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provided with electro-magnetic indicators to designate the
point or section aimed at by the marksman, a contact-point
which moves as the gun is moved in aiming, and over and
above a contact-plate, the said contact-plate having insulated
metal segments connected electrically with the respective in-
dicating-devices at the target, means for first closing the
circuit when the trigger is pressed and then automatically
breaking it. (3.) A target apparatus having a gun-stand, a
gun or simulated firearm mounted in said stand to move up
and down in curved guides with a counter-weight, a target
with indicators, and electrical means between the firearm
and target for selecting and indicating the point or section
of the target aimed at by the marksman. (4.) In a target
apparatus, the combination with the fixed casing of the gun-
stand, of the fixed guide-frame therein, the sliding frame in
said fixed frame and adapted to move upward therein in a
curved path, the counterweight for said sliding frame, the
gun, the stem thereof having a universal-joint bearing in said
sliding frame, the target provided with electro-magnetic in-
dicators, the contact-plate carried by said sliding frame and
its segments connected electrically with the respective indi-
cators at the target, the contact-point carried by said sliding
frame and coupled to the stem of the gun for movement
therewith, and means between the trigger of the gun and
said contact point for putting the latter into contact with
the contact-plate when the trigger of the gun is pulled, sub-
stantially as set forth. (5.) In a target apparatus, the com-
bination with the fixed casing of the gun-stand of the fixed
guide frame therein, the sliding frame in said fixed frame and
adapted to move upward therein in a curved path, the coun-
ter-weight for said sliding frame, the gun, the stem thereof
having a universal-joint bearing in said sliding frame, and
the target, situated at a distance in front of the gun equal to
the radius of the curved path in which said sliding frame
moves, substantially as set forth. (6.) In a target apparatus,
the combination with the gun provided with a hammer, a
spring-actuated trigger, and a spring 20 to cock the hammer,
the stem of the gun and a universal mounting for said stem,
of the spring 23, mechanism connecting said spring and the
hammer whereby said spring holds the hammer against cock-
ing, and a manually operatable distending mechanism for
distending the spring 23 whereby the spring 20 is permitted
to cock the hammer. (7.) In a target apparatus, the com-
bination with a supporting frame of the gun, the stem 5 of
said gun having a universal bearing 8 in said frame, the
said bearing, the slide-block 11 in said frame, the stem 9
loosely coupled at its upper end to the lower end of the
stem 5 and having a universal bearing in the block 11,
the said universal bearing, the lever 17 fulcrumed on
the supporting frame at 18, and coupled operatively to the
block 11 at its lower end, the arm 15 projecting from the
stem 5 at the universal joint and engaging a slot in the upper
arm of the lever 17, the contact-point 13, the spring 12
connecting it with the stem 9, the contact-plate 14, and
means for moving said point out of contact with said
plate when the gun is cocked, and into contact therewith
when the trigger is pulled, substantially as set forth.
(8.) In a target apparatus, the combination with a
supporting frame, of the gun, the stem 5 of said gun
having a universal bearing 8 in said frame, the said
bearing, the slide-block 11 in said frame, the stem 9 loosely
coupled at its upper end to the lower end of the stem 5 and
having a universal bearing in the block 11, the said universal
bearing, the lever 17 fulcrumed on the supporting frame at
18 and coupled operatively to the block 11 at its lower end, the
arm 15 projecting from the stem 5 at the universal joint and
engaging a slot in the upper arm of the lever 17, the contact-
point 13 connected with the stem 9, and the contact-plate
14 under said point, substantially as set forth. (9.) In an
electrical target apparatus, the combination with the contact-
point 13, having a flexible stem, of the said stem, the contact-
plate 14 divided into sections and having elevated deflecting
ridges over the joints between said sections, substantially as
and for the purpose set forth. (10.) In an electrical target
apparatus, the combination with a gun mounted on universal
bearings for aiming, a contact-point, means between said gun
and point compelling the latter to move relatively to the
movements of the gun in aiming, a contact-plate 14 com-
posed of insulated metal parts a and b, and means whereby
the pulling of the trigger puts said contact-point into contact
with said plate 14, of a target having divisions corresponding
to those of the plate 14 and provided with electro-magnetic
indicators to indicate said divisions, conductors electrically
connecting the several parts of the plate 14 and the contact-
point with the respective indicators at the target, a generator
in the circuit, a circuit closer and breaker in the circuit, and
means for automatically operating said circuit closer and
breaker, substantially as set forth. (11.) In a target
apparatus, a target having superposed plates with a space
between them, an electro-magnet, its armature lever, and a
marker carried by the said lever and adapted to move into
and out of view by the movements of said lever, substantially
as set forth. (12.) In a target apparatus, a target having a

face plate, a movable indicator adapted to move in and out
from behind said plate, a lever carrying said indicator, and
an electro-magnet adapted for actuating said lever, substan-
tially as set forth. (13.) A target apparatus comprising a
simulated gun having a hammer and trigger, a spring which
cocks the hammer automatically, a spring mechanism which
holds the gun against cocking, and a manually operatable
spring-distending mechanism for putting the last-named
spring mechanism under tension, whereby the cocking spring
may cock the hammer. (14.) In a target apparatus, the
combination with a target, and electro-magnetic indicating-
devices at said target each adapted to move an indicator into
view when the magnet connected therewith is excited, of a
gun or the like mounted on universal bearings and adapted to
be aimed at any point on said target, the said universal
bearings, electric circuits between the gun and the target and
including the respective magnets of the indicating-devices
thereat, and circuit-closing devices controlled by the trigger
of the gun, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 14s. 6d.; drawing, 3s.)

No. 16381.—22nd May, 1903.—JOHN GLENNIE HOLBOURNS,
Linotype-operator, and HENRY ALEXANDER LONGHURST, En-
gineer, both of 188, Fleet Street, London, England. Im-
provements in machines for the assembly of type-matrices
and the casting of linotypes therefrom.

Extract from Specification.—The present invention relates
to improvements in the class of linotype-machine known as
the typograph, and which is described at length in the speci-
fication of British patent 15060 of 1890, and German patent
60362. In linotype-machines of this class the character-bars
are suspended from a so-called matrix-carrier, consisting of a
frame pivoted at the rear of the main frame of the machine,
and having so-called ways or wires extending from the front of
the frame to the rear of it. The spacers are mounted on
separate ways. The ways for both the character-bars and the
spacers stand normally inclined downwards from the rear to-
wards the front, the character-bars and spacers being held
back at the rear ends of the ways by escapements. As soon
as a front character-bar or spacer is released it slides down its
way to the place of assemblage. The released and assembled
character-bars and spacers are distributed — i.e., returned
to their original positions to the rear of the respective
escapements — by tilting the pivoted carrier upwards and
backwards, so that the last-mentioned character-bars slide
by gravity down the tilted ways past the escapements,
while the released and assembled spacers are distributed
by means actuated by the said tilting. The object of the
present invention is to dispense with the above-described tilt-
ing; and the invention itself consists essentially in the com-
bination with a stationary character-bar carrier, of a distri-
butor connected to all the ways and capable of moving to and
fro thereupon, and automatic mechanism connecting the
driving-shaft and the character-bar distributor, as well as the
spacer distributor, to move both once to the rear to effect dis-
tribution of the assembled character-bars and spacers, and
once to the front to put them in the assembling position,
during each cycle of the machine. This automatic mechan-
ism may be of any suitable type, and consequently the details
of it may be varied to any extent, provided that the proper
discharge of its functions is provided for. The particular
machine to which the invention is applied may have its
character-bar ways divided into two divisions and a single
space-bar way, as in the machines described in the patents
above mentioned, or the character-bar ways may not be
so divided. The class of machine will not be affected by
the absence of such division. Neither does the fact of divi-
sion or no division affect the type of either character-bar dis-
tributor or of its connecting mechanism — each remains the
same. The only variation caused by such division is that for
each division of character-bar ways there is a separate dis-
tributor and connecting mechanism; but not only is each a
replica of the other respectively, but both must act together
— i.e., in unison.

[Note.—The number and length of the claims in this case pre-
clude them from being printed, and the foregoing extract from the
specification is inserted instead.]
(Specification, £1 6s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 16400.—28th May, 1903.—EDWIN PHILLIPS, of 533,
Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Certified Patent Agent
and Engineer (nominee of Otho Cromwell Duryea and Morris
Columbus White, both of 933, Georgia Street, Los Angeles,
County of Los Angeles and State of California, United States
of America, Mechanics). A free-piston engine.

Claims.—(1.) A free piston engine which is characterized
by having connected free-moving pistons, which are recipro-
cated in their cylinders by the explosion of a suitable fuel,