US338633A

US338633A - Flying target

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Publication number: US338633A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-03-23
Anticipated expiration: 1903-03-23

Description

(No Model.)

, F. J. GUR'RAN.

FLYING TARGET. No. 338,633. Patented Mar. 23,1886,-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN J. OURRAN, OF STANFORD, KENTUCKY.

FLYING TARGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,633, dated March 23, 1886.

Application filed July 30, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN J. OURRAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stanford, in the county of Lincoln and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flying Targets, of which the following is a description.

This invention is an improvement in that class of flying targets commonly known as pigeons 5 and it consists in the novel coustruct-ion of the target, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of the target, and Fig. 2 is a diametrical section thereof.

This target is intended especially for use with the trap for which I have filed application for Patent, Serial number 169,236,appli cation filed June 19, 1885; and the object is to so form the target that it may be held by the arms of such trap. To this end I form the target A with peripheral notches E RC 0', the notches B B and O C of each pair being arranged a distance apart less than half the circumference of the target. It will also be noticed that the said pairs are arranged on opposite sides of a diametrical line, so thatin case a portion of the target including one or both of one pair of the notches be shot away the target may be used again, the remaining pair of notches being employed. It will be By this construction the targets will Serial No. 173,112. (No model.)

slip more readily from the pins when the casting-lever is arrested,and a quicker, better operation will consequently be obtained. For the reason stated I usually employ two pairs of notches arranged on opposite sides of a diametrical line. In this arrangement the walls of said notches next said diametrical line are tapered outward toward the rim of the target.

This target may be formed of glass, clay,or other fragile material. I form the target with circular ribs or ridges, so that the shot will not glance oft.

By my invention it will be seen I avoid all tongues and similar projections, which are likely to become broken and render the target useless, and which when intact serve at times u to render the flight of the target irregular and delay such target in flight, so that it cannot be cast for so great a distance as if itwere free of radial projections.

Manifestly,where so desired,thetarget may FRANKLIN J. OURRAN.

\Vitnesses:

HUGH L. PORTER, SAM M. WILHI'IE.