US325513A

US325513A - Fire-arm

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Publication number: US325513A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 1902-09-01

Description

.(No Model.)

W. H. ELLIOT.

FIRE ARM.

Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT rricn.

FIRE-ARM.

SZ ECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,513, dated September 1, 1885.

Application filed July 11,1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. ELLIOT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Arms, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a more practical and a more reliable method of retracting the firing-pin of breech-loading or magazine firearms than any now in use; and the nature of my invention consists in the novel assemblage of certain cooperative devices which shall accomplish the above objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the arm, showing some of the limb-work in elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section ofa bolt and firing-pin and an elevation of the retracting-lever with a portion of the hammer.

My invention is applicable to any kind of arm having a bolt or breech-block for closing the chamber which moves in a line with the barrel anda hammer which is brought to fullcook by said bolt in its backward movement. It is, however,more particularly:applicable to the arms shownin my patents of September 14, .1880, and September 18, 1883, to which patents, for the better understanding of this application, I desire to make special reference.

The hammer m is pivoted in the receiver at on, under or nearly under the rear end of the bolt when the arm is closed, and is brought to full-cock by the bolt in its rearward movement for opening the arm, as shown in Fig. 1. The retracting-leveriis pivoted in the bolt at i, andwhen the arm is closed and the hammer down occupiesthe position in relation to the bolt shown in Fig. 2. The hammer is provided with the curved projection n, which serves the purpose of closing the rear end of the receiver when the hammer stands at fullcock. The projection 12 forms the recess a, for the reception of the rear end of the brace r when the arm is fully open, said brace being pivoted to the forward end of the bolt and provided with locking-shoulders r within the receiver, and cut away centrally on the upper and lower side of its rear end, as shown by open lines, to enable itto enter the recess -n without clashing.

The connecting-strap S is pivoted at S to the arm of the brace, and is operated by handle S, shown in open lines, as represented in the last one of the before-mentioned patents.

The firing-pin e is mortised through for the reception of the retracting-lever.

As the bolt moves backward in opening the arm the free end of the retracting-lever 0 is drawn up or over the projection n from the position shown in Fig. 2to that shown in Fig. 1, which causes the arm 0 of the retractinglever to force the firing-pin back, or, in other words, to retract it.

The relative position of the retracting-lever, bolt, and hammer is a matter of importance. The retracting-lever should be so located in the bolt that only when the firing-pin is fully retracted the bolt will be far enough back to allow a fresh cartridge to be inserted in the chamber, either by hand or from themagazine. This feature makes it impossible to place a fresh primer before the firingpin withoutfirst retracting said pin. Open lines at b, Fig. 1, show that a cartridge cannot be inserted in the chamber until after the firing-pin has been retracted.

These devices should be so arranged in relation to each other that after the hammer has been brought to full-cock by the backward movement of the bolt the retraction of the firing-pin will commence. By this arrangement of parts the cooking of the hammer and the retraction of a rusted firing-pin could not both at the same time oppose the movement of the breech mechanism.

The hammer constructed, as described,with the projection. n and recess it serves the triple purpose of closing the rear end of the receiver when the arm is cooked, of furnishing room for the brace when the arm is open, and of actuating the retracting-lever during the rearward movement of the bolt.

Having described my invention, what I desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent of the United States is-' 1. In a fire-arm, the combination of the lon- IOO mer m, pivoted within the receiver, said lever having one arm, 0, actuated by the projection 42 of the hammer, and the other arm, 0, in connection with said pin, the arrangement of said parts in relation to each other being such that only when the firing-pin is fully retracted will the bolt be far enough back to allow a fresh cartridge to be inserted in the chamber of the arm, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a fire-arm, the combination of the longitudinally-reciprocating bolt 0, the firing-pin 0, extending longitudinally through said bolt, the lever i, hung in said bolt, and the hammer m, pivoted within the receiver, said lever that only when the firing-pin is fully retracted 20 will the bolt be far enough back to allow a fresh cartridge to be inserted in the chamber of the arm, and that the retraction of the firing-pin will begin after the hammer has been brought to full-cock by the bolt,,substantially 2 5 as and for the purpose specified.

' WM. H. ELLIOT. WVitnesses:

' D. LEWIs,

GEO. D. RICHARDSON.