IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYING TARGETS AND TRAPS FOR THE SAME
Year: 1884

page_text: VOER LELE DE EVLICATION
ALBERT HENRY HEBBARD of Knoxville in the County of Knox, and the State
of Tenessee in the United States of America, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
nature of this Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYING TARGETS AND TRAPS
FOR THE SAME" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My Invention relates to improvements in flying targets and consists in the
novel arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully
described and specifically pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying Drawings,
Figure 1 is a plan or top view of my improvements.
Figure 2 is a vertical front view of the target;
Figure 3 is a longitudinal view of Figure 1;
Figure 4 is a cross-section of the target; and
Figure 5 is a modification of the same.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
In the Drawing, A represents the trap or "sender formed with the partly
curved projection, A¹, having its upper side covered with any soft or elastic
material, A. Pivoted to said sender or trap is a bifurcated arm, B, having tapering
ends, B'. The arms, A¹ and B, form spring jaws, C is the inner piece of the
bifurcated arm, B. A spring, b, is interposed between the arm, C, and the main
stem of the sender for the purpose of holding the target between the arms before it
is thrown.
One form of the target, shown in Figure 4, consists in the double concave shell,
provided with a hollow journal.
In Figure 5 a single concave is shown with an integral journal extending
through from side to side. E E represent the journals; D the outer concavo-
convex disc, and F Figure 4, a concavo-convex disc on the under side of disc, D.
These journals, projecting out on either side of the target, protect it from breaking
when it descends to the ground. The journals are also for the purpose of holding
the periphery of the target, when placed in the trap or sender, in such a manner
that when force is applied to project it therefrom it will give the target a spinning
axial rotation that will cause its flight to resemble that of a bird's.
The operation is as follows:
The target is placed between the armis, A¹ and B¹. These arms or jaws bear on
the journals of the target and press the periphery G of the firmly against the

page_text: arm, A', which is covered with an elastic material, A³, so that when the trap is
sprung and the arm swung quickly around and then suddenly arrested, it will
cause the journals to slip outward in the arms, B, and the periphery of the target
will roll on the arm, A¹, until released. This will give the target a very rapid
spinning motion or axial rotation that will cause it to move edgewise through
the air.
I do not wish to be understood as confining myself to the particular construction
herein shown, as the objects of my Invention may be obtained by other forms of
construction, in which the periphery of the concave disc rolls on an arm and the
journals slide for the purpose of iniparting`an¯axial rotation.
The target may be made of any resonant metal so as to give audible notice of
being struck, or it may be coated externally with any fulminate capable of emitting
more or less smoke as soon as the device is struck with shot.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declaro that what
I claim is:
1. A flying target, consisting of the hollow disc concaved on its lower sido and
having flangos on its upper and lower portions to form journals, all substantially
as described and for the purposes set forth.
2. A flying target consisting of the curved portion, D, provided with a sido
journal and an integral concaved portion, F, provided with a journal, in combination
with a trap or sender provided with the forked arms, B, and the curved arm A',
whereby the target is held in said trap by its journals and periphery, and when
forced or thrown out, receives a spinning axial rotation through the air, substantially
as described and set forth.
3. A flying target consisting of a concaved disc having side journals, E, as
specified, in combination with a trap provided with an arm having an inside facing
of soft elastic material, the outer and inner ends of said arm being straight, the
central portion thereof being curved and a straight bifurcated arm, B, pivoted to
the inner end of the curved arm, substantially as described and for the purposes
set forth.
4. A flying target consisting of a concaved disc having side journals, E, in
combination with a trap provided with an arm baving an inside facing of soft
elastic material, the outer and inner ends of said arm being straight, the central
part thereof being curved and a straight. bifurcated arm, B, provided with a rear
projection, c, said arm being pivoted to the arm A, and a spring interposed between
said arms, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 13th day of June 1884.