US167006A

US167006A - Improvement in means of attaching magazines to fire-arms

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Publication number: US167006A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1875-08-24
Anticipated expiration: 1892-08-24

Description

H METCALFE. Means of Attaching Magazines to Fire-Armg. 'No.l 67,006.

Patented Aug. 24,1875

UNIT STAr Es PATENT flrrron.

HENRY METGALFE, OF UNITED s'rA'rEsARMY, SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEANS OF ATTACI -IING MAGAZINES TO FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,006, dated August 24, 1875; application filed December 16, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY METOALFE, lieutenant in the United States Army, and residing in Springfield, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference'marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of part of a gun, illustrating my invention as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is aside view of the cartridge-block designed to be used or attached to the gun; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the block. I

My invention relates to an attachment to a gun, wherebya quantity of cartridges may be carried upon the gun in a convenient posi tion for loading them into the gun; and it consists of a support attached to the gun near the lower band, to hold one end of the cartridge-block, and. another piece provided with a cam-lever pivoted to the piece, so that by placing the iron at the front end of the cartridge-block into the support at the band, and turning the cam-lever against the rear end of the block, the latter is held firmly in its place upon the gun.

In the drawings, B represents a side view of that portion of the gun to which the block is secured, which is provided with a strap, A, which, preferably, is let into the wood of the stock, and when so attached the forward end of the strap extends in a little distance under the band 0, and the forward end of the strap A is provided with a protuberance, at, having a recess or cavity, a, therein. The rear end of the strap is secured firmly to the stock, either by extending it beneath the lockplate a little, or by a screw, or in any other convenient manner, and is provided with a lever, e, which is so pivoted to the strap as to turn freely therein, and the forward end of this lever is so formed that when moved into a horizontal position it will bear against the rear end of the cartridge-block, and the lever is cut away at i to give it a little spring or elasticity, and may be enlarged at the end.

to form a thumb-piece, b. This part of the lever is also provided with a pin, f, on the inside, to snap into a small hole or indentation in the strap, the object of which is to keep the lever securely in place.

In Fi g. 3, D represents the cartridgeblock, provided at one end with a metallic plate, I,

made ofa circular form at n, to fit into the circular recess a, in the part a, and the blockris provided at the other end with a plate, J, having a cavity or recess, h, into which the front end of the lever e enters, when the lever is placed is a horizontal position, to hold the block secure. To secure the block in place upon the gun it is only necessary to force down the end I) of the lever into a vertical position, as shown in dotted lines inFig. 1. The block is then secured by in-.

serting the circular part a of the plate I into the recess a, with the block close to the side of the gun, and then pressing down the rear end of the block, so that the recess It will come just in front of the forward end of the lever e. The latter is then swung up into place, the pin f springing into the small cavity f, made to receive it. This movement forces the front end of the lever e into the recess h of the plate J at the rear end of theblock D.

It is evident'that the part a, with the cavity a. therein, may be made separate from the strap, and may be secured to the gun by a screw or other convenient means, and it may be made of any convenient form to support the end of the cartridge-block, and a small part of the strap A at the rear end, or a small plate of sufficient size to be attachedto the gun, with the lever e pivoted thereto, may

grasp the opposite "end ofthe ca-rtridge-blook, "in a secure position .upon the gun, substansubstantialiy as described; tially as described.

2. In combination with a cartridge-block, HENRY METGALFE, D, provided with plates J and I, thepiw, I Lieut. 0rd. oted lever e and a projection, both said lever Witnesses: and projection being made .upon or attached- SAML. W. PORTER, v to the gun, and arranged to'hold'the block JJH. HASTINGS.