Improvements in Apparatus for Arresting and Collecting Bullets Passing Through Penetrable Targets.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left 30th, June, 1891-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1801
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Arresting and Collecting Bullets
Passing Through Penetrable Targets.
We TOM BELL BURNS of Camelford in the County of Cornwall Ironmonger
and Manufacturer and RICHARD HENRY LEE of Manley Terrace Liskeard in
the County of Cornwall Draper and Commission Agent do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for arresting and collecting bullets passing
through penetrable targets.
The apparatus consists preferably of a wooden box fitted with a drawer at its
base and having a slanting back made of iron stone or other impenetrable
material with the object of deflecting the rebounding bullets so that they fall
within the drawer beneath.
The front of the box which is in close proximity to the target placed before it is
made of wood with or without a facing of vulcanized india rubber.
Instead of providing an empty box fitted with a drawer, the box may be filled
with sand, earth, sawdust or any loose material in which the bullets will be
embedded. In this case the armoured slanting back may be dispensed with and a
door be provided at which the sand or other loose material may be withdrawn to
recover the embedded bullets. The vulcanized india rubber facing through which
the bullets pass closes up at the perforated parts and so prevents the escape of the
loose material which would take place if the front of the box were not so faced.
Dated this 30th day of September 1890.
AYRTON & THOMAS,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Arresting and Collecting Bullets
Passing Through Penetrable Targets.
We TOM BELL BURNS of Camelford in the County of Cornwall, Ironmonger
and Manufacturer and RICHARD HENRY LEE of Manley Terrace, Liskeard in
the County of Cornwall, Draper and Commission Agent 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 apparatus for arresting and collecting bullets passing
through penetrable targets.
The apparatus is shown in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a
sectional elevation of the apparatus with a slanting armoured back and Figure 2
is a sectional elevation of the apparatus charged with sand or other loose material.
The apparatus as shown in Figure 1 consists of a wooden box A provided with a
side door B and a slanting back C made of iron, stone or other impenetrable
material with the object of deflecting the rebounding bullets so that they fall within
the enclosed space beneath.
The front of the box A which is in close proximity to the target placed before
it, is made of wood with a facing of vulcanized india rubber D.
Instead of providing an empty box with an inclined armoured back, the box may
be filled with sand earth sawdust or any loose material shown at E in Figure 2 in
which the bullets will be embedded, the sand or other loose material being with-
drawn to recover the embedded bullets. The apparatus as shown in Figure 1 is

page_text: self supporting but that shown in Figure 2 being rectangular may have a supporting
stay F to support it in the rear. The vulcanized india rubber facing through
which the bullets pass closes up at the perforated parts and so prevents the escape
of the loose material which would take place if the front of the box were not so
faced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
Bullet catching apparatus for penetrable targets consisting of a box faced with
india rubber, felt, or similar material capable of closing after the passage of the
shot therethrough and being loaded with sand or other loose material or provided
with a slanting armoured back substantially as described.
Dated this 30th day of June 1891.
AYRTON & THOMAS,
Agents for the Applicants.