US348849A

US348849A - Simon ingeesoll

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Publication number: US348849A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 1903-09-07

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'(No Model.)

I S. INGERSOLL.

GUN 'AND PROJBGTILE FOR THROWING LIFE LINES. No. 348,849. Patented Sept. 7, 1886.

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SIMON INGERSOLL, OF STAMFORD, CONN, ASSIGNOR TO NATHAN C. POND, MARSHAL-L O. \VEST, AND ERNEST SIMONS, ALL OF PORT CHESTER, N. Y.

GUN A'ND PROJECTILE FOR THROWING LIFE-LINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 348,849, dated September 7, 1886.

Application tiled July 12, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON INcnnsoLL, a

citizen of the United States, residingat Stamford, in the county of Fairfield and State of .Connecticut, have inventedccrtain new and useful Improvements in Guns and Projectiles for Throwing Life-Lines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, a'ndexact description of the invention, such as will 1c enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relatesto improvements in the guns and projectiles for throwinglife-liues on which I obtained Letters Patent No. 331,792,

5 dated December S, 1885. x

The object of this invention is to provide a large volume of air confined ahead of the charge and behind the projectile, to serve as a cushion to the explosion of the charge in starting the projectile.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination of parts forming a gun and projectile for throwinglileliues, hereinafter described and claimed, reference being 5 had to the accompanying drawing, which is a side elevation, part in section, of my gun and projectile.

A represents a tube provided with a head, B, which may be permanent, or it may be go'screwed into or onto the tube to become a secure part of the body of the projectile.

G is a bail pivoted to the tube A at two points, N, to swing frecl y past the rear end of the tube, whereby the life-line F may be attaehed so as to trail centrally behind the tube in the wake thereof when in service. This tube A, head 13, and pivoted bail G, constitute the projectile.

K represents the stock of the gun, J the lock 40 for firing it, and H its barrel. The peculiarity of this gun consists in the forward portion of the barrel being externally cylindrical and straight, and of a size to fit within the tube A of the projectile the whole length of the latter,

and without any projection for a sight on this forward portion of the barrel.

E represents a cartridge of the form commonly used in brccch-lozuling guns; but any style of cartridge or loose ammunitiim maybe used.- The lock J is to be operated as usual in the firing apparatus for common guns.

0 represents the back sight ofthe gun,which may be of any approved pattern.

Serial No. 207,820. (No model.)

represents the forward sight, which is fixed upon the gun-barrel to the rear of the 5'5 said cylindrical portion of the latter, thus permitting my tubular projectile to be placed upon the barrel forward of the sights without interfering with the line of vision, whereby accurate aim may be taken to throw the pro jectile and life-line into any high window or over an acee ssible point of stranded ship.

In service the lineFis to be attached to the bail G, the gun is to be loaded with a cartridge suitable to the distance to which the projectile is to be sent, the projectile is to be slipped upon the gun, all as shown and the gun is to be directed and fired. The forward portion of a gun-barrel is usually made externally tapering toward the muzzle, and would not fit my projectile, and it could not be practically used for throwing the same.

A gun having a many-sided straight barrel fitted to the interior of a many-sided projectile would be a mechanical equivalent of my 7 device, but not practicable, because such projectiles would be too expensive to make.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of acylindrical tubular 8o projectile closed at its sides and forward end, forming an elongated air-chamber, and pro vided with a bail at its rear end,'and a gun having a barrel externally cylindrical and litted to the interior of the said projectile, and adapted to fire ammunition within the rear end of the said barrel, substantially as shown and described, whereby the said projectile is adapted to be thrown by the action of the air within the projectile resisting the expansion 0 of gas within the gun-barrel at the time of firing.

2. The combination of a tubular-projectile internally straight throughout its length aml closed at its sides and forward end, forming an elongated air-chamber and provided with a bail at its rear end, and a gun having a bar rel externally straight fitted to the interior of the projectile and adapted to lire am munition within the rear end of the said guubarrel, r00 substantially as shown and described.

lu testimony whereof I al'lix my signal ure in presence of two witnesses.

\\'itnesses: SIMON IlNG .l lliRt l l Jean 1;]. MAnsnALL, CnLLRo \Ynm.