US896560A

US896560A - Ammunition-vehicle.

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Publication number: US896560A
Application number: US41671808A
Authority: US
Inventors: Wilhelm Mayer
Original assignee: Krupp Stahl AG
Current assignee: Krupp Stahl AG; Fried Krupp AG
Priority date: 1908-02-19
Filing date: 1908-02-19
Publication date: 1908-08-18
Anticipated expiration: 1925-08-18

Description

No. 896,560. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

' W. MAYER.

AMMUNITI VEHICLE.

APPLICATION BD IEB. 19. 190B.

iig 2 arranged eccentrically to the corresponding of the projectile is adapted to rest.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. WILHELM MAYER, OF ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMANY, SSIGNOR TO FRIED. IIRUPP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, OF ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMANY.

AMMUNI'IION-VEHICLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed February 19. 1908. Serial N o. 416,718.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILHELM MAYER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of Essen-on-the-Ruhr, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ammunition -Vehicles, of which the Jfollowing is a speciiication.

The present invention relates to an ammunition vehicle which is intended to be used. for the transportation oi separated amimmition and which is provided with removable 'l'ramcs having seats for the points or' the projectiles and seats for metallic cartouches co-axial with the seats for the projectile points.

In the accompanying' drawings the invention is shown applied to a limber, by way oi' example.

Figure 1 shows side View, partly in section, of thc limber; Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1, some parts being broken away, some of the removable frames being removed and the projectiles and cartouches being taken out; Fig. 3 is a side view of a removable frame, partly in section on line 3-3, Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a top view of Fig. 3.

The box of the limber, which can be closed by means of a cover C hinged at D, is divided into three chambers Al A2 A3 by means of two vertical, transverse walls E. The pole B projects through the central chamber A1. In each of the two outer chambers A2 A3, which are adapted to contain the ammunition, are arranged two Walls G and H which extend parallel to the bottom wall F of the limber box and in which are stamped seats g1 and h1 for each projectile J. The small diameter of the seat g1 is equal to the diameter oi' the base of the proj ectile but the small diameter ofthe seat h1 is so great that the guide-band i1 of the projectile can pass therethrough. Each seat h1 is seat g1 and in such a manner that, when the projectiles in the seats stand at right angles to the bottom wall F of the box, the projectiles lie with a part of their wall against the wall ol the scat 71,1. Buffers or cushions K made of elastic material, such as rubber or the like, are arranged on the bottom wall F, one for cach projectile, on which the base On the transverse walls E and on the side walls F1 F2 of the box angle irons L (Figs. 1 and 2) are arranged above the walls H. The angle irons serve as support for the 1 removable frames M, two of which are arranged in each of the two outer chambersv displacement 'of the vremovable frames M.

In their bottom wall the frames M have seats m1 'for the projectile points. The seats m1 are in the shape of a truncated cone. Each seat m1 is co-axial with one of the seats (/1 when the 'frames are placed in the box and the seats m1 are formed in such a manner that they lie against that part of the projectile point which is below the fuse (Fig. 1). T he upper wall of each frame M is provided with openings m3 (Fig. 2 to 4) in which the operator can insert his hand when inserting and removing the frame. Furthermore the upper wall of each frame M has stamped therein seats m2 for metallic cartouches O (Fig. 1) which seats are co-axial with the seats m1. The cartouches arranged in these seats rest with the projecting rim of of their shell on the edge of the seats m2 and they rest with their cover o1 on the conical seats m1. By reason of this arrangement the driving charge contained in the cartouches cannot drop out in spite of the Jfact that the opening of the cartouches inserted in the frame is directed downwardly.

Cushions P of elastic material, such as rubber or the like, are arranged on the inner side of the cover C (Fig. 1) and when the limber box is closed the cushions P lie against the bottom of the shells of the cartouches O and hold the cartouches and valso the frames M and the projectiles in position.

The arrangement of the removable frames makes it possible to seat the projectiles and the cartouches with great security and provides for a goed utilization of the space of the limber box. In action the Jframes M are taken out and when this has been done each projectile and each cartouche is directly .the covers of the cartouches.

4. A 'frame constructed to t in the boX of an ammunition vehicle and having seats for the points of projectiles and seats for cartouches located above the seats for the projectile points.

5. A frame constructed to iit in the box of an ammunition vehicle and having seats for the points of projectiles and seats for cartouches co-axial With the seats for the projectile oints.

The oregoing specification signed at Dus seldorf, Germany, this 14th day of December,

WILHELM MAYER. In presence of- CLEMENs MGKURAM, WILHELM FLAsoHE.