US329974A

US329974A - Target-trap

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Publication number: US329974A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-11-10
Anticipated expiration: 1902-11-10

Description

(No Model.)

B. TEIPEL.

TARGET TRAP. No. 329,974. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN TEIPEL, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE LIGOWSKY CLAY PIGEON COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,974, dated November 10,1885.

Application filed August 6, 1835. Serial No. 173,690. (No model.)

To aZZ whom may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN TEIPEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Target-Traps, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates more especially to target clamps or holders in traps for throwing articial targets of the class which are intended to sail or ily through the air with a motion analogous to that of a bird on the wing. Such targets have heretofore been provided w'ith a tongue secured thereto by glue or otherwise and adapted to be grasped by the targetclamp. These tongues interfere with the economical packing of the targets for shipment and are liable to be accidentally detached before the target is used. To avoid these objections target holders or clamps have been invented and placed upon the market which are designed to grasp the pigeon or target itself; but such holders are generally complicated, and therefore objectionable.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive target-holder especially adapted to throw targets which are free from such tongues or flanges as will interfere with close packing for shipment or impede the flight of the target, and which may be applied to any approved form of traps.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a target-holder embodying my invention, the holder being shown as pivotally attached to the throwing-arm and carrying a target. Fig. 2 is a perspective View showing the target -holder rigidly attached to the throwing-arm; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a target especially adapted for use with my improved target-holder.

A represents the throwing-arm of a targettrap. B represents a target-holder consisting of a spring, preferably flat, whose general outline is such as to embrace a portion of the periphery of the target to be thrown. This holder may be rigidly attached to the throwing-arm, but I prefer to attach it pivotally, as shown in Fig. l, so that the target-holder will have a sweep independent of that ofthe throwing-arm. In this target-holder are perforations b, adapted to take over lugs c upon the target C. The target may be of any approved form and material.

If the holder is pivotally attached to the throwing-arm, a lug or stop, a, should be placed upon the latter to arrest the sweep of the holder at the proper moment for the delivery ofthe target. Vhen the holder is rigidly connected with the' throwing-arm, the recoil of the latter may be depended upon to release the target.

I claim- 1. A target-holder consisting of a spring adapted to embrace a portion of the perimeter of the target and provided with perforations adapted to take over lugs upon the target, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the throwingarm of a target-trap, of a target-holder consisting of a spring adapted to embrace a portion of the perimeter of the target and provided with perforations, and a target provided with lugs to enter into such perforations, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

BEN. TEIPEL.

' Witnesses:

ARTHUR LE BONTELLIEE, SAML. S. CARPENTER.