US1558542A - Skyrocket - Google Patents

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Oct. 27, 1925 R. w. HOLLAND SKYROCKET Filed March '7, 1925 PM ow m #0 AND Stratum Patented 0a. 27, 1925.

UNITED STA ES ZPATENT'OFFICE,

RAYMOND w. HOLLAND, or KENT. on-Io.

' SKYROGKET.

Application filed March 7. 1925 Serial No. 13,578.

To all whom 1 1 may concern:

Be it known that l, RAYMOND W Hon- LAND, a. citizen of the United States, residing at- Kent, in the county of Portage and State of Ohio,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Skyrockets, of which the t'ollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to tire works, and

has particular reference to an improved skyrocket and guiding, and supporting means therefor. i

kyrockets as heretofore constructed, in

so far as I amaware, comprise a body po'r than to the'lowcr or inner end of which is attachcda rclativelylongstick by means of whichthe body is properly guided in! its course of travel through "the air, the stick assisting to a great extentalso in facilitating supporting of the skyrocket sothatit will be projected upwardly at the desired The fallangle or in the desired direction.

- of the remains of a skyrocket which includes this stick involves consid'erahledanger as is obvious, and the construction of a special chute or guiding means 1s necessary ,for

the use of these skyro'ckets. Furthermore -th'c necessity of providing each lndividual skyrocket, with a guiding stick ()f'.i)h1S character involves considerable expense.-

The primary object of my invention is to so constructa skyrocket that the samewill be effectively guided without the use of a stick, my substituted guiding means ,dolng away with the danger incident to the falling of skyrockets which do. have these guiding sticks.

Still another object of the invention to provide a skyrocket with comparatively inexpensive and p more effective guiding: means which are not, dangerous in use.

I A still further object-of the: invention is to provide means for guiding and supporting the skyrocket so that the same may be directed upwardly in the'desired direction, a member of the guiding and supporting means being capable of use for firing a number ot similar skyrockets and doing away with the necessity-of constructing special guide chutes-or the like.-

With the above general objectsin view,

and others that will become apparent as the nature f the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form, coml')inati0n and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully deof skyrockets.

I scribed. shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

in the drawings. wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

skyrocket associated with a guiding and supporting means, all constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure isfla horizontal section taken substantially upon hn'e22 of- Figure 1, and

" Figure is a-sid'e-"elevational view of the supporting member oftheskyrocket guid mg and supporting means, drawn on a smaller scale; I i

Referring more in detail to the drawing.

Figure l is a perspective view'showing a the present sl 'yrock'et. comprises the usual I body 5 ,which is lill'ed with a charge of owder or the like in-the usual way and ms a pointed" upper end as at 7 so that a minimum resistance is ofi'ered to its flight 1 through the air, the usualfuse or wick 0 being extended through the bottom of the body 5 tofbe ignited for firing the skyrocket in the usual manner; 1

Instead of attaching a guiding sticktothe lowerend of the sky rocket, I provide the 7 same with a'plurality of xternal ouiwarlly projecting; wings or fins 9, which fins are eret'erably constructed of paper on cardcard and pasted. or otherwise secured to the body so as to-extend radially to the longitudinal axis of the body 5. I have found that the wings i) will .m'crc eliectively guide the skyrocket in its flight through the. .air than is accomplished by the stick so that the rocket will travel a greater distance and eta reater speed withoutmaterially deviat- Ying mm a straight line of-travel. 1 P

In Order to support the skyrocket so that composed of parallel spaced legs-l3-that with eyes 11 at opposite sides of the sky-.

are comparatively straight throughout their length and have their upper ends free. Thisv stand or support may be constructed of a single piece of wire formed with a loop to provide the base 12 and twisted adjacent the loop to provide strength after which the end portions are separated and made parallel to provide the legs 13 as clearly shown in Figure 1. Obviously, the upright portion may be flexed relative to the base so as to vary the angular relation of these parts and accordingly vary the direction of travel of the rocket, This is indicated quite clearlyin Figure 3 by dotted lines at opposite sides of the full line position of the legs 13, the dotted lines indlcating a wide range of adjustment of the legs relative to the base 12. The element 10 is provided rocket body for slidable reception of the legs 13 so that when the skyrocket is associated with the support or stand as shown in Figure l the rocket will be efi'ectively supported to be fired and then guided as it is projected until the eyes 14 leave the legs- 13. The legs 13 are provided with offset portions 15 or the like upon which the eyes 14 rest so that the lowering movement of the skyrocket is limited to a proper position with the fuse 8 maintained above the ground.

The element 10 may be constructed of a single piece of wire so as to tightly embrace the body- 5 with its intermediate portion forming one of the loops or eyes 14 and the ends twisted to provide the other eye 14.

In use, the rocket is associated with the support as shown in Figure 1 with the legs 3 extending through the eves 14 and the latter resting upon the offset portion 15 of said legs. The legs 13 are flexed relative to the base 12 to the desired position and then the fuse'S is lighted. The rocket will be projected in the usual manner together with the wire 10 and the legs 13 will guide the rocket until the eyes 14 leave the upper ends of the legs. Any suitable object of proper weightanay be placed upon the base 12 if found necessary for preventing the device from tilting over when in use, and it will be seen that I have provided a simple and comparatively inexpensive means for effectively facilitating the firing of skyrockets than is presented by the usual construction involving guiding sticks, which means involves construction eliminating dangers of guiding sticks mentioned above.

From the foregoing description it is believed that the construction and operation as well as the advantages of the present invention 'will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

lMinor changes may be made without departing from the spirit'or the scope'of this invention, as claimed.

What I claim as new is '1. In a device of the class described, a skyrocket including an elongated body provided with a liring charge and having a firing fuse projecting through the inner end thereof, and external outwardly projecting guiding wings secured to the body, and means for facilitating supporting and guiding of the body including an element attached to the latter and having guiding eyes at opposite sides thereof, and a supporting stand for the skyrocket including upwardly projecting spaced parallel legs adapted for slidable reception in said eyes, and means upon th legs for limiting movement of the eyes onto the latter whereby the rocket will be supported at the desired elevation above the ground.

2. In a device of the class described, a skyrocket including an elongated body provided with a firing charge and having a firing fuse projecting through the inner end thereof, and external outwardly projecting guiding wings secured to the body, and means for facilitating supporting and guiding of the body including an element attached to the latter and having guiding eyes at opposite sides thereof, and a sup porting stand for the skyrocket including upwardly projecting spaced parallel legs adapted for slidable reception in said eyes, said supporting stand comprising a base portion flexibly associated with the legs whereby the angle between the legs andbase may be varied for directing the rocket in a desired path of travel.

3. In a device of the class described, a skyrocket including an elongated body provided with a firing charge and having a firing fuse projecting through the inner end thereof, and external outwardly projectin guiding wings secured to the body, an means for facilitating supporting and guiding of the body including an element attached to the latter and having guiding eyes at opposite sides thereof, and a supporting stand for the skyrocket including upwardly projecting spaced parallel legs adapted for slidable reception in said eyes, said supporting stand comprising a base portion flexibly associated with the legs whereby the angle between the legs and base may be varied for directing therocket in a desired path of travel, said legs and base constituting asingle piece of wire bent with its intermediate portion constituting a loop for forming the base. i

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature RAYMOND W. HOLLAND.

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