US1329736A - Signal device - Google Patents

Description

S. WiLEY.

SIGNAL DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 19. 1918.

Patented E6113, 1920.

Z2 @uvcwtoz mm;. o;1- ,Handsetss V the, United States, stationed at Va'shington,

i1 t I The invention ldesei ibed list y- ,the Go r m t,

- following is a speeifieetion.

' swim; WILEY??? H EQ' A?E Asi Y- \B i known that I, mut: Gm-

Distriet of Columbia, have invented an Improvement in Signal-Devices, of which the any bf o cers' or employees 111 prosecution of ork 'forthe Government; or by any other .per-

son in the-United. States, Without payinent of anyroyaltyfthei eon. r E f, p i t T i B 1 QIiI l@ S t vme t in signals" and like devices, and has for one of 'it obi ct to Pr d ce a d vi e h s e eterchaving meens whereby the charge firing pin, pep, or other likede vlee is protected .from in ury orr fro n prematurejfi ring dur- 1 l ,v

l the presence of thegpi oteeting element does,

ing trem'sportattion hile at the sametime not retard the operation ofthefiring pin when asnflieienthnpeet is imparted to the qpli ect n e e e t, 't e L j V;A er pb'ec the ve n lsto pro- 7 invention consists in ee ttaih Iie W aIidfliSQffil' .COHStTIJOtIOHS-QJld combinat ons of arts as will heremafter' be=mo ejfully deseri d and pointed out in-thel jelairns. r-

' -F g-- 3; is i e pl iix i videe deviee' of-this ehai actei hev'ingmeans Q for preventing the escape o fsparks, fia m b other products of coinbiistion during the flight and thus preventing the .eou rse of the signal or its souree from j'being ji evetled. With these end other objjeets' View the Figure-51 s a Sid elvatio "Tot-"the, im-

prdved v igi ml devise; p lyt i' e on" 1 J F g- ZQ a ot mpla l ewwi h th guard.v deviee re novec l. .Fi i e itr ts t ee l nw the Am the e row.

T improved ",dtitt ebmiirjiss} m rg t P s ne le-" sure lll at one-.end,' the 'shel1 being-prefers '50 inclos ing shell 10 having of pork 01 similar compressible end expan Armm memo-i hefein m y b I I resented n w of t i e rem u y t stpm ;1

Themember 17'is formed withen ei l l z lan 1 ribli p es d f omtthe" material toffthe meijrl- 1 I; ji befftoreinforcean klT gs e p r eetiteview'f be iw h,

of h c mb ed Cements ,dee t n i nd P 7 e ngfiap fl p r permanently closed ably of light sheetmeta lfend the closure f p p into' whiehthe gas, 'wood, The opposite orehapginghpd ioiithe the S e li i The ,elosui e: 11

end of the shell and the en yon "t e asshown 1n 1.

The closure a combined base; plate and-firing pin 'tion of the member that thel'atter islocateti etbote the outer line Of the memberlt. The fuse of "the supporting v111e11 11oer 14 By th s eirangementthe ,outei" enticofcap For fuse firing elementl15 is spaced from the inner face of theproteeting meinben 17 'end the member l'f fWhiCh i as shown in Fig! p t The fuse firln'g element is th s ffectua y W 96 d; nd guarded from o t t i surmlmdlng' j s and .wi1'1- hotfthere fore" fitt d l ing'jtrenspo tgplatte externell'y of the -ib; to closely engage the member Mend prevent-theenti'ence'of v dlst i eyw i 1 l PetentedEhiSQlQtZQt Applioation filed OctoblenlS, 1915; ser al No. {25 505 l .t i

' sible materiel?to hoicigthe ehaige p l I is preferably formed with I ts nppenport on; redueedeto enter the lower lower portion ex side walls of theshell l 11 is provided Withii/central recess orQeham ber 13 and likewise provided thi The. th ckened p01 14: is formed with a (123 1t.y .to receive the head of the. pinlor capso signaling ehtti'ge i J at and terminates ,Within the chamber 13 11; proximity to the cap 15; so 1 theffuse igniting pin or Cap I I V is a "relatively lihin pr oteetlng disk or p121te17, thelmeijnb'ers 14 17 :beingsemn ed in place upon the elo- ;sni e nien -bei 11 byineils or othersu itehle fa t exi gdey c s 18- W 7, it ,pll Th e'ayity constitutes a gzisehamber y h m er L @11 l V I sperk'slandpthenprod nets o fthe combustion, of.- the fuse IGflgaJtheT erefi prevented from escaping (in-r in the filghtof the igmlir Thus'the d'irc '95 t it ti f nt fipiet ng -p1ate and also to eztuse thegp'ortion' of the 5 6. A projectile including a shell for een communicating with; said recess and chain of the same, and 'a' member carrying" the the base member and terminating at one 10 3 contents denoting configuration supported en'dfin said chamber, an apertured protectby the plug "with its outer face Withinthe ing meinber secured 'tQ saidbase, a primer lines of the adjacent end of the shell; supported in saidapertured member and .taining a charge of combustible material, a ber, and a plate having a stifi'ening rib near 15' base member secured to' saidshel1-havinga fits Outeredges but adapted to be distdrted chamber and an outwardly opening recess into said recess fer'firing the rimer. formed therein, a fuse extending through a l .SAMUE WILEY.

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