US695578A - Projectile. - Google Patents

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Patented Mar. I8, |902. J. J. MGINTYBE.

PRDJECTILE.-

(Application filed Oct. 19, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH JOHN MCINTYRE, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

PROJECTILE.

SPECIFICATION forming pari'. Of Letters Patent NO. 695,578, dated. March 18, 1902.

Application iiled October 19, 1900. 'Serial No. 33,662. (No model.)

To all whom iv' may concern.-

4 Beitknown thatI,JosEPHJOHNMCINTYRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn borough, county of Kings, New York'fcity, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Projectile, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in projectiles; and the purpose of the invention is to provide a projectile of the rocket type so constructed that an explosion may take place in the air at a given time or whereby the explosion may be brought about by impact, no matter whether object engaged is of a solid or yielding nature or a fluid. i

Another purpose of the invention is to so charge the projectilewith balls or shots that the greater possible number may be securely held in position for the most effective service, and, furthermore, to connect sundry of the balls or shot in a chain or in bar arrange- 1nent,^so th'at they may be oonvenientlydiandled and distributed in the shell of the projectile, and also to so construct the projectile that the highest explosive may be safely handled in charging the projectile, although anA explosive of low power may be used with equally perfect success.

l attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l. is a longitudinal central section through the projectile. Fig. l is a side elevation of the vcomplete device drawn on a small scale. Fig. 2 is a transversesection taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of a hammerplug adapted to engage a detonating cap. Fig. i is a view of the base ot the plug.-

Under the construction shown in l1`ig. l the body of the projectile consists ot two cylindrical shells u and I), connected' by a slipjointor in any other approved manner. A conical cap w is placed at the forward end ofthe outer shell and upon one side ot the rear shell d a sleeve or pocket t is l'ormed, in which an cud ot' a stick is secured by a setscrewl/'er its equivalent. 'lliis stick is shown in three sections c c' ci, which sections may be telescopicallyordetachablyconnected,and a rudder c is preferably placed at the free I end of the stick, consisting usually of a trailsversely-aixed bar, as shown in Fig. 1.

The rear shell a is provided with an inner jacket orlining g, of plaster or like material,

and in the chamber formed by this jacket or lining a charge 7L ot powder vis placed. The jacket is formed with a head at its outer end, as shown in Fig. 1, which head is usually made to extend beyond the rear end of the rear shell a, as is also shown in Fig. 1. This head, however, has an opening therein adapted to receive a fuse e', placed in communication with the charge 7L.

The forward end of the powder-chamber is closed by a plug j, which may be ot' plaster, and in this plug a channel l is produced, which extends t'rom the inher to the outer face of the plug. This channel Z is adapted to direct the force of the exploded vpowder to a hammer-plug n, (shown in Fig. 3,) and vtherefore the outer end m of the channel Z is enlarged, so that said force may expand beforo acting upon the ham mer-plug. The hammer-plug is provided with a cylindrical body having a chamber r at its base, in which chamberan explosive s is packed. The forward end i of the hammer-block isconical and terminates in a needle n2, and at the ehambered portion of the hammer-plug diametrically-loeated apertures n are made, and a thread, cord, or light wire q is passed through the apertures and through the outer shell b, and light cords p connect the plug n and a disk o, temporarily securing the disk to the base of the hainmer-plug'n. This disk may be made of pasteboard or like material and is adapted to prevent the plug n from traveling in a tube tuntil the proper time shall arrive, assisted by the wire 1]. The tube t is centrallyand longitudinall y placed and secured in the forward shell (1, and the body of the hammer-plug 'n is introduced in the rear end of the tube, as shown in Fig. l. The disk is provided with a number of apertures o', so that the charge in the plug n. may be exploded when the` charge /t is ignited. 'llle disk o lies in a space between the opposing closed ends of the shells d and (1, as shown in Fig. l.

A plaster jacketor lining n is placed within the l'orward shell I), and this jacket or lining extends around the rear end et the tubet larly, compactly, and conveniently placed, certain numbers of the balls are connected,

and in this manner a series of ball-sticks are.

obtained, and when the projectile is exploded the balls separate and scatter, doing considerable damage to objects throughout a wide range.

The chamber formed by the jacket i; is filled with a charge of dynamite, nitroglyce'rin, permanganate of mercury, or like explosive, 1nd said explosive extends beyond the for- .vard end of the tube t, which endvof the tube s closed by a detonating cap u.

In operation when -the charge in the shell L is exploded the hammer-plaga is driven orward in the tube t, and when the ring- )in n2 of the plug strikes the cap u thecharge /in the shell b will immediately explode also, iliattering the parts of the projectile and discharging the balls or bullets formerly conaiued therein. Inorder that the charge y nay be safely introduced into the shell a, a ube a: of a soft material is employed to line he chamber to be filled, and this tube diecily receives the charge.

It is obvious that the projectile meets all cquired conditions and that it can be sent orward in rocket form or fired from a mortar r it can be thrown by hand.

What l claim as my invention, and desire o secure by Letters Patent, is-f l. ln projectiles, a shell, an inner jacket or ining for the shell, constructed of a vplastic material, an incased explosive located within he jacket,A solid ammunition in the form of i chain of balls supported in the said plastic ining, a tube extending from the base of the heli within the explosive material, termiating in a detonating cap at its forward end, loaded hammer-plug adapted to travel in the tube, a disk of a material such as pastey board secured yto the hammer-plug, a needle at the forward end of the plug, wires temporarily securing the disk to the shell, and means for exploding the charge in the hammer-plug, as specified.

2. In projectiles, the combination, with a rear section comprising ashell having means for attachment to a stick, a plastic lining located within the shell, an explosive material contained within the plastic materiaha fuse extending from the rear end of the shell, which fuse is in communication with the explosive material, and a plug at the forward end of the shell, which plug is provided with an opening extending through the same and communicating with the chamber in which the explosive material is placed, of a second section also ccmprisinga shell, and a connection between the shells of the first and second sections, a plastic jacket'or lining located' within the shell of the second section, chains of connected solid ammunition located Within therplastic lining orjacket, an explosive material located within the plastic jacket or lining, a tube extending from the rear end of the second section, partially through the exn plosive material therein and terminating at its forward end in a detonating cap, a hammer-plug having a needle at its forward end, which ham mer-plug extends normally Within the tube of the second section at the base of said section, the rear end of the hammer-plug being over an opening in the end plug of the rst section, and means, substantially as described, for temporarily holding .the -hammerplug in its normal position, as and for the purpose set forth.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my 'name to this specilieation, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 15th day of JOSEPH JOHN' Ivicl\TTYRi`El.4 Vtfitnesses:

CLEMENT 't MURPHY, CARL Illir'rnszwnie.

October,

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