Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1893
A TOVEDԵ TՑԱՆԵՆ,
WILLIAM ROBERT ASHFIELD Army Pensioner 6 Victoria Place High Road
Kilburn N.W. in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
:-
When the shot strikes the target the mantlet comes to the front to enable the
marker to rub out the shot mark, the marker being protected by a plate, & the
marker entirely protected, the mantlet is then brought back by machinery, & then
above the mantlet the value of the shot is shown. When the marker has occasion to
clean or alter the target danger is shown above the mantlet.
4th July 1893.
WILLIAM ROBERT ASHFIELD.
H OVEDԵ ՄԱՆԵՆ,
WILLIAM ROBERT ASHFIELD Army Pensioner, 131 High Road Kilburn, N.W.
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 :-
The mantlet is to afford protection to the marker engaged in signalling the
values of shots fired in target practice. It consists of an upright iron box, closed
at the top, with a door which opens inwards, on the side facing the target. A
glass window, covered on the outside with wire netting, is inserted in one of the
sides of the mantlet, to enable the marker to see where the shot strikes the target.
The mantlet is sufficiently large to contain two men, one to move the mantlet along,
in a manner to be described further on, the other to rub off the shot marks from
the target, and to signal their value.
A vertical section of the mantlet is shown in the accompanying drawing.
The mantlet is to be mounted on a trolley, which will run on rails (R R¹ in
figure) laid in a trench 6 inches deep in front of the target. The front of the
mantlet will be lengthened downwards, outside the wheels (W W₁ in figure) of the
trolley, to a distance of 2 inches below the rail, so as to prevent shots from passing
underneath.
The motive power is to be furnished by a windlass (A in figure) fixed inside the
mantlet, and worked by one of the men. A chain (C C in figure), or wire cable,
fastened at either end of the railway track, passes at one end underneath the
trolley, under a roller (B in figure), and upwards through a hole (H. in figure) in
the bottom of the mantlet; thence over the barrel of the windlass, and downwards
through a second hole (H' in fig.) in the bottom of the mantlet, under a second
roller (B' in fig.) beneath the trolley, outwards to the other end of the railway
track. By revolving the windlass the cable is played out on one side, and hauled
in on the other, the mantlet moving in a corresponding direction.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
That the principle of the windlass, as applied to mantlets, is entirely novel, and
has never before been made use of, and it is for this that I desire protection.
Dated this 14th day of October 1893.
WILLIAM ROBERT ASHFIELD,
Late Sergeant Instructor to the 3/12 or Forest of Dean Rifle Volunteers.