Year: 1886

page_text: I, RICHARD MORRIS of Bennett Park, Blackheath, in the County of Kent,
Engineer do bereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It is often necessary to provide in rifle ranges, at various points between the
firing station and the butt, penetrable screens which require to be removeable
from the line of fire and to be so arranged that a marker, situated in a sheltered
position near them, can readily and quickly patch on them fresh sheets of paper
or other material to shew bullet marks. My invention relates to screens of this
kind, which I construct and arrange in the following manner. I dig in the ground
a pit a few feet deep, or I form an artificial glacis a few feet high, under the shelter
of which the marker sits, his back being presented towards the person firing. At
some distance in front of the marker I mount on a horizontal axis a framing
carrying a sheet of canvas or other suitable material constituting a penetrable
screen, which I counterbalance by a weight on arms of the framing extending
beyond the axis. By means of cords or otherwise the marker can pull the lower
arms of the framing so as to raise the screen into a vertical position, or can pull it
down towards him so that it lies in a sloping position above him, resting on the
edge of the pit or summit of the glacis. In this position it is removed entirely
from the line of fire, and the marker can readily patch the screen and again raise
it to position for firing.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.

page_text: I, RICHARD MORRIS of Bennett Park, Blackheath in the County of Kent
Engineer, 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:-
It is often necessary to provide in rifle ranges at various points between the
firing station and the butt, penetrable screens which require to be removeable
from the line of fire and to be so arranged that a marker situated in a sheltered
position near them can readily and quickly patch on them fresh sheets of paper or
other material to shew bullet marks. My invention relates to screens of this kind,
which I construct and arrange in the following manner. I dig in the ground a pit
a few feet deep or, I form an artificial glacis a few feet high, under the shelter of
which the marker sits, his back being presented towards the person firing. At
some distance in front of the marker I mount on a horizontal axis a framing
carrying a sheet of canvass or other suitable material constituting a penetrable
screen which I counterbalance by a weight on arms of the framing extending
beyond the axis. By means of cords or otherwise the marker can pull the lower
arns of the framing so as to raise the screen into a vertical position, or can pull it
down towards him so that it lies in a sloping position above him, resting on the
edge of the pit or summit of the glacis. In this position it is removed entirely
from the line of fire, and the marker can readily patch the screen and again raise
it to position for firing.
The accompanying drawing is a section shewing a target arranged according to
my invention. The marker sits on a seat S in a pit, sheltered by the glacis or
bank G. In front of him is the screen A mounted on a horizontal axis and nearly
balanced by a counterweight W. The screen A has in its upper part the paper or
other material forming the target T which when the screen is upright is visible
above the glacis G. The marker by loosening a cord C can allow the screen A to
descend to the position indicated by the dotted lines A¹ and can then, while in
shelter get access to repair or replace the target T¹.
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 construction and arrangement of target for rifle practice substantially as
herein described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.