US1313875A

US1313875A - Projectile

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Publication number: US1313875A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-08-26
Anticipated expiration: 1936-08-26

Description

J. BORELL- PROJECTILE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. I918.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

J. BOREL.

PROJECT|LE.'

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. 191B.

Patented Aug: 26, 1919' 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BOREL, F JEANERETTE, LOUISIANA.

PBOJECTILE.

.Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Application filed July 12, 1918. Serial No. 244,633.

To all wh'om it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Bonnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at J eanerette, in the parish of Iberia and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Projectiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to projectiles, and more particularly to aerial torpedoes.

The object of the invention is to provide the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, itbeing understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a torpedo constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section thereof with, the rudder broken off for convenience in illustration,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the bombs detached,

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective of one of the hammers shown mounted on the portion of the firing pin.

In the embodiment illustrated the projectile constituting this invention comprises a main body 1 of cylindrical form having a nose ZWhi-ch tapers toward the forward extremity of the torpedo giving a true projectile shape to the completed article.

The main body 1 is centrally and longitudinally bowed to form a chamber 3 and at its .butt end has an explosive containing chamber i which is closed by a solid cap 5 threaded into the casing of the body por that it may be safely handled.

tion. A shank or stem 5 extends rearwardly. through the cap 5 and is provided at its free end With a rudder 5" which operates as a guide for'the projectile in its flight.

A tubular nipple 6 extends from the inner face of cap 5 into the chamber 4: and has a spring 7 coiled therearound abutting at one end against the inner face of the cap 5 and at its other end against a washer 8 carried by the firing pin 9 which extends longitudially through the chamber 3 and out through the nose 2. This firing pin 9 is provided on its front end with a head 10 which is designed to contact with a target or any object which is disposed in the path of the. torpedo when projected. with the target this pin will be forced inwardly against the tension of the spring 7 for a purpose presently to be described. A flange 11 is carried by the pin 9 at a point spaced inwardly from its head 10 and is here shown truncated cone-shaped to conform to the front end of the chamber 12 formed in said nose as is shown clearly in Fig. 2. The front end of the pin is made angular as shown at 13 to'prevent rotation of the pin and said angular portion has an aperture 14 extending transversely therethrough which registers with a similar aperture or bore 15 extending transversely through the nose 2 at its extremity, said registering apertures being designed receive a pin 16 which holds the firing p1n 1n projected position to prevent all possibility of its operating to explode its contents so Mounted on the firing pin 9 within the body 1 and nose 2 are a plurality of hammers 17 made in the form of spiders each having a hub 18 adjustably mounted on the pin by means of a set screw 19. Radlating from each hub 18 are a dplurality of fingers or arms 20, any desire number of which may be employed, according to the number of bombs to be arranged in each series.

The body portion of the torpedo is equipped with a plurality of radially Opening pockets 21 in which are designed to be frictionally held bombs 23, explosive carrying chambers 22 being formed .at'the rear of the bombs in said pockets so that when the explosives contained in said chambers is ignited the bombs will bedischarged from the torpedo and simultaneously fuses 24. carried by said. bombs will be ignited. These fuses 24 extend at one end into the bomb and at On contacting torpedo is projected an the other end into the chamber 22 and are in of the spring 7 causing the arms 20 to forcibly engage the. caps 25 and thereby ignite the explosive contained in the chambers 22. Four series of these bombs are here shown and each series contains four bombs as is shown clearly in Fi 5, thus making-sixteen in all carried by t e to edo. When this the bombs discharged therefrom in the manner above described, they will radiate in all directions and after leaving the torpedo will explode individually so that a great amount of damagsi may be accomplished by a single tore o. p The nose 2 as shown in Fig. 2 is made separate from the body portion 1 and is designed to contain an explosive within the chamber 12 thereof so that said nose will operate as an additional bomb of a larger slze than projectiles 23, the explosive therein being ignited by the small caps 25 which ignite the explosives in the chambers 22 at the front end of the body portion 1. I

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what maybe considered the preferred or approved form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make-such changes in construction and arrangement and combinationv of parts, materials, dimensions, etc., as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the claimed invention.

Havin thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A projectile of the class described comprising a cylindrical body portion having a tapered nose at its front end, a closure for the butt end of said projectile, threaded therein, a rudder carried by said closure, a firing pin extending longitudinally through said body portion and projecting at its front end through the nose thereof, a flange on said pin for limiting its outward movement, a coiled spring for forcing saidipin outward, a plurality of explosive containin pockets carried by said body portion an opening through the periphery thereof, said pockets being arranged in longitudinally spaced series, firing caps projecting from said pockets, and a plurality of hammers carried by said firing pin and positioned to engage said ca 5 when the pin 1s moved inwardly.

n testimony whereof I hereto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOfiEPI-I BOREL. Witnesses:

W. F. BROWN, PAUL N. Cara