US1333281A - Connecting mechanism between gun-carriages and endless-track trucks - Google Patents

Connecting mechanism between gun-carriages and endless-track trucks Download PDF

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Publication number: US1333281A
Authority: US; United States
Prior art keywords: gun; trucks; endless; framing; shaft
Prior art date: 1918-04-19
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Lifetime

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US279879A

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Schneider Eugene

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Schneider Electric SE

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Schneider et Cie

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1918-04-19

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1919-02-28

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1920-03-09

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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A23/00—Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles
- F41A23/34—Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles on wheeled or endless-track vehicles
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A23/00—Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles
- F41A23/28—Wheeled-gun mountings; Endless-track gun mountings
- F41A23/32—Wheeled-gun mountings; Endless-track gun mountings with split trails

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This invention has for its object to provide an nnproved trail gun carriage comprislng a framing supported on endless tracks, in or on which framing there is DlV- otally mounted a gun pedestal in whic h a trail carrying the gun barrel is supported on trunnions.
the improved gun carnage is characterized by the feature that the framing, on or inwhich the gun pedestal is pivotally mounted, is movable around a transverse axle which is in its turn journaled in bear-' in s situated between the two endless-track trucks; the said framing being further fixed to one of said trucks.
the result of this arrangement is that the two endless tracks (each of which consists of a truck and an endless chain) are capable of turning independently of each other around the transverse axle that connects them, while one of them, namely the one which is fixed to the framing, provides the gun carriage, when suitably trained for firing, with a forward point of support whose width is determined by the length of the corresponding endlesstrack truck.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section partly in side elevation of a gun carriage constructed according to this invention, shown inposition for firing the gun.
Fig. 2 is a corresponding plan partly in horizontal section on the line II-II-of Fig. 1, V
Figs. 3 and l. are sections on the lines IIIIII and IVIV respectively of Fig.- 1.
Fig. 5 is a detail view in elevation partly in section of a part of the device for actu- -ating the endless tracks for altering the training of a gun carriage constructed according tothislnventlon and arranged soas to beable to turn around a pivot on a trailtailiplaticrm.”
endless tracks of known construction. These endless tracks are constituted in the usual manner by a truck E provided with'rollers F movable on the shoes of an endless chain G.
the framing is movable around an axle H which is qournaled at its ends in bearmgs I formed on or carried by the trucks E between the Th framing D is fixed rigidly to one of the trucks E.
the latter may be connected to the latter by arms D Owing to this construction it will be perceived that both during transport and firing the twoendless tracks are capable of oscillating independently of each other around the axle H.
the gun carriage is arranged for firing, that is to say, when the trail A is placed transversely with re lation to the endless tracks, the latter will provide the gun carriage with a forward point of support whose width is determined by the length ofthe endless-track truck E to which the framing D is fixed.
the connection between the trail-tail and the pivot pin J preferably comprises a ball joint, being shown as a ball and socket joint 4
the displacements of the gun carriage as a whole around the pivot pin J for the purpose of altering the training may be produced by means of the mechanism shownin Figs. 4 to 7 :In the axle which is made tubular, there is adapted to rotate a shaft 7
the pinion M isfixed on the shaft, whereas the pinion N is loose thereon.
a chain 0 connects the pinion M to a toothed wheel P that revolves positively with the toothed wheel Q driving the endless track chain G.
the pinion N is connected by a chain R to a toothed wheel S revolving positively with the toothed wheel T driving the corresponding endless track chain.
the end of.the shaft L on which the pinion N is loosely mounted carries upon a square part L a ratchet lever of known construction, such as that shown in Figs. to 7. This ratchet lever can be mounted on or removed from the square part L at will. When it is mounted in position, it engages by means of claws U between corresponding claws i 1 formed on the outside face of the pinion N.
the lever may be locked in its mounted position by a spring bolt X engaging in a groove L 'formed in the shaft L.
a spring bolt X engaging in a groove L 'formed in the shaft L.
the improved gun carriage has been shown by way of example as arranged to rotate around a trail-tail anchorage for training the un, it is to be understood that .this invention is equally applicable to a gun carriage in which the trail-tail is displaced for the purpose of'training the gun.
V In combination with a trail gun carriage having trucks for endless tracks and a framing for supportinga gun, a transverse axle on which said framing is movably vmounted, and bearings on said trucks in 60.
said framing 3 In combination with a trail gun carriage having trucks for endless tracks, a framing fast to one truck and revolubly supported on its companion truck and a revoluble gun pedestal on said framing having trunmon bearings for supporting the forward end of the trail un carriage.
a transverse axle On which said trucks are mounted for independent movement about the axis of said axle, said framing being movable on said axle, and means whereby said framing is fixed to one of said trucks.
a gun carriage having trucks for endless tracks and a framing for support-in a gun
a pedestal on said framing on whici the gun is mounted a transverse axle on which said framing is movably mounted, and bearings on said trucks in which said axle is journaled, said gun edefstal being movable relatively to said raining to the end that one of said trucks may provide a transverse forward support for the gun when trained for firing.
Atrail gun carriage having trucks for endless tracks and adapted to be rotated aroundapiYOtatthe tail of the trail, a tubular transverse axle journaled in said trucks and supporting the framing of the carriage, a shaft rotatable in said axle and carrying pinions, means operatively connecting said pinions respectively with the operating mechanism of said endless tracks, and means for rotating said shaft and pinions to operate said endless tracks and train the gun.

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