US894738A - Target-trap. - Google Patents

Description

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'rEucY J. HINDMAasm or LiNooLN, NEBRASKA, AssIGNon-or ONE-HALF To GEORGE L cARrER, oFLINo'oLN, NEBRASKA..

i TARGET-TRAP.

Specification-ouf Letters Patentf A 'Patented July 2s, 190s.

applicants mea February 21,1908. seria 110.416,977.

lTo all whom mayv concern:

Be it known that I, PERCY J. HrNDMARsir,

ycitizen of the United States7 residing at Lincoln, in the county' of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new andV useful Improvements in Target-Traps, and

` do hereby declare/that the following `1s a'full, clear, and lexact' description of the same, refv erence being had to t e annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

The resent invention has reference to that class o target-traps for discharging or ejectlng `artificial birds such as spherical objects,

-disks and other like targets 1nto the air to be in Fig. 2.

shot at Yand inwhich is provided -a magazine for Astoring a number of such targets, and the object of the invention resides in a simple and practicalf tar et projecting mechanism which 'can be rea 1ly operated and adjusted to the weight and character..of'thelobject to be discharged.

The invention consists in the several details of constructi6n substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and' claimed. z

v Figure 1 of the drawings represents a perspectiveview of the complete target-trap showing one of the targets .leaving the trap\ after being discharged therefrom. Fig.V 2 .a

.perspective view on. an enlarged scale of the.

target projecting mechanism showing one of the targets inthe magazine inposition to be discharged. Fig. 3 a side elevation partly in Y section' of a portion of the projecting mechan' ism with the targets vin position as indicated.

Fig. 4 a detail perspective view of the front end ofthe foot treadle.

In the accompanying drawin ors A, B and C represent three sections adapted to be folded together when not required for use, the middie section resting upon the ends of the two outer sections.

Any` number of's'ections 'may be used and connected together in any desirable manner, and when extended as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings form the platform of the tra said- -sections being of any suitable Widt and len th as found best adapted to the purpose. rlhe section B has upright uides a b vfor the operating cable D,l the cab e en Aaging an open elongated slot c in the gui' e a `and through a hole vcl `in the guide b, the elonallowing the free play'of the cable when operated. The cable which consists of the two cab'lesections D E' are connected together at their inner ends by the aturn-buckle' F of the ordinary construction so that the cable may be shortened or lengthened for the purpose hereinafter described'.

The rear endl of the cable-section D is connected to a segmental lever G the same being .pivoted to and between the short standards e which are secured to the platform section A.

Y 'The segmental lever G may be controlled by any suitable means but preferably by footowerin which is rovided a foot-1v trea e H hinged tothe p atf rm section A 70 and connected to the segmental lever by the link f orany other preferred means found de-` sirable, said treadle having a toe-strap .g for the insertion vof the toe,` as shown in'Flg. lof the drawings.' 7 5 Ihe'magazlne for containing the targets consistsof an inclined trou h` I supported at its rear end by a standard having an felongated slot i through' which the cable-section 4D passes, said standard being hinged to the 80 platform B so that it can be folded down ainst the' same when the tra is not in use.

T e opposite or front end. of t e trough I is supported in any desirable manner but preferably by the brackets a! suitabl attached l to thaaouter sides of theitroug and the brackets detachably connected to the sides I ofthe bars 7c of the frame L by bolts and nuts 1 or any other like fastenings that-wilLadmit of the brackets being detached from the bars of fthe frame when it is desired to remove the trough for packing or when the vtargettrap is not required for' use.

The cable-section D after passing through theelongated slot t' in the standard h asses 95 through a similar slot y' in a latch J and't ence` connected by the turn-buckle'F to theca-blesection E as shown more clearly in Figs. 2

and 3 of the drawings..

' The short cable-section E is connected at 10o its outer end to a bell-crank lever K in any suitable manner, 'said lever being pivoted to and between the side bars k -ofthe frame L' 1 and throu h the medium of the perforations Z in said ars, the lever ma lbe Wm lowered thrbugh'the pivot-bo t nau t n.

The upper endV of the bellcrank lever K has connectedthereto suitable springs M NA gated open slot in theguide first mentioned 55 drawings, said rods preventing the springs from buckling.

The rods are nearly the length of the springs or may be somewhat shorter and have no connection with the fastening means at the ends of the springs, each being independent of the other;

The springs M N connect respectively with the throwing lever O and the frame L, as shown in-Fig.` 2 ofthe drawings, the throwing ever being suitably pivoted to and between the bars c of. the frame and has a suitable supporting shoe at its end to sup ort the target as indicated at X in Fig. 3 of t 1e drawings.

The shoe g of the lever extends between the stops rwhich form the lower end of the trou h I, sto s s secured to the inner sides of the trouglli are located a suitable distance from said stops so that a s ace between them will be left sufficient to a low the target to pass down in position to be taken up by the shoe g of the throwing lever O, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Upon the under side of the shoev q of the throwing lever O is a catch or keeper t with which the pivoted latch J engages when the trap is set ready to be operated 1n projecting the tar et, the targets in the magazine automatica ly and successively taking their position 'in the trough to be ltakenlup by the throwing lever as each target is thrown.

A trip-feed P is suitably pivoted to the trough and is spring actuated throu h the medium `of the spring u connected t ereto and to the platform-section C, as shown in Fig. 3 of tne drawings, thus providing means for holding the trip-target as indicated at Y back in position until the trap is sprung to throw the target X.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings is shown thetarget projecting mechanism set ready to throw the tar et, and by pressing down upon the ytreadle Ior otheroperatin meansemployed, I

the sectional cable will be rawn in the direction of the `arrows which will release the latch J from the catch or keeper t and allow the 'springs M N to operate the throwing lever O to project the tar ret, the movement of the sectional' cable as a ove set forth will draw inward the lower end of the bellcrank lever K iving tension to the sprin s. A n the above movement o the sectional cable the lug 'v on the cable-section D will strike the lower end of the pivoted latch `J and release the latch from engagement with the catch or kee er t which action of the latch will release t e throwing-lever O which is forced upward through the medium of the springs hereinbefore described thus throwing t e tar et. i n

.A yo e Q with buier w is rovided which is rendered adjustable on t 1e frame L byy means of the bolt w,- nut y and the series et perforations in the lower ends of' the yoke,

and by this adjustment of the yoke the extent of the upward motion lever O is regulated.

'The yoke may be rendered adjustable in any well known marmer and any means may be employed in place of the yoke that -will act as a stop for the upward movement of the throwing lever, and any means may be employedl to render the throwing lever spring actuated as found most desirable.

When the operator takes his weight olithe treadle or foot lever I-I, the s ring N will draw up on the bell-crank lever drawing back the sectional cable and pushing up the spring M, which will draw down, the end of the throwing-lever O which is to receive the target until the catch or keeper tis of the throwing .brought in engagement with the pivoted 'upon by the throwing lever.

As soon as the end of the throwing-lever O moves upwards the end will be released from contact with the trip-feed I and the s rin u. will draw the feed downward allowlng tie target to automatically roll in position between the stops r s ready to he taken up by the shoe on the end of the throwing lever when brought ldown in position.

To obtain greater or less tension on the spring M in order to throw targets of different weight, the turn-buckle F is turned in the proper direction which will change the position'of the lug o nearer to or fartherv from the latch J. This operation lengthens or shortens the cable-section E and consequently raises or lowers the foot-treadle or lever H to correspond with the necessary length of pull on said cable.

f I aving now fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1.I In a target-trap, a magazine comprising l an inclined trough to receive the targets, a -suitable platform and an upright frame con# nected thereto, a throwing-lever pivoted to the frame, a bell crank lever pivoted to the' frame, suitable springs connecting with the bell-crank lever and connecting with the throwing-lever and with the frame, a spring actuated feed device connecting with the trough, a latch device connectingwith th'e throwing-lever, and an operatin cable connected tothe bell-crank lever an adapted to operate the, latch device, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a target-trap, a magazine comprising an inclined trough, a platform and an up# right frame connected thereto, a spring actuated throwing lever supported by the frame and adapted to receive the target, an

adjustable `yoke upon the frame to limit the upward movement of the throwing lever, a In testimony whereof I allix my signature spring mfxtuated fd devlice, and a latch dein presence of two witnesses. y vice, a oot-trea e or ever, an o erating l t cable conneoting with the throwirlig lever PERCY J' HINDMARSH 5 and foot-treadle or lever and adapted to vWitnesses:

operate the latch device, substantially as arid ERNST HUNGER, for the purpose set forth. I VICTOR SEYMOUR.

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