Improvements in or relating to Caps or Covers for the Fuses of Projectiles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan.,
1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Caps or Covers for the Fuses of
Projectiles.
I, MANFRED WEISS, of v, Deák Ferenez utcza 3, Budapest, in the Kingdom
of Hungary, Manufacturer, 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 a device for completely protecting by mechanical
means the fuses of projectiles against air and moisture. The fuses being thus
thoroughly protected against air and moisture may be kept in working order
for an unlimited time. The uncapping or removal of the covering is very simple
and rapid.
This improved cap or covering device consists of two metal parts provided with
a washer ring and afterwards mechanically folded or bent and is shown in the
accompanying drawing, in which,
Figure 1 is a section of the whole device when fixed in position;
Figure 2 a section showing the cover in a raised position;
Figure 3 a plan view of the projectile and lower portion of the cover or cap;
Figure 4 an elevation of the finished projectile with cap fitted complete.
The two parts of the cap are formed as follows:-
:-
First. An annular under part widening towards the top (a sort of dish) B
which at its lower edge is provided with a washer bands of indiarubber or the
like in order to fill up and close the space between the point of the projectile
and the fuse. A wire m fixed on the outside of the under part of the dish B
leads at a suitable point to the interior of the cap and has one end connected
with the pin of the fuse, whilst the other end of said wire on a pull being given
to it separates the whole cap from the point.
The second part of the cap or cover comprises an upper part or the actual
cap A having a flanged edge a and a washers of indiarubber or the like.
The capping or covering takes place by first the annular under part or
dish B being pressed on the fuse 7 itself over the point of the projectile C and
then the inner end of the wire being connected with the pin 2 of the fuse after
which the upper part or cap A is simply placed over the same and engaged with
the under annular part B.
The joint is now airtight and by means of the loose end of the wire m the
fuse can be easily freed from the cap, the whole cap being separated by a moderate
pull on the wire m in such a way that the cap is entirely removed by tearing
off the wire connected with it and leaving only a small ring between the pro-
jectile and the fuse.
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 protective cover or cap for the fuse of projectiles, said cover consisting
of two metal parts (A and B) connected with one another by flanging round or

page_text: bending the edges one over the other, substantially as hereinbefore described
and shown in the accompanying drawings.
2. A protective covering or cap such as described, in which the removal of
the said cap from the fuse of the projectile is effected by means of a wire (m)
without loosening the engagement of the two parts (AB) of the cap, substan- 5
tially as hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of August 1898.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.