US1344992A - Projectile and means for firing said projectile - Google Patents

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J. W. DARLEY, JR. PROJ'ECTIILE AND MEANS FOR FIRING SAID PROJECTILE.

e 29, 1920. s-snezr 1.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I2 1915.

Patented Jun 2 SHEET w W? m 4? UHNIIN kg i & M mm P i I. W. DARLEY Jn. PR'OJECTILE AND MEANS FOR FIRING SAID PROJECTILE.

Patented June 29, 1920.

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imp d. p bjecti e i Thdgun 30 isfprovl th reoif I One form I r shown in Fig s .1'4; and;5.' It 13 spherical in 15; sr jal 27,617.

1 Fi is a s w w' o ia'f w d f rm-1 7 a new of (thelprdie sh wn .jqgtile'in the water;

F g. is a lqngitiudinal s'etibn of another tion ofthefarr Fig. 10 is a view ofth "Fig. 12 is a from View 2512 1 mm form of endpfft h gun asshO n-in 10. I

I In thgdrawingg 3O indicats' a gun barrelv which lm'aybe {of agy suitable material and f shap e',z mounte d in a y approved mam ner ziiid provided with a bie'ch block 31 pefxnjtting fof the introdiiction: of the pro "j e ct'i'le 32 and p Wder 'chaige'33;

ded'with dcyliniiri- 'Fig. 16 isfan'enlaiged iri vv of the; muzzle C 7 13, @1101 be guided by i h he P vboie, an'dwith' dentatignsfBG at thqbottbm a fuse 57",, Whichi'ma'y' bebf any suitable,

typ and construction, and with 311 interior 'boss 58 adapted; to fit .altound' th e 1159,57

'mately observed'c'oursepf mjimpi 'oyd pro muzzllgepd ofaid ec til'e' 323s further PIfOYidBdQWIth I ea. in

; jectile "and means-frmedjin thfe opposite of said gun and' mean s ,onsaid-projectile forcooperating with said dentations to ro- 1 tatesaidprojectile and ae'grooveon the 'opposite side of saidbore cooperating'with said a I jec'tile, of dentations mutually inclined and extendinglongitudinally on one side of-the lftatiojn, whenv a lateral pressure; will be de- ,velop'e'd inthe5direction,ofthe zarrow 87 I (see Figi ;which forces the projectile f V out of: the water along the approximately 1 observed p'athin'FiguS. V I

I claiIn:- I 1. Thecombination with'a' gun having 'a' bore, of a wall surrounding said ,bore'and a angles to the axis of saidgun; A

s. 2. The combination with a gun-barrelihaw ingia-bo're and j an imperforate wall sur a is rounding said bore,-of means formed in said the'adjacent portion of a projectile I 3. The combination with a gun of means for retarding the adjacent portion of a proside of said bore'for guiding said projectile.

4. Thecombination' with a un having a" boreand a projectile guided by said bore, of dentations'; on one siderof the'b'ore ofsaid gun and means on'rsaid projectile for coop-e eratingwith said dentationslto rotate said-I projectile. a

m'eans to guide said projectile. I 6. The combination with a gun and probore of said gun and means onsaid proto rotate said projectile.

" T7. The combination with a projectile; of a gun barrel having a bore and an imperforate wall surrounding said bore," 10f means formedin sa d wallonone s de of sa d bore \for retarding the adjacent portion of said projectile gs; The combinationi-witha projectilejof wall on one side of said bore for'retarding flindrical bore and an imperforate wall sur- .roundingsaid bore, of dentations on one side formed in one side of the bore'of said gun 5.The combination with a i r as" ros v p 7 angles toithefaxis ofsaid gun. V jectile of dentationsfon oneside' of thelbore- 1 1a. The combination with jec'tile for cooperating .withsaididentations having ,ay bor'e f orguiding said proje'ctile, a wall, surrounding said bore' and means formed-in said wall on one side'off said bore for rotating said "proj ectile around 7 anaxisj at right angles tothe axis of said J s Zgun, the speedofrotationof the periphery Y :Qofsaid projectile'having a fixed ratio to the j linear speed .of'said projectile along the bore {plurality offmeans formed injthe wall-'of:--

said gun below the surfaee-ofsaid bore ,for rotating aprojectilearound an'axis at right of said gun; a a

:and an imperforatelwall surrounding said bore,of dentations ononeside of said bore.

'10.,Ina gun, the combination vwith a bore, iofide'ntations on one side f said'bore and a groove on thelopposite side of said bore. a all. In a gun, the combination with a oyof saidbore' 9.1m gun, the combination withtabore a V I I 'f 12;. In agun, the combination with a ey -f lindrical bore; of dentations onone "side of said bore and a groove on the opposite side of said bore.

13. The-combinationywith a un, bf

spherical; projectilehaving a zone of mal-h i leablefmetallaround the'bo'dy thereof, said j rotate said projectile on an axis at :right i Zone of metal cooperating with said gun to a m a spherical projectile having a zoneofmalleable metal surrounding said projectile, the

edges of said 'zone projecting beyond the" surface of saidprojectile, said zone of metal cooperating with said gun to rotate said I v projectile on anfaxis at right angles to the ,7 axis of said gun. I

said bore and a plurality; of' dentations formed in said wall below, the surface of -1 said-bore for rotating a projectile. I

I, r v s5 15. The combination with a gun having a f 4 I bore, of an imperforate wall surrounding j I f. ignature

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