Improvements in Cartridges.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1899-Accepted, 10th June, 1899
COMPLETE STEUITIVATION.
Improvements in Cartridges.
I, HERMANN HENNEBERG, of Ober-Kummernick, near Spittelndorf, Silesia, in
the German Empire, Landed Proprietor, 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 cartridges in which the ignition of the powder or
the like is effected in front, and which may be safely loaded in such a manner
as to permit of the powder charge being compressed.
The accompanying drawings, to which reference is hereinafter made, illustrate
in section two forms of the improved cartridge.
The
In each form a perforated disc, plate, or false bottom c is placed within the
cartridge case and comes to rest against or is supported by an internal flange
or projection, and serves to divide the space for the powder from the space for
the shot. The disc is furnished with a tubular extension & the outer end of
which is screwed to engage with the base block or cartridge end plate g.
tubular extension contains the firing or striking pin f which is driven by the
hammer or the like of the fire arm against the primer h, (Figure 1) or against
the cap (Figure 2). Two forms of striker are represented, the one shown in
Figure 1 being cylindrical and pointed, and the one shown in Figure 2 being
provided at or near its end with a projecting flange or the like which serves to
prevent any gases escaping through the tubular extension d.
The base block or end plate g of the cartridge is bored and tapped centrally
to engage with the extension d, so that when it is screwed down both it and the
disc c are firmly held in place and the powder charge, which has been previously
introduced, may be compressed to any desired extent between them within the
space a. The outside of the block g is recessed for the reception of the end of
the cartridge case. During the compression of the charge the striker f is not
interfered with in any way and all danger is obviated.
Upon the disc c is placed a solid plug or wad 7 of any suitable material which
serves to completely separate the powder charge from the shot.
Close to the primer h or the cap the tubular extension d is perforated or
partially removed may be
slotted as at n and the parts of the metal removed or
bent inwards to form stops which retain the striker in its safety position and
prevent it from being accidentally forced into contact with the primer or cap.
The striker shown in Figure 1 may be retained within the tube d by slightly
contracting the mouth of the latter where it enters the block d and, if desired,
by correspondingly reducing the diameter of the striker. In loading the cart-
ridge the disc c with its extension is first introduced and the plug is placed upon
the top of it. The charge of shot is then laid upon the plug and the end of the
The
cartridge is then closed by a cap or the like or in any other suitable manner.
charge of powder is then introduced at the other end of the cartridge case into the
space a and the block g is screwed down until the desired degree of compression
is attained

page_text: It will, of course, be understood that the improved cartridge may be used for
bullets as well as for shot.
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. In a cartridge, a perforated disc provided with a tubular extension con-
taining the striker, and an end block or plate adapted to engage with the end of
the tubular extension and with the end of the cartridge case, all constructed and
arranged substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings.
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2. A cartridge constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described
and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of May A:D. 1899.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.