US488627A - Cartridge - Google Patents

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T. F. EUSTACE.

CARTRIDGE. No. 488,627. Patented Dec.`27, 1892.-

Q' E @19j y i a@ f/ UNITED STATES THOMAS FifEUsTAoE, or sT. LOUIS, Missoual.

PATENT OFFICE.

` CARTRIDGE.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,627, dated December 27, 1892.

' Application tiled May 7,1892. 1Serial No. 432.219. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. EUsTAcE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at St.

Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented Va new and useful Improvement 'in Loading a Shotgun for 'Hunting Purposes; and I do -liereby declarethatthe vfollowing is a full,

pelletsl' leave the barrel, spread or scatter them to such a degree as'to give an unsatisyfactory, result and cause the singlev pellets through their extreme lightness to fall at a 4 short distance from the gun.

The object ol? my invention is to concen- "trate or hold the pellets together until the distance desired by the marksman is reached V and to spread at that point.

` AAnother object of my invention is to regnlate the distance at which the pellets should se arate.

p o carry my invention into eect I press a pece'of vellum linen or any other suitable material into the ,shape as shown in' letter AAe-#Figure-f-IL This I till to within a short distance fromthe edge with pellets of any de; sired size, as shown in letter B-Fig.l. I then force down on these pellets a circular wad as shown in .letter C-Fig.1 which forces the pouch to retain a spherical shape. I nowforce over the pouch A and encir clingth wad C the ring Fig-2 as shown in Fig-3. This ring, as shown in Fig- 3 acts as my concentrator as it will-not per mit the pouch. to open until the ring has through t-heresistance of the air been stripped oi. It also increases the velocity and rangeA of the`-projectile, as the pellets being in a compaot mass the projectile through its weight yJanet affected by the atmospheric resistance othesame extent that the light and separated pellets are subject to.

, I regulate the spreading of the pellets in the A following mannerz-If I desire to shoot at a gun to carry one hundred and fty yards I place a second ringimmediately before the rst one, as shown in Fig-4 which takes the position of the rst ring after that ring has been stripped off. Should I desire a still greater range I slip on a third ring, as shown in Fig-5. This range Ican still increase by slipping on a fourth ring as shown in Fig-6. By the 'use of these rings I claim that the result is an increase in the velocity, force, range and accuracy. This ringed pouch or receptacle, as above described,ean be forced down on a charge of powder into a muzzle loading shot-gun, or can be used in connec tion with breech loading shot-guns, by loading it into a shell or powder chamber.

I am aware that prior to my inventionreceptacles for balls intended for use with ri des and pistols have been made, I therefore do not claim such a combination broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isz- 1. A shot-cartridge having a case provided with a series of bands, said bands being separately removable at the forward end of the cartridge, and adapted, when the cartridge is tired, to drop successively, and independently of each other, from the rear end of the cartridge, substantially as described.

2. A shot-cartridge having a case provided with aseries of bands, said bands being of uniform diameter, and arranged successively upon the cartridge, `but independently of each other, and the forwardone or ones of said bands being attachable to and removable from the cartridge at the forward end there of, substantially as described.

3. 4A shot-cartridge case consisting of a shell, a ring or band attached to said shell at the base thereof, and one or more rings or bands which can be attached to or removed from the case by slipping them ontb or oiithe case at the forward end, thereof, substantially as described.

4. A shot-cartridge case containing in its construction a shell and one or more detachv.distance of one hundred yards the ring described and shown in Fig-3 acts sunlable, encircling, bands, said bands encircling said shell independently of each other and.

Acientl-y as a concentrator. Should I wish the 5o.

held in place thereon by means of a shoulder i base-end of the shell, substantially as deat the baseend of the shell, substantially as scribed.

described. r ,-1 1

5. A shot-cartridge case combining in its THOMAS F. ELSIACE 5 construction a. shell and a detachable band- Witnew:

or ring, said band or ring being held in place -JOSEPH WHITAKER, upon said case by means of a shoulder at the I GUSTAYE C. KLEINECKE.

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