US681021A - Breech-loading cannon. - Google Patents

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US681021A
US681021A US5937101A US1901059371A US681021A US 681021 A US681021 A US 681021A US 5937101 A US5937101 A US 5937101A US 1901059371 A US1901059371 A US 1901059371A US 681021 A US681021 A US 681021A
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Charles H Griffith
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A3/00—Breech mechanisms, e.g. locks
    • F41A3/64—Mounting of breech-blocks; Accessories for breech-blocks or breech-block mountings
    • F41A3/74—Obturating or packing devices for gas leak prevention in breech mechanisms

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  • FIG. 1 a view in side elevation of my improved cannon;
  • Fig. 2 an enlarged broken view thereof in rear elevation;
  • Fig. 3 a broken view of the rear end of the barrel of the cannon in vertical longitudinal section, showing its parts in their closed relations and its hammer in its fired position;
  • Fig. 4 a corresponding view with the hammer in its cocked position Fig. 5, a broken reverse plan View of the rear end of the barrel of the cannon with all of its parts removed;
  • Fig. 6 a broken view, in vertical longitudinal section, of the rear end of the barrel of the cannon, showing its breech-block carrier and breech-block in their closed and locked positions by full lines and in their unlocked and open positions by broken lines;
  • Fig. 6 a broken view, in vertical longitudinal section, of the rear end of the barrel of the cannon, showing its breech-block carrier and breech-block in their closed and locked positions by full lines and in their unlocked and open positions by broken
  • FIG. 7 a corresponding but less comprehensive View of the rear end of the barrel of the cannon in horizontal section on the line Ct 11 of Fig. 2;
  • Fig. 8 a view in rear elevation of the barrel of the cannon with all of its parts removed except the extractor;
  • Fig. 9 a detached view, in inside elevation, of the breech-block carrier, the breech-block, and the handle applied to the latter;
  • Fig. 10 a broken reverse plan View of the rear end of the barrel of the cannon with the lower leaf of the hammer-spring broken away;
  • Fig. 8 a view in rear elevation of the barrel of the cannon with all of its parts removed except the extractor;
  • Fig. 9 a detached view, in inside elevation, of the breech-block carrier, the breech-block, and the handle applied to the latter;
  • Fig. 10 a broken reverse plan View of the rear end of the barrel of the cannon with the lower leaf of the hammer-spring broken away;
  • Fig. 12 a corresponding view showing the breech-block and handle in their unlocked relations to the breech-block carrier;
  • Fig. 13 a detached perspective view of the breech-block and handle;
  • Fig. 14 a detached perspective view of the breech-block carrier looking toward its inner face;
  • Fig. 15 a detached perspective view of the hammer.
  • My invention relates to an improvement in breech-loading cannon, the object being to produce at a low cost for manufacture a simple, safe, and effective cannon designed with particular reference for use as a salutingcannon.
  • breechblock-carrier slot 3 having parallel side walls.
  • the bottom of this slot opens directly into a circular breech-block recess 4, concentric with the bore 2 of the barrel 2 and larger in diameter than the width of the slot 3, whereby locking-spaces 5 are formed under the middle portions of the side walls of the same.
  • the said slot receives a vertically-arranged breech-block carrier 6, formed with a central circular hub-opening 7 and with a vertical hammer-clearance slot 8, which leads from the bottom of the said opening 7 downward through the lower edge of the said carrier, which is formed with two forwardly-projecting arms 9, having registered perforations 10 for the reception of the pin 11, upon which the carrier swings. At their extreme inner ends the arms 9 are formed with upwardlyextending extracting-toes 12, the rear edges of which are beveled.
  • the breech-block recess 4 already described, receives the oblong breech-block 13, which has straight sides and rounded ends, which latter are entered into the locking-spaces 5 when the breech-block is turned into its horizontal recoil taking position.
  • the said breech-block 13 bears against the inner face of the breech-block carrier 6 and is formed with a heavy hub 14, which passes outwardly through and projects beyond the central circular hub-opening 7 of the breech-block carrier, in which the hub, and hence the breechblock, are secured by means of a transverse pin 15, mounted in the breech-block carrier d entering a circumferential groove 16, -med in the hub and adapted in length to iit the rotary movement of the breechck to an arc of substantially ninety deaes, the engagement of'the end walls of the )ove 16 with the pin positively limiting a rotary movement of the breech-block, the ejecting outer end of the hub 14 of which furnished with an operating-handle 17.
  • said hub 14 is formed with a large clear (re-opening 18, entering it from its outer d and extending forwardly to the outer face the breech-block.
  • this clearce-openin g is an opening of ninety degrees at is to say, its side walls stand at right anes to each other. It is out beyond the axial nter of the hub, so as to expose the firingenin'g19, formed in the center of the breechock.
  • the hammer 22 is flat in form, adapted in iickness to enter the hammer-slot 8 of the reach-block carrier and the space between 1e arms 9 thereof, and is provided with a ivot-hole 25, receiving the pin 11, before entioned,which forms a pivot for the breechlock carrier, as well as a pivot for the hamver.
  • a tiger-piece 26 containing an opening 27 for l6 attachment of a l amyardl lfihe hammer also furnished with an antifriction-roller 5, which is engaged by the tapered rear end f the lower leaf 29 of a heavy sheet-metal ammer-spring 30, the upper leaf of which is )rmed with a long slot 31, producing two n'responding spring-fingers 32 32, the forard.end of the slot 31 receiving a heavy :rew 33, by which the spring is secured to re barrel of the cannon.
  • the extracting-toes 12 of the breech-block carrier coact with the lower edge of the inner face of an extractor-head 35, located at the rear end of a longitudinally-movable rod 36, moving back and forth in a socket 37, formed for its reception below the bore 2 of the barrel and held in place by a screw 38 passing upward into the barrel through the slot 31 in the spring and entering a longitudinal groove 39, formed in the lower face of the
  • a screw 38 passing upward into the barrel through the slot 31 in the spring and entering a longitudinal groove 39, formed in the lower face of the
  • elevating the cannon I employ an elevating-screw 40, having a thumb-wheel 41 and engaging with the forward end of the lower leaf 29 of the hammer-spring 30, the said elevating-screw being mounted in a cross-tie 42, uniting the sides of the carriage 43, in which the barrel 2 of the cannon is trunnioned.
  • a pivotal breech-block carrier formed with a hubopening and with a hammer-clearance slot leading downward therefrom through the lower edge of the carrier, of a breech-block placed against the inner face of the said carrier and provided with a hub extending rearwardly through the said hub-opening thereof, a handle located upon the projecting rear end of the said hub, and a swinging hammer entering the slot in the carrier, and having the same pivotal center as the carrier.
  • the combination with a pivotal breech-block carrier formed with a hubopening and with a hammer-clearance slot leading downward therefrom through the lower edge of the carrier which is formed with two forwardly-projecting arms for the reception of the pivot upon which the carrier swings, of a breech-block placed against the inner face of the said carrier and provided with a hub extending rearwardly through the said opening, and a hammer entering the said slot and having the same pivotal center as the carrier.
  • breech-block carrier formed with a circular hub-opening and with a hammer-clearance slot leading downward therefrom through the lower edge of the carrier, of a breech-block formed with a firing-opening provided with a hub extending rearwardly through the said hub-opening, also formed with a clearanceopening exposing the said firing-opening; and a hammer having the same pivotal center as the said carrier, entering the slot therein, and also entering the said clearance-opening in the hub of the breech-block.
  • a breech-block carrier formed with a hub-opening and with a hammer-clearance slot leading downward therefrom, of a breech block formed with a hub extending rearwardly through the said hub-opening, the said block being formed With a firing-opening, and the said hub being formed with a clearance-opening exposing the said firing-opening, a safetyshoulder located at the bottom of the said clearance-opening adjacent to the said firingopeningand constitutingafenderfor the hammer except when the breech-block is in its closed position,andahammerhavingthe same pivotal center as the said carrier and entering the slot therein, and also entering the clearance-opening in the said hub of the breechblock.
  • a breech-block carrier having a central opening, of a breech-block provided with a hub projecting rearwardly through the said opening, a hammer, and a pin constituting the pivot for both the breech-block carrier and the hammer;
  • a breech-block carrier formed with a central opening and with a hammer-slot
  • a hammer mounted upon the same pivot as the breech-block carrier, and entering the said slot therein, and a spring coacting with the said hammer to hold it in its cocked position and to throw it into its firing position.

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