US662137A - Combination gun-cartridge. - Google Patents

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No. 002,137. Patented Nov. 20,1900. H, A. TELLERSUN. r 0

. COMBINATION GUN CARTRIDGE.

I (Application filed Mar. 10, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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Be it known that I, HENnY A. TELLERSON, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at East Oaklamhconnty of. Alameda, State of 5 California, have invent-ed Improvements in a Combination Gun-Cartridge; and I hereby declare the following to'be a full, clear, and exact description of the same. i

My invention relates to an improvedcon- 1o struction for gumcartridges.

It consists of the parts and the constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

It also comprises details of construction,

I5 which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, 'in which Figure l is a section, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged view.

In the manufacture of paper and like cartridges there is a' metallic base to which the paper portion of the cartridge is united, said paper portion being adapted to contain the charge of powder and shot or like projectile, and when such cartridges have been used they are practically destroyed and cannot be used again.

It is the object of my invention to provide a means for fixing the paper shell to the base, 0 so that the paper portion canbe continuously renewed and the more expensive metallic por.

tion can be saved and used indefinitely.

As herein illustrated, A is the head of the metallic portion, having an interior socket screw-threaded, as shown at 2, and a hole 3 through the center.'

4. is the interior metal portion,having a projection at the rearscrew-threaded, so that it may be screwed into the part 2. The inner o portion of the part 4 is concaved, as shown at" cavity being shown at U. The partlhas acm v responding annular projection 7, which fits andcoiucides with the groove 6.

The paper shells .8 are cheaply made and -l are fitted tothe head by firstpushing the part 4 into one end of;-i l1'e ,.shell;, with the screw threaded portion projecting. Thecorrespondingend of the paper shell Sisso disposed that when thepart 4: isscrewed into the part A the ho'ttom'or inner endof theshell is crim ped i and turned inwardly, following the curvature of the annular'groove 6 in the head A, and

the projecting rim or flange 7 looks it firmly in place, as is well shown at 9. The paper shell thus becomes practically a part of the metallic portion, to which it is firmlylocked. The inner portion lis adapted to receive the primer, which fits into it and projects through 63 the opening 3 in the outer head A, the primer being thus maintained in position to be struck by the firing-pin of the gun.

The cartridge which I have herein illustrated is intended to represent a shotgun-car- 7o tridge; but it will be manifest that cartridges may be made in this manner for any class of gunin which they are available, and as the base, which is the expensive portion, is practically indestructible it will be seen that the same base may be used with new paper shells for an indefinite time, thus greatly reducing the cost of reloading cartridges.

To prevent the parts of the basebeing accidentally separated, a locking-screw 11 may be inserted through the outer section, so as to engage a hole made in the inner section; this hole being so inclined or formed as to allow for some ditferen'ce in the thickness of the paper and the alinement of the parts, as

clearly shown in Fig. 2.

My riphery of said innerportion being of a. diameter to lit the interior of a paper or like shell,

said shell having its inner end clamped beof a paper orlike shell is clamped between the the exterior diameter of the head, and an inner diameter'whieh fits the inwardly-projecting-portion of the inner metal portion, 1

and an annular groove or channel formed in the head and corresponding rim in the inner portion between which the inner end of the v 4 shell is crimped and clamped;

4. A'cartridge-shell consisting of an outer head and inner metallic portion and a paper shell, means for locking the outer and inner metallic portions together, an annular groove and tongue formed on the meeting endsof the metallic portions whereby the'inner end Witnesses:

wo' metallic portions, a pri mer-seat formed in the inner metallic portion and-a hole through the out-e1- portion through which the primer is exposed to the firing-pin of the gun.

5. In a cartridge, a two-part base with means for removablyzsecn ring them together, a paper or equivalent shell having one end crimped and clamped between the two, and a pin by whic h the two parts of the base are secured in their interlocked position, one of the parts of the =hase having-a hole with an inclined Wall engaged by said pin to allowfor variations-in the thickness of theshell and to insure the alinement ofthe parts.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set'my hand.

HENRY A. TELLERSON.

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