Shotgun shell having a divided charge adapted to explode in bursts

Claim 1

A CARTRIDGE COMPRISING AN OUTER CASING HAVING A BREECH CLOSURE, A SOLE EXPLOSIVE CHARGE LOCATED WITHIN THE BREECH END OF SAID CASING, A PROJECTILE CHARGE DIVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF DISTINCT INDIVIDUAL CHARGES POSITIONED END TO END IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BREECH CLOSURE AND EXPLOSIVE CHARGE, CONTAINER MEANS IN SAID CASING WITHIN WHICH SAID PROJECTILE CHARGE IS ENCLOSED, SAID CONTAINER MEANS BEING SEPARABLE AS A UNIT FROM SAID CASING SO AS TO BE PROJECTED WHOLE THEREFROM UPON EXPLOSION OF SAID EXPLOSIVE CHARGE, AND MEANS FOR IMPARTING A DIFFERENT ROTATIONAL FORCE TO EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECTILE CHARGE WHILE SAID CONTAINER MEANS IS IN FLIGHT SO AS TO CAUSE A SEPARATION OF SAID INDIVIDUAL PROJECTILE CHARGES FROM EACH OTHER AT A SUITABLE DISTANCE FROM THE MOUTH OF THE WEAPON FROM WHICH SAID CARTRIDGE IS FIRED.