Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 6th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 13th Sept., 1887.
RESERVE
[Communicated from abroad by THORSTEN NORDENFELT, of 53, Parliament Street, in
the City of Westminster, but now residing at the Hotel de l'Europe, Rome, in
the Kingdom of Italy, Civil Engineer.]
1435.
I CHARLES EDWARD BARNETT of 53 Parliament Street in the City of Westminster
Director of the Nordenfelt Guns & Ammunition Company Limited (a communication
to me from abroad by Thorsten Nordenfelt of 53 Parliament Street in the City of
Westminster aforesaid but now residing at the Hotel de l'Europe Rome in the
Kingdom of Italy Civil Engineer) do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The object of the invention is to obtain great facility in moving guns of small calibre
and especially machine guns all along a parapet in cases of necessity.
The mounting is composed of one long tube having fixed to it at one end the bed or
base plate of a small low gun carriage and at the other a foot.
When the gun is in position for firing the base plate is made to rest in a horizontal
position or approximately so upon the edge of the parapet the tube then inclines down-
wards and the foot at its lower end rests on the ground.
On the underside of the carriage bed and of the foot is a downward projection to be
buried in the ground or wall to give support.
A seat for the men to work the gun is carried by the tube and steps for the men to
get up to fix it.
The gun carriage is made to turn around a pivot which stands upwards from the
centre of the carriage bed. An arm of the carriage extends beyond the edge of the
bed and has jointed to it a nut for an elevating screw to work through. Another
horizontal screw and nut is provided for training the gun sidewise.
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page_text: To facilitate the removal of the mounting from one position to another along the
wall the tube near its lower end carries a pair of wheels mounted on eccentrics on an
axle by turning which the wheels can be forced downwards on to the ground.
When the mounting is in position for the gun to be fired the axle is turned in its
bearings to bring the eccentrics into a position to lift the wheels.
When the mounting is to be moved the axle is turned to cause the eccentrics to
press the wheels downwards and raise the foot of the tube off the ground.
The tube near its upper ond has a short tube fixed at right angles to it in which is
fixed a cross bar for men to lay hold of and wheel away the mounting when its foot
end is supported by the wheels.

page_text: Improvements in Portable Parapet Mountings for Guns of Small
Calibre, more Especially Machine Guns.
I CHARLES EDWARD BARNETT of 53 Parliament Street in the City of Westminster
Director of the Nordenfelt Guns & Ammunition Company Limited (a communication
to me from abroad by Thorsten Nordenfelt of 53 Parliament Street in the City of
Westminster aforesaid but now residing at the Hotel de l'Europe Rome in the Kingdom
of Italy Civil Engineer) 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:—
The object of the invention is to obtain great facility in moving guns of small calibre
and especially machino guns all along a parapet in casos of necessity.
The mounting is composed of one long tube having fixed to it at one end the bed or
base plate of a small low gun carriage and at the other a foot.
When the gun is in position for firing the base plate is made to rest in a horizontal
position or approximately so upon the edge of the parapet the tubo then inclines
downwards and the foot at its lower end rests on the ground.
On the under side of the carriage bed and of the foot is a downward projection to
be buried in the ground or wall to give support.
A seat for the men to work the gun is carried by the tube and steps for the men to
get up.
The gun carriage is made to turn around a pivot which stands upwards from the
centro of the carriage bed. An arm of the carriage extends beyond the edge of the
bed and has jointed to it a nut for an elevating screw to work through. Another
horizontal screw and nut is provided for training the gun sidewise.
To facilitate the removal of the mounting from one position to another along the
wall the tube near its lower end carries a pair of wheels mounted on eccentrics on an
axle by turning which the wheels can be forced downwards on to the ground.
When the mounting is in position for the gun to be fired the axle is turned in its
bearings to bring the eccentrics into a position to lift the wheels.
When the mounting is to be moved the axle is turned to cause the eccentrics to press
the wheels downwards and raise the foot of the tube off the ground.
The tube near its upper end has a short tube fixed at right angles to it in which is
fixed a cross bar for men to lay hold of and wheel away the mounting when its foot
end is supported by the wheels.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.

page_text: mounting formed as above described.
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In these Figures the mounting is shown erected in position behind a parapet.
Figure 3 shows a side elevation of the mounting when being wheeled from one place
to another.
A is a long tube with a base plate B fixed on to it at one end and a foot C on the
other end. Dis an axle carried in bearings at the ends of a cross bar E fixed to the
tube A. On the ends of the axle are eccentrics F upon which are mounted wheels G.
On the centre of the axle is fixed a handle H by which the axle can be turned so as
either to force down the wheels into a position to lift the foot C off the ground when
the mounting is to be shifted from one place to another, or to raise the wheels and
allow the foot to rest on the ground.
I is a footstep. J is a seat for the man who has to work the gun. It can be folded
down when out of use as shown at Figure 3.
K is a short tube fixed at right angles to the pole A it forms a socket into which a
bar L may be inserted when the mounting is to be moved from one place to another.
M M are projections on the underside of the bed B and foot C to be buried in the wall
and ground to give support N is the gun carriage which can swivel around a short
upright axis which stands up from the bed B.
O is a screw or worm and hand wheel by which the gun carriage can be traversed
or turned about this axis. P is a screw and hand wheel for controlling the elevation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :—
1. A parapet mounting substantially as described for guns of small calibre composed
of a tube or pole with a gun carriage at one end and a foot at the other and wheels
near the foot to aid in conveying the gun and mounting from place to place as herein
set forth.
2. A parapet mounting for guns of small calibre, composed of a tube or pole with a
gun carriago at one end and a foot at the other end and hear the gun carriage end, a
socket for a pole to be passed through for men to lift and carry the gun and near the
foot end, a pair of wheels which can be raised or lowered by eccentrics so as to allow
of the foot end being lowered on to the ground or raised from it substantially as
described.
3. A parapet mounting for guns of small calibre, constructed substantially as heroin-
before described and illustrated in the drawings annexed.