IMPROVEMENTS IN AERIAL OR FLYING MARKS OR TARGETS FOR SHOOTING AND IN TRAPS OR APPARATUS TO BE USED. IN PROJECTING OR THROWING THE SAME
Year: 1883

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LETTERS PATENT to Charles James Barrett of Bennett Street, St James',
in the County of Middlesex, Secretary to the Anglo-American Clay Pigeon
Company Limited for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN AERIAL OR
FLYING MARKS OR TARGETS FOR SHOOTING AND IN TRAPS OR APPARATUS TO
BE USED. IN PROJECTING OR THROWING THE SAME communicated to him
from Jacob E. Bloom, a person resident at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United
States of America, and President of the Ligowsky Clay Pigoon Company of
Cincinnati aforesaid
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles James Barrett at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th September 1883.
CHARLES JAMES BARRETT of Bennett Street St James's in the County of
Middlesex, Secretary to the Anglo American Clay Pigeon Company Limited
IMPROVEMENTS IN AERIAL OR FLYING MARKS OR TARGETS FOR SHOOTING AND
IN TRAPS OR APPARATUS TO BE USED IN PROJECTING OR THROWING THE SAME
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communicated to no froin Jacob E. Bloom a person resident at Cincinnati, Ohio,
in the United States of America and President of the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon
Company of Cincinnati aforesaid
The present Invention has reference to improvements in aërial or flying marks
or targets for shooting and traps or apparatus for projecting or throwing the same
such for example as are described in the Specifications of Letters Patent Nos 3503,
3594, and 5346, the first named two bearing date the 18th August A.D. 1881 and
the last named bearing date the 7th December A.D 1881.
According to one of the present improvements, a light bar or wire is employed
bent into a somi-circular shape and adapted to spring outwardly so as to engage
snugly within the annular rim of the target or otherwise to grasp the same the said
spring being furnished preferably at its inid length with the tongue or lug that is
to be grasped by the jaw or clamp of the trap used for projecting the said target.
The said tonguo inay be secured to the spring bar by solder or otherwise or it may
be made in one therewith or the said tongue piece may be prolonged entirely across
the inner face of the target but so as to conform to the general tigura of the said
face. The ends of the spring bar are provided with bends or hooka in order that
it may be readily contracted for snapping it into or releasing it from the target.

page_text: According to a further part of the Invention the tongue lug or tail piece may
be made in one with the body of the target the edgo of the said tongue being
presented in the direction of progress. The body is also made with a series of
lateral projections so disposed as to practically balance each other thereby increasing
the axial velocity of the target without causing it to oppose a serious resistance to
the air when thrown from the trap. The aforesaid parts are preferably made to
resemble the head tail and spread wings of a bird. In some cases it may be found
desirable to fasten a cover on the tail piece or tongue so as to give a smooth
surface to be grasped by the clamp of the throwing apparatus.
According to a further improvement a rima or annular collar may be provided so
as to be readily attachable to or detachable from the body of the target which may
be a cap or a ball of fragile material. When this is broken by a shot the rim can
be used again for another body part. The rim may be attached to the body part
by a groove in the one into which a projection on the other takes or by spring clips
or in any other convenient way. The rim may be provided with an inward
annular piece partly closing the open mouth of the target when cup shaped but
bulging outward so as to enlarge the air chamber of the target. The body part of
the target is preferably corrugated to prevent shot glancing off. Where the body
part is a sphere the rim may be fastened thereto by making spring ears or slit
portions on the inner side of the rin which yield to allow the sphere to be
passed thereinto but then spring out and engage with a groove around the sphere.
Or the body part may be double and be charged with an explosive so that the shot
explodes the said explosive and by this means indicates a hit and the target can bo
used several times. The target may also be made double that is to say like a
double dish so that it can be thrown either side up. The mid-diaphragm may be
impregnated or covered with a fulminate According to a further improvement
the target may have a groove or receptacle formed in it in which an absorbing
material impregnated in spirit may be inserted the spirit being ignited for night
shooting. According to a further modification the body part may be inade of
metal over which is slipped a cap lined with an explosive so that when the shot
strikes the metal body acts as an anvil and the explosion throws off the cap. An
additional interior cap can also be used. The cap may be held on the metal body
by a metal ring or by spring clips or by any other convenient means.
The improvements in the traps or apparatus for throwing the targets has for its
object rendering the same more durable efficient and generally simplified and
cheapened and whereby also a plain and less expensive target may be used and
more perfectly and efficiently projected into the air.
A spring case a pedestal and a swinging arm constitute the essential features of
the apparatus the rotating arm being provided with a target carrier of novel
construction and function. The spring-case is preferably a hollow cylinder open
at the top, and having a foot, terminating below in a ball, resting in a corresponding
socket in the pedestal thereby having an adjustment to any desired position and
secured in final positions by one or more set-screws. The latter however may be
dispensed with, and the parts secured by cap-scrows securing the ball in its socket
by the tightening of the cap. The pedestal terminates below in a base-plate
suitably provided for securing the apparatus firinly to the ground by stakes or to
a proper foundation.
Within the aforesaid cylinder rises a central stud projecting through a rotating
cap or plate. The cap is provided with a circular flange to which and also to the
central stud are secured the ends of a coiled spring, which gives motion to the
circular cap. The outer edge of the cap formed with ratchet teeth and engages
a spring detent arranged at the outside of the caso between suitable abutments
protecting it against lateral displacement and provided with a hook or loop for
imanipulation by a rope or cord. As thus arranged the spring may be wound up by
rotating the cap or plate and the detent holds it in position until released by
withdrawal of the detent when the spring expends its force in rotating the plate.
The plate carries an arm perforated to pass over and pivot loosely on the end of
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page_text: the stud where it is secured by a nut and washer and provided with a short
projection at its underside fitting into any one of a series of perforations concen-
trically arranged on the cap or plate whereby a relative adjustment of the arm
may be made to the cap or plate as desired.
The said arm may be hinged at any point in its length, provided with an arc-bar
and set-screw for adjusting the two portions of the arm at any desired angle. At
its extreine outer end the arm carries an open-ended rectangular cage or box which
may be connected to the arm with provision for rotative adjustinent. The said
cage or box may be of rectangular or any desired form the only essential condition
being that at its extreme outer side it shall be formed or provided with a guide
way or track. for the rotation of the cylindrical target when impelled forward and
against it through the action of centrifugal force in the action of the apparatus.
In the present case it is proposed to use a clay target of shallow cylindrical form,
and a narrow rib is arranged as part of the guide way to project slightly over the
upper edge of the target, and thereby guide it in a right line in relation to its
containing-cage until expelled therefrom.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows. The spring case being adjusted to
the desired angle and the arm adjusted to the rotating cap and also the two parts
of the arm and the target-box being properly adjusted the spring is wound up and
the target placed in its position in the box. On pulling the string the detent is
withdrawn from engagement and the action of the spring throws the arm rapidly
around and owing to the inclination of the guideway track to the arm the circular
target is impelled by centrifugal force to travel outward and is also impelled
against the track with sufficient force to create friction and cause its rotation; By
this means it is thrown into the air in rapid rotation thereby maintaining the
desired angle of inclination to the horizon during its flight as determined by the
conditions of the occasion such for example as the position of the marksman.
Suitable provision may also be made for adjusting the inclination of the track
or guideway to the arm to regulate the action of the centrifugal force upon the
target in respect to its leaving the cage but in general the other provisions for
adjustinent of parts will be sufficient.
It will be obvious that the arm and trackway may be applied to any other
formn of trap involving a swinging arm whether the arm be actuated in a vertical
plane or any other, and that the principle of operation whereby the target is
rotated by the action of centrifugal force impelling it forward over a relatively.
fixed guide-way and thereby creating a frictional resistance causing rotation may
be embodied in many forms of inechanism and I do not therefore confine myself to.
the exact form and construction shown. It. will be seen that a target without a
tongue can be used with a trap constructed as described.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles James Barrett in the Patent Office on the 28th March
1884.
CHARLES JAMES BARRETT of Bennett Street Saint James' in the County of
Middlesex Secretary to the Anglo-American Clay Pigeon Company Limited
* IMPROVEMENTS IN AERIAL OR FLYING MARKS OR TARGETS FOR SHOOTING AND
IN TRAPS OR APPARATUS TO BE USED IN PROJECTING OR THROWING THE SAME
a communication to me from Jacob E. Bloom a person resident at Cincinnati Ohio,
in the United States of America and President of the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon
Company of Cincinnati aforesaid
The present Invention has reference to improvements in aerial or flying marks
or targets for shooting and traps or apparatus for projecting or throwing the same
such for example as are described in the Specifications of Letters Patent Numbers
3593, 3594 bearing date the eighteenth August in the year of Our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one, and Number 5346 bearing date the
seventh December in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
eighty one.
According to one of the present improvements a light bar or wire is employed
bent into a semi-circular shape and adapted to spring outwardly so as to engage
snugly within the annular rim of the target, or otherwise to grasp the same, the
said spring being furnished preferably at the middle of its length with the tongue
or lug that is to be grasped by the jaw or clamp of the trap used for projecting the
said target. The said tongue may be secured to the spring bar by solder or
otherwise, or it may be made in one therewith, or the said tongue piece may be
prolonged entirely across the inner face of the target, but so as to conform to the
general figure of the said face. The ends of the spring bar may be provided with
bends or hooks in order that it may be readily contracted for snapping it into or
releasing it from the target.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view of one form of the
spring bar-Figure 2 is a horizontal section through a target with the spring bar
in position. Figure 3 is a vertical section. thereof. Figures 4, 5 and 6 represent
modifications as hereinafter described.
Referring to Figure 1, A represents a piece of spring wire bent into an
approximately semi-circular shape tending to spring outwardly when allowed to
assume its normal position. This wire has at its opposite ends inwardly curved
bends or hooks B of a size to admit a person's finger.
Soldered or otherwise secured to this wire at a point equi-distant between the
hooks B, is a tongue C of any suitable material but preferably of sheet metal lined
with linen or paper and having a short bend D that enables said tongue to just
clear the lower edge of the target rim F as shewn in figure 3.
In figures 2 and 3 the spring bar is shewn applied to a target with a turned in
rims by which rim air is retained or compressed against the said rim giving
stability of motion and a wing like flight. The said target is preferably composed
of a fragile material and has its dished body E connected to the concave rim F by
an intermediate member G.
To apply the spring wire A it is necessary only to insert the ends of the thumb
and forefinger in the hooks B and then contract or draw together the extremities
of the wire sufficiently to allow it to be placed in the rim F of the target.
The thumb and finger being now withdrawn from the
springs outwardly and bears against the interior of rim F.
said hooks the wire A
When thus applied the

page_text: edge of tongue C is presented in the direction of progress and affords no material
obstruction to the air when the said target is thrown from a projecting apparatus
or trap.
Furthermore this internal spring wire imparts a strain or tension to the target
and causes it to be more readily shattered when struck with shot, which projectiles
will not be liable to injure either the wire or its attached tongue. Consequently
these devices can be used for an indefinite number of aerial targets. In the
modification seen in figure 4 a light spring-bar A is substituted for the wire A
the tongue CD being integral with said bars and the hooks B. being bent in a
direction the reverse of that shewn in figure 1.
In figure 5 the spring is composed of two pieces of wire a a¹ united at the centre
by being twisted together, which twisted portion is subsequently flattened to form
the tongue C. In figure 6 the single wire A has a loop C" at its centre which loop
performs all the functions of a tongue.
This Invention is not limited to these precise constructions and it is not confined
in its application to the precise form of target herein described as it will be evident
that the said spring-bar may be combined and arranged to snap between lugs or
flanges or other bearings or seats upon flying targets generally.
The spring piece in place of being of semi-circular form inay take the form of
the internal line of the target as shown in figure 6 the part a lying in the domed
or main body of the target and the parts x2 taking into the internal recess of the
rin. C is the tongue.
According to a further part of the Invention the tongue lug or tail piece may
be made in one with the body of the target the edge of the said tongue being
presented in the direction of progress-The body is also made with a series of
lateral projections so disposed as to practically balanco each other thereby increasing
the rotary velocity of the target without causing it to oppose a serious resistance
to the air when thrown from the trap-The aforesaid parts are preferably male to
resemble the head tail and spread wings of a bird-In some cases it may be found
desirable to fasten a cover on the tail piece or tongue so as to give a smooth surface
to be grasped by the clamp of the throwing apparatus.
Figure 7 is a plan of a flying target arranged according to this part of the
Invention.
Figures S and 9 are transverse sections of the same (taken respectively on the
lines Y Y and Z Z (Figure 7) Figure 10 is a plan of a modification of the Invention.
Figure 11 is an enlarged vertical soction through the rear portion, showing the tail
provided with a covering.
The body A of the target, bird or clay pigeon, as it is variously termed, is
concave in general contour and is preferably composed of earthenware or other
fragile material that will readily shatter or break when struck by projectiles
although it may if desired, be made of an infrangible substance.
The body A terminates with a marginal rim B bent inwardly so as to afford a
concave chamber or annular channel of any appropriate degree of curvature an
intermediate member D serving to join said body and rim.
Furthermore this intermediate member is curved reversely, with reference to the
rim, thereby preventing the formation of an angle at the junction of the body A
with said rim and causing the target to fly through the air with the least possible
resistance This portion D of the target may however be omitted as shown in
Figure 11. In order to cause the device to resemble a bird, the body A is provided
with at least four laterally or horizontally projecting members E F G G of which
parts E represents the head F the tail and G G the opposite spread wings.
These lateral projections are integral with the body, are arranged so as to
practically balance each other and their extremities about touch a circle concentric
with said body A as indicated by the dotted lines in figure 7. Furthermore the
eaid projections are mado as thin as possible so as to present the edges of the same
in the direction of progress and consequently the flight of the target is not impeded
to any material extent.

page_text: The tail piece F is made as broad as the synimetrical shapo of the bird will
allow so as to afford as much material as possible at the junction of said piece
with the body A by which arrangement there will be but little liability of the tail
being broken off when the target is thrown from the trap.
In some cases, it may be found desirable to cement or glue a paper or other
suitable cover Hon the tail piece F as seen in Figure 11. the object of the said
cover being to afford a comparatively smooth surface where the target is grasped
by the clamp of the throwing lever thus enabling said clamp to readily quit its
grasp at the proper moment The above is a description of the preferred construc-
tion of the target but it is evident the shape may be varied without departing from
the essential feature of the Invention
One modification is seen in figure 10 where the target is made to resemble a
turtle being provided with head e tail and feet g-Other modifications of the
shape will readily suggest themselves to a person familiar with such devices
Finally the head, tail and wings of the target may be made in imitation of
feathers which roughened surface thus afforded will prevent shot glancing off
without breaking the target
According to a further improvement the body of the mark or target may be
provided with a rim or collar so as to be readily attachable to or detachable from
the body of the target which may be a cup or a ball of fragile material the rim or
collar being preferably of non-fragile material When the body part is broken by
a shot the rim or collar can be used again for another body part. The rim may
be attached to the body part by a groove in the one into which a projection on
the other takes or by spring clips or ears or in any other convenient way-The
rim may be provided with an inward annular piece partly closing the open mouth
of the target when cup shaped but bulging outwards so as to enlarge the air
chamber of the target
The body part of the target is preferably corrugated to prevent shot glancing off
When the body part is a sphere the rim may be fastened thereto by making spring
ears or slit portions on the inner side of the rim which yield to allow the sphere to
be passed thereinto but then spring out and engage with a groove around the
sphere Figure 12 is a view of a target embodying this part of the Invention and
showing that side thereof which is the upper one in Figure 13, Figure 13 is a
vertical central section taken along the dotted line x-x in Figure 12-Figure 14
is an elevation of the improved annular rim or collar applied to a ball of glass
or similar brittle material and Figure 15 a plan or top view of device shown in
Figure 14
A indicates an annular rim or collar made of metal or other stiff and tough
material and B a concave target preferably made of glass or other brittle material
so that the impact of the shot or rifle ball will break it to pieces; or of a soft
material which will receive the shot or ball and indicate where either of the latter
penetrated it
Various means and modes of connecting the annular collar A to the concave
disc may be employed but the preferable method is that shown The metal rim A
has an annular groove a formned therein in which the periphery of the concave
disc B is placed and secured therein by glue or other ceinent The edge of the
concave disc B which is inserted in the groove a is preferably dovetailed as shewn
in Figure 13 in order that the disc may be the better secured to the rim A
As a further or separate means of securing the disc B to the rim A after the
edge of the disc B has been inserted in the groove a the side of the groove is
preferably battered or pressed in so as to secure the dovetailed edge in position in
the groove
As a further means of securing the concave disc B to the rim A the ears b
are employed which may be either stamped from the rim or be otherwise secured
thereto in such a position that they press down against the disc as shewn in
Figures 12 and 13
The portion of the rim A which is interior to the groove a is preferably bent

page_text: down as shown at D in order to enlarge the air chamber between the disc B and
the rim A and secure a inore direct movement of the target through the air-This
portion D may however be omitted if desired without materially interfering with
the object of my Invention
The concave disc B is preferably corrugated in the novel manner shown the
corrugations encircling the disc so that the shot which may strike it will not
glance off without breaking it These corrugations are useful upon discs or spheres
as targets, even when employed without the collar.
A modification of the device as above described is shown in Figures 14 and 15
in which a hollow ball or sphere E is employed instead of the concave disc B the
said ball being surrounded by the rim A-In this modification the ball E has a
grooved extending around its greatest circumference and in this groove the
annular rim A is secured by means of the cars b which in this latter construction
are formed from the inner edge of the annular rim A as shown in Figure 15 so
that when the ears are in a line with the rim the central opening will be of the
same diameter as the ball measuring from the bottom of the groove d―The inner
edge of the rim A is divided into several cars by the slits e as shewn and when
a ball is to be inserted in the rim these ears are slightly bent up so as to allow the
ball to enter the opening in the rim and the ears are then bent down into the
groove thus securely fastening the rim A and ball E together
It will be obvious that the precise method of attaching the rim A to the
remainder of the target may be somewhat varied without materially altering my
Invention. For instance the ears may be omitted from the device shown in
Figures 12 and 13 as may also the dovetailed edge of the concave disc B in
which event I depend solely upon the cement.
By the employment of a target constructed as above described several advantages
are obtained. The target may be spun into the air receiving a rotary motion from
the trap and the rim A will cause the target to imitate the movements of a flying
bird very closely. The rin A may be used a number of times and thus the target
may be very cheaply constructed. The fragile portion of the target is not so liablo
to be broken by the trap when thrown or by striking the ground when not hit by
the shot or rifle ball.
When desired the collar may be specially formed or have a suitable provision
for enabling it to be thrown from traps not otherwise adapted to throwing such a
description of target.
Or the body part may be made double by providing an inner casing as indicated
by the dotted lines B¹ in Figure 13 and be charged with an explosive or fulminate
so that the shot explodes the said explosive or the fulminate where struck and by
this means indicates a hit and the target can be used several times.
The target
may also be made double that is to say like a double dish as shewn in section in
Figure 16 so that it can be thrown either side up. The mid diaphragm a may be
impregnated or covered with a fulminate. According to a further improvement
the target inay have a groove or receptacle formed (as shewn at a² Figure 17) in
it in which an absorbent material is placed and impregnated with a spirit or
matter capable of being ignited so as to illuminate the target for night shooting.
According to a further modification illustrated by Figure 18 the body part A may
be made of metal or other suitable non-fragile inaterial provided with a flange B.
and tongue C and over the said body part is slipped a cape of a fragile material,
or lined, covered or impregnated with an explosive or fulminate, so that when the
shot strikes, the metal body acts as an anvil and the explosion throws off the cap.
The cap may be held on the metal body by a metal ring or by spring clips or by
any other convenient means such for example as by the annulus & binged to the
flange B at one side, and secured by a snap d² at the other side the said
annulus & pinching the flange e² of the cap e between itself and the flange B.
The target may be lined with a similar cap on its interior if desired in place of
or in addition to that on its exterior. I do not.limit myself to the sections of the

page_text: targets shewn as they may be of any suitable conformation.
and 21 illustrate modified forms which may be adopted.
Figures 19, 20
The improvements in the traps or apparatus for throwing the targets has for its
object rendering the same more durable efficient and generally simplified and
cheapened and whereby also a plain and less expensive target may be used more
perfectly and efficiently projected into the air. Figure 22 is a side elevation
partly in section of a trap or apparatus constructed according to this Invention.
Figure 23 is a plan of the same and Figure 24 is a horizontal section of the
spring case.
A spring case A, a pedestal B and swinging arm C constitute the essential
features of the apparatus the rotating arm being provided with a target carrier of
novel construction and function. The spring case is preferably a hollow cylinder
open at the top and having a foot a terminating below in a ball b resting in a
corresponding socket c in the pedestal B thereby having an adjustment to any
desired position and secured in final positions by one or more set screws c¹; the
latter however may be dispensed with and the parts secured by cap screws b₁
securing the ball b in its socket by the tightening of the cap The pedestal
terminates below in a base plate suitably provided for securing the apparatus
firmly to the ground by stakes or to a proper foundation.
Within the aforesaid cylinder A rises a central stud d projecting through a
rotating cap or plate A¹ The Cap is provided with a circular flange d¹ to which
and also to the central stud d are secured the ends of a coiled spring which gives
motion to the circular cap. The outer edge of the cap A¹ is formed with ratchet
teeth and engages a spring detent c arranged at the outside of the case A between
suitable abutments protecting it against lateral displacement and provided with a
hook or loop for manipulation by a rope or cord. As thus arranged the spring
may be wound up by rotating the cap or plate A¹ and the detent c holds it in
position until released by withdrawal of the detent when the spring expends its
force in rotating the plate.
The plate A carries an arm C perforated to pass over and pivot loosely on the
end of the stud d where it is secured by a nut and washer and provided with a
short projection s at its underside fitting into any one of a series of perforations s¹
concentrically arranged on the cap or plate A whereby a relative adjustment of
the arm may be made to the cap or plate A' as desired.
The said arm C may be hinged at any point in its length and provided with an
are bar fand set screw for adjusting the two portions of the arm at any desired
angle. At its extreme outer end the arm C carries an open ended rectangular cage
or box D which may be connected to the arm with provision for rotative adjust-
ment The said cage or box D may be of rectangular or any desired form, tho
only essential condition being, that at its extreme outer side, it shall be formed or
provided with a guide-way or track g, for the rotation of the cylindrical target E
whon impelled forward and against it, through the action of centrifugal force in
the action of the apparatus. In the present case it is proposed to use a clay target
of shallow cylindrical form, and a narrow rib is arranged as part of the guide-
way to project slightly over the upper edge of the target and thereby guide it in a
right line in relation to its containing cage until expelled therefrom.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows. The spring case A being adjusted
to the desired angle and the arm C adjusted to the rotating cap, and also the two
parts of the arm and the target box being properly adjusted, the spring is wound
up and the target E placed in its position in the box D. On pulling the string,
the detent e is withdrawn from engagement, and the action of the spring throws
the arm C rapidly around, and owing to the inclination of the guide-way or track g
to the arm C, the circular target is impelled by centrifugal force to travel outward,
and is also impelled against the track g with sufficient force to create friction and
cause its rotation. By this means it is thrown into the air in rapid rotation
thereby maintaining the desired angle of inclination to the horizon during its flight

page_text: as determined by the conditions of the occasion, such for example as the position of
the marksman.
Suitable provision may also be made for adjusting the inclination of the track
or guide-way to the arm C, to regulate the action of the centrifugal force upon
the target in respect to its leaving the cage, but in general the other provisions for
adjustment of parts will be sufficient.
It will be obvious that the arm and track-way may be applied to any other
form of trap involving a swinging arm, whether the arm be actuated in a vertical
plane or any other, and that the principle of operation, whereby the target is
rotated by the action of centrifugal force, impelling it forward over a relatively
fixed guide-way and thereby creating a frictional resistance causing rotation, may
be embodied in many forms of mechanism, and I do not therefore confine myself
to the exact forin and construction shewn. It will be seen that a target without a
tongue can be used with a trap constructed as described.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original
and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the hereinbefore in part
recited Letters Patent is:—
First, An aerial or flying mark or target consisting of a main body part to
which the tongue or part to be grasped by the projecting apparatus or trap is
connected by a spring attachment substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by Figures 1 to 6A of the accompanying Drawings.
Second, The aerial or flying mark or target herein before described and illustrated
in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying Drawings.
Third, An aerial or flying mark or target having a series of projections arranged
to balance each other substantially as and for the purpose herein before described
and illustrated by Figures 7 to 11 of the accompanying Drawings.
Fourth, The Aerial or flying mark or target herein before described and illustrated
in Figures 7, 8 and 9 of the accompanying Drawings.
Fifth, In aerial or flying marks or targets, the combination of a fragile main
body part and a separable non-fragile rim or collar, substantially as herein before
described with reference to Figures 12 to 15 of the accompanying Drawings.
Sixth, In aerial or flying targets the combination of a main body part and a
separable rim or collar the said body part and rim or collar being secured together
by a groove in the one engaging with a projection on the other substantially as
herein before described with reference to Figures 12 to 15 of the accompanying
Drawings.
Seventh, In aerial or flying marks or targets a main body part with a separable
rim or collar attached thereto by spring clips or cars on and a groove in the rim
with which the main body part engages to secure it to the rim or collar as
herein before described and illustrated in Figures 12 and 13 of the accompanying
drawings,
Eighth, An aerial or flying mark or target provided with a rim or collar having
an in wardly projecting annular piece partly closing the open mouth of the target
substantially as herein before described and shewn at D in figure 13 of the
accompanying Drawings.
Ninth, The aerial or flying mark or target hereinbefore described and illustrated
n Figures 12 and 13 of the accompanying Drawings.
Tenth, The aerial or flying mark or target hereinbefore described and illustrated
n Figures 14 and 15 of the accompanying Drawings.
Eleventh, Au aerial or flying mark or target with a compound body part provided
with an explosive or fulminate substantially as herein before described with
eference to Figure 13 of the accompanying Drawings.
Twelfth, An aerial or flying mark or target of a double dish form substantially
s and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figure 16 of the
ccompanying Drawings.

page_text: Thirteenth. An aerial or flying mark or target provided with a recess or
recesses for the reception of inflammable matter substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described with reference to Figure 17 of the accompanying
drawings.
Fourteenth, An aerial or flying mark or target consisting of a non-fragile body
provided with a fragile or detonating or explosive covering or coverings
substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figure 18 of the
accompanying drawings.
Fifteenth, The aerial or flying mark or target herein before described and
illustrated by Figure 18 of the accompanying Drawings.
Sixteenth, In a trap or target-sender, a rotating arm carrying at its end a
target receptacle provided with an outer guide-way and adapted by the rotation of
the arm to impel the target outward by centrifugal force and cause rotation
of the target by frictional resistance against the guide-way substantially as set
forth.
Seventeenth, A trap or target-sender, embodying a spring case A pedestal B
and rotating arm C, the latter being adjustably secured to the upper plate A¹ of
the spring case and rotated thereby substantially as specified.
Eighteenth, In a trap or target-sender a spring case A, having a spring impelled
rotating head A' carrying a target arm, and its outer periphery formed into ratchet
teeth, in combination with the spring detent c, provided with a cord or its
equivalent substantially as set forth.
Nineteenth, The trap or target-sender_constructed as shown, with a spring
case A united to the base or pedestal B by a universal joint and carrying a
target throwing arm adjustable radially upon the spring case substantially as set
forth.
Twentieth, In combination with the spring case A adjustable upon its supporting
base or pedestal the target throwing arm C formed by hinging in two parts
adjustable to each other in a relatively vertical plane substantially as set forth.
Twenty first, In a trap or target-sender in combination with the spring rotated
arm, a box or cago D for containing and projecting therefrom a cylindrical target
and rotating the same by the action of centrifugal force, substantially as set forth.
Twenty-second, In combination with the rotating arm carrying at its end the
angularly arranged target receptacle D, provided with the outer guide-way y, and
adapted to contain and project a shallow cylindrical target, a rib or supplemental
guide h, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof I the said Charles James Barrett have to this my
Specification set my hand this twenty-seventh day of March One thousand
eight hundred and eighty four.
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