War Implement having Mechanically Actuated Bayonets and Swords.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 7th May, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A War Implement having Mechanically Actuated Bayonets and
Swords.
We, ADOLPH JUEL JOHNSON and EDVARD HAMAN NELSON, both of 317 South
Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, County of Hennepin; State of Minnesota, United
States of America, Mechanics, 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:
Our invention relates to an improved implement of war, the preferred form
of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in the several figures of
which like characters indicate like parts.
Fig. 1 is a plan of the implement, some parts being broken away.
Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, taken on the line X*X2 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged view, in vertical section, on the line X3 X³ of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a plan of one of the bayonets.
Fig.
5 is a detail view, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section, on
the line X5 X5 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is a detail view, in side elevation, shewing a modified construction for
adjustably mounting the neck yoke to the pole or tongue of the implement.
Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line X'X' of Fig. 6; and
Fig. 8 is a vertical section on the line X8X8 of Fig. 6.
1-1 are the pair of front wheels, which are fixed on their axle 2; and 3-3 are
The front
the pair of rear wheels, which are loosely mounted on their axle 4.
axle 2 is journalled in a yoke-like frame 5, which is connected by a vertical
pivot 6 to the front end of a bar 7, the rear end of which is fixed to the rear
axle 4. The front truck has a deck 8, and the rear truck has a deck 9, upon either
deck one or more persons may stand. A. strong vertical mast 10, having at its
top a swivelled guide pulley 11, is fixed in a socket 12 projecting from the bar 7,
concentric to its pivot 6. 13 are gye-ropes, extending from the top of the mast 10
to the rear deck 9.
14 is a strong heavy tongue or pole, having at its rear end brackets 15 by which
it is hinged at 16, to the yoke 5. At its front end, the pole 14 has a rectangular
frame 17 provided with a series of parallel cross-bars 18, on which, and the ends
of the frame 17, bayonet guides 19 are fixed. Bayonets 20 are mounted to move
in the guides 19, and to be projected through suitable passages in the front of
the frame 17. These bayonets 20 have pins 21, at their inner ends, and their
outer ends, and upper edges are made very sharp.
A crank shaft 22, having as many cranks as there are bayonets, is mounted in
the frame 17 and links 23 connect these cranks to the pins 21, of the bayonets:
The bayonets when in their extreme forward position protrude through the
frame 17, twice the throw of the cranks and when retracted to their extreme rear
position they are drawn into the frame 17, so that they clear themselves from
anything which they have pierced.
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It will be noted, by reference to Fig. 1 that the two central cross-bars 18

page_text: embrace or straddle a sprocket wheel 24 on the middle of the crank shaft 22, a
driving sprocket wheel 25 is loosely mounted on the middle of the axle 2, and can
be connected to the shaft by a sliding clutch 26 which can be withdrawn in
opposition to a spring 28 by a lever not shewn, otherwise a chain 27 connects the
sprocket wheels 24 and 25, the intermediate portion of the chain 27 being pro-
tected by a shield 29 fixed to the pole 14. From the pole 14 depends a yoke
bracket 30, in the vertical slot of which a neck yoke 31 can freely move up and
down. This neck yoke 31 has four hooks or eyes 32, to each of which a horse
can be attached. 33 is a four-horse whipple tree attached to the under side of
the pole 14, so that four horses can be yoked to the implement. The outer ends
of the frame 17 are connected to the outer ends of the axle 2, by strong bars 34
which are attached to the axle 2 as illustrated in Fig. 5, 35 being a slotted key,
which works in a slot in the end of the bar 34, and engages an annular groove 36
in the end of the axle 2. The front end of each bar 34 may be similarly connected
to the frame 17 and thus the bars 34 can be rapidly removed," should it be
necessary to replace one of the horses..
The weight of the frame 17 does not bear upon the horses, but is carried by
flexible connections 37, attached to the frame 17, aud by a single cable 38 which
is passed over the pulley 11, and is attached to the banel of a windlass 39, mounted
in brackets 40 on the bar 7, and worked by a winch 41.
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By this windlass, the frame 17 and bayonets, can be raised and lowered as
desired. Thus for instance, in charging infantry, the bayonets would be lowered,
as shewn in Fig. 2, but in charging cavalry, they would be raised even to the
level of the horse's heads.
Swords 42 are pivotted on the front of the frame 17 and hang from it being
normally held down by springs 43; they are connected by links 45 to a common
bar 44, which is connected by a pair of cables 47 to a pair of windlasses 46, on a
common shaft 48. This shaft is mounted in bearings on the deck 8, and can be
worked by a winch 49 so that all the swords 42 can be simultaneously drawn up
into inoperative positions, in opposition to the springs 43.
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Another set of swords 50 depend from the frame-work of the rear deck 9, being
normally held down by springs 51, and connected by links 53 to a common bar 52
which by a pair of cables 54 is connected to a windlass 55 worked by a winch 56.
These swords prevent escape of a person who might pass under the bayonets or
the swords in front when they are raised.
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Posts 57 are provided at different parts of the machine, intended to support
bullet-proof fabric for protection of the horses, and riders.
As shewn in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the neck yoke 31 is provided with a rectangular
bracket 58, which works in suitable guides of a keeper bracket 59 bolted to the
pole 14, by bolts 60.
The keeper 59 projects both above and below the pole 14, and has holes 61
through which the sprocket chain 27 passes.
The up and down movement of the neck yoke 31 is limited by the length of
the opening in the bracket 58. This construction is to be preferred to that shewn
in Fig. 2 as there is no such bracket as 32 projecting down which might strike
obstacles such for example, as dead men or horses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. An implement of war comprising a truck having a number of bayonets
caused to reciprocate lengthwise by mechanism worked by horse power propelling
the truck, substantially as described.
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2. In an implement of war, the combination of a four wheeled truck a front
pair of wheels, a pole projecting forward from the truck, a frame at the forward
end of the pole, bayonets mounted for lengthwise movement in the frame, a mast

page_text: rising from the truck, a pull attached to the frame and running over a pulley at
the top of the mast, and a windlass on the truck connected to the pull for raising
or lowering the bayonets substantially as described.
3. In combination with the bayonet frame above referred to a set of swords
depending from the frame with means of raising them, substantially as described.
4. In combination with the, truck above referred to, another set of swords de-
pending from the rear of the truck, and means for raising them substantially as
described.
Tatal this 10th day of Dasambar 1807
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.