US1091857A - Automatic firearm. - Google Patents

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P. MAUSBR.

AUTOMATIC HREARM. APPLIQATION'PILBD DB0. 2e, 1912. V 1,091,857. l Patented Mar. 31 1914u zl SHEETS-SHEET 2. a

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Pani. Mensen, or oiannNDoar-oNv-THE-NECKAB., GERMANY. y

' AUTOMATIC Fransen,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, PUL MAUsER, royal privy commercial councilor, subject 'of the l*Kin of Wrttemberg, yat Oberndorf-ontheeckar, in the Kingdom of Wilrttemberg, German Empire have invented cer# tain new and useful Ijmprovements in and vRelating to Automatic Firearms, of which the following is' a specification.

the kind described iii the specifications of Patents Nos.. 943,949' and .971,061 Qbjece,

being the special arrangement of the locking means vcovered by these patents'which has proved'tov be suitable and advantageous in View of the pe'culiarity of the vveapony as a .self-loading pistol with breech carriage operate with aA lower projection from the block which moves between' them, the advclosed and cocked partly in section.l Fig; 2-

. 4 is a section corresponding 'to'Fgll Q'Slu'Jv',`

, an elevation of the breech closure.

justing slide for moving the retaining me`mbers inward and outward-being arranged beneath same Vand engaging 'inwardly directed projections thereon. To facilitate adjustment` by hand, a separate member 'is' also provided which engages with the slide and is rockably mounted directly in the trigger guard so that lwhen the weapon is grasped it'can/be readily seized with one fingen 4An embodiment of the invention is illus- The inventionv relates to'a recoil loader of` trated in the accompanying drawing, in.

Whichfv y `Figure i is an elevation of the Weapon is a horizontal 'longitudinal of the front portion of the grip. Figgis an' ele.-

vation corresponding to Fig. Lfsliowi'iig thebreech block in its rearward positiorn` .',fFig' ing the parts in the position that theybcl cupy in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section corresponding to Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is Figs. 7

and 8 show the slide in elevation and plan view, respectively.` Figs. 9 and 1Q are an elevation and a plan View, respectively, of

In the extension g1 of the grip g which lengagesbeneath the barrel in the known (Fig:` 5). Two retaining members b are Specication of Letters Fatenc. 'Patented D131-, 31, 1914, Application tiled December 26, 1912. Serial No. 738,634. v

l members b are controlled by the slide s in such 'a manner .that in the rear position of this slide (Fig. 2) their front ends are directed inward and support a projection o1 of the breech block 'u from behind, thereby locking the breech block in closing position. .In this position they are held by the spring -s2 .of the slide s. On ring, the slide s eiiects a 'relative forward movement owing to its inertia inv opposition lto the action ofV its spring, the supporting members b being turned outward so Athat the projection o1 of the breech block is able to. move backw rd between them. In order to effect by` heidid this unlocking lof the breech block which takes place automatically on firinga member /c is rotatably mounted in the trigger guard and engages by means of a' rib 701 in a corresponding recess e3 in the slide. By press ving on the front face of this pressure member the slides is pressed forward, whereby the retaining members b are set in the open position.

The mounting of the slide and of the retaining members intthe forward extension of the grip and the arrangement in the triggerguard of tliemember coperating with the slide is particularly advantageous4 for pistols because it renders it possible to unlock the breech readily and conveniently in the grip position.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desirel to secure bypatent is l. In a recoil operating pistol, the combination of a frame comprising a grip, a

breech-block, locking-levers for said breech- 1 block, and a recoil operated slide for actuating said locking-levers, said lockingr levers and said slide being located in the forward part of said frame in front of said grip.

2. ln a recoil operated pistol, tliecombination of a frame comprising a grip, laA

breech-block, locking-levers for saidbreechblock located in the forward part of said frame in front of said'grip, a projection on the front end of said breech-block extendin between said locking levers and adapted t be engaged by said locking levers to flock y said breech-block, and a re il operated slide for actuating said lookin -levers j 3. i n a recoil operated irearm, the combination of a breech-block, locking-levers foi` said breech-block, a recoil operated slide for actuating said locking-levers, a spring acting upon said slide to cause the same to move said locking-levers tol locking position, and means adapted tobe manually operated for moving said slide against the pressure of said spring to move said locking-levers to unlocking position.

4. In a recoil operated firearm, the combination of a breech-block, locking levers for said breech-block, a recoil operated slide .for actuating said locking-levers, a spring acting upon said slide to oausethe same to move said locking-levers to locking position, and a pivoted lever adapted to be Amanually operated `for moving said slide against" thepressure of said spring, to move said lock-ing' levers to unlocking position.

5: In' a recoil-operated pistol, the combination ofa` frame comprising a grip, a

' breech-block,l locking-levers for said breechbloclfr, a recoil-operated'slide for actuating said locking-levers, a spring acting upon said slide to cause the same to move said 'locking-levers to locking position, means adjacent said grip and adapted to be operated by'a finger of a user When the firearm is vheld bythe grip, said means yoperating to movesaid slide' against the pressure of said spring to move said vllocking levers to unlocking position. V` p 6:; In a'iecoil-operated pistol, thecombination of'a Aiframe comprising a" grip, a

breech-block, locking-leversfor said breeclibleek, a recoil operatedslide for actuating said locking-levers, a spring acting upon said slide to cause the same t0 move said locking-levers to' locking-position, and a -pivoted lev'er adjacent said grip and .adaptblock, a recoil-operated slide for actuating said locking-levers, said locking-levers and v said slide being located in the/forward part of said frame in front of said grip, a spring acting upon said slide to cause the same to move said locking-levers to locking position, and means adjacent Asaid grip .and adapted to be conveniently 'operated bya linger of a user when the firearm is held by the grip, said means operating tomove said slide against the pressure of said 'spring toF move said locking levers to unlocking poi sition. i

. In'testimony whereof I have afxed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses Fninnmoir EICHHORN, ERNEST ENTENMANN.

PAUL MAU SER. t

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