US1199661A - Ordnance. - Google Patents

Description

W. C. BUCKHOUT.

ORDNANCE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. m5.

' IAIVENTOR darizeiiflzawazm W. C. BUCK-HOUT.

ORDNA'NCE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-28,1915.

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Patented Sept. 26, 19-16.

W/fA/ESSES WILLIAM C. BUCKHOUT, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

ORIDNANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed September 28, 1915. Serial No. 53,033.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM CORN LL BUoKHoU'r, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lincoln Park Station, Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ordnance, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide certain new and useful improvements in ordnance whereby the recoil or backward pressure on the breech block is utilized to offset the longitudinal and circumferential strains, to render the ordnance exceedingly strong and durable and to insure long life of the ordnance.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of equalizing means connected with the muzzle of the tube and with a fixed part intermediate the muzzle and the. breech lockso that the gas pressure on the breech block prevents the tube from moving backward, at the same time the casing exerts a pressure on the tube to press the latter laterally and longitudinally with a force approximately equal to the backward pressure exerted against the breech block.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a. part of this specification, in which similar- Ic'jiti'aoters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gun embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is an enlargedplan View of'the anchoring means for anchoring the bands of the casing to the breech end of the casing; Fig. 4 is a cross section of the breech end of the gun; Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation of the anchoring means on the line 55 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is an inverted plan View of one of the casing bands; Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a modified form of the invention; Fig. 8 is a sectional plan View of the same; and Fig. 9

is a cross section of the same on the line 99 of Fig. 8.

gun shown in Figs. 1 and 7 is in the form 'The body portion of the casing 10 of the inner set of spiral bands are attached to an 'anchoring piece 13 and the ends of the outer set of spiral bands are attached to the terminals of the inner set of spiral bands, as

hereinafter more fully described. The anchoring piece 13 is secured to the muzzle end of the tube 14 and which tube is preferably surrounded by a shell 14 to give the desired strength. The rear end of the tube 14 and its shell lt fits into an enlarged portion 15 of the bore 16 of the breech end 11, and the rear edge of the tube 14 and its shell abuts against an annular shoulder 17 formed by the enlargement 15 of the bore 16.- The anchoring piece 13 isconnected by sectional rods or links 18 with trunnions 19 projecting from a yoke 20 through which extends the casing 10, the trunnions 19 being journaled in the carriage 21 of the gun.

The ends of each inner spiral band of the casing 10 are provided with lugs 22' provided along their inner edges with teats 23, and the said lugs 22 at the rear ends of the inner casing bands fit into an annular groove 24 arranged exteriorly onthe breech end 11 of the casing. The teats 23 fit into the notches 25 formed in the forward wall of the annular groove 24: so that the bands are not liable to shift in the groove 24. The lugs 22 at the forward ends of the inner bands fit into a groove 26 formed in the anchoring piece 13 and the teats 23 of the forward lugs 22 fit into notches'27 at the rear wall of the groove 26. The outer spiral bands are provided at their ends with lugs 22 abutting against the ends of the inner spiral bands, and the teats 23 of the said lugs fit into notches formed in the ends of adjacent inner spiral bands. Thus both sets of spiral bands are securely fastened in place at their ends and the inner bands are wound spirally around the shell 14? of the tube 14, and the said bands also fit onto a filling piece 30 and-split packing rings 31 bands fit one against the other to form a very strong and durable casing of twosuperimposed sets of spiral bands.

It will be noticed that when the gun is fired the tube 14 and its shell 14" are held against rearward or recoil movement by the rods 18 connected with the trunnions 19 held against movement in the carriage 21 and consequently the pressure exerted against the breech block 12' causes but a rearward movement of the casing end 11 which by its connection with the spiral bands or ribbons of the casing 10 cause the latter to exert a pressure all around the shell 14% and tube 14, thus pressing the tube laterally and longitudinally with a force equal to the backward pressure on the breech piece 11. sure on the breech block offsets or balances thecircumferential and longitudinal strains by being transformed into longitudinal and circumferential stresses.

.In the construction shown in Figs. 7 8

and 9 the same result is obtained by different means. The casing 40 is provided with a conical bore 41 into which fits the conical exterior face of the tube 42 abutting at its rear end on a breechpiece 43 screwing in the rear end of the casing 40. On the muzzle of the tube 42 is screwed or otherwise se-.

cured an anchoring piece 44 connected by sectional rods or links 45 with trunnions 46 mounted in the carriage 47. The trunnions 46 extend from a yoke 48 surrounding the casing 40. It will be noticed that in this case the tube 42 is held against rearward movement the same as above described in regard to the tube 14, and the rearward movement of the casing 40 exerts a pressure on the entire exterior surface ofthe tube 42 thereby utilizing the breech pressure to form circumferential and longitudinal stresses offsetting the strains. It will also be noticed that by the construction shown and described the gun can be readily taken apart and put together in a short time thereby permittlng convenient transportation over poor roads while the parts are disassembled and also allowing replacing of any one of the parts in case the same are worn out. 4

From the foregoing it will be seen that by the arrangement described a gun of very Thus the force of the presheavy caliber can be constructed which has fihe desired degree of safety when being red.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1'. A gun, comprising a casing, a tube having its rear end abutting against a shoulder on the breech end of the casing, and means connected with the muzzle of the said tube and with a fixed part of the mount intermediate the ends of the tube, said casing having means for exerting a circum ferential pressure on the tube during the firing of the gun.

2. A gun, comprising a casing having spiral bands and a breech end, trunnions intermediate the breech end and the muzzle end,"a tube slidable within the said casing and having its rear end abutting against the said breech end of the casing, anchoring means held on the muzzle end of the said tube, rods connecting the said anchoring means with the said trunnions, the said casing having spiral bands being wound externally on the said tube, the forward ends of the bands being attached to the said anchoring means and the rear ends of the said bands being attached to the said breech end of the casing.

3. A gun, comprising a casing having spiral bands and a breech end, trunnions intermediate the breech end and the muzzle end, a tube slidable within the said casing and having its rear end abutting against the said breech end of the casing, anchoring means held on the muzzle end of the said tube, rods connecting the said anchoring means with the said trunnions, the said casing having spiral bands wound externally on the said tube, the forward ends of the bands being attached to the said anchoring means and the rear ends of the said bands being attached .to the said breech end of the casing, and packing rings engaged by the said spiral bands and surrounding the said tube adjacent the breech end of the casing.

4. A gun, comprising a'casing having a bore provided with an annular shoulder at its breech end, a tube slidable in thejcasing and abutting with its rear end against the said shoulder, muzzle anchoring means at- 1,199,681 a I v ter being formed 'of'spiral bands, wound In testimony whereof I have signed my around the said tube and having their ends name to this specification in the presence secured in position by said anchoring means, of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

and resistance rods fixed at their rear ends WILLIAM C. BUCKHOUT. and connected at their forward ends With WVitnesses-z the anchoring means on the muzzle end of THEO. G. Hos'rER,

the tube. PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

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