US303911A - John boose - Google Patents

Description

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J. BOONE.

SEEE EEGTSTEETNG ELEGTEIG TARGET.

N0. 303,911. Patented Aug. 19,1884.

W/ TNEEHEE UNrrED; STATES PATENT @Errea JOHN BOONE, or sYEAoUsE, NEW YORK, AssieNOE To RALPH E. s'rEONe, OE SAME PLAGE. l

SELF-REGISTERING ELECTRIC TARGET.

GPECIEICATIOE forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,911, datedjiiugust 19, 1'884.

(No model.)

To @ZZ zuil/m may concern:

Be it known that l, J onN BOONE, of Syraeuse, in the county of Gnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and Vuseful 5 Improvements in Seli' -Registering Electric Targets, of which the following, taken in eenneetion with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in novel means for io automatically registering the section of the target hit by the shot, as hereinafter' more fully described, and speeieally set forth in the elai ms. V

In the annexed drawings, Figure I illus- I5 trates a shooting-gallery provided with my improvement. Fig. II is an enlarged face view oi' my improved target. Fig. III is a rear face vieur of the same and the mechanism connected therewith. Fig. IV is avertical transverse section of the aforesaid target and its mechanism; and Fig. V is a top plan view of the main portion thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending` parts.

The target- I construct of a heavy metal plate divided into sections A A, which are arranged movably independent of each other, and sustained yieldingly in the plane of the target by means of pistons or plungers a projecting from the rear of the target-sections A, and passing through guide-plates B and B', which serve to hold and guide lthe targetseetions in their movement. Springs s, bearing,` against the rearmost guide-plate, B', and

against a collar, a, iixed to the plunger A back of the guide-plate B, serve to hold the target-sections A in their requisite position, or in the plane of the target, as aforesaid.

To the back of the guide-plate B is secured 4o a Wooden plate.,l B, and to this wooden plate is attached a metal yoke or bar, D, from which are suspended a series of plates, C, corresponding` in num ber to the concentric annular sections of the target, said plates C being normally sustained in proximity to the end of the plungers a aforesaid.

The connection of the plates C C with their support D consists of a vibratory metal arm b, at opposite sides of which are the free ends 5o of a metal plate, E, which is suspended from plates N connected with, but insulated from the support D. A

F denotes an electric battery, and G an electric annuneiator similar to those used in hotels,or ofl any other suitable and Well-known construction. The battery F is connected withl the annuneiator G by the conductor e, and is also connected with the support D back of the target by means of the Wire or eon duet-or c. The several plates E E are each e@ connected with the annuneiator by Wires d d, thus forming an open electric circuit between the target-animneiator and battery.

By the impact of the. missile on one of the targetseetions A, said section is driven rearward from the plane of the target, and in said movement the plunger a eneounters the plate C directly at the rear thereof, thereby producing a vibration on said plate, and a corresponding vibration on the supportingarm b of said plate. In the vibration of said arm bthe latter comes in contact with the free ends of the plate E, and thereby closes the electric circuit. The resultant electric impulse is transmitted to the annuneiator by the Wire cl, which aetuates the usual indieators of the annuneiator, each of said Wires d being` connected with the aforesaid indicators, marked corresponding to the number of the target-section by which the elosing of So the electric eireuit is ei'lected. By placing the annunoiator in a convenient position at the front end of the gallery, the person shooting at the target sees his shot reported immediately after the discharge oi' the gun. S5'

It will be observed that by my improved apparatus the danger and the expense of keeping a person at the end of the gallery is obviatcd.

Vhat I claim as my invention is-- go l. In combination with the target-sections A, plunger a., plate C, support D, and suspending arms b, the insulated plate E, extended along opposite sides oi' the suspendingvarms b, and the battery F, and annuneiator G, electrically connected with each and with the support B and plate E, substantially as described and shown.

y 2. The combination of the target composed of inovable sections A. A, provided with pluuroo ger a, guide-plates B and B, springs s, plates O C, metallic suspending-arms b, supportingbar D, insulated plate E, suspended along opposite sides of the arms b, battery F, annunciator G, and the electric conductors O, d el, and e, all combined to Operate substantially as shown and described.

In testimony WhereofI have hereunto signed my name and affixed my sea-l, in the presence of two` attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the 1o county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 14th day of March, 1884.

' JOHN BOONE. [1.. s.] 1Witmesses:

FREDERICK H. GIBBS, C. BENDIXON.

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