Improvements in Marksmen's Requisites.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 6th Jan. 1893-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Marksmen's Requisites.
I WILLIAM DAVID TRICK of Ashford House in the County Borough of
Swansea Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
1. A japanned tin case of about 10 inches long by about 5 inches wide by about
2 inches deep having a sliding tray level with the top of the case (excluding the
cover) which draws out from left to right. The box underneath the tray is divided
into compartments for holding shooting requisites and keeping them in their place
and in the left hand corner nearer the lid of the case a small round socket is
fastened, into which fits a brass rod jointed about an inch from the end by a rivet.
This brass rod is about ten inches long having at half its length a hinged joint
which has a sliding ferrule to draw over when in use, it is surmounted with a
small streamer or flag of silk or other material attached to a pin revolving on a
pivot.
To the lid of the case a clock faced dial made of celluoid is attached by means
of rivets and has a revolving pin or indication by which the direction of the wind as
shown by the above described flag is to be recorded.
The lid has also attached two loops for pencils to be held longitudinally and two
small receptacles for paint brushes and a small box for holding a cake of white and
a cake of black paint.
Two spikes are hinged one on either side of the lid which turn back and being
pressed into the ground will keep the apparatus in position.
The case itself and the substances of which the target surfaces and tablets are
made are waterproof so that it may be used in wet weather.
2. The tray has on each side a piece of white celluoid of the same width as the
tray itself and about as long engraved with spaces for recording the elevation,
wind, light and weather, the scores at the various usual shooting distances, the
sighting, and the Vernier scale for rifles. The rest of the tray has on one side &
model target surface of the first class and on the other a model target surface of
the second and third classes. The model target surfaces are made of gutta percha,
indiarubber or other substance and the case contains two small beads each carrying
a spike by which it is fixed to the model surface in order to represent the exact
spot which the bullet just fired has struck the target the other bead having already
been placed to represent the aim taken this enables the marksman to calculate the
change to be made in taking the next aim.
1000
W. D. TRICK.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Marksmen's Requisitës.
I WILLIAM DAVID TRICK of Ashford House St. Helens Road in the County
Borough of Swansea Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of an invention
of an Apparatus for the Purpose of Improving Rifle Shooting and for Holding
Requisites for Rifle Shooting and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
A tin case seven inches by four inches by one and a half inches or thereabouts
outside measurement having a hinged lid or cover about two inches in depth fitted
with tin loops for holding pencils and camels hair brushes; also a flat tin case

page_text: soldered on to hold indian ink and a cake of white paint for marking sights; and a
tin flap for holding various tickets &c. &c.
Flush with the sides of the box is hinged a flap or false lid having on its upper
surface the diagrams shewn in the accompanying drawing.
A-A is a celluloid or such like tablet with the figures engraved or printed
thereon and is intended to keep a record of the scores and other information at the
various distances shown.
B is a clock face with figures and information as shown above and having a
movable indicator to point the direction of the wind.
C is a model first class target engraved on celluloid or similar substance upon
which the marksman may record the position of each shot at the different
distances.
D is also a model first class target but made of indiarubber insertion sheet or
similar substance having tin slides at each side which fit into grooves fastened on
the flap. Two pins are fastened by threads of tinsel or fine wire to the flap and
these are used to stick into this model-one pin to shew the spot aimed at and the
other to show the spot hit.
Both model targets sliding in grooves are reversible and on the reverse side are
targets suitable for long and short distances.
On the reverse side of the whole flap a printed card showing the M H Vernier
and MH ventometer scales is fastened.
The bottom of the box is divided by raised tin compartments so as to hold the
various requisites e.g. spirit, sight black, sight adjusters, white paint, cleaner,
blower and prevent their shaking when carried.
In the right hand, far corner of the box is fastened a socket on a hinge which
allows the socket to fall upright outside the box and into this socket may be fixed
a miniature flagstaff (three jointed telescopic) each joint about five inches long and
surmounted by a small streamer fastened on a pivot.
On either side of the lid about half an inch from the upper side is fastened a spike
which lies flat against the side of the cover when not in use but which may be
opened out for securing the box to the turf when necessary.
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 :-
(1) That the idea and method of recording the spot aimed at and hit as described
under letter D is new and should be protected.
(2) That the arrangement of the scoring tablet &c. on the flap and the model
clock face and target are new and should be protected.
(3) That the arrangement of the bottom of the box is new and should be
protected, and
(4) That a box containing the whole of the requisites for a rifleman at the firing
point is a novelty and should be protected.
Dated this 4th day of January 1893.