US708237A - Pyrotechnic device. - Google Patents

Description

No. 708,237. Patented Sept. 2, I902.

T. LLOYD.

PYBOTECHNIC DEVICE.

(Application filed. May 81, 1902.)

(N0 Modei.)

UNITED ST TES PATENT F F Ee THOMAS LLOYD, on NEW YORK, N. .Y.

PYROTECHNIC DEVICE.

'sPEcIFroArIoN- forming part of Letters Patent N6. 708,237, dated September 2, 1902.

Application filed May 31, 1902 Serial No. 109,714. (No model.)

' To all whom it mag concern:

, Be it known that I,THOMAS LLOYD,a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Pyrotechnic Devices, of which the I following is a.specification.-

j My. invention relates to improvements in pyrotechnic devices, and has for i ts, main ohject to provide a simple and inexpensiye device, calculated when properlyignited to furnish a vivid imitation of the iy'najor erupt-ion of Mont Pele'in the West Ind s, and th'e'consequent destruction by fire'of the adjacent city of St. Pierre.

Another object of the invention is to so con 'struct the said device that it is susceptible of being compactly folded so as to take up but a minimumiamount of space instorage or shipment and'is adapted when it is to be used to -be quickly and easily unfolded and'set up.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims-when taken in con-* junction with the accompanying; drawings, in which-- Figure l is a frontelev ation of my improved pyrotechnic device as it appears when unfolded and setup ready for use; Fig. 2, an

end elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a detail rear elevation with the upright tube in which a pyrotechnic compound is placed in section; Fig. 4, an end elevation of the devlice as it appears when folded, and Fig. 5 a top plan view of the device in its folded condition.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the several views of the drawings, referring to which 'A is the body of the improved device which in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention is made of one piece of pasteboard or other suitable material and com- .pri-ses a base a and an upright portion b. The

said base and upright portion being separated by a longitudinal crease 0, whereby the latter .is adapted to be folded on the former after the manner shown in Figs. iand 5. The upright portion b is shaped in outline and suit ably lithographed or otherwise embellished on its face to make it resemble a volcanic mo.untainsnch, for instance, as Mont Pelee of recent fame.

d, and C is a stay, preferably 'ofpasteboard, glued to the back of the body portion 11 and having an extended end e adapted, when the,

device is set up to be bent into a position at right angles to the saidbody portion 1), Fig.

2, so as to prevent the device from tipping over backwardly.

. 5.5 to contain a suitable pyrotechnic compound D Dare strips of readily combustiblematerial arranged on and connectedto the upper side of the base a of body A, preferably in such manner that they are enabled to fl'ex or fold on the linesf, as shown in Fig. 4., The said strips are preferably of paper preparedwith chemicals, so as to enable it to burn rapidly, and they are shaped and embellished, Fig. 1, so as to resemble the various buildings of a city or village. v

In practice when it is desired to pack the improved devices for storage or shipment the body portion 6 is folded or swung down into a position adjacent to the base a. Whenthis is done, the strips D will assume recumbent positions between the body portions ab, a'nd, the device as a whole will be rendered very compact, so as to take up but amin'imum amount of space in storage or shipment. It will also be observed that whenthe device is folded it may be conveniently carried. in the I hand or in the pocketof a coat.

When it is-desired tov use the device, it is unfolded-2'. e., the body portion 1) and the strips D are bent up into positions at right angles to the base a, and the extended end e of the stay 0 is bent into a position'at right angles to the portion 12 and flush with thebase a. The device is then set on the ground or on a suitable support and the pyrotechnic compoundin the tube B is ignited through the medium of amatch applied to a fuse h or otherwise. The pyrotechnic compound in the tube B may be of such nature that when it is ignited an initial explosion will take place, and then a shower of fire will be emitted from the tube B like that discharged from the ordinary Roman candle in action, or-it may be so constituted that alone will be discharged from the tube or vsceptacle B sub-' sequent to the ignition. In either eventtlie fire will fall upon and ignite the strips D,

which will burn rapidly and in consequence the whole will aiford a vivid imitation of a volcanic eruption, and a city being destroyed by fire-due to such eruption.

Notwithstanding the vividness with which my improved device is adapted to illustrate the eruption of Mont Pcle and the destruction. of the city of St. Pierre, it will be ob served that the device is extremely simple and inexpensive, and hence may be sold with v profit for a very small price.

Ivhave entered into a detailed description of the construction'an'd relative arrangement of parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understanding'of jthe same. a I do not desire, however, to be understood'as confining myself to suchspecitic construction and arrangement of parts, as such changes or. modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my claims.

Having described ,my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 118- I 1. A pyrotechnic device comprising a body having a base and an upright portion; said upright portion. being made to resemble 2. vol-- cano, and being provided with a receptacle containing a suitable pyrotechnic compound,

and one or more strips of combustible material made to resemble a building or buildings,

arranged. on and rising from the base of the body.

2. A pyrotechnic device comprising a body havinga base, andannpright portion flexibly joined to and adapted to fold upon the base; said upright portion being made to resemble a volcano, and being provided with a receptacle containing a suitable pyrotechnic compound, and ,one or more strips of combustible material made to resemble a building or buildings; said strip or strips being flexibly joined to and rising from the base of 45 the body, and being adapted, when the upright portion of the body is folded upon the base, to fold between said upright portion and base.

3. The herein-described pyrotechnic device comprising the body formed t. a single piece of pasteboard, creased longitudinally at c, and having a base and an upright portion separated by said crease; the said upright portion being made to resemble a volcano, a receptacle arranged on the, rear side of the upright portion of the body and containing a suitable pyrotechnic compound, and strips flexibly joined to and rising from the base of the body; the saidstrips being a paper chem-V.

ically treated to render them highly combustible, and being made to resemble the buildings of a city or village.

tended end e, and strips flexibly joined to and" rising from the base of the body; the said strips being of paper-chemically treated to render them highly combustible, and being made to resemble the buildings of a city or.

village.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

g THOMAS LLOYD.

'Witnesses:

MAYER KRONACHER,

Mosns COHEN.

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