US1201189A - Shell-receiver. - Google Patents

Description

F. v. JOHNSON.

SHELL RECEIVER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. |915A rammed OCI. 10,1916.Y

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FRANK V. JOHNSON, vOff? CORNING, NW YORK.

SHELL-RECEIVER.

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lSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented @50h10, 1916.

- Application area June so, 1915. serial no. ames,v

.T au w .Imm it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK V. JoHNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Corning, in the county of Steuben and State of vNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shell-Receivers; and I do. hereby declare the following to beta full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich itappertains to make and use the'sanle,.

rlhis invention relates to new and useful ,improvements in shell receivers and the principal Object of the invention is to provide a device which may be readily attached to guns and riies to receive the shells, which are ejected therefrom after they'have been discharged.

Another .object of the invention is to provide a device whichjwill effectively hold the shells in such a position as to not interfere with the operation of the gun and will allow the same to be easily removed for recharging when soV desired.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device which may be easily and quickly clamped on the gun in position to receive the discharged shells when they are ejected from the gun. With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the `following specification and accompanying drawings, in which z Figure 1 is a view illustrating the device attached to a gun or rifle. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the receiver, illustrating the same, .in position to be emptied, in dotted lines, and Fig.. 3 is a view showing the position of the clampsA with relation to the receiver. Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates as an entirety, the receiver comprising the lower casing 2, the upper end of which is formed with the receiving chamber 3. The

vside wall 4 of the receiving chamber inclines upwardly and outwardly vas shown,

while the end walls 5 are inclined in a like manner. A suitable opening G is formed on the inner side wall and this inner side wall lies flush with the inner sidewall ofthe lower chamber 2. The upper end of the inner wall of the upper chamber 3 is provided with oppositely extending pins or Atrunnions 7, the use of which willappear as the description proceeds.

In order to secure the attachment to the gun, there are provided the U-shaped clips 8,'the arms of which incline inwardly and downwardly as at 9 and are provided With the outturned ends .10. These U-shaped clips are provided with suitable hinge barrels 11, in which the pins 7 are journaled.

In order to support the vdevice inthe vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2 in the full lines, there isprovided the clip designated generally by the numeral 12, which is soldered or otherwise secured to the bottom wall ofthe chamber 2. This clip comprises a piece of wire 13 having formed thereon,

the downward projection 14, which is provided with the laterally extending arm 15,

the end of which is bent back upon itself as at 16. This wire 16 extends rearwardly beyond the vertical portion 14 to form the finger hold 17, by which the same is manipulated.

In use, it will be apparent that the clips 8 are slipped overthe gun as shown in Figs. l and 2 and the clip 12 is then clamped on the under side of the gun, thus holding the de-` vice in position so that the opening 6 registers with the ejector opening through which the cartridge shells are thrown out. It will 'be apparent that as the shells are thrown out they will hit the wall 4 and fall into the chamber 2 and as the chamber becomes filled it will be evident that the contents thereof may be emptied by releasing the clip 12 and swinging the device into the horizontal position illustrated in Fig. 2 by the dotted lines, thus allowing theshell to fall out of the entrance opening. ln this way, yit will be seen that the shells may be saved for reloading, thereby materially reducing the eX- pense usually entailed in the use of guns, rifles and the like.

lVhile in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention., it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope ofthe appended claim.

Vhat is claimed is A device of the character described comprising a casing provided with a lower chamber, a receiving chamber, said receiving chamber having outwardly and upwardly inclined Walls, an zlpertured wail 1n one Side in estimony whereof a': my signature m pzesence o''two Witnesses.

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"Witnesses GHARLES Howm, Amma DEAN.

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