DE74326C - Fish torpedo - Google Patents

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PATENT OFFICE. \ &

The purpose of the present invention is to make a torpedo that can penetrate of torpedo protective nets and the desired one by hitting a ship Causing an explosion.

For this purpose the torpedo is made on the principle of a cartridge in which the projectile has the shape of a hollow projectile containing the explosive. Now comes such a torpedo with any obstacle, such. B. the mentioned Net in collision, so the projectile head is thrown out of the torpedo, driven through the net and its explosive charge against the ship as a result of the substance detonated.

In the drawing show:

Fig. Ι a side view of the torpedo,

Fig. 2 shows, on a somewhat larger scale, partly in section the torpedo head,

Fig. 3 the same head completely in section,

4 shows the cross section of the torpedo in the direction of line 4, FIG. 3,

Fig. 5 shows the front view of the torpedo and Fig. 6 shows a detail of the head.

A, Fig. I, 2 and 3, is the housing of a torpedo of ordinary shape and construction, at the rear end of which the propeller respectively. the drive mechanism is to which the present invention has no reference and which is therefore only indicated schematically in the drawings.

The housing A is bent forward, as in C, FIGS. 2 and 3, and is provided with a cover plate r, which completely closes off the chamber formed by the housing A. At this end, a second, and to cigarrenförmig zuspitzendes composed of lighter material housing A ¹ is mounted on the housing A, while on the cover plate r e a sleeve is screwed.

On the inside of the flange ρ of the sleeve, a cylindrical housing E ^{1 is} attached, which forms a tubular casing of the projectile head F. The latter is a cylinder that fits into the tube E ¹ and ends in a conical tip at the front and the rear end of which forms a cap F ' ² provided with a central igniter o, FIG. 3. An ignition tube η is screwed into this igniter 0, in which there is a time igniter m and in front of it a primer /.

The attachment of the head F filled with crooked cotton or a similar explosive D with the pipe E ¹ respectively. the housing A ¹ is carried out at the tip by bolts x, FIGS. 1 and 3, which, however, are not so strong that they could offer an appreciable resistance to the eventual firing of the projectile.

Between the cap i ⁷² and the base plate E there is still a space or a chamber G, Fig. 2 and 3, which is filled with powder or the like and BEZW for firing the projectile. to ignite the time fuse m , on the front side, however, with an isolation plate q

Claims (3)

is provided in order to avoid overheating of the wall during the explosion. On both sides of the enveloping tube E ¹ there is a guide tube H, Fig. 2, 3 and 4, each of which is connected to the chamber G through an opening k and is used to guide the rods / whose front ends P are reinforced and used for Attachment of the tapering rails K are split. Between the front outer ends of the guide tubes and the lugs formed by the rear ends of / ² , spiral springs are mounted so that the rods / can only be pushed further into the tube H as a result of pressure exerted on I ² . At the rear ends the guide rods / to tips I ^{1 are} formed, which do not extend to the ends of the tubes H , but close to the openings k leading into the chamber G leave small chambers h which contain primers "opposite the tip / and otherwise filled with powder h ^l. From the front pointed end of the housing A ¹ , the thimble-like piece / which, as in FIG. 3, covers part of the guide tubes and at t small pins e ¹ or. the like holds which fit into corresponding grooves e of the rods I ' ² and limit the movement of the rods. The above-mentioned rails K, which, among other things, aim to make it easier to cut through the water, form the point of the whole torpedo directly in front of the center of the projectile head; however, the space V remains between K and the head of the storey, which is for the backward movement of the rails K respectively. Rods / is required. The mode of action is as follows: The torpedo, held by its weight below the water level, is set in motion by the propulsion mechanism and driven against the ship. If the tip K comes into contact with a protective net, the guide rods are pushed back through the fabric until the tips I " ¹ hit the primer i and cause the powder h ¹ to ignite in the chamber h. Through the openings ^ the ignition is also transferred to the powder contained in the chamber G, which now hurls the projectile head out with such force that it penetrates the protective net and is driven against the ship, where it is then made to explode by its explosive charge D. by igniting it by the time fuse m , which in turn was already set on fire by the powder burning in chamber G. If there is no protective net in the way, the torpedo can hit the ship directly and the storey thereby becomes the same. penetrate and explode. Pa τ ε nt-An SPR Oc he: ι. Fish torpedo, in which the usual protective nets are broken by the fact that a chamber E containing the projectile F and the powder charge is arranged in the tip of the torpedo receiving the propulsion mechanism, from which the latter the projectile is ejected if the torpedo hits against a resistance. 2. On the torpedo identified under 1., the arrangement of two rails K forming a point in front of the projectile tip F ¹ , by means of which rails, in the event of an impact against a net or the like, two rods guided in tubes H / with the tips / 'against the primer i , which the latter cause the explosion in the powder chamber through openings k. 3. On the torpedo identified under 1. the attachment of a tubular envelope E ¹ to the flanges ρ of the sleeve E attached to the partition plate r of both torpedo parts and the attachment of the projectile body at the front end of the envelope E ¹ by shear bolts x. For this purpose ι sheet of drawings.