US105093A - Julius kraffert - Google Patents

Description

KRAFPBRIT MAGAZINE FIRE ARM.

Patented July 5, 1870.

JULIUs KRAFFERTQOF BERLIN, P'RUssIA.

Letters Patent No. 10 5,093,dated J'uly 5, 1870; patented Ain! Belgium January 20,1868.

WROVEMENT IN MAGAZINE FIRE-MS.

The. Schedule referred to these Lettera Patent' and making part of the sama T0 an 1071011? u may vmwn l bearing against the end of thc barrel S, to prevent the Be ila-known that 1 J ULIUs KRAFFnR'r, of Bei-lin, escape of the'gases. in the Kingdom of Prussia, have invented certain Imf is t-he needle-bar, (see fig. 6,) furnished with the .provements in-Pistols and Guns, of.whicli the follow- "needle X, and provided with a collar, fj, having teeth ing is aspeciiication; f and-f" at its lower side, of which the tooth f en- .lhis invention, which has been patented in Prusgages with the spring lever g, when the bar is thrown sia onthe 26th day oi' March,l868, and in Belgium or moved outward, and through which the same is on the 20th day of J anuary, 1868, consists in the ar- `docked. rangementofan oscillating cartiidge-chan|ber, situated h. is a level', connected with an arm of the lever A, I in the butt-end of the pistol or gun, and connected with the end of which said lever h is provided with a pro'- the breech-chamber,containing the hammer or needleject-ing nose, hf; which' connects with the tooth f", for

bar with their.appurteminces,and so `combined with a the purpose of moving the needle-bar f backward unlever that, bythe operation'of the latter, the hammer or til the topthf' engages with the nose on the end of needle will be cocked,and, atjthe same time, the mouth the spring lever y. -v l ofthe cartridge-chamber moved iua. line with the bar- 'To the end of this lever h arstem, k, is attached, el of the pistol or gun, to allow one ofthe cartridges guided in the projection l, and surrounded by a spiral in the chamber to be pushed aiuto the barrel oftlie spring, It', to bring the lever A back again into its pistol or gun primitive position.

And further,.my invention consists in the arrangei is a looped-shaped strap, passing clearof and `ment of a ring in the forward end of the'breech, bear- 'around the cartridge-case o, (see lig. 11,)connected at ing against the muzzle of the barrel,'which, when the lits 'upper en d with the spring lever g, and joined atits' Apistol or gun is discharged,is forced against the end lower end z" to the .trigger z, (see 1ig. 1,) which said of the barrel by the generated gases, sc as to prevent trigger turns on a center-pin, s, attachedmo the carthereby any escape of the gases between the breech tridge-case o. and the barrel. m isI a bracket, attached to the inner side of the This invention is equally applicable to, pistols and to butt-end or stock D of the pistol, (see 5,) to which guns, and .is irep'rescnted in theaccompanying drawf the plate n is hinged,'and which latter is attached to ing applied to a pistol, where-'` l the 'cartridge-case o, so-as to allow said cartridge-case Figure 1 represents along'itudnal section ot'l a piso to vibra-te or oscillate on the centerot' connection or tol, embodying my invention; axisvn.I l y Figures 2, 3, 4, &c., show" different views of several P I represent-the cartridges iu the chamber 9. parts ofthe pistol, which will lie-more particularly req is a piston, moving freely in the cas o', and atferred to in the following descriptiomf tached to the -end ol' a spiral spring,s s, acting against Figure 14 represents a longitudinal section of the the cartridges. e ball-cartridge.4A 'v 'v-'rpresents a movable plate at the end of the .Similar letters represent similar parts inail the igbutt-end or stock D of the pistol, to close the openures. Y ing through which thc cartridges are inserted into the a a represent the breech or case containing the hamcfasc or chamber o.- r mer when arranged for percussioncaps,or t-he ueedlef x -is a plate, to cover. the partsround and behind the bar f with its appurtenances. breech-case a.

-'lhis breech-case has along slo't,a", cutin its lower y is the guard, provided 'with guides y y', (see lig.

side, (see iig. 3,) and has in the front, at its lower end 12,) for the lever As a', the cartridge-chamber oiirmly attached. AThis lever A (see figs.' 8, 9, 10) is provided with b b is the end flanch ofthe gun or pistol-barrel S, points B B 0n its forward end, entering suitable holes connected through suitable bolts (see fig. 2) with' the in the forward solid'part of the "butt or stock of the stock. pistol, and is provided with a friction-roller, O, work- .c'cis the guide for the needle X, securedl in the ing in a slotted lever, B, rmly secured tothe under breech-ease a. s ide of the cartride-case o.

diss cap, screwed intoathe after end ofthe breech- The cartridge consists of a hollow ball, p, (see iig. f'

` -Ease a, through which the needle-bar f passes, and by 14,) with its sides forming a cup, to receive the powwhicb the same is guided. This cap d fastens likeder p, behind which the primer p is placed, and over wis/e the spring lever g (see tig. 4) tothe end of the hich the ends of the sides ofthe balLpme bent, and. breech-case a. the powder and primer thereby secured. I

"e'e1s.a'nng,(see vig."',) arranged in the-forward end The opcratign of the pistol is as follows: 'E

of the breech-case a,iig. 1, and provided with afianch,' To fill th cartridge-chamber o, the pistol is turned with its lower side upward, and the cover .'v removed. The turning ofthe screw u allows the spiral spring s, with its piston q, to be withdrawn, when the cartridges can be placed into the case o, with their ball-heads downward. The spiral spring s is ,then againinserted, so that its piston q presses against the last cartridge, and is then secured in its place.

. The cartridge-case o is made allittle smaller at its forward end, so as to allow the cartridges to pass freely, but to prevent t-he piston or head q from passing ont into the barrel when the chamber is empty.

To load and discharge the pistol, the lever A' is pushed-backward in the direction of the arrow, fig. 1.

'This movement carries the arm h., which is connected lthrough its nose h. with the tooth f" on the needlebar j; and consequently said needle-barf, backward, until the tooth f hooks into the end ofthe spring lever and thus cocks the pistol.

T 1e same movement'of this lever A moves the cartridge-case o and the breech a-upward', through the action of the roller C upon the arml B, attached to the chamber o, so that the mouth of the cartridge-case o comes ,opposite the month o f the' barrel AS, when a cartridge, P, is pushed into said bairel by the action' of the spiral spring s in the end of case o against the cartm'dgess l 'When the pressure is removed from the ,lever A, the sameis'brought back into its original position by the action ot' the4 spring L, moving at the same time the eartxidgecase o and breech aback into their primitive position, whenthe pistol is ready to'be iiredol.

rLhis operation is performed by pressing against the trigger s, whereby the looped lever i is moved downward, operating thereby the spring lever g, so as to plodiug of the powder. The same pass Ibehind `the circular part of the iing e, and, acting against its provjecting anch, press the same tight against the end ofthe barrel, preventing-thereby any escape of gases between the breech a and the barrel S. The projections B B on the end of the lever A prevent any` upward movement of the breech a or cartridge-chamber o during the firing olf of the pistol.

iVhat I claim as 'my invention, and desire to secure by Leiters Patent, is-

its rear end on a'xed pivotm, and the breech a, bearingthe charge-exploding needle or hammer, and 'secured on the forward vibratory end fof the cartridgechamber, the said parts being arranged substantially as described, in combination with the tixed barrel, so that, by their simple vibratory movement, they are alternately brought close in line with the barrel, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.`

2. rlhe combination of the spring lever' g, attached to thc breech a, the bow-shaped lever i, and trigger z, turning ou a center, z, attached to the cartridge-casev o, and operating substantially-as and for the purpose specified.

3. The level-A, withits projections B,i`rictionroller O, and arm. or lever h, in-'coinbination with the needlebar f and slotted lever B, operating the needle-bar f and breech a, and cartridge-case o, simultaneous, substantially as and for the purpose hereiubefore described.

J ULIUS KRAFFERT, V Engineer.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. ROEDER, JOHN CHRIST.

' Thearrows in the forward end of the breech a in-A dioate the direction of the gases produced by the cirl 1. The vibrating cartridge-chamber o, turning near

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