US1994197A - Split-trail gun carriage - Google Patents

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US1994197A
US1994197A US718717A US71871734A US1994197A US 1994197 A US1994197 A US 1994197A US 718717 A US718717 A US 718717A US 71871734 A US71871734 A US 71871734A US 1994197 A US1994197 A US 1994197A
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Methlin Nicolas Emilien
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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
    • F41A23/32—Wheeled-gun mountings; Endless-track gun mountings with split trails

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  • invention relatesto an improvement in the construction of-fi'eldfl-gun carriages provided with split trails; and comprises a device for the resilient susp'ensiongfrom the set Of Wh881S, of
  • Theinvention ischaracterized by providing ion, I the axle and trail legs the complementary meme bers of two resilient supports, the said members cooperatingwhen the trail legs are brought together io-rthe travelling position, and, conversely ceasing to be in engagement when thetrail'legs are spread apart for thebattery'position.
  • the said complementary members willbe plfeferably constituted, by aresilient' buiier and a Supporting finger, respectively, the buffers being carried by the axle and thesupporting f ngers by the trail legs, or vice versa.
  • the said device may advantageously be combined witha resilient-bush connection between the" axle and the hingepivot of the trail-carrying rocking beam, a mutual guide being provided in this case,
  • Figure 1 is a planview-o-i a portion of a gun carriage embodying the invention, showing-the trail-carrying rocking beam in which is pivoted thetop carriage carrying the-oscillating gun and the battery position, in which the resilient asuspinsion is inoperative, and in chain lines brought together for "travelling, in'the operative position of the suspensionmeans. r i
  • Figure 2 is a corresponding sectional elevation aion'g the. line II-II of Figure -l, the trail legs being shown in solid lines and in the travelling position only.
  • Figure 3 is a detail sectional elevation on a larger scale showing the complementary members of the resilient suspension in the travelling position.
  • - Figure 4 is a side elevation on a larger scale showing the end of one of the trail legs :carryi-ng tionQ cradle, the traillegspivoted to the saidJrocking beam, beingishown in;solid lines spread out for,
  • Figure 5 isa detail showing, in cross sectional elevation along the axis of the carriage, of the resilient-bush additional suspension device.
  • Figures 6 to 9, inclusive, show a modificationof the invention in plan ( Figures 6 and 7), cross section ( Figure 8) and. sectional elevation (Figure 9), respectively.
  • I V Figures lo and 11 are plan views similar to Figures 1 and 6 showing two other modifications oi the invention. s
  • Figure 12 is a partial plan view corresponding to Figure 11 and showing the members in 'a'dif-g ferent position.
  • 7 V 7' Figure 13 is a sectional elevation showing a modification of the relative. arrangement of the complementary members of the suspension, the said members being shown in the travelling posi
  • Figure 14 is a plan View corresponding to Figure 13 showing the members in the battery position.
  • the gun carriage according to the invention comprises, in the known manner, a set of wheels, on the axle a of which arockinlg beam 2; is mounted to. oscillate about a pivot 12' disposed in the.
  • a re.- silient suspension is provided between the trail legsc and the axle a by the arrangement of one of the members of' the said suspension on each of the trail legs, a corresponding complementary member being carried by the axle, the said arcooperates with said buffer d during travelling.
  • the trail legs may each terminate in a fork 'c -c the supporting member e for the resilient suspensionbeing in the form of a lateral projection on the said fork ( Figure 4).
  • a plug pin 1" with corresponding bearings 1 formed on the arms. c of the. forks is provided for locking the trail legs on the rocking beam in the battery position. 1 I 7
  • the supporting members e will have been automatically moved away from the corresponding resilient buffers d carried'by the axle.
  • the said members are brought automatically vertically above the buffers 01 whenthe trail legs are brought together for travelling; for example, for coupling to a gun limber.
  • the resilient bufier which forms one of the members of the suspension may, as shown in ' Figure 3, advantageously be constituted by a cyl- 25 inder 01, carried by a stud d ( Figures 1 and 2) which is fitted in a corresponding seat provided in the axle a and whichis secured by means of a nut (1
  • a spring 01 may be compressed more or less between two supports d d Fitted in the head d of a rod d may be a mushroom head d suitably shaped to form'an inclined plane for facilitating the sliding into engagement therewith of the supporting memher 6, a washer d of resilient or compressible material being interposed between the rod head 01 and the said mushroom head (2
  • Rod all is slidably mounted in cylinder d with the under side of rod head d in position to engage the upper end of and to be resisted by the upward thrust of spring d when the rod is depressed by its associated supporting member 6.
  • the resilient suspension just described is combined with an additional permanent resilient suspension, 'constitutedbya resilient bush, interposed between the axle a and the pivot b of the'trail-ca'rrying rocking beam.
  • this additional suspension comprises a ring g of rubber or other like material I which is provided with flat lateral portions g" for preventing its rotation, and which is set in a seat provided in the axle a.
  • a metallic ring 9 Arranged in a recess in the said resilient ringis a metallic ring 9 the thickness of which is preferably greater in the upper part, in. order to prevent its rotation in the rubber ring.
  • this metallic ring 9 forms a bearing for the pivot b of the rocking beam. 1).
  • this guide is provided by a profiled projection c which is formed on each of the trail legs and which in the travelling position, bears against the wall of the corresponding buffer cylinder 01 ( Figures 1'and 3)
  • a profiled projection c which is formed on each of the trail legs and which in the travelling position, bears against the wall of the corresponding buffer cylinder 01 ( Figures 1'and 3)
  • Figures 1'and 3 In'the drawings inthe example just described, there is shown, particularly in Figure 5, a known type of'top carriage h in which is trunnioned the oscillating mass (cradle z and gun 7), the said In the top carriage pivoting in a known manner about" a vertical pivot is in the trail-carrying'rocking beam b to permit training of the gun.
  • the rocking beam 2) is mounted in a recess in the axle a. It is stirrup-' shaped, as in the preceding example, and the trail legs c are pivoted tothe said rocking beam by their forked ends, the forks of which engage above and below the arms of the rocking beam. In this.
  • Figure 10 shows still another modificationof the invention, in which the stirrup-shaped rocking beam is disposed whollyrearwardly of the axle a, the buffers dbeing mounted in projections provided on, and forwardlyjoffthe axle a.
  • the rocking beam 1) is disposed forwardly of the. axle asin the example of Figures 1 w4.
  • the rocking beam is not stirrup-shaped but, instead, the forked heads of the trail legs 0 are inclined inwardly towards the trail body, pass through the axle and carry rearwardly of the said axle the supporting members e fo-r the resilient suspension, the complementary supporting meme here being constituted, as .in the previous examples, by resilient buffers (1 carried by the axle, these members 01 ande being disposed between the longitudinal axial plane of the gun carriage and the trail legs, instead of being disposed between the trail legs and the wheels, as in the previous examples.
  • Figures. 13 and 14 show anotherrembodiment in which the supporting member e is carried by the axle (1, whereas the resilient buffer at is carried by the trail head.
  • the resilient, suspension is rendered operative by the buffer 01 coming vertically above the supporting members 6 ( Figure 13), whereas, by moving the trail legs apart for bringing the gun-carriage into the battery position, the buffers ing'an axle, a rocking beam mounted for pivotal movement relative to said axle about a longitudinalaxis perpendicular to the axle and to said beam and a pair of trail legs secured tosaid rockwith respectto said axle.
  • each of theresi-li'ent buffer members comprises a cylinder, a compression spring within.
  • a resilient'suspension according to claim 1 whereineach of the resilient bufier members comprises a cylinder, 9; compression spring within said cylinder, supports carried by said cylinder for each end of saidspring to limit the extension thereof, and a rod slidably mounted'withinsaid member when the traillegsa-re moved cylinder. and: having; an! enlarged. head adapted. to:
  • each of the resilient. butler members comprisesga; cylinder, a stud carried by said cylinder andadapted-to beremovably secured to said axle,
  • a compressionlspring within said cylinder, sup.- portscarr-ied by saidcylinder for. each end of said springlto limitthe extension thereof, and a rod slidably. mounted within said cylinder-and having an enlarged. head adapted to engage one end of, said spring, said head'having an outer surface which is .so shaped as to, facilitate the engagement therewith of said bufier. engaging membenwhen the'trail legsare movedto travelling position.
  • each of said trail legs having a portion extending forwardly of its pivot point; a pair of resilient buffer members carried by said axle adjacent the ends thereof, and a pair of complementary buffer engaging members carried one by each of said forwardly extending portions of said trail legs, said members being so constructed and arranged that when the trail legs are spread in battery position said members are out of engagement with one another but'when said trail legs are moved together in travelling" position said members are automatically brought into engagement and provide a resilient suspen sion for the rocking beam, oscillating gun and cradle and trail legs with respect to said axle.
  • a gun carriage of the split-trail type comprising an axle, a rocking beam mounted forwardly of said axle for pivotal movement relatively thereto about a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the axle and to said beam, the ends of saidbeam being stirrup-shaped and extending rearwardly of and around said axle, the walls of the openings in said stirrup-shaped ends through which the axle passes constituting means for limiting the extent of relative transverse'oscillation between said beam and axle about said longitudinal axis, an oscillating gun and cradle carried by said beam and mounted for pivotal movement relatively thereto about a substantially vertical axis, a pair of trail legs pivotally connected to the stirrup-shaped ends of said beam for movement about substantially vertical axes, a pair' of resilient buffer members carried by said'axle adjacent the ends thereof, and a pair of complementary buffer engaging members carried one by each of said trail legs, said members being so constructed and arranged that when the trail legs are spread in battery position said members are out of engagement with one another but when said
  • a gun carriage of the split-trail type comprising an axle, a rocking beam mounted forwardly of said axle for pivotal movement relatively thereto about a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the axle and to said beam, the ends of said beam extendingrearwardly through open- "ings in-said axle, an oscillating gun'and cradle buffer, members carried by said axle adjacent the ends thereof, and a pair of complementary buffer engaging members carried one by each of said trail legs, said members being so constructed and arranged that when the trail legs are spread in battery position'said membersare out of engagement withjone another, but when said trail legs are moved together in travelling position said -members are automatically brought into engagelment and provide a resilient suspension for the rocking beam, oscillating gun and cradle and traillegs with respect to said axle.
  • a gun carriage according to claim 7 wherein the pivotal connection between said rocking beamand axle comprises a pivot pin carried by said beam, a bearing seat for said pin formed in said axle,, a metallic bearing ring engaging said pivot pin, and a resilient bush of compressible material interposed between said bearing seat and said ring.
  • a gun carriage according to claim '7 wherein the pivotal connection between said rocking beam and axle comprises a pivot pinlcarried by said beam, a bearing seat for said pin formed in said axle, a metallic bearing ring engaging said pivot pin, and a resilient bush of compressible material interposed between said bearing seat and said ring, said bearing seat and resilient bush having correspondinglyflattened portions to prevent rotation of'said bushrelative to said seat, and said bearing ring being thicker at one portion of its periphery than elsewhere to prevent rotation thereof within the resilient bush.
  • a gun carriage according to claim '7 where- 'in the pivotal connection between said rocking beam and axle comprises a pivot pin carried by saidbeam, a bearing seat for said pin formed in said axle, a metallic bearing ring engaging said pivot pin and a resilient bush of compressible material interposed between said bearing'seat and said ring, and whichincludes means for preventing relative movement between said beam and axle transversely to the axis of said pivot pin.
  • a gun carriage according to claim 'Iwherein the pivotal connection between said rocking beam and axle comprises a pivot pin carried by said beam, a bearing seat for said pin formed in said axle, a metallic bearing ring engaging said pivot pin and a resilient bush of compressible material interposed between said bearing seat and said ring, and'which includes cooperating surfaces carried by said axle and said trail legs which are automatically brought into engagement with one another when said trail legs are moved to travelling position for preventing relative movement between said rocking beam and axle transversely to the axis of said pivot pin.

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