IMPROVEMENTS IN 'BOXER BREECH-LOADING AND OTHER CARMIDAD Ciazo
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Thomas Eley, of the Firm of Eley
'
Brothers, Ammunition Manufacturers, of Gray's Inn Road, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN 'BOXER
BREECH-LOADING AND OTHER CARMIDAD Ciazo”
Scaled the 12th April 1873, and dated the 30th January 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Thomas Elcy
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 30th January 1873.
I, WILLIAM THOMAS ELEY, of the Firm of Eley Brothers, Ammunition
Manufacturers, of Gray's Inn Road, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
'BOXER' BREECH-LOADING AND OTHER CARTRIDGE CASES," to be as follows:-
'
My improvements are especially applicable to the "Boxer" cartridge
cases, which are made of coiled metal, constructed with a turned up
shell of solid metal forming the base cup; my improvements being also
applicable to a cartridge having a metal or paper tube for the cartridge
case in lieu of the coiled metal.

page_text: According to my improvements I pierce the base cup of the cartridge
case with one or more holes of any suitable shape (for example, four
circular ones,) at equal distances near the edge, the object of which is to
allow the base cup to expand directly the discharge takes place to the
size of thic chamber of the gun or rifle, by which the cutting or partial i
severance above the base cup of the thin coiled metal or paper which
forms the case is avoided.
Sometimes I allow the perforations to sever the edge of the baso
cup.
Another advantage is that the metal or paper case by being blown
into the hole or holes made in the base cup is fixed there firmly, as if
rivetted, and the case is prevented from being detached from the base
cup when extracted, which will sometimes occur if the chamber of the
gun or rifle is too large, or the packing with which it is usually fixed,
insufficient.
By reason of my improvements these cartridges can be more casily
and cheaply constructed, as very much thinner brass or other motal may
be used for the coiled cases, thereby effecting a great saving in material
and labour.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Thomas Eley in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 26th July 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
THOMAS ELEY, of the Firm of Eley Brothers, Ammunition Manu-
facturers, of Gray's Inn Road, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, givo
and grant unto me, the said William Thomas Eley, Her special license
that I, the said William Thomas Eley, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Thomas Eley, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,

page_text: from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN 'BOXER' BREECH-
LOADING AND OTHER CARTRIDGE CASES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Thomas Eley, my exccutors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Scal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Thomas Eley, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
•
My improvements are especially applicable to the "Boxer" cartridge
cases, which are made of coiled metal, constructed with a turned up
shell of solid metal forming the base cup; my improvements being also
applicable to a cartridge having a metal or paper tube for the cartridge
case in lieu of the coiled metal.
According to my improvements I pierce the base cup of the cartridge
case with one or more holes, which may be of any suitable shape (for
example, four circular ones) at equal distances apart near the edge, as
shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the Drawing hereunto annexed, the object
of which is to allow the base cup to expand directly the discharge takes
place to the size of the chamber of the gun or rifle, by which the cutting
or partial severance above the base cup of the thin coiled metal or paper
which forms the case is avoided.
Sometimes I prefer to allow the perforations to sever the edge of the
base cup.
Another advantage is that the metal or paper case by being blown
into the hole or holes a, a, made in the base cup is fixed there firmly as
if rivetted, and the case is prevented from being detached from the baso
cup when extracted, which will sometimes occur if the chamber of the
gun or rifle is too large, or the packing with which it is usually fixed
insufficient.

page_text: By reason of my improvements these cartridges can be more casily
and cheaply constructed, as very much thinner brass or other metal may
be used for the coiled cases, thereby effecting a great saving in material
and labour.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner of
performing or carrying the same into practice, I would have it under-
stood that I do not confine myself to the exact particulars herein-
described, so long as the essential features of my Invention are retained,
but what I claim as my improvements in "Boxer" breech-loading and
other cartridge cases is, the piercing of the base cup of the cartridge
case with one or more holes or perforations for the purposo of allowing
the base cup and shell therein to expand within the chamber of the gun
or rifle directly the explosion or discharge takes place, substantially as
herein described and shown in the Drawing hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Thomas Elcy, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of July, in
the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
threc.
WILLIAM THOS. ELEY. (L.S.)
Witness,
J. G. TONGUE,
34, Southampton Buildings,
W.C.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Thomas Eley, of the Firm of Eley
Brothers, Ammunition Manufacturers, of Gray's Inn Road, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN 'BOXER'
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Thomas Eley
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition,
on the 30th January 1873.
I, WILLIAM THOMAS ELEY, of the Firm of Eley Brothers, Ammunition
Manufacturers, of Gray's Inn Road, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOXER BREECH-LOADING AND OTHER CARTRIDGE CASES," to be as follows :-
"
-
My improvements are especially applicable to the "Boxer" cartridge
cases, which are made of coiled metal, constructed with a turned up
shell of solid metal forming the base cup; my improvements being also
applicable to a cartridge having a metal or paper tube for the cartridge
case in lieu of the coiled metal,

page_text: According to my improvements I pierce the base cup of the cartridge
case with one or more holes of any suitable shape (for example, four
circular ones,) at equal distances near the edge, the object of which is to
allow the base cup to expand directly the discharge takes place to the
size of the chamber of the gun or rifle, by which the cutting or partial
severance above the base cup of the thin coiled metal or paper which
forms the case is avoided.
Sometimes I allow the perforations to sever the edge of the baso
cup.
Another advantage is that the metal or paper case by being blown
into the hole or holes made in the base cup is fixed there firmly, as if
rivetted, and the case is prevented from being detached from the base
cup when extracted, which will sometimes occur if the chamber of the
gun or rifle is too large, or the packing with which it is usually fixed,
insufficient.
By reason of my improvements these cartridges can be more easily
and cheaply constructed, as very much thinner brass or other metal may
be used for the coiled cases, thereby effecting a great saving in material
and labour.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Thomas Eley in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 26th July 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
THOMAS ELEY, of the Firm of Eley Brothers, Ammunition Manu-
facturers, of Gray's Inn Road, in the County of Middlesex, send :
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said William Thomas Eley, Her special license
that I, the said William Thomas Eley, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Thomas Elcy, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,

page_text: from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN 'BOXER' BREECH-
LOADING AND OTHER CARTRIDGE CASES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Thomas Eley, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and scals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Scal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Thomas Eley, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :—
My improvements are especially applicable to the "Boxer" cartridge
cases, which are made of coiled metal, constructed with a turned up
shell of solid metal forming the base cup; my improvements being also
applicable to a cartridge having a metal or paper tube for the cartridge
case in lieu of the coiled metal.
According to my improvements I pierce the base cup of the cartridge
case with one or more holes, which may be of any suitable shape (for
example, four circular ones) at equal distances apart near the edge, as
shewn in Figures 1 and 2 of the Drawing hereunto annexed, the object
of which is to allow the base cup to expand directly the discharge takes
place to the size of the chamber of the gun or rifle, by which the cutting
or partial severance above the base cup of the thin coiled metal or paper
which forms the case is avoided.
Sometimes I prefer to allow the perforations to sever the edge of the
base cup.
Another advantage is that the metal or paper case by being blown
into the hole or holes a, a, made in the base cup is fixed there firmly as
if rivetted, and the case is prevented from being detached from the base
cup when extracted, which will sometimes occur if the chamber of the
gun or rifle is too large, or the packing with which it is usually fixed
insufficient.

page_text: By reason of my improvements these cartridges can be more casily
and cheaply constructed, as very much thinner brass or other metal may
be used for the coiled cases, thereby effecting a great saving in material
and labour.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner of
performing or carrying the same into practice, I would have it under-
stood that I do not confine myself to the exact particulars herein-
described, so long as the essential features of my Invention are retained,
but what I claim as my improvements in "Boxer" breech-loading and
other cartridge cases is, the piercing of the base cup of the cartridge
case with one or more holes or perforations for the purpose of allowing
the base cup and shell therein to expand within the chamber of the gun
or rifle directly the explosion or discharge takes place, substantially as
herein described and shown in the Drawing hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Thomas Eley, have here-
unto set my hand and scal, this Twenty-fifth day of July, in
the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
thrcc.
WILLIAM THO³. ELEY. (L.S.)
Witness,
J. G. TONGUE,
34, Southampton Buildings,
W.C.