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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F41B—WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • Piston-rod B is constructed hollow, with the specific gravity of water, operates in cylinder C, and extends through packing-boxes I I into barrel A, with socket J for the reception of boiler by the force of the piston in checking its motion in stop-chamber P. Fis an air-' valve, to allow air to fill barrel A behind torpedo H when hurled.
  • K represents a steamboiler, which furnishes steam to operate the piston through steam-pipes S S.
  • Levers T T T operate the valves in steam-chests M N 0.
  • Cylinder C is made substantially heavy at stopcharnber P to withstand the pressure of steam in checking the velocity of the piston.
  • gate E is shut to keep out the water; cap G is opened; torpedo H is placed in barrel A, with the shaft of torpedo H inserted into socketJ cap G is closed and substantially fastened to resist the pressure of water; gate E is opened; steam is admitted at M and exhausts at N, which drives the piston forward, and hurls the torpedo H through the water beyond the muzzle of barrel A. Steam is out off at M, and as the piston passes exhaust-port N the steam exhausts; the steam being admitted at O checks the motion of the piston B; exhaustport N is closed to exhaust at M, and the piston is carried back to M.
  • Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawing is a view of hurl-barrel A, piston-rod B at full stroke, and stop-chamber P.

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H. F. HICKS.
TORPEDO-BOAT. No.174,628. Patented March14,1876
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HORATIO F. HICKS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
IMPROVEMENT IN TORPEDO-BOATS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [74,628, dated March 14,1876; application filed July :26, 1875.
To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HORATIO F. HICKS, of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Torpedo-Burl, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
The object of my invention is to hurl torpedoes through the water at a specified object, for war or other destructive purposes, by the combination of hurl-barrel A, pistonrod B, and cylinder C. D, as shown in Fig. .l of the accompanying drawing, is a hurl-boat. A is a hurl-barre], which penetrates the bow of boat D. E is a gate, which can be operated to open or shut barrel A, as required. Cap Cris hung on substantial hinges,and opens to admit torpedo H, is water-tight when closed and securely fastened to withstand the pressure of water when gate E is opened.
Piston-rod B is constructed hollow, with the specific gravity of water, operates in cylinder C, and extends through packing-boxes I I into barrel A, with socket J for the reception of boiler by the force of the piston in checking its motion in stop-chamber P. Fis an air-' valve, to allow air to fill barrel A behind torpedo H when hurled. K represents a steamboiler, which furnishes steam to operate the piston through steam-pipes S S. Levers T T T operate the valves in steam-chests M N 0. Cylinder C is made substantially heavy at stopcharnber P to withstand the pressure of steam in checking the velocity of the piston.
To operate the hurl, gate E is shut to keep out the water; cap G is opened; torpedo H is placed in barrel A, with the shaft of torpedo H inserted into socketJ cap G is closed and substantially fastened to resist the pressure of water; gate E is opened; steam is admitted at M and exhausts at N, which drives the piston forward, and hurls the torpedo H through the water beyond the muzzle of barrel A. Steam is out off at M, and as the piston passes exhaust-port N the steam exhausts; the steam being admitted at O checks the motion of the piston B; exhaustport N is closed to exhaust at M, and the piston is carried back to M.
Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawing is a view of hurl-barrel A, piston-rod B at full stroke, and stop-chamber P.
I claim as my invention- In a torpedo-boat, the combination of the hurl-barrel A, piston-rod B, and cylinder C, with their operating devices, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
' HORATIO F. HICKS.
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US2703112A (en) * 1950-12-28 1955-03-01 Wolldeckenfabrik Zoeppritz Ag Means for the rectilinear acceleration of bodies, more especially of loom shuttles
US2736308A (en) * 1952-10-27 1956-02-28 Ferrando Juan Vilarrubis Underwater spear gun
US2994313A (en) * 1958-09-26 1961-08-01 Poly Choke Company Inc Target traps
US4086902A (en) * 1976-04-13 1978-05-02 Lesney Products & Co. Limited Toy projectile launching apparatuses

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2703112A (en) * 1950-12-28 1955-03-01 Wolldeckenfabrik Zoeppritz Ag Means for the rectilinear acceleration of bodies, more especially of loom shuttles
US2736308A (en) * 1952-10-27 1956-02-28 Ferrando Juan Vilarrubis Underwater spear gun
US2994313A (en) * 1958-09-26 1961-08-01 Poly Choke Company Inc Target traps
US4086902A (en) * 1976-04-13 1978-05-02 Lesney Products & Co. Limited Toy projectile launching apparatuses

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