Year: 1886

page_text: I JAMES PAIN of 121 Walworth Road in the County of Surrey Pyrotechnist
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in rockets for signalling or other
purposes whereby the rocket is caused to travel a greater distance than heretofore
whether ascending or in any other desired direction as for life saving and other
purposes.
For this purpose the rocket is made double that is the chamber containing the
charge is constructed with an extra division communicating on one side with the
first part of the charge and on the other or top side with the signal or colored
lights if required-thus when this rocket is ignited after the first or regular
chamber has exhausted its contents it communicates instantly to the second
chamber containing a further charge which gives the rocket fresh impetus and
carries it a much greater distance. These rockets are specially advantageous and
adapted for life saving and other marine purposes where greater altitude or carrying
distance are required.
The rocket can be fired in the usual way either with a stick attached or with
wings.

page_text: I JAMES PAIN of 121 Walworth Road in the County of Surrey Pyrotechnist
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 has for its object improvements in rockets for signalling or other
purposes whereby the rocket is caused to travel a greater distance than heretofore
whether ascending or in any other desired direction as for life saving and other
purposes. And in order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily
carried into practice I will proceed to describe the same reference being had to the
drawing hereto annexed which shows a side view and vertical section of a rocket
constructed in accordance with my improvements.
"
My improved rocket is made double that is the chamber a containing the charge
is constructed with an extra division a¹ communicating on one side with the first
part of the charge and on the other or top side with the second part of the charge,
which chamber a communicates with the signal or colored lights b if required, thus
when this rocket is ignited after the first or reguler chamber has exhausted its
contents it communicates instantly to the second chamber containing a further
charge which gives the rocket fresh impetus and carries it a much greater distance.
These rockets are specially advantageous and adapted for life saving and other
marine purposes when greater flight or carrying distance are required.
The rocket can be fired in the usual way either with a stick attached or with
wings,
c is a fuse for igniting the rocket and d a socket for receiving the end of the
stick.
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:-
The improved construction of rockets for signalling and other purposes by
forming them with an extra division a' dividing the chamber ȧ the second part
of the charge imparting fresh impetus to the rocket and thereby carrying it a
greater distance substantially as described and represented in the drawings hereto
annexed.