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desired to vary the range of the cannon, the
yoke 32 is swung upwardly or downwardly,
according as it is desired to increase or de-
crease the range, and when the desired ad-
5 justment has been made, the pin 36 is sprung
into the adjacent aperture 35 under the ac-
ticn of the finger 37, the finger being held
within the groove 38 in the swinging of the
yoke. When the adjustment has been made,
10 it will be seen that the distance between the
portion 4 of the body and the floor will have
been varied so that the discharge end of the
barrel of the cannon will be elevated or
lowered. In the present instance, one of the
15 arms 33 is formed with an arcuate slot 39
struck from the pivot of such arm and dis-
posed within the slot 39 is a stop pin 40 car-
ried by the adjacent side of the rearwardly
projecting portion 4 of the body, such pin
20 serving to limit the movement of the yoke 32.
While I have herein shown and described
one preferred form of my invention by way
of illustration, I wish it to be understood
that I do not limit or confine myself to the
25 precise details of construction herein de-
scribed and delineated, as modification and
variation may be made within the scope of
the claims without departing from the spirit
of the invention.
30 I claim:
1. A device of the class described compris-
ing a wheeled carriage, a barrel mounted
upon said carriage and having the side wall
thereof formed with an opening at the
35 breech end, a projector tube slidably mount-
ed within the breech end of said barrel and
having the side wall thereof formed with
an opening normally registering with the
first-mentioned opening, a missile magazine
40 tube secured to said barrel and arranged
longitudinally thereof and having the rear
end portion opening into said projector tube
through said alining openings whereby the
missiles will be fed into said projector tube,
5 means for moving said projector tube out-
wardly of the breech end of said barrel
whereby communication between said maga-
zine tube and projector tube will be cut off,
and means for actuating said projector tube
o to discharge the missile therefrom upon the
release of said tube.
2. A device of the class described compris-
ing a wheeled carriage, a barrel mounted
upon said carriage and having the side wall
55 thereof formed with an opening at the
breech end, a projector tube slidably mount-
ed within the breech end of said barrel and
having the side wall thereof formed with an
opening normally registering with the first-
eo mentioned opening, a missile magazine tube
secured to said barrel and arranged longi-
tudinally thereof and having the rear end
portion opening into said projector tube
through said alining openings whereby the
o missiles will be fed into said projector tube,C
means for moving said projector tube out-
wardly of the breech end of said barrel
whereby communication between said maga-
zine tube and projector tube will be cut off,
a propelling rod connected to said projector 7o
tube, and a spring acting upon said rod to
propel said projector tube to discharge the
missile therefrom upon the release of said
tube.
3. A device of the class described com- 75
prising a wheeled carriage, a barrel mount-
ed upon said carriage and having the side
wall thereof formed with an opening at the
breech end, a projector tube slidably mount-
ed within the breech end of said barrel and 8o
having the side wall thereof formed with
an opening normally registering with the
first- mentioned opening, a missile magazine
tube secured to said barrel and arranged
longitudinally thereof and having the rear 85
end portion opening into said projector tube
through said alining openings whereby the
missiles will be fed into said projector tube,
a lever, a connection between said lever and
projector tube whereby the latter will be 90
moved outwardly of the breech end of said
barrel in the movement of said lever to cut
off communication between said projector
tube and magazine tube, means for discon-
necting said lever from said tube, and means 95
for actuating said tube to discharge the mis-
sile through said barrel upon the breaking
of the connection between said tube and
lever.
4. A device of the class described compris- 100
ing a wheeled carriage, a barrel mounted
upon said carriage and having the side wall
thereof formed with an opening at the
breech end, a projector tube slidably mount-
ed within the breech end of said barrel and 10F
having the side wall thereof formed with an
opening normally registering with the first-
mentioned opening, a missile magazine tube
secured to said barrel and arranged longitu-
dinally thereof and having the rear end por- 1-
tion opening into said projector tube
through said alining openings whereby the
missiles will be fed into said projector tube,
a lever, means operable automatically in the
movement of said lever to disconnect the 115
latter from said tube, and means for actuat-
ing said tube to discharge the missiles there-
from through said barrel upon the breaking
of the connection between said projector 120
tube and lever.
5. A device of the class described com-
prising a support, a barrel mounted upon
said support and having the side wall there-
of formed with an opening at the breech
end, a projector tube slidably mounted with- 125
in the breech end of said barrel and having
the side wall thereof formed with an open-
ing normally registering with the first-men-
tioned opening, means for feeding missiles
through the alining openings in said barrel 130
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Osborn, Carl B. Toy Cannon, patent, March 14, 1916; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857958/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.