Improvements in Oases for Packing Ordnance Ammunition.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 30th Dec., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Oases for Packing Ordnance Ammunition.
I, EDUARD MULLER, Director of the Federal Constructing Workshops, of
Thoune, Switzerland, 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 this invention is to provide a magazine arrangement for cait-
ridge-projectiles (projectile and charge placed in a case) under which arrange-
ment a certain number of cartiidge-projectiles inserted, each in a strong, light,
supple and tenacious sleeve, are put together in battery in a magazine, or
caisson, made of some light, elastic, strong and tenacious material the dimensions
of such magazine, oi caisson, being regulated according to the external dimensions
of the "
battery of cartridge-projectiles."
In the accompanying drawing, several forms of this magazine arrangement are
illustrated by way of example
Fig. 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 an end view and Fig 3 a plan of one of these
forms. Fig. 4 18 a plan and Fig 5 a transverse section of a second form. Fig. 6
18 a side view, Fig. 7 a plan and Fig. 8 a transverse section of a third torm,
whilst Fig 18 a separate external view of a cartridge-projectile sleeve.
Each cartridge-projectile 1 is placed in a sleeve 2 made of some light, supple,
strong and tenacious fabric, for instance cocoa-nut fibre, jute or the like Each
of the sleeves is furnished with a puller flap 3 by means of which the cartridge-
projectile is pulled out of the magazine, or caisson 4, the flap being made of
material similar, as regards suppleness and tenacity to that used for the sleeve.
It is desirable that the sleeves 2 should be closed at the end which receives the
point of the projectile, in order to protect the igniter with which the point 18
furnished.
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The cartridge-projectiles placed in their sleeves are put together in battery "
in different numbers according to circumstances (weight of the cartridges) for
example for field artillery generally in a "battery of four elements,-in a
magazine or caisson 4, the dimensions of which are regulated exactly according
to the external dimensions of the cartridge-projectile battery As the
diameter of the cartiidge-projectile is smaller towards the point than towards
the bottom of the case, the cartiidge-projectiles are preferably arranged in
the magazine or caisson 4 in such a manner that those which come into direct
contact with one another, that is to say, which are not separated by a partition,
are placed inversely, that is, the projectile belonging to one cartridge adjoining
the case of the next cartridge.
The magazine or caisson 4, 18 open at the top, and openings 5 are formed in
its ends, enabling the number of cartridges contained in the magazine to be
ascertained. The magazine is made of some light, elastic, strong and tenacious
material, for example, wicker-work, malacca cane, or the like, it may also be
made of a combination of materials The bottom of the magazine is preferably
made very compact and may further be rendered impervious to damp by any
suitable means, for example, by impregnation, by a coating of some kind or a
lining of suitable material.
The frame of the magazine is composed of pieces of wood, is sufficient number

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important that nails, pegs, metal wire, or similar means should not be employed
for joining the pieces together, as these might prove, injurious to the soldiers
Handles made of some supple, light and tenacious material, a piece of woven
Jute or jute cord, or a hempen belt on hemp cord, for instance, ale provided in
suitable places
In the form of the anlangement illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 four cartridge-
projectiles are placed together in the magazine 4 in battery" formed of two
superposed laveis cach with two cartridge-projectiles side by side
In the form shown in Figs 4 and 5 the battery 18 composed in the same
manner as is shown in Figs 1 to 3 but the magazine is divided by a vertical
partition 8 into two compartments each containing two cartridge-projectiles
one above the other.
In the form represented in Figs 6, 7 and 8 the battery consists of four cart-
ridge-projectiles placed side by side, the two cential ones being separated from
each othei by a vertical partition 9
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
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1 A magazine anangement for cartridge-projectiles used by artillery (pro-
jectile and charge placed in a case) under which arrangement a certain number
of cartridge-projectiles, each inserted in a light, supple, strong, and tenacious
sleeve-covering, are put together" in battery in a magazine, or caisson, made
of some light, elastic, strong and tenacious material, the dimensions of such
magazines, o caissons, being regulated by the external dimensions of the cart-
ridge-projectile "battery"
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2. A magazine arrangement of the kind indicated in Claim 1, in which the
ends of the caissons, oi magazines are furnished with openings by means of
which the contents of the magazines can be ascertained, the magazines being
further furnished in suitable places with bandles
3 A magazine anlangement of the kind indicated in Claim 1, in which the
covering sleeves for the cartridge-projectiles are furnished with a puller flap
Dated this 3rd day of November 1899
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
10, Chancery Lane, London, WC, Agents.