US965809A - Shell for artillery. - Google Patents

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C. W. GBBAUER. SHELL FOR ABTILLERY.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY s, 1909.

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G. W. GEBAUER.

SHELL Fon ARTILLBRY.

APPLICATION .FILED 'JULY8, 1909. 965,809, Patented July 26, 1910.

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C. W. GEBAUER.

SHBLL'FOR ARTILLERY.'

APPLIOATION-PILBD JULY s. 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910. i

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,with all kinds ofartillery, Whicg CAEL WALTER eEBAUEre oEDEEsDEN, GERMANY.

SHELL EOE AETILLERY.

Speeicaton'of Letters :Patient atenten July 26, '1910.-

A'ppucation led July' 8, 1909. Serial No. 506,628.

To'all whom it ina'y concern:

Be it known that I, CARL WALTER GE- BAUER, girdler, subject of the Kingpf Sa-X- ony, residing at Dresden, Germany, have in vented certain new and usefulv Improve@ ments in Shells forArtillery, of which the following is a specication.`

This invention relates to a shell for 'use any caliber vand is so constructed dition to the ordinary. spreading eect similar to shrapnel produced only when it bursts, it ca-uses elongated bullets to be discharged at intervals as desired at an. obtuse angle in relation to the direction of its Hight, so that it is possible to ,reach an enemy who is under of a special arrangement.

1". In Sheets I, II and III of the accompany-l ing drawing the construction of a shell ac base of the shell, 11 is 'a transverse seo.

cover-: this being lrendered possible by means the projectile any desired number of elongated bullets are obliquelyarranged in such a manner that they lie' atan acute angle in relation tothe axis of the-hollow s hell and can be discharged from the latter during its flight bymeans of special ignition devices at an acute angle in the opposite direction to the'line of ight.

cording to the present invention is illustrated.

- Figure 1 is a longitudinal .section of the shell, Fig. 2 is an elevation, Fig. 3 isa longitudinal section of the head of the shell, Fig. 4 is a cross section thereof, Fi 5 is a plan of the timing disk, Fig. 6 is an inverted` plan of the same, Fig. 7 'is a section of the same, Fig. 8 is a plan of'- the adjusting ring by means of which the -timin the same, Fig..10^is a sectional view of the tion through the shell.

chambers 2, 3,4, 5 (Figs. 1 and 11) open- In the interior of the's'hell isa cylindrical chamber-1, which is ,filled with explosive material, and into which four trapezoid like whic are intended for the reception of the shrapnel shot'. Between the chambers 2 to 5 are partitions 7 (Fig. 11) 'which extend inward up to the cylindrical chamber 1 and form a whole-With the shellcasing-G. In'

the casing 6 extending into the partitions 7 are holes 8 for the cartridges 9 which are suitably screwed int-o the same, These holes 8 Whichform an acute anglewlth the axls of the shell are -connectedby means of small -ably provided for the fuses. may .be of that in ad,

In the case` of of the ignition can be regulated, Fig. 9 1s a section of (F ig. .1) running through the .shot 41n the partitions 7. To the side of the. passages 11 forward passages -10 with longitudinal passa-ges l11.-

of the rows of projectiles, that is in the -cas-` ing 6 which .is reinforced by partitions 7 two 'longitudinal cylindrical borings Y12 aresuitg formed by a longitudinally drilled Weight 13, the hole in which is Venlarged rearwardly at 14 for receiving a detonator. On' the bot# tom of the hole 12 a pin 15 is arranged from The latter are which the weight is held apart by a 'spring' 16 igs. l and, 3).' The hole 12 is closedby a drilledserew disk 17 which extends by mea-ns of a small tube 18 into the holein the weight and acts as a' guide to the latter.

In the hole in the weight 13,- and in the tube 18 as well as in the passages 10 -and 1 1, a suitable4 fuse, powder is placed. 'When the shell. is i'red, the weights 18 with thedetfy onatorsmove sharply against the pin' 15 in consequence of their inertia, the power of .the spring 16 beingfovercome, and the fuse powder in the passages which lead to the rcartridges being ignited and the bullets dl'scharged (Fig. 3).

vI n order that the ignition for the elongated bulletsmay be adjusted to any de sir'ed distance the 4following arrangement is made. The timing disk 19 illustrated .in

Figs. 45, 6. and `7 is screwed. by means'of its,

screw piece 20 into thel screw thread 21 formed in the shell'in such a. manner that the borings- 22 therein come exactlyover the ignition openings 23 or` communicate therewith (Fig. 1). On the rear faceof ,this disk is a circular groove 24,.wh1ch 1n turn stands over t-he passages 1l in the casinward, the-.onethrough the boring ,240i the timing disk 19 is drilled throughl obj liquely rearward in order to meet the groove 24..V In front of the timing disk 19 the ad,-

justingdisk 25shown in Figs. 8" and 9Y is' screwed on to the inner cylindrical jpalt 26 of the shell (Fig. 1).. This disk isjf ormed with through passages 27 and 28,/a'ndwit-h two grooves 29 and 30 which break 'the cir so. A

ing.' .As the one fuse is placed somewhat cleat places situated opposite 'oneanothen The passages y27 and 28'are connected by. tangentialfgrooves 31. The .passages 27 are somewhat oblique and run into the groove 24 of the? timing disk. The through .borings 27 open into the'v groovesv 24m 241"v rovided o n theforward face-of the timing isk and thenceinto the groove 24 inthe rear face..

Alligrooves and passages are filled w-ith fuse. v powder.` Between the grooves circular ribs 32 are formedon the one hand and recesses 33 on the other hand, so that the filled ignition passages cannot communica-te wlth one another in any` unintended manner owing 'through horings 22 in the fuse regulating disk, the quickest time for ignition 'for the projectiles t) is at a distance of 500 meters, .because in this case the flashing of the ignA ting massis only effected 'throughthe ltang ntial pat-h 31 to thefvertical passages l1. If on the other ha nd the diskQ be adjusted so thatfthe through bori'ngs-QQ -in the timing disk communicate with the ends of the grooves 29 and 30, the explosion of the projectile is longest delayed, because the ign-iting substance must firstburn away in the grooves before there is any ignition of what is in the grooves 31; Consequently the eX- plosionl lonly takes place at a dist-ance of 8,000 meters. Accordingly as the through passages 22 in the' timingdisk 19 are more or lessdistant from the through boringsI .28 and thetangential grooves 31 run into the grooves 29 and 30', the earlier or the later will the projectile 9 Aarranged in the casing be ignited; Ifthe adjusting disk be so adjusted that the places where the grooves 29 and BOnreinterrupted come over the through borings 22, the path of ignition is shut off there and no ignition of the projectile can occur. It is advisable to effect this adjustment 'when the shot is removed from'one place to another.

The effects of the shell are once more briefly summarized. Vhen the shell is discharged the fuse powder inthe ignition weights is ignited by the return action on the head placed on the detonating cap. kThe ignition proceeds through the ignition holes in the-disk, and the passages in the adjusting ringtilled with fuse powder and thence through the inner ignition holes or ignition grooves in the disk, reaching the passages 11 in the cartridges and causing these latter `to explode. According to the adjustment of "the timing ring or according to the length of the path of ignition in the grooves of the timing ring the elongated bullets are disvcharged 'at certain times and places, the

greatest and smallest adjustment of the timing ring in regard to the periods of eX- plosion of the elongated bullets varying between distancesof 500 and 8000 meters. A

-bullets in meters.

scale which is arranged on the periphery of the timing ring indicates the time to be adjusted for'the explosion. of the elongated Moreover the dead position of the timing ring in which the ignition passages are closed and no explosion can occur even if ignition Vtake place is shown on the scale. Thus the cartridges can be tired at a determined distaneeand time. By the firing of the cartridges enemies -even under good cover in trenches can be reached;

while the shot itself hasa greater range through the reaction of the bullets. The. bursting of thefshell and the spreading of Vthe round shot can be adjusted by the timing disk independently of theV firing of the cartridges owing tothe number of borings in the casing .the latter bursts into a much larger number of small parts, than hitherto, and thus insures a powerful explosive effect.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,v

I declare that what I claim is- 1. The combination with an artillery shell having a plurality of longitudinal shrapnel chambers and partitions separating the chambers, of a plurality o f projectiles fitted in each partition.

2. The combination with an artillery shell having a plurality of longitudinal shrapnel chambers and partitions lseparating the chambers, of aplurality of projectiles fitted in each partition, and means independent of the explosive in the shell for tiring the projectiles. Y

3. The combinatign with an artillery shell having a plurality of longitudinal shrapnel chambers and partitions separating the chambers and each having a longitudinal powder duct, of a plurality of project-iles fitted in each partition and tired by the eX- plosion of the powder in each ducta detonator, and means for transmitting the Hash from the detonator to the powder ducts. 4. |Ihe combination with an artillery shell having a plurality of longitudinal shrapnel chambers and partitions separating the chambers and each having a longitudinal powder duct, of a plurality of projectiles fitted in each partition and tired by the explosion of the -powder in each duct, a detonator, and means for transmittingv the flash from the detonator to the powder ducts, consisting of an adjustable part by means of which the length of the path ,of

transmission between the detonator and the powder ducts may be varied.

. In testimony whereof I have hereunto'set my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit-

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