Improvements in or Applicable to Cartridges for Rifles, Sporting and other Guns, Pistols, or Revolvers, Part of these Improve- ments being Applicable to Heavy Ordnance.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar.. 1887
Specification Accepted, 9th Dec., 1887
Improvements in or Applicable to Cartridges for Rifles, Sporting
and other Guns, Pistols, or Revolvers, Part of these Improve-
ments being Applicable to Heavy Ordnance.
I GUILLERMO ANTONIO FARINI of No. 2 Vernon Place Bloomsbury in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, 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 certain improvements in or applicable to cartridges for
rifles sporting and other guns, pistols or revolvers part of these improvements being
applicable to heavy ordnance the object being to so construct the cartridge or ammu-
nition that it will ensure quicker loading and more rapid manipulation of the rifle or
other fire arm and also prevent the jamming so common with the cartridges at
present in use.
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In carrying the invention into practice I construct the cartridge case of a conical
or wedge shape with a tube leading up from the fulminating powder in the cap to
near the base of the bullet in order to ignite the powder at the opposite end to that at
which it is usually ignited thereby preventing any powder being blown out of the gun
without being ignited, the same force being obtained with less powder.
The tube is to conduct the gas generated by the fulminating powder in the cap to
the powder at the base of the bullet or a quick burning fuse or electricity may be
employed, or the cap may be placed at the base of the bullet and in the cartridge head
in the cap place I provide a pin which on the firing of the gun is propelled against
the cap and explodes it.
The base of the bullet is made of one metal such as lead or a combination of metals
may be used to take the twist and the other end is a pointed steel or other metal rod
which makes the bullet much longer with less weight and gives it greater penetrating
The bullet can if
power and at same time minimises the resistance of the air.
desired be made of one metal. In order to make this Invention more clearly under-
stood, reference is made to the accompanying sheet of drawings wherein Fig. 1. shows
the conical cartridge complete with bullet and Fig. 2 the cap and detonating tube.
Fig. 3. another arrangement of exploding the cap.

page_text: A is the cap: B. the fulminating powder in the cap: C the detonating tube with
open end CD the powder around the tube C; E the base of the bullet and F the
steel pin or top part.
When the cap A is struck by any of the ordinary methods of firing the
fulminating powder B explodes and the gas generated passes up the tube Cand
ignites the powder D at the end C₁ near the base E of the bullet E. F. the explosive
force of which powder forces the bullet out with immense velocity.
In Fig. 3 another arrangement of firing the powder is shown the cap A being placed
at the base of the bullet and in the cap place in the head of the cartridge the pin A¹
is provided and on the trigger being pulled it is propelled against the cap at the base
of the bullet and explodes it.
This conical shape obviates the difficulty now experienced in taking out the exploded
cartridge for roloading that is it prevents "jamming" thereby allowing of a quicker
succession of shots being fired.
My improved form of projectile can be used for heavy ordnance.
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
First. The improved wedge shaped conical cartridge case as herein set forth and
shown by the drawings.
Second. The improved means of firing the powder at the base of the bullet.
Third. The improved conical bullet in combination with and forming part of the
wedge shaped conical cartridge thereby allowing a smaller calibre gun to have the
same weight bullet with a much increased length and giving less resistance to
the air.
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HUGHES & SON,
5, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.