US16076A - Improved projectile for fire-arms - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- F42B10/00—Means for influencing, e.g. improving, the aerodynamic properties of projectiles or missiles; Arrangements on projectiles or missiles for stabilising, steering, range-reducing, range-increasing or fall-retarding
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- F42B10/28—Stabilising arrangements using spin induced by gas action
- F42B10/30—Stabilising arrangements using spin induced by gas action using rocket motor nozzles
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- the ball may have any suitable external form; but I prefer the cylindrical ball, with the forward end tapering, as represented in Figs. 1 and 3. Concentric wit-h the axis is formed an aperture, B, extending entirely through the ball.
- the aperture may be cylindrical, or somewhat flaring, from the point to the rear, as shown in the drawings. Across the center of this aperture is secured a thin spiral plate or partition, 0, commencing some where between the point and the middle of the ball, or even farther back, and extending
- the wind of the partition may be through half a circle, more or less. It may be formed of a separate piece of sheet metal, and its edges embedded within the metal of the ball when cast, as indicated-at o 0, Figs. 2 and 4, or it may be of the same metal as the ball and cast therewith.
- the object of the partition is to .tral position.
- Figs. 3 and 4 is represented an additional device, which I contemplate using in connection with the spiral partition. It consists in two wings, a a, situated at right angles to the rear end of the spiral partition and in a cen- Each one is placed a little obliquely to the axial plane of the ball in the proper direction to increase the revolving motion given to the ball by the spiral partition; hence the two wings cross the axial plane in opposite directions, as indicated in Fig. 3. They may be cast with the rest of the ball or secured therein in any suitable manner.
- the wings a a arranged in the manner and for the purpose described.
Description
W. TAGGART.
Projectile.
- Patented Nov. 11. 1856 thence to the rear end, or thereabout.
NITE STATES WILLIAM TAGGART, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,076. dated November 11, 1856.
To ctZZ whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, \VILLIAM TAGGART, of Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Balls and Bullets for Cannon and other Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification Figure 1 being a longitudinal section in the central plane of a cannon-ball constructed in my improved manner; Fig. 2, a View of the rear end of the ball; Fig. 3, a section similar to that in Fig. 1, showing an additional feature; Fig. 4L, a rear View of the same.
Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.
The ball may have any suitable external form; but I prefer the cylindrical ball, with the forward end tapering, as represented in Figs. 1 and 3. Concentric wit-h the axis is formed an aperture, B, extending entirely through the ball. The aperture may be cylindrical, or somewhat flaring, from the point to the rear, as shown in the drawings. Across the center of this aperture is secured a thin spiral plate or partition, 0, commencing some where between the point and the middle of the ball, or even farther back, and extending The wind of the partition may be through half a circle, more or less. It may be formed of a separate piece of sheet metal, and its edges embedded within the metal of the ball when cast, as indicated-at o 0, Figs. 2 and 4, or it may be of the same metal as the ball and cast therewith. The object of the partition is to .tral position.
communicate a revolving motion to the ball as it passes through the air.
In Figs. 3 and 4 is represented an additional device, which I contemplate using in connection with the spiral partition. It consists in two wings, a a, situated at right angles to the rear end of the spiral partition and in a cen- Each one is placed a little obliquely to the axial plane of the ball in the proper direction to increase the revolving motion given to the ball by the spiral partition; hence the two wings cross the axial plane in opposite directions, as indicated in Fig. 3. They may be cast with the rest of the ball or secured therein in any suitable manner.
The above improvements are intended particularly for cannon-balls or large missiles; but I do not intend to confine their application to balls of any specific size or to any particular kind of fire-arms.
I do not claim the central aperture, nor communicating a revolving motion to the ball by spiral ridges or projections on the inner surface around such an aperture; but
Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
1. The spiral partition 0, arranged and op erating substantially asspecified.
2. The wings a a, arranged in the manner and for the purpose described.
The above specification of my improvement in balls and bullets for cannon and other firearms signed and witnessed this 12th day of September, 1856.
\VILLIAM TAGGART.
WVitnesses:
ALFRED KITTREDGE, GEORGE HAsELrINn.
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Cited By (3)
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US3335637A (en) * | 1965-12-23 | 1967-08-15 | Fay E Null | Projectile propelled by friction drag of high velocity plasma |
US8844443B2 (en) * | 2010-01-28 | 2014-09-30 | Lubomir Mihaylov TOMOV | Spin or aerodynamically stabilized ammunition |
US20170165790A1 (en) * | 2015-12-15 | 2017-06-15 | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | Porous structures produced by additive layer manufacturing |
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Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3335637A (en) * | 1965-12-23 | 1967-08-15 | Fay E Null | Projectile propelled by friction drag of high velocity plasma |
US8844443B2 (en) * | 2010-01-28 | 2014-09-30 | Lubomir Mihaylov TOMOV | Spin or aerodynamically stabilized ammunition |
US20170165790A1 (en) * | 2015-12-15 | 2017-06-15 | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | Porous structures produced by additive layer manufacturing |
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