US827413A - Target-trap. - Google Patents

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No. 827,413. PATBNTBD JULY 31. 1906. W. s. BOWERS.Y TARGET TRAP.

APPLUATIGN FILED CGT.3`1,190:"

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TARGET-TRAP.

Specioaticn of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1966.

Application iled October 3L 1955i Serial No. 235.233.

VTo all whom hay conce-rn..- i Y Beit known that I, WILSON S. Bowers; e citizen of the United States, residing et Blenden, in the county of Berks and Stm'c of A Pennsylvenimlmw invented new sind useful Improvements in Target-Traps, of which the following is n. specification.

This invention relates to im rovements in terget-traps; end the object 0 my device is 1o to produce strep of com erstively Simple construction, one that will e positive in ec-V tion 'one that will set itself auton1aticelly,nnd in w 'oh e plurality of targets Ineybethrown y with the seine ease as a smrle target. x5` The invention consists oinovel'eetures of construction, which will he fully described in the followin Spcciicution endcleorly illustrated in te eccopipenying drawings, in :Whichzo -F' ure i shows a side elevetion of my trop f closle and readyto be sprung. Fig. 2 shows a. plan view of the same,'showing in dotted lines the position assumed when et its full open position. g A' The numeral l designates any suitable foundation.

2 is the hase of the machine and has a lug joined thereon, in which the regulating or ald- .justing lever ispivoted. Y 3o; 4 designates en upri ht ivotall mounted on the base and ca ab e o pivot or oseille.- "tor movement. his upright carries theY entire operating mechanism, including the' main erm 5, which is pivoted at 6 te the heed piece i',Y seid erm bein provided Wit'rnslot 5', engaged by e clam -bolt 6", thnt passes transversely throng ie heed-piece end serves to'secure the arm in position adjustably with relation to the heedieee. This 4o heedpi`ece has a. peir of Qgui e-pulleys 8 mounted thereon. This arm Shes e supple mental arm 9 pivoted thereto et its outer extremity 10, and this erm 9 is formed with the tar ctecerier 9 at one end and e. ratchet il 4 5 et t le other end. The arm 5 lies also e triger device 12 secured thereto, held-in pesition by e coiled s ring 1.3-, which trigger de'- vicc engages the ug or lip 14 on the under sido of the su iemental arm 9 and keeps it 5o in position. he erm 9 has also a pivotal shaft 15, provided with a crank-erm 15, ce' pebleof rotary motion, Secred pivotally at its outer end, and this erm is connected to a coiled spring 16. The other or inner end of l t edi estable 1n un ner. This bor l i is edjustably connected to the trigger device 12 by means of o link 12 end is operated simultaneously therewith, said link having s. slot 12b, where in moves e pin or stud 120,connected with the ber'l?, YSaid link'olso has et its free end e. set-screw 12", forming an adustehle abof ment or Contact member for t Yspin or stud 12, the position oi said set-screw determin- V-ingtlre point et which the link shell be aetnetedjto @(perare the trigger end release the erin 9.1m er the impulse oi the movable bar 17,7heving the pin 12. The lower orienter end of this ber 17hes connected thereto-iin" 'operating chain or cord 18, which chain pnsseshetween the guide-pulleys in the upright' heedpieee and is connected to 'any' suelile red or bnr 19, leading to the operetor's station. The carrier is formed a sinle piece with the supplemental ann above Vdescribed and is so constructed that either one'or two targets may be dropped into it, and when the trap is operated the double terget will he thrown es easily end quickly as e sin leg' The rod runnin through the upt or heed-piece de en' s below the base 2,

her 26, which is connected to the ed'ustinglever This lever when thrown orward Vor backward will set the trap and predeterminethe angle at which the target is to loe thrown. On the top of the mein erro I have errenged a bolt 23, arranged in e. housing and Yadapted t-en ege the ratchet-teeth on the Vfront end of t 1e carrier-erm when the trap is sprung. I arrange s. coiled spring 24 et the iront end of the mein erm an is so erranved es to be placed under tension when the slieit I5, having the crank 15 and carrying the arm 9, is partly rotated under the impulse oi the s ring 16 and related parte, as wil be presently more fully described. Seid spring will thus operate to return the carrier to closed position.

The device'is of course easily operated et any angle, es the chain will pass freely hefween the goidwpulleys on the heed-piece no metter et wllet position the operator stands, end the targets' can be thrown et any angle hy moons of an equally easily operated device. The device operates automatically and Vpermits of edljustment in any manner this class. I he slotted mein erm will ermit 'the adjustment vertically, and thepiv 5 5 the spring issecured' to. e ber 17, which her is pivotally connected .to the .in'in arm 5 in an otcl connection to the bese will permit vany this springA end toits lower end I eve attached e pivotal that may he ossib y'ncccssary in a. device of Ilo lateral inovernent, so that it is clear-ly seen that any angle at all may be attained- The operation of the device is simple and easy, all

friction having been reduced to a minimum,

and the construction is as simple as is consistent with the accomplishment of the purposes for which the device is intended.

The operation of the device is as follows: The target is placed in' the carrier by merely dropping it into position. By u ling the operating-rod 19 and the chain 8 the pivoted bar 17 will be drawn back and the spring 16 will b e extended and placed under tension, exerting stress upon the crank-erm 15, which wouldshaft 15 and to swing the arm 9 partly around butoI-lthe presence of the tri ger-142, whereby the arm is held against suolil move ment. 'A t apredetsinined point, however, which is governed by previous adjustment of the set-screw 12d, said setfscrew or contact member is engaged by thepin 12e,- connected with the bar 17, thus operating the link 12L and the trig Ver 12, and thereby releasing the arm 9', wlnc now swings around' under the impulse of the sprin 16, thereby dischar ing the target at an. ang 'e which is determined by previous adjustment of the arm 5 and the standard or u right '4. When the arm 9 swings aroun under 4the ,impulse of the spring 16, the s 24, connected with the pivotal shaft 15, is partly wound or placed under tension, andf said sp will as soon as stress upon the sp 16 1s released be operative to restore the arm 9 to its ,initielI position. The erm 9, however, will not. be thus restored until' the locking-bolt 23 is disengaged frcm the ratchet-teeth 11, whichiit automatically engages when thearmswings around Vto 'a 'target-discharging position.-

`The release of the lockingbolt may bev efect- A I l ger device will automatic-al `position for a repetition lof may be overned by. adjustment of extent to4 ed or strained previous to the be 'operative to rock the j ed manually or the locking mechanism formed hv the bolt and the'ratchet-teeth may be dispensed with, if desired. `When under the im ulsemf the spring 24 the cer- ?Jier is restore to its initial osition, the trigy @nasse the lug 14, and the carrier-arrn will thus be held in lthe o eration. of the ischnrge the setthe position of which ,vom the which the spring 16 wil be extenddiseharge e! will be seen that the force screw l the tra and'its operation, what I claim, v secure by Letters Patent, i's-l arm at the other end of said shaft, a spfi'ing` having an adjustable contact oted arm having a' conact-pin sldlablq;

gaging the slotted link, e sp1-ingrV coliineeting. the `pivoted arm ably-guided iexible pulling ine1nbere0nneeted with the pivoted arm,"and nectedfwith the shaft carrying the crankarm and adapted to be wound or placed uib der tension when theshaft is rotated ulidieithe ililnpulse of the spring connected wit-l1- the cran In testimony whereof l' aflix my signeture .in presence of two subscribiri witnesses.

1 VVILSQN BOWERS.

Witnesses: i I

. J. FRED Bownus, i G. HENRY HEINLY.

actuated tr'gger enga ing the Iier-m, a slotted' link connect with thetriggenand with the crank-arm, s, Seite a spring con@ f i 55 Having thus fully described my invention and to A target-tmp comprisinga base, en oslzil 4

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