US1335462A - Gun-carriage trail for enabling the guns to fire at high angles of elevation - Google Patents

Gun-carriage trail for enabling the guns to fire at high angles of elevation Download PDF

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US1335462A
US1335462A US253987A US25398718A US1335462A US 1335462 A US1335462 A US 1335462A US 253987 A US253987 A US 253987A US 25398718 A US25398718 A US 25398718A US 1335462 A US1335462 A US 1335462A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A23/00—Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles
    • F41A23/28—Wheeled-gun mountings; Endless-track gun mountings
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
    • F41A27/06—Mechanical systems
    • F41A27/08—Bearings, e.g. trunnions; Brakes or blocking arrangements

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  • This invention has for its objectto provide an improved apparatus which will allow of converting rapidly and cheaplyezc isting single-trail gun carriages having a relatively small vertical range of fire, in such a manner as to provide a gun capable of being fired at low angles of elevation or at high .angles of elevation at will.
  • the improved apparatus is so designed that the conversion affects the smallest possible num ber of parts, and more particularly does not change in any way the elevating mechanism of the gun.
  • the gun carriage trail is divided transversely into two sections carrying respectively the anchoring device and the elevating mechanisms; a suitable apparatus being provided to allow of engaging the two sections with each other for firing in two positions,'namely, one position in which the two sections constitute prolongations of each other, and the second position wherein the front section incloses a certain angle with the rear section.
  • the trail when it is desired to fire at a higher angle of elevation, the trail has its longitudinal axis broken by the front section being raised and engaged or fixed in the said raised position.
  • Figures 1 and 2 illustrate a first modification of the invention, the trail sections being shown respectively in the position they occupy for firing at low angles of elevation (Fig. 1) and for firing at high angles of elevation (Fig. 2).
  • Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line IIIIII of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. a is a partial section drawn to a larger scale, on the line IV-'IV of Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 5 is a section of a detaildrawn to a larger scale, on the line VV of Fig. 3.
  • Fig. 7 is a section 011 the line VIIVII of Fig. 6.
  • Figs. 8 to 11 show a second modification.
  • Fig. 8 1s a partial elevation of the trail near the joint between the two sections, the latter being shown in position for firing at low angles of elevation.
  • Fig. 9 is a similar partial elevation, but showing the trail sections in the position for firing at high angles of elevation.
  • Fig. 10 is a section on the line X-X of Fig. 8.
  • Fig. 11 is a partial section on the line XIXI of Fig. 10.
  • A is the front section of a gun carriage trail; this section comprises in the usual manner bearings for the trunnions of the gun cradle C, and it carries the elevating mechanism such as the pinion or pinions D of which the cooperating parts, such as the sector or sectors E, are carried by the cradle.
  • B is the rear section of the trail; it carries the anchoring device.
  • the sections A and B are pivotally jointed to each other by an axle pin F that constitu-tes the pivot on which the front section A turns in its rising movement.
  • the apparatus for engaging or fixing together the trail sections in position for firing at low angles of elevation or at high angles of elevation is constituted as follows G is a part which is fixed by riveting or other suitable means to the forward end of the rear trail section B.
  • the lower portion of the said part comprises two bearings g for the pivot F; these hearings project to one and the other side of the cheeks of the trail section B.
  • 9 g are two half bearings formed on the upper edge of each of the cheeks G of the part G, in an arc of a circle struck from the aXis of the pivot F as a center. The angular distance x between these two half bearings is equal to the angle r Fig.
  • axle H and the pivot F are journaled in the part I.
  • the axle H is so arranged that its portions: it can be engaged alternately in one or the other of the two pairs of half bearings g 9
  • a hand crank H for operating the axle H may be locked on the pivot F, for instance by means of a spring bolt 7L mounted in the handle of the said crank.
  • An arm K is fixed at one end to the part I and is normally held between the sections A and B when these sections are arranged in prolongation of each other (Fig. 1).
  • its head K may be fixed by means of two keys L inserted.
  • the arm K may serve as a lever for. operating the section A in m pving it from the position shown in Fig. 2 into the position shown in Fig. 1.
  • the two trail sections A and B are pivoted to eachother by means of a pivot F fixed in a fork-shaped part Gr attached to the front end of the .rear section.
  • a part I attached to the lower end of the trail section A is capable of pivoting by means of an eye onithe. said pivot F,-this pivotal movement being limited by a nib 7 formed on the said pivot, being adapted to butt against the ends of a groove 2' formed in the part I.
  • the lever N operates the known devices by rotating on its pivot n. It will be noted that in the raising movement of the trail section A, an anti-friction roller N carried by the lever N, strikes the curved 'uide M which forces the lever to rotate. By this means the operation of the known mechanism for varyin the length of the recoil is automatically e ected.
  • a gun trail comprising two sections havinga hinge connection, one of said sections being provided with a plurality of half bearings arranged concentric with the hinge axis, and-means on the companion trail section for engaging said half bearings to lock the sections in different firing positions.
  • a gun trail comprising two sections having a hinge connection one member of said hinge having a plurality of halfbearings arranged-concentrically with the axisof said hinge and the companion member of said hinge being provided with a crank-shaft bearing. and a crank-shaft therein having a crankpin engage said half bearing, a crank handle for turning said shaft to bring said pin into locking engagement with said half-bearings, and means for locking said handle.

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