Sectional Target so devised as to Indicate the Part or Place Struck by the Bullet.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Mar., 1893—Accepted, 24th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Sectional Target so devised as to Indicate the Part or Place Struck
by the Bullet.
Alfred FIELDSEND of Silver Street Lincoln Taxidermist do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This target has been devised to obviate the necessity of a marker & to enable
the marksman to observe the exact point struck by the bullet, from the firing point.
The advantages claimed being
1st. Economy.
2nd. Greater accuracy.
3rd. An automatic record of the score observable to any number of persons from
the firing point.
The construction of the target is as follows-
It comprises a number of sections riz. 4 "inners " & 4" outers" with a number of
other flange sections for stray shots. When any one of these sections is struck by a
bullet it instantly falls back and is not closed until the marksman has made his
observation when it is closed by means of a cord or wire connection, which will
close one, or more, or all of these sections at one pull. By this arrangement the
score thus recorded is infallibly correct and it is impossible to mistake any other
bullet splash for the actual shot as the construction of the sections and arrangement
of fixing absolutely prevents such. Each of the said sections is separately pivoted
or hinged to vertical bolts or pins fixed in suitable positions behind the target, and
for the purpose of closing the said sections after they have been opened or forced
back by a bullet striking against them. I provide a vertically pivoted framework
or closing device suitably bent or curved so as to bear upon the back of each and
all of the sections upon one side of the target, a similar device being applied to act
upon the sections on the other side of the target these closing devices being
operated by means of a cord or wire from any suitable point.
In order that the closing devices may not interfere with the opening of the
sections by their pressure against them, the said closing devices are each connected
to a weight by means of a cord passing over a pulley so that they may be kept
back, or on the least pressure against them, as when a section is hit they are drawn
back by means of the said weights and they, and the operated section or sections,
are kept in their open position until operated upon by the cord or wire to close them
again.
The four sections forming the "inner" are pivoted by curved arms to the four
sections forming the " outer.'
As my improvements are capable of some modification without departing from
the principle thereof I do not restrict myself to materials, dimensions or to the
precise form or placement of the several parts thereof.
Dated this 24th day of February 1893.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Sectional Target so devised as to Indicate the Part or Place Struck
by the Bullet.
I, ALFRED FIELDSEND of Silver Street Lincoln Naturalist 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 an improved target constructed in sections to enable
the marksman to observe the exact point struck by the bullet and thus obviate the
necessity of a marker.
The said sections consist preferably of four "inners" and four "outers" whilst
additional sections are employed for stray shots. These sections are pivoted to the
frame work of the target so that as each one is hit by a bullet it falls back leaving
a space indicating the part of the target that has been hit, said section remaining
in its backward or open position until closed again by means of a cord or wire
connection.
The closing devices consist of two vertically pivoted frames behind the target
each acted upon by a separate cord or wire connection so as to close one or all the
sections simultaneously by a single pull of each cord or connection.
And in order the more fully to understand my said invention I will describe the
same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of my improved target.
Fig. 2, a back clevation,
Fig. 3 a vertical cross section taken on the line of Fig. 2, and
Fig. 4 a horizontal section taken on the line y y of Fig. 1.
Figs. 5 and 6 are diagrams of a modification hereinafter referred to.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures.
a indicates the frame work, b are the four "inner" sections and c the four outer
sections.
The "inner" sections bare hinged by means of curved bars 6' to vertical rods d d
the said bars being prevented from coming too far forward by stops 62. The
"outer sections c are likewise pivoted at c¹ to the rods d d. the additional
sections e e are also pivoted to the said rods d d.
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The side sections are pivoted to two other rods gg. Supported by the frame
work of the target h h are the vertical frames or closing devices each of which is
suitably curved and constructed so as to bear upon the backs of all the sections
upon one side, or half of the target when the said device is brought into its closing
position as indicated on the left hand side of Fig. 4. These frames are pivoted to
rods and are operated by means of cords or wire connections kk attached to
cranks fixed to the lower ends of the rods i i. The frames h h are kept in their
normal or backward position as indicated to the right in Figure 4 by means of cords
or chains m m passing over pullies n n and attached to weights o o.
The said frames are cut away at h² to permit of the backward movement of the
curved bars b¹.
A bell p is suspended to an upright a' at the back of the target and carries a
plate p' located opposite a hole a whose centre is coincident with that of the bulls-
eye which consists of a circular opening, so that upon a bullet passing through
9. it strikes against the plate p' thus agitating and ringing the bell, and giving an
audible signal when the bullet enters the bulls-eye.
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I wish it to be understood that I do not lay claim to the arrangement above
described with reference to Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings, for registering the value
of a shot when the bulls eye is struck, but may use same for small targets at short
ranges, but for larger targets I prefer to adopt the arrangement illustrated
diagrametically in Figs. 5 and 6 in which the bulls eye is formed of two sections q
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page_text: &q or it may be of four sections. These sections are carried by bent levers * *
pivoted to shafts, to these shafts are keyed cranks ss connected to rods t t' and
these rods actuate by means of arms u u¹ indicator discs v v².
Upon a bullet striking one of the sections 9 or q¹ of the bulls-eye, the said
section and its lever is forced back, as shewn, and the crank s or s¹ with its attached
rod and indicator raised so as to bring the said indicator into view above the target
and thus indicate when the bulls eye has been struck.
The parts are brought back into their normal positions by means of suitable
cords or connections which may be laid underground in earthenware or other
suitable pipes from the firing point.
Having now fully 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. The improved target constructed of the pivoted sections bce and fand the
closing devices hh' operated by means of the cords or wire connections k and
weights o substantially as described and shewn.
2. The improved sectional target substantially as described, and shewn in the
accompanying drawings and for the purpose set forth.
1000
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.