effect, to make more stitches; the rider also remains more firmly and calmly in the

Saddle, as if the stitch is not springy. As for the durability of such a steel lance As far as concerns, it does not need special mention that this is not so easy breaks and becomes crooked like a wooden lance. As is well known, the horses of our Uhlans do are significantly burdened, I will not fail to mention that the drawn steel lance is much lighter than the previous wooden lance and also brings this to the martial capabilities of the Reiters advantage. The steel lance shaft can also be made using a wide, coiled spring leaf be made of steel, as the drawing in Fig. 2 shows; inside would then be this Shank must receive a correspondingly strong steel guide rod.

The steel lance can now be painted or burnished like gun barrels, also with leather or otherwise be clothed with mass.

Claims (1)

Patent Claims: A hollow lance shaft made of steel or other suitable metal, in which the tip and the end of the shoe can be screwed in or screwed on and which is either left smooth or partially or entirely provided with spiral incisions to increase the elasticity (Fig. I).
Instead of the patent claim i. designated lance shaft one which is made of coiled spring leaf steel and which has a continuous steel guide rod inside (Fig. 2). For this purpose ι sheet of drawings.