US1244046A - Projectile. - Google Patents

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n. FFRENCH. PROJECTILE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, I911.

Patented Oct. 23,1917.

anvamoz Roberl" Ffrench.

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O1" to iii 1y particular; fuses "or 'bfifstihgend dispersing;chargeesthat may he ecloptedfiferr the projectile as these and other. details may V .7 e e '75 be suitably modl fiecl ridepeniclmgyupo any h V pertic ular pmctieel i'equiiements that the limelltiolilmaii a nito hump}. e

" d ini and desire to securerby'liet- I jpris'ingfa' Teasing; end alehargewithin; Said arrangedltrensversely their edjeicent :eun'faces stiruetedijend'.lermngedj ,6 l r e e the: projetile to zbjeipro j'ecte 1 th liheg'ofiflightlwithoigt "fheli A 31 mule, f he shra neljt'yp e waging, 2w bedy bfzexplo siye @eth he tpiejectile-m v. v r. vcleri, ed FiII Z lQim. Kl, wherein] the i'r-plete li'kefja membersfax ef.fan ranged-i0: rotateawith .fseiidfi casing during 7Q prdjecti-lezlas claiihed inigle m casing; g

A A A 8. A projectile as claimed in claim 7, A A wherein the disk sectors are arranged in 5 pairs to form a disk having its periphery in engagement with the interior of the casing, the adjacent edges of the tWo sectors being "scarfeh i a i i A 9. A projectile as claimed v in claim 1, wherein the plate like members are provided withtslots to facilitate bursting of the memhers on striking an object.

10. A projectile of the shrapnel type, comsisting ofa plurality of disks arranged in pairs, each pair comprising a thick disk having; radial slots and a thin disk having por- Copies of this patent inay he obtained for nalsector form when projected fromthe F piging a casing and a charge therein confive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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