US316970A - Shell - Google Patents
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- 229920000742 Cotton Polymers 0.000 description 2
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
- F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
- F42B12/20—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type
- F42B12/201—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type characterised by target class
- F42B12/204—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type characterised by target class for attacking structures, e.g. specific buildings or fortifications, ships or vehicles
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- the object of my invention is to enable dynamite or other explosive material of like character to be used in a projectile to be discharged from a gun or cannon.
- A denotes the body of a shell pointed at its front end, and having at its rear a sabot, B, between which and the screw-cap O of the body is a cushion, D, of felt or other proper elasticor yielding material, the said sabot and cushion being held to the screw-cap by screw-bolts a, and nuts b arranged with them, as represented.
- the two screw-bolts prevent the sabot and cushion from revolving independently of the shellbody.
- the sabot When the explosion of the gun or cannon powder-load takes place, the sabot will be driven toward the shellbody, and in consequence thereof the cushion will be compressed horizontally and be extended radially, so as to be forced rmly against the bore of the gun or into theriflings thereof, ifthe bore of thepiece may be rifled.
- a dynamite cartridge, E which is surrounded on all sides and at its rear and front ends by a cushion or stuffing, F, of cotton or other proper elastic or yielding substance, to insulate the cartridge from the body of the shell in a manner to prevent explosion of the cartridge, either by accidental falling of the shell or while the shell is being discharged from a gun,by the explosion of the powder charge of such gun.
- c projects, and receives another tube, d, fixed in the body of the shell, and extending from a chamber, h, in such body at its front end.
- a plug, f that projects beyond the body f and is held in the chamber by a pin, g, that goes through the plug and rests against the end ofthe shell.
- the plug On the shell being in flight and striking point foremost against an object, the plug will be driven backward into the chamber and against the percussion-cap, which by the impact of the plug will be exploded, and fire from it will be driven into the cartridge to explode it.
- I claiml The combination of the shell-body provided wth the chamber in its front end, the plug arranged therein, and the primer-tube extending from such chamber into the chargechamber of the body, with the cartridge provided at its front end with a tube to enter or slide on the primer-tube, and surrounded by a cushion oryielding stuffing, all being substantially as set forth.
- the explosive projectile or shell-body provided at its rear end with the sabot or cushion, as described, and at its front end with a chamber, a firing-plug, and a priming-tube, as
- the outer end of the tube d is a percussion-
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Description
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B. B. HILL.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.
BARTON BERKLEY HILL, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.
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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,970, dated May 5, 1885.
Application tiled December 12, 1884.
To all whom t may concern.-
Be it known that I, BARTON BEEKLEY HILL, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Explosive Proj ectiles; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, ofwhich- Figure l is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a side view, of a shell provided with my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claims hereinafter presented.
The object of my invention is to enable dynamite or other explosive material of like character to be used in a projectile to be discharged from a gun or cannon.
In the drawings, A denotes the body of a shell pointed at its front end, and having at its rear a sabot, B, between which and the screw-cap O of the body is a cushion, D, of felt or other proper elasticor yielding material, the said sabot and cushion being held to the screw-cap by screw-bolts a, and nuts b arranged with them, as represented. The two screw-bolts prevent the sabot and cushion from revolving independently of the shellbody. When the explosion of the gun or cannon powder-load takes place, the sabot will be driven toward the shellbody, and in consequence thereof the cushion will be compressed horizontally and be extended radially, so as to be forced rmly against the bore of the gun or into theriflings thereof, ifthe bore of thepiece may be rifled.
Within the body of the shell,and concentric therewith, is a dynamite cartridge, E, which is surrounded on all sides and at its rear and front ends by a cushion or stuffing, F, of cotton or other proper elastic or yielding substance, to insulate the cartridge from the body of the shell in a manner to prevent explosion of the cartridge, either by accidental falling of the shell or while the shell is being discharged from a gun,by the explosion of the powder charge of such gun.
From the cartridge at its front end atube,
(No model.)
c, projects, and receives another tube, d, fixed in the body of the shell, and extending from a chamber, h, in such body at its front end. On
cap, e, and there is in the mouth of the chamber h a plug, f, that projects beyond the body f and is held in the chamber by a pin, g, that goes through the plug and rests against the end ofthe shell.
On the shell being in flight and striking point foremost against an object, the plug will be driven backward into the chamber and against the percussion-cap, which by the impact of the plug will be exploded, and fire from it will be driven into the cartridge to explode it.
It is essential to have the tube cernpty,and to slide either on or within the fixed tube d, in order that'the cartridge may move endwise more or less in its surrounding cushion or elastic insulator.
I claiml. The combination of the shell-body provided wth the chamber in its front end, the plug arranged therein, and the primer-tube extending from such chamber into the chargechamber of the body, with the cartridge provided at its front end with a tube to enter or slide on the primer-tube, and surrounded by a cushion oryielding stuffing, all being substantially as set forth. f
2. The explosive projectile or shell-body provided at its rear end with the sabot or cushion, as described, and at its front end with a chamber, a firing-plug, anda priming-tube, as
explained, in combination with a cartridge arranged within the said body, and provided not only with a tube to enter and slide on the priming-tube, but with a cushion or yielding stuffing extending around and in front and in rear of it, the said cartridge, all being substantially as represented.
BARTON BERKLEY HILL.
Witnesses: R. H. EDDY,
ERNEsr B. PRATT.
50 the outer end of the tube d is a percussion-
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US3430565A (en) * | 1966-05-10 | 1969-03-04 | Nitrochemie Gmbh | Molded explosive charge within a shell casing having an inner wall of absorbent material |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US3430565A (en) * | 1966-05-10 | 1969-03-04 | Nitrochemie Gmbh | Molded explosive charge within a shell casing having an inner wall of absorbent material |
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