Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1888
I, GEORGE QUICK, of 2, Victoria Mansions, in the City of Westminster, Fleet
Engineer Royal Navy Retired, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in cartridges or powder charges for ordnance
and to that class in which the cartridge is built up or formed of rings or discs of
compressed powder and consists,
Firstly in compressing gunpowder meal-powder or other explosive material in
the form of segments of a circle so that when a sufficient number are placed together
they shall form a ring or disc of diameter suitable to the chamber of the gun in which
they are to be used.
I form recesses and projections on one side of the segments with corresponding
projections and recesses on the other side so that the male part or parts of a segment
or segments of one disc shall fit into and interlock with the female part or parts of a
segment or segments of another disc so as to prevent any twisting or sliding movement
as described and illustrated in the specification of my application No. 6360 of 1887
dated April 30th.
Secondly, I so apportion and arrange these recesses and projections on the segments
that when placed together the junction of two of the segments constituting part of
one ring or disc shall be opposite to the centre or an intermediate portion of a segment
of the next ring or disc and that a recess on such central or intermediate portion shall
engage with a similar projection at the ends of the two segments constituting part of
the next ring or disc which are opposite to the said central or intermediate portion as
aforesaid. I continue this arrangement and apportioning of parts around the whole
circle of the said rings or discs.
Thirdly, the segments constituting a ring or disc are united to one another at their
sides and edges by any suitable self-consuming adhesive material.
I also preferably employ the large central air-spacing and concentric rings of
perforations and central coning, dishing or hollowing out described and illustrated in
the specification of my above cited application.
Dated this 24th day of January 1888.

page_text: 1, GEORGE QUICK, of 2, Victoria Mansions, in the City of Westminster, Fleet
Engineer Royal Navy Retired, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in cartridges or powder charges for ordnance
and to that class in which the cartridge is built up or formed of rings or discs of
compressed powder and consists,
Firstly in compressing gunpowder meal-powder or other explosive material in the
form of segments of a circle so that when a sufficient number are placed together they
shall form a ring or disc of diameter suitable to the chamber of the gun in which they
are to be used.
I form recesses and projections on one side of the segments with corresponding
projections and recesses on the other side so that the male part or parts of a segment
or segments of one disc shall fit into and interlock with the female part or parts of
another disc so as to prevent any twisting or sliding movement as described
and illustrated in the specification of my Letters Patent No. 6360 of 1887 dated
April 30th.
Secondly, I so apportion and arrange these recesses and projections on the segments
that when placed together the junction of two of the seginents constituting part of
one ring or disc shall be opposite to the centre or an intermediate portion of a
segment of the next ring or disc and that a recess on such central or intermediate
portion shall engage with a similar projection at the ends of the two segments consti-
tuting part of the next ring or disc which are opposite to the said central or intermediate
portion as aforesaid. I continue this apportioning and arrangement of parts around
the whole circle of the said rings or discs.
Thirdly, the segments constituting a ring or disc are united to one another at their
sides and edges by any suitable self-consuming adhesive material.
I also preferably employ the large central air-spacing and concentric rings of
perforations and central coning dishing or hollowing out described and illustrated in
the specification of my above cited Letters Patent.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood and carried into
practical effect I have caused to be annexed to this specification the accompanying
sheet of drawings and shall now refer to the figures and letters of reference marked
thereon. In these views:-
Fig. 1 is a view of one side of a segment of a cake, and
Fig. 2 is a view of the other side of the same segment.
Fig. 3 is a view of the central part of a cartridge built up of cakes formed of such
segments.
Fig. 4 is a view of one end of the central part of a cartridge so formed, and showing
the junction of two segments.

page_text: Fig. 5 is a view of two segments locked together.
In all these figures similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
A and B are the segments of the individual cakes. I have shown the individual
cakes as each consisting of two segments though they might be made in three or more
segments.
I have shown that the segments when placed together form cakes resembling the
cakes described and illustrated in the specification of the before cited Letters Patent,
and the projections and recesses on the said segments so proportioned and arranged
that the junctions of the several segments are so disposed that the said segments
"break joint" with respect to one another. This proportioning and arrangement is
clearly shown in Figures 3 and 5. By this arrangement I obtain a cartridge of much
greater rigidity than would be possible without this arrangement.
The segments of the individual cakes and the cakes themselves may be further
secured to one another by means of any self-consuming or consumable adhesive
cement.
I have shown only the intermediate cakes or those constituting the central or main
part of a cartridge as being formed of segments as aforesaid but the rear and front
cakes may be of course formed in a similar manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is :--
Compressing gunpowder or other propelling material in the form of segments of a
circle so that when placed together they form rings discs or cakes of diameter suitable
to the powder chamber of the gun, the said segments being provided with projections
and recesses to lock the segments of the cakes and the individual cakes to one another,.
the junctions of the several segments being so disposed or arranged that the said
segments "break joint" with respect to one another, the whole thus to form a rigid
cylindrical cartridge or charge.
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