US1306215A - Explosive shell - Google Patents

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R. L. CUSHING.

EXPLOSIVE SHELL.

APPLICATION F|LED1uNE11.1918.

1 30 5, 2 1 5*. Patented Jurnev 10, 1919.

GCM/1 Hexa STATES .PATENT me RICHARD n'cUsHINe, or TIsKrLWmILLINo-Is.

' I EXPLosIvE SHELL.

' 'To all; whom t may concern.'

f `Be it known that' LRICHARD L. CUSHING,

afcitizen of the United States of America, residing at Tiskilwa, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvements in Explosive Shells, of which the following is a specifica- 'l The invention relates to'explosive shells 'and seeks to providel as its principal object, a device of this kind comprising several compartments, one of which is designed to i lcarry shrapnel, another powder and stillanother gasolene, certain other compartments vll carrying unitsmade up of double containers I which carrygasolene and powder, the two latter being separate from each other. Y

Affurther object isto provide a shell of this kind having al time fuse toignite the powder'in one compartment thereby exploding the shell and distributing the shrapnel rfand the ,qyasolenga'` there Ibeingv means for igniting/the gasolene, so that its flames may bedistributed over the objectr at which the shell is fired, such as airships and the like.

A still further object is to 'provide a shell ofthis character Vwhich is simple in constructionand yet durable and effective in operation.

StillV further and other objects will be made apparent Vin the following detail de- 4scriptio YVTo the exact construction in which it is shown and described, the invention is not to be restricted; such' changes or alterations as the actual e -reductionto practice may demand, in so far 'as such changes or alterations may be compatible with claims. f

The right is reserved to make the spirit by the annexed 1 `In fthe accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view f of the improved shell,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, y Figl isla' vsection on the line ,3-3 of ,Fim` y Y i eferring to the drawings, the shell is shown as comprising a cylindrical shell 1 on one end of whichthe nose 2 is formed. The nose is-hollow and carries therein the shrapnel 3, which is inclosed within the v nose by means of a plate 4, the periphery A of the plate frictionally engaging the inner wallof the nose'at its line of juncture with Athe shell proper. A longitudinal tubular speeieatien of Letters Patent. Y

i' der and thetren'ch 11 is intended y Patented Juneio', 1919.

I Application led .Tune 11, 1918.` Serial No. 239.452.

member 5 is disposed centrally in the shell greater part of the In surrounding relation themember'. VAplate 7 serves to close one the opposite endsbeingformed with permanent closures.

end of'each ofthe tubular members 5 and 6,

',The tubular members 5 andv 6 extend in spaced relation to each other, and the latter stands in spaced relation to the walls of the shell l. y Y

Standing in spacedrel'ation tothe plate 7 there is a further plate 8 vwhose periphery frictionally engages the Ainner walls of the tubular member 1. y y p vThe rear end of thecasing 1 is'closed by a plate 9 which is provided with a liole 10 and with acircular trench 11, one endof which lterminates'in the hole. i This hole 10 is designedto hold some quick acting powto be supplied with a fulminate. vConnecting with the rear end ofthe vshell 1 by threadingengagement with the latter, there is asecond "platev12 provided with ahole 13 havinga radial distance from the center of the plate equal to the radius on which the trench 11 is formed, the trench being concentrically disposed on the plate 9. The plates l2 and 9 together operate to form a time fuse, the angular adjustment' of the plate 12, to move its hole 17 toward and away from the hole determining the yinterval of time necessary for the operation of the fuse. Y

The space in the shell 1 comprehended between the plates 8 and 9is designed toreceive the powder'charge 14. The tubular member 5 incloses the powder charge 15 and the tubular member 6 incloses gasolene. A fuse 16 connects the charge of powder 14 withthe c'harge`l5. Y

All thevspace comprehendedpvbetween the tubular member 6 and the shell'isdesigned to'receive the hand grenades 16', each of i'oo y meansnf a Chziininernber V21. l Fuses 220011 neef: with the Ypowvder charge-14E and Vone fusev leadsto each of the several sets Qf the con-v Y Y miners of 4the grenades 16, the fu'seCbmmu-j 5 nicating With'the interior of the cgngeiners Vlin eachlof'which a; powder charge is" carried.

Euch of thelcnntaners' 17 carries A@supply egeinsjlihe end Q ;f'the shell sind' holding the? 'slfr'nel Withinthe nose', aL tubuler'member Y 'interior 't the sh1% 1 1 ,-.aiY tubular .meniie-furmueingzrele te be of gesolene.

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