IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH TARGETS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis John Crossley, of Halifax, in the County of
York, Carpet Manufacturer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND
CONNECTED WITH TARGETS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis John Crossley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th September 1880.
LOUIS JOHN CROSSLEY, of Halifax, in the County of York, Carpet Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH TARGETS."
This Invention relates to improvements in targets for rifle and other small arm
practice, the object of the Invention being to avoid the necessity of employing a
marker by providing means, as hereinafter described, for registering in any desired
place the part of the target struck.
A suitable method of carrying out my Invention is the following:-
The target is formed in separate parts, videlicet, one for the "bull," one for the
"centre," and one for the "outer," and to each of these separate parts I attach a
suitable instrument, such as a Crossley microphone, or other instrument which
will give like results.
Each microphone or other instrument is connected to a Crossley and Warburton
patent relay, or other suitable instrument, so connected with a corresponding
indicator as to cause the latter to fall when the part of the target to which it is
connected is struck.
The said indicators may be placed in any desired position.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Louis John Crossley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th
March 1881.
LOUIS JOHN CROSSLEY, of Halifax, in the County of York, Carpet Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH TARGETS."
This Invention relates to improvements in targets for rifle and other small arm
practice, the object of the Invention being to avoid the necessity of employing a
marker by providing means, as hereinafter described, for registering in any desired
place the part of the target struck.
A suitable method of carrying out my Invention is the following :-
The target is formed in separate parts, videlicet, one for the "bull," one for the
"centre," and one for the "outer," and to each of these separate parts I attach a
suitable instrument, such as a Crossley transmitter, or other instrument which will
give like results.
Each transmitter or other instrument is connected to a Warburton and Crossley's
patent relay or other suitable instrument, so connected with a corresponding
indicator as to cause the latter to indicate when the part of the target to which it
is connected is struck.
The said indicators may be placed in any desired position.
But in order to enable my improvements to be better understood I will proceeds
to more particularly describe the same by reference to the accompanying Drawing,
in which Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation, and Figure 2 a front view of a
target constructed according to my Invention.
Figure 3 represents an arrangement of three Crossley transmitters fitted to the
target, and connected by wires with three relays, to which are also connected three s
suitable indicators; Figure 4 illustrates an arrangement by which the disturbance
at the target may be made audible at the firing station by means of three
telephones.
Similar letters of reference are used to represent similar parts.
To a suitable foundation frame A. I secure by means of iron standards B three
frames C, D, E, these frames are independent one from the other, and are made of
wood. To these frames are secured wrought iron face plates F. The frame C is
the "outer," the frame D the "centre," and the frame E the "bull." The frame E
overlaps the frame D, and this frame overlaps the frame C to prevent a shot when
striking the target passing under the ends of the frames. The target may be made
square, circular, or oblong, and a Crossley's transmitter G is fitted each to the
"bull," "centre," and "outer" targets in any suitable position.
The diagram, Figure 3, shews a suitable arrangement for connecting the three
Crossley transmitters G by wires W, W', and W, to three relays J, J, and J2, the
relays being connected by wires WS, W, and Ws to a frame K, to which are fitted
three indicators or recorders L, L, and L2; that is to say, the transmitter G fitted
to the outer target is connected by the wires W to the relay J, and by the wires W³
to the indicator or recorder L. When a shot strikes the outer target the trans-
mitter G thereof takes up the disturbance, which is conveyed by the wires to the
relay J, which sends a current to the indicator or recorder L, and causes a red or
black marker to fall and fill up the openings made in the face of the indicator,
shewing at the firing point that the shot is an "outer," and in a similar manner a
"centre or a "bull" is recorded by the indicator when a "centre" or a bull" is
struck by a shot. The current is sent by the relay actuated on to the indicator or
recorder by the battery Z, and the battery Z' is used to word the transmitter at
the target, as shewn in the diagram.
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page_text: The indicator may be replaced by a recording instrument if desired, and the
relays may be dispensed with, and one line of wires may be used instead of the
three, and one battery instead of the two shewn in the diagram.
The diagram, Figure 4, illustrates an arrangement by which the disturbance at
the target may be made audible at the firing station by means of three telephones
M, M, and M2, which are connected by wires to the transmitters G, but if desired
a single telephone will indicate the difference in sound between the "bull," "centre,"
outer," and a single line also may be employed with advantage.
or
Although three transmitters are shewn one may be used, if desired, to take up
the sound made by the ball striking the target, and the transmitter may be placed
near the target instead of being fixed to it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed or carried out in
practice, what I claim is,-
The improved target with arrangements for rifle and other gunnery practice for
registering at the firing station the "bull," "centre," or "outer," when struck by
the ball or shot, substantially as herein before set forth and described, in which
Invention the important point or feature is, the employment of transmitters,
telephones, and relays for recording at the firing station the striking by a ball or
shot of a "bull," "centre," or "outer."
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis John Crossley, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
5 Witness,
WALTER EMMOTT,
Square Road,
Halifax.
LOUIS JOHN CROSSLEY. (L.S.)