US1445371A - Target trap - Google Patents

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I detail struction upon. which nism is mounted, this base being e'lcrring now to the drawings more in rererence character 11 indicates gena base or platform of suitable conthe operating mechapreferably equipped with hearings to accommodate the sliding

rod

12 connected at its rear end to 11:. operating lever (11 the trap is manipulated. The has bearing opening 13 receive the center column 14 ot' a vi (led with a standard 15, that por which rests upon the with a circumferential is disposed an arcuate metal secured to the b of

bolts

18, this strap serving lock the standard to the base ot shown) by which e 11 is protime permit of rota-tire movements of the an d ard relatively up on the base.

Upon the standard if there is 'lulcrumed upon the

noriaoi'itally itrame

21 bifurcated as 2, the rear end of the frame disposed 7 bolts 19 a. shown in Figs. 1 and being equipped with a

handle

22 by which the Frame and standard may be swung in the bearing opening 13 to vary the direction of flight of the handle the frame is

mg lugs

23 to which a the lower end of the targets from the trap, and forwardly of this equipped with depend

link

24 is connected, link being equipped with a

member

25 comprising a horizontal portion 26 adapted to zontally slotted arm 2'? iron: the standard.

the portion 26 of the lock this member in an may be adjusted longi 27, and it will be ing the

member

25 in of .the arm, the

height frame

21 may be adjusted so of flight of the targets regulated at will. extends in proximity rest upon a horiextendin rearwa idly .sl.

bolt

28 extending through the slot in tl 1e arm and through

member

25 serves to y position to which it tudinally oil the arm manifest that by adjustwardly or outwardly of the rear end of the that the height from the trap may be The arm 27 rests upon or to a rib 29 formed adapted to upon the restoring lever "end with a threaded rod 52 extending' which the arm is against the base upon the upperface of the base 11, and this rib is provided at intervals with openings 31 adapted to receive

removable pins

32, by locked in any position to which it may be adjusted relatively to the base. It will be manifest, therefore, thaprovision is made for varying-both the horizontal and vertical. directions of flight of the targets from the trap.

)n the forward end of the

frame

21 there is fulcrumed upon a bolt 38 a re-setting or restoring

lever

34, and above this lever and rotatably mounted upon the

same bolt

33 there is disposed the hub which carries the throwing arm This hub shaped on its periphery to provide a notch 37, and

34 there is pivotally mounted a dog 38 which is urged toward and into engagement with this notch bya spring 39 attached at one end to the dog and at its other end to an eye 41 carried by the outer end of the

arm

34. The

restoring arm

35% is normally held in the position shown in F 1 by a tractilespring 1-2 attached at one end to the

lever arm

34; and at its opposite end to an

eye

43 near the rear end of the

frame

21. The lever 34: is swung from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2 by means of a chain 1 1 attached at one end to the eye 41, and trained over

pulleys

15 and 46 mounted respectively on the

frame

21 and the base 11, the opposite end of the chain being connected through an eye 417 to the

operating rod

12 slidably mounted in the base. Rearward movement of this rod will exert a pull upon the chain which will swing the

lever

3 1 into the position shown in Fig. 2, and when pull upon the chain is released, this lever will be restored to the normal position shown in Fig. 1 by is swung in a clockwise direction, into the position shown in Fig. 2, the dog 38 acting ot the notch 37 on the

throwing arm hub

35 will rotate this hub so as to swing the throwing arm into the set position shown in Fig. 2.

The

hub

35 is equipped with a

short arm

18 disposed at an angle of 180 with respect to the

arm

36, and a strong tractile spring" 419 is attached through an

eye

51 to this

arm

48 and is equipped at its opposite through an opening in an upright 53 projecting from the

frame

21, tension upon the springs) being regulated by means of a nut 54- threaded into the rod 52 and prefer ably equipped with a

crank handle

55 by the

spring

42. When this lever' holding the arm in the extreme position to which it swings during the throwing action and to prevent reverse movement thereof, 1 have mounted upon the throwing arm, in radial alinement with the

ratchetbar

56, a channel shaped latch 58 provided with long and short depending tails 59 and 61, respectively, which are adapted to engage with the ratchet teeth as shown in Fig. 7. An expansion spring disposed between the latch 58 and the head of a bolt 631, extending through the latch and threaded into the

arm

36, yieldingly urges the latch into engagement with the ratchet bar so that the throwing .arm is thereby automatically locked against reverse movement. Obviously, however, the construction of the latch and the ratchet teeth will permit further swinging movement of the arm in a clockwise direction into set position.

For the purpose of locking the arm in set position, I have fulcrumed upon a supporting arm (it carried by the

frame

21, in a plane between the

restoring lever

34. and the

throwing arm

36, a latch or lever 65. which is normally held with its

upper end

66 beneath the path of travel of the

throwing arm

36 by means-of a

tractile spring

67 attached at one end to the tail of the member and at its other end to one of the arms 57. That portion of the

member

65 beneath its fulcrum is manifestly disposed in the path of travel of the restoring lever 34: and when this lever is moved, through the instrumentality of the chain 1 1, from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2, it engages the

member

65 and swings it in a clockwise direction upon its fulcrum, so as to dispose its

upper end

66 in the path of the

throwing arm

36, which is thereby held against swinging movementin a clockwise direction beyond the set position in which it is shown in Fig. 2. The throwing arm is also held against reversemovement by-"the dog 38 carried upon the restoring

lever

34 and so long as tension is exerted upon the chain 414, the throwing arm will be held against movement in either direction.

The throwing arm-whenin set position is 1,445,871 vii end 66 from the path of the throwing arm, thus permitting this arm to swing in a cloclc wise direction under the influence of the strong spring 49, thus causing the projection of the target from the throwing arm which continues its movement under its own moii'ienti'im, until its assumes a position over the

ratchet bar

56 where it is held against reverse movement by the latch While in this position the arm reloaded with one or more targets, whereupon the arm is moved to set position by a rearward pull upon the

rod

12.

in trap shooting it is sometimes desirable to discharge two targets simultaneously from the trap, and sometin'ies one, and therefore I have shown in this instance an arm equipped with a plurality of target holding devices so that two targets may be discharged if desired, and if only one target is desired, but one of the devices need be loaded. In order to accommodate a plurality of targets, the

arm

36 is forked at its outer end providing two

termini

68 and 69, each having fixedly secured to its outer end a

plate

71. Since the two holding devices are in all respects similar, but one of them will be described in detail. The two

plates

71 are preferably, for purposes of rigidity, connected together by one or

more brace membore

72.

Each

plate

71 is shaped so to provide a stationary finger 7;; having undercut guide-ways 74: adapted to receive one edge of a target 7 5, the

lower wall

76 of the groove being extended inwardly so as to afford an auequate support for the target. Upon the

plate

71 the other

movable finger

77 is pivoted a. 78, the inner end of the finger 7 7 being disposed beneath the plate as shown. A

tractile spring

79 tends to normally hold the pivoted finger in the closed position shown in Fig. 8, thereby holding the target in place by means of a

roller

81, preferably of rubber or other suitable material, carried near the outer extremity of the pivoted

finger

77 When during the throwing movement of the arm, the centrifugal force exerted upon the tar get 75 exceeds the strength of the

spring

79, the target will be forced outwardly and delivered from between the fingers, the pivoted.

finger

77 being moved by the ejection of the target from the position shown in Fig. 8 to that shown in Fig. 10.

For the purposes of holding this pivoted linger in its open position, shown in Fig. 10, so that another target can be readily introduced between the fingers in the reloading operation, I have pivotally mounted upon the

finger

77 upon a pin 82 a

camshaped latch

83 having a face 84: disposed farther from the

pivot pin

82 than the face A

tractile spring

86 attached at one end to the latch and at its other to the plate 7L swings the latch, when the

finger

77 is in open position, from the position shown in Fig. 8 to that shown in Fig. 10, thereby bringing the face 8% into engagement. with the edge of the

plate

71 so as to lock the

finger

77 in open position. lVhen in the reloading operation a target is introduced between the fingers, its inner edge engages a

tail

87 projecting from the latch 88 between the fingers and as the target is forced inwardly into position it swings the

tail

87 inwardly, thus releasing the latch so as to permit the pivoted finger to close into the position shown in Fig. 8 under the influence of the

spring

79. It. will be manifest there fore that by holding the pivoted finger open so that-it offers no resistance to the introduction of a target between the fingers, the ease and rapidity with. which the loading operation may be performed is greatly increased, and since the

spring

86 is relatively light, the

tail

87 offers but slight resistance to the positioning of the target in the hand.