US802123A - Gun-mount. - Google Patents

Description

No. 802,123.y PATENTED 00T. 17. 1905.

M. G. TAYLOR. GUN MOUNT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1904.

PATENT Clarion.

im nino STATES f MICnAEL C. TAYLOR, oF sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFolnuA.1

i GUN-Mount.

*Na soafnzs.

e Unite'tl1 States, residing in the city. and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Ilmprovements in Gun-Mounts, of which the fol-.-

lowing is a specification.

y y"invention relates to a ripg apparatus.

it' `consists ifnabombinzgion of mechanism whereby a battery of guns is mounted, manipulated, and fired in unison and in details oflconstruction, which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-' Figure 1 is a-perspective view of my appagun-mount and ratus. Fig. 2is a longitudinal vertical section of same.

I The apparatus may be carried upon a stationary mount, or, as shown in the present case, it may be mounted'upon a movable carriage, as A.

^ 2 is a shield suliciently open at the rear and convergent at the front vso as to present inclin'ed surfaces for the impact of hostile projectiles. vThis shield is made of a length sufficient to accommodate as many guns 3.as it may be desired to mount therein. Y

4 represents a Hoor which is mounted within the open rear portion of the shield and serves asa support for the guns 3. As shown in Fig. 1, the iioor has permanently formed on it or fixed to it suitable parallel lribs 4', and

, between these ribs the rear ends of the guns are fitted, whereby the parallelism of the guns is maintained. `The guns are so constructed that the rear portionmay be vfixed to this floor so that the guns will all havetheir axes parallel and at such a distance apart that the size ofthe gu'n or otherrequirements will dictate.

The muzzles of the guns passout through openings or ports 4 in the front of the shield,

and these openings are preferably made be.

low the apex or front edge of the shield, so as to be lit-tleexposed to projectiles from the front. n n,

The mechanism for firing the guns consists l of hammers, as at 5, and these may be actuerly trained' and realy to lire it is only nec-v ated by cams 6, mounted upon a shaft 7, journalfl transversely with relation to the guns arri having gears, as at 8, and acrank or equivalent means for turning said gears, as shown at 9, so that when the guns are prop- Specication of Letters Patent.

Applicationled September 6. 1904.

'Patented oct. 17, 1905.

serial No. 223,405.

To all I l V ess'ary to turn the crank, when all. the guns Beit k'nqh that MICHAEL C. TAYLOR. a citizen of yt within or protected by the shield. The shield O itself is journaled upon or'in line with the shaft or axis 7, so that whatever changes may be made in the position ofthe shield the gears Will remain in mesh and the 'firing mechanism will always be inthe proper position whether the shield and guns be elevated or depressed.

10 is a frame of any suitable description, here shown in the form of a heavy yoke with upturned ends,in which the shaft 7 and shieldbearings are journaled and turnablet 11 is a segment fixed to the lower part of the'shield. and 12 is a worm-gear the shaft of which is journaled so that the gear Aengages with thev segment, and by means of a hand.

wheel or otherconvenient mechanism, as at 13, the worm may be turned and the segment advanced to either raise or depress the front of the shield and with itvthe guns which are mounted therein.-

The yoke or frame 10has fixed to it a segment-gear 14, this segment standing vertically and extending down through another framel 15, with relation to whichI it is movable.

vThe' center or bearing 16, about which the l.frame 10 is turnable, is the horizontal axis of the segment 14, and by 'means of a worm or 'pinion engaging the segment 14 and actuated by a crank or equivalent means, as at 18,v

tilted to any desired angle. Thus ifthe machine is standing upon a level and it is designed Vto sweep a hillside or inclined surface the shield and gunsmay be tilted` until they are Asubstantially parallel with the-hillside, or if the machine stands upon inclined ground-and the ground to be swept by the guns is comparatively level or of a dierent inclination the shield and guns may be tilted in conformity with the surface. I

The frame 15 has a vertical axis central with i the frame 10, and with it the guns, may be a gear 19, which gear is mounted upon the IO'O carriage A, and by meansof a worm 20, ac tuated by a hand-wheel or equivalent device 21, the frame 15, and with it the frame 10,. the shield, and the gun, may be turned around the vvertical axis, so as to swing the'guns to vany 105 desired horizontal radius of operation.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- V 1. A gun-mount comprising a shield convergent at the front, open at the rear, a floor within said shield, a plurality of guns mounted parallel with each other within the shield having their muzzles projecting through ports in the lower part of said shield, a support in which the shield is journaled, mechanism by which the shield isturnable aboutitsjournals to elevate or depress the guns, and means for maintaining the parallelism of the guns said means comprising ribs permanent with the iioor and between Ywhich the rear ends 0f the guns are fitted.

2. In a gun-mount, a forwardly-convergent shield open at the rear, a floor Within said shield, a frame or yoke in which said shield is journaled, mechanism by which it is tiltable in a vertical plane, a plurality of guns mounted parallel with each other and movable inunison with the shield, said ioorhaving permanent parallel ribs between which the rear ends of the guns are fitted, ports through the lower partof thev shield through which the muzzles of the guns project.

3. In a gun-mount, a shield convergent to the front, open at the rear, a yoke or frame having upturned ends in which the ends of the shield are journaled, a iioor Within the Shield having parallel ribs between which the rearends of the guns are fitted whereby the parallelism of the guns is maintained, mechanism by which the shield may be tilted in a vertical plane, and mechanism by which the yoke and shield may be tilted in v a vertical plane transverse to the first-named plane. Y

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

MICHAEL C. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

HENRY P. TRICOU, S. H. NOURSE.-

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