US811048A - Shell. - Google Patents

Description

No. 811,048. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906' A. H. FRIEDEL.

SHELL. A

ArrLloATlon FILED Nov. 8, 1904.

ALBERT HUGO FRIEDEL, on NEW YORIQN. Y.

SHELL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

. Application filed November 8,1904. Serial No. 231,946.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1', ALBERT HUGO FRIE- DEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and 5 State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shells, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a shell for use in warfare either tobe projected from a'cannon, mortar, or like heavy ordnance or to be placed in the field in ambush, firedby electricity.

For a full description ofthe invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and ac,- companying drawings.

While the invention may be adapted to dif-v ferent forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without def partin from the spirit or essential features thereo still the preferred embodiment thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of a she I embodying the invention. Fi 2 is a cross-section thereof on the line a; a: 0 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aview showing the shell arranged to be fired by electricity. Fig. 4 is a view of the parts shown in Fig.3, the shell being projected from the jacket or casing.

- Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The shell 1 is of ordinary configuration,

comprising a cylindrical body and a pointed end. A longitudinal opening 2 is formed cen- I trally within the'shelland is designed to receive either a slow-burning owder or a fuse by means of which the su sidiary charges are fired in successive" order. shaped end of the shell has openings 3 formed therein to receive'acharge 4 of powder and a projectile or bullet 5. The openings 3 are arranged at different relative-angles to insure covering a widerange. Other 0 enings 6 are formed along the sides of the she l and have a 5d radial arrangement and are intended to receive smaller shells 7 each provided with a plurality of openings 8 to receive an explosure 9 and a nussileor bullet 10, the openings 8 bemgain communication with a passage 11 cent of the shell 7 and in communication at its inner end with the openings 6. An ex- The col oidal I 'plosive12 is supplied to each of the openings 6 in sufiicient quantity to effect discharge of the shell 7. Each of the openings 6 is in communication with the opening 2, and the openings 3 are likewise in communication at their inner ends with said passage '2. The openings 8 in the shells 7 with the passa e 11.. The projectiles 5 and shells 7 are flus at their outer. ends with the sides of the shell 1.

are in communication The shell may be of any size and contain any number of pro ectiles and smaller shells. and is adapted to be shot from a cannon, mortar, battery, howitzer, or other heavy ordnance in theaccustomed manner. When fired, the fuse or slow-burning powder con-' tained in the passage 2 is ignited and sets off the charges in the openings 6, whereby the shells -7 are fired in ra p1d succession, said shells in turn discharging other bullets or projectiles 10, with the result that the field is searched and the object aimed at hit.

In the adaptation shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the shell 1 is arranged for use in the field and is intended to be buried in the ground, so as to be concealed, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3. A jacket or casing 14 is provided at its lower end with a base or "sup orting plate 15,- and its upper end is inturne as shown at 16,

to enga e with an outer rim 17 at the base of l the s el 1 to limit its outward movement as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. A small charge 18 of powder is placed within the jacket or casing 14.,suflic1ent to project the' shell, as indicated in Fig. 4, and ignite the fuse or slow-burning powder in the opening 2. The charge 18 is set off by means of a spark passed etween the terminals of electric wires 19, which extend .to a determinate point and areconnected with an electrio-generator. When the charge 18 is fired, the shell 1 is projected beyond the surface of the ound, as indicated in Fig. 4, and diseharges its projectiles 3 and shells 7 in every direction. Y Y

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. A shell provided in its sides with a series of openings and having a assage in communication with each of said openings for setting off the charges therein, and a shell fitted in each of said openings and in turn provided in, its sides with openings to receive an exloslilve and projectiles, substantially as set ort r 2. A main shell comprising a cylindrical body having a conoidal-shap'ed end and havthe shells being provided with a plurality of openings in each of which is placed an explosive and a projectile, the main shell having a passage in communication. with all ofi the openings and having a slow-burning powder or fuse placed therein.

3. In comb' ation, a casing adapted to receive anexplosive, a shell within said casing and having openings in its sides to receive a plurality of projectiles, and means for limitmg the movement of the shell withre'ference to the 'casing When the explosive is fired, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination, a casing having an extended base and adapted to receive an explosive, a shell arranged within the casing and provided in its sides with a pluralityof open ings to receive an explosive and projectiles, and means for limiting the movement of the shell within the casing when the explosive is set off. a

5.;In combination, a casing having a base at one end and an inner flange at the opposite end, an explosive supplied to the casing, and a shelLhaving a series of openings in its side to receive an explosive and a projectile, said shell having an outer rim to engage with the inner rim of the casing and limit the outward 3 movement of the shell, substantially as'set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.)

Witnesses CHAS. Hornn, HERMAN HOYER.

" ALBERTHUGO FRIEDEL. [2.25 r

Images