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No. 449,270. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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No. 449,270. Patented Mar. 31,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JAMES PATERSON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE PATENT AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT SYNDICATE, LIMITED, OF

SAVE PLACE.

SELF-INDICATING TARGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,270, dated March 31, 1891. Application filed November 20, 1890. Serial No. 372,090. (No model.) Patented in England July 29,1890,No.11,991-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES PATERSON, of London, England, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented an Improvementin and Relating to Self-Indicating Targets, (which has been patented to me in England under No. 11,991, dated July 29, 1889,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object improvements in and relative to self-indicating targets for rifle and revolver practice; and it consists in, first, the construction and arrangement of mechanism for automatically indicatin g when the target is struck and the value of the score obtained by the shot fired, and, secondly, in combination with said indicating mechanism, a device or appliance for obliterating the shot-marks from the face of the target, all as herein after particularly set forth and described.

In order that my invention maybe fully understood and readily carried into effect, I will 110w describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, Fig. 2 a vertical section through line X X, Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a plan, of the self-indicating target as constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 4 is a rear view to a reduced scale of the target-faces or value-plates with their spring-brackets and striker rods or pins attached; and Fig. 5 is a rear View, also to a reduced scale, of the contact-making levers and contact-springs.

Under this invention the values of that part of the target which is to be shot at are each composed of one plate, the series being concentric, and, excepting the bulls-eye on the same plane-that is to say, the plate A, constituting the bulls-eye, has in front of it a plate B, constituting the inner value, concentric and in the same plane with which is or are one or more plates constituting other values. In the accompanying drawings I have shown two plates (1 D, representing, respeotively, the magpie and outer values.

The bulls-eye plate A is supported verti- 5o cally on a spring-bracket a, the lower end of which is secured to the framing E, and in front of the said bullseye plate A the inner and other value plates B O D are similarly and separately supported, their springbrackets being marked 13 C I) in the drawings. The inner-value plate B has an aperture I) at its center equal in diameter to the desired size of the bulls-eye, while the magpievalue plate C, which is flush with the inner-value plate B, has an aperture in its center equal to the diameter or size of the inner plate, and in this aperture the latter is fitted, and the outer-Value plate D is similarly formed with an aperture in its center, in which is fitted the magpie-value plate. To the valueplates I prefer to attach lugs F,into which the striker rods or pins G are screwed; but said striker rods or pins may be fitted in guides or in any other suitable manner. These lugs F extend upward to the same height, so as to carry the striking-pins all at the same level. The outer-value plate, it will be observed, will not require the lug; but a boss g may be formed directly on the plate, into which its striking rod or pin may be screwed. The rearward ends of the pins Gbear against the upper extremities of lovers H, centered loosely at their lower ends on a horizontal shaft or spindle I, carried in the framing E, a separate 8o lever being provided for each value-plate of the target-face. Then any one of the said value-plates is struck by a bullet, it moves rearward on its spring-brackets, thereby causing the striker rod or pin G of that plate to act 8 5 on its lever II and move it through avertical arc until the lever lies horizontally, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. Each lever has a short end It projecting below its fulcrum, and when the lever is so moved the said end h comes into contact with a metal spring K, causing the upper extremity of the spring to be brought against, as also seen in dotted lines,

a metal bar L, the said bar being through a wire Z in communication with an electric battery.

The lower ends of the springs K are, as is also the metal bar L, secured to a vulcanite block M, and they are by means of the wires It" in electrical communication with an indicator situated at. the firing-point and having separate disks to indicate the respective values, one of the said disks being dropped or raised into view, according to the springtransmitter and connections through which the current is passed. Any other suitable arrangement of electric indicator may be employed without departing from this invention.

Around the frame E, carrying the valueplates and levers, I have a vertically-sliding frame N, to which are attached cords or chains 0, leading to the firing-point. Upon a bar I, carried by this frame N, the levers II rest when assuming the horizontal position and making electrical contact, as above described. The front part of the sliding frame N carries a whiting-brush Q or its equivalent, which dips into a box R, placed below and in front of the value-plates. The said box contains a'mixture of whiting and water or equivalent material, and when the 'value of the shot has been indicated, as aforesaid, the sliding frame N is pulled up by the marksman or attendant at the firing-point and the Whitingbrush is caused to pass over the face of the target and obliterate the mark of the shot. The pulling up of the sliding frame N at the same time causes the lever H, which had been dropped, to assume its vertical position and break contact of the spring-transmitter. A check-chain U may be attached to sliding frame N to limit its upward travel to the amount desired.

The target-frame is supported at the desired height from the ground on standards S. The two rear ones may be conveniently of angleiron, and will form a guide in which a guideblock T, attached to vertically-slidingframe N, may be fitted for facilitating the manipulation of said sliding frame.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

1. A self-indicatingtarget consisting of concentric value-plates supported by flexible pillars, each plate carrying a striker G, an unequally-pivoted contact-making lever H to each value-plate, operated by the said striker on the longer arm of the said lever H, a springcontact-making device operated by the shorter arm of the said lever H, and a sliding frame opoperated from the firing position to return the contact-levers to their normal position, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a self-indicating target having contact-1evers H, a spring electrical contact device, and sliding frame N, the brush Q, carried by the sliding frame N, and box B, into which the said brush Q dips, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES PA'IERSON.

Witnesses:

LINDSAY RALFs CASEY, ARTHUR SAMUEL PULLEN.

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