US809819A

US809819A - Device for securing the gun-barrels or the cradles of portable guns in the traveling position.

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Publication number: US809819A
Application number: US26320305A
Authority: US
Inventors: Otto Lauber; Karl Thiele
Original assignee: Krupp Stahl AG
Current assignee: Krupp Stahl AG; Fried Krupp AG
Priority date: 1905-05-31
Filing date: 1905-05-31
Publication date: 1906-01-09
Anticipated expiration: 1923-01-09

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N0. 80 9,819. PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906. O. LAUBER & K. THIELB. DEVICE FOR SECURING THE GUN BARRELS OR THE ORADLBS OP PORTABLE I GUNS IN THE TRAVELING POSITION.

APPLICATION FILED HAY31, 1905.

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APPLIGATION FILED MAY31. 1905.

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No. 809,819. PATBNTED JAN. 9, 1906. 0 LAUBER & K. THIBLE.

DEVICE FOR SECURING THE GUN BARRELS OR THE ORADLES 0P PORTABLE GUNS IN THE TRAVELING POSITION.

APPLICATION FILED MAY31', 1905.

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OTTO LAUBER, OF ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, AND KARL THIELE, OF BORBEOK, NEAR ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMANY, ASSIGNORS TO FRIED. KR-UPP AKTIENGESELLSOHAFT, OF ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMANY.

DET/ICE FOR SECURING THE GUN-BARRELS OR THE CRADLES OF PORTABLE GUNS IN THE TRAVELING POSITION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, OrTo LAUBER, residing at Essen-on-the-Ruhr, and KARL THIELE, residing at Borbeck, near Essen-on-the-Ruhr, Germany, subjects of the German Emperor, have invented a certain new and useful Device for Securing the Gun-Barrels or the Cradles of Portable Guns in the Traveling Position, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to devices for securing the gun-barrel or the cradle of portable guns in the traveling position.

It is common in portable guns to use a device (lashing device) by means of which the gun-barrel or the .cradle may be secured in the traveling position independently of the elevating mechanism and the horizontal training mechanism in order to relieve the said mechanisms of the shocks to which they would otherwise be subjected by the gun during travel.

The object of the present invention is to provide a thoroughly-reliable device of the kind in question.

In the accompanying drawings we have by way of example shown one embodiment of the invention applied to a recoil-gun.

Figure 1 shows a side view, partly in section, of the parts of the gun to which the invention relates, the cradle being secured in the traveling position. Fig. 2 is a section, on an enlarged scale, on the line 2 2, Fig. 1, looking from the right. Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2 looking from the left. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2, looking from the right. Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to Fig. 2, partly in section, on the line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6, Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow 0:; and Fig. 7 is a view corresponding to Fig. 3 with some of the parts in another position.

A indicates the cradle on which the gunbarrel B, Fig. 1, rests.

C, Fig. 1, is the cradle-carrier, and D is the mount. The cradle A is capable of being swung with the gun-barrel relatively to the cradle-carrier C around the axis of the pivot a, Fig. 1,through the medium of the horizontal training mechanism, of which only the hand-wheel E, Fig. 1, is shown in the drawings. The cradle-carrier C is swingingly mounted on the wheel-axle d, Fig. 1, and is capable of being elevated with the cradle through the medium of the elevating mechanism having the hand-wheel F, Fig. 1. The relative arrangement of the parts as above set forth is old.

The rear end of the box-shaped cradle is reinforced on the exterior by means of a channel-plate a and on the interior by means of a plate a To the mount D is riveted a bolster G, having its upper end formed into a channel-shaped seat. The arrangement and the shape of the seat, and in particular its arms g, are such that it receives the rear end of the cradle without play when the cradle is in the traveling position.

"Acomparatively wide claw H is swingingly mounted on the bolster G through the medium of a bolt J. (See in particular Fig. 5.) The claw H is held against lateral movement by the side walls 9 and g of the bolster G, and its arrangement and shape are such that its part 7L3 can enter into engagement with the plate a of the cradle when the latter is in the traveling positi0nthat is to say, when it rests on the bolster G between the arms g. It is advisable to provide the claw H with an engaging face it, Figs. 4 and 7, that is concentric with the axis of the bolt J, and to provide the plate a with a corresponding engaging face a, Fig. 4, in order to obtain tight engagement between the claw H and plate (1 The claw H is connected to the bolt J by means of an angular portion i, Figs. 5 and 6, which permits longitudinal, but prevents rotary movement of the bolt relatively to the claw. The bolt J carries a handle i and is rotatably mounted in the side wall g of the bolster G by means of a journal i Figs. 5 and 6, and in the side wall 9 of the bolster by means of a sleeve i Fig. 5, and the bolt is capable of axial movement. The sleeve 2' projects into a bore h, Fig. 5, in the claw H and abuts at one end against the washer of a nut 71 on the bolt J and at its other end against one end of the spring K, whose other end rests against the end wall 7L2 of the bore h. The spring K thus tends to move the bolt J in an axial direction relatively to the claw H, and this movement is limited by a shoulder i on the bolt. The shoulder i carries an arm '5 provided with a pin i extending at a right angle to the arm and adapted to engage in either of a pair of recesses (9 Figs. 6 and 7, j and 9 Fig. 3) in the bolster G, and these means serve to secure the bolt J, and through it the claw H, either in the working position, Figs. 1 to 6, or in a position of rest, Fig. 7.

When the securing or lashing device is out of use, the claw H is in the position shown in- Fig. 7, in which the pin i enga es with the recess 9 When it is desired to lash the cradle or secure it relatively to the mount D in the traveling position into which it is brought by means of the elevating mechanism and the horizontal training mechanism, the handle i is pulled in the direction to move the bolt J against the action of the spring K until the pm i is withdrawn from the recess 9 The claw H is thereupon turned, through the means of the bolt J, to the position shown in Figs. 1 to 6, in which the pin i registers with the recess 9 whereupon if the handle i is released the spring K causes the pin i to enter the recess g and the claw H is secured in the working position. In this position the claw H, in combination with the channel-seat of the bolster G, relieves the elevating mechanism and the horizontal training mechanism of the shocks incident to travel, while the arms g of the channel-seat relieve the claw itself of lateral shocks.

The invention may of course also be used in guns which are not provided with a cradle, the gun-barrel being mounted in a barrel-carrier by means of a vertical pivot. In such case the breech of the gun-barrel must be provided with a projection fitting tightly in the channel-seat of the bolster G, and the projection must be provided with a face corresponding to the face a Having described the invention, what we claim as new is- 1. The combination with the mount, the part to be elevated, and elevating and horizontal training mechanisms, of means positively securing the part to be elevated to the mount in such a manner that the parts are revented from moving either vertically or aterally relatively to one another, and the elevating and horizontal training mechanisms are relieved of all shock.

2. The combination with the mount, the

part to be elevated and elevating and horizontal training mechanisms, of a seat on the mount in which the part to be elevated is adapted to fit to hold said part against lateral movement relatively to the mount, and means for holding said part in the seat.

3. In a portable gun, means for securing an adjustable part of the gun in the traveling position,comprising a claw swingingly mounted on a relatively fixed part of the gun and adapted to engage said adjustable part, an axially-movable shaft on which said. claw is mounted, and means carried by said shaft and locking and unlocking the claw on the axial movement of the shaft.

4. In a portable gun, means for securing the adjustable gun-barrel or cradle in the traveling position, comprising a seat in which the adjustable part is confined against lateral movement and a swinging claw adapted to lock the said part in its said seat.

5. In a portable gun, the combination with the mount and the cradle or gun-barrel vertically and horizontally adjustable thereon; of means for fixing the said adjustable member in the traveling position on the mount; said means comprising a claw journaled on the mount and adapted to engage the member to be secured, means for securing the claw in such engagement, and a channel-seat on the mount in which the member to be secured is held by the claw.

6. In a portable gun, the combination of a mount having a seat, an adjustable cradle or barrel member adapted to rest in said seat when in traveling position, means for locking the adjustable member on its seat, a shaft controlling the locking means, an arm eX- tending from said shaft, and a pin on said arm having a seat in a relatively fixed part of the gun, to hold the shaft against turning; said shaft being axially movable to release it and permit its turning movement.

The foregoing specification signed at Dusseldorf this 11th day of May, 1905.

OTTO LAUBER. KARL THIELE. In presence of PETER LIEBER,

ERNEST ANDRE.