US347072A - Magazine fire-arm - Google Patents

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' jN. 341,072, Patenf'd' Ang. 1o, 1886.

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ladl'fn'l'tled` Aug.`10, 1886.

UNITED STATES GEORGE SPENCER, OF THREE RIVERS, MICHIGAN.

PATENT @Finca MAGAZINE FIREARM.,

SPEQIEY'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No` 347.0512, dated AugustlO, 1886.

Application tiled November 24, IESS.

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Be it known that. I, (ti-muoia N. SruNcIaR, a citizen of thc United States, residing at Three Rivers, county ot'ht. Joseph, State ot' Michigan, have invented a ni-w and useful Magazine FiIeArni, ot' which the tollowing is a speci -icatiou.

This invention has for its objectcertaiu iinprovenients in this class ot' fire-arms, important features being the manner of loading the gun and otdischargi ngthcempty shells through a side exit. in the breeclrchamber.

1n thedraavings, t'orming apartI ot'this speci fication, liignrc t is a side elevation, parts being broltcn away; Fig. 2, top view ot`1 `ig. l.; Fig. 3,1m cular-god dctail inclcvation ret'errcd to by like lcttrrs; Fig. t, a section on line lk 1 in Fig. 55 Fig. parts in Fig. 2, enlarged.

Fig t. show: tno opposa?, ,Ziria otliigv "t, 'mt cartridge-caso or magazine rcmoyed, llig. 7, au enlarged top View ot' the lever in Figs. l and 6, used to extracty the barrel from the breech', hereinafter dcscribcd; Fig. S, a sidc View ot' shell-extractor with the sliding breech-block in vertical section; Fig. t), a side elevation ot' gun-barrcls; and VFifi'. il() is a section, enlarged, on the liuc 2 2 in Fig. t3.

lhe lircarm hcro shown is illustrated willi double bari-cl l, ritlc, and shot-gun, and Sonic of thc improrcmcnts pertain thereto; but so far as the plan ot' loading the cartridges and freeing the broochchamber of the exploded Shells is conccrncd the barrel may be double or single.

'lhc magazinc ll is inserted in the brccchchamber t'rom thc lowcr sido, Said magazine boing opcn at. thc nppcrsidc. The cartridges arc ticrcd in thc magazino, andare t'orccd upward by thc spring .v pressing upward on the movable bridge 1f, lfig. l;

(l (I are elbowlcvcrs, pirolcd on thc sides ot' the cart ridge-caso or magaf/.ine F. at or near the turn ot.' tho elbow, Figs. .t and 3. To the upper end ot' thc uprightI arms of the levers U archinged wings r l, the part rot the wings extending through a Islot. in t-hc walls ot' the luagaxinc, Fig. .'i, and cxtcnding onto thc cartridgcs n. to hold ilu-.m down against. being thrown ont otthc maga/,inc when notl in usc by thc upward pri nrc ot'thc spring a. .lhe part t ofthe wings, whcn the latter arc :iw ung so as to discngago the cartridges, Fig. 2, catch fieri-.il No. 181935. t.\'o niulel.)

on shoulders or .shelves in the Sido walls ot't'hc brcecli-chambcr, and thus loch thi.l magazine in said cha-miner.' 'lhcsc wings are operated by Carrying the. horizont-.d portion ot' the levers (l up and down. ln Fig. l said levers have hccn swung down\\':nd,.\\'hich act ion, by the contact ot' the parts r ot' thc wings with the Side ot' the slots in the mag '/,inc through which they1 pass, throws the wings to position Shown in Fig. L?, thus releasing the cartridges and looking thc magazine to thogun, asabovc explained. A pivotod sprliig-actuated lever.

f, Fig. ."i, is connected with thc lcvcrs tl t) and adapted to catch undor lug r,','l `ig. l, to hohl the lovers t) in thcir tiltcd position. 'lhc lugs .sf receive tho Icvcrs (l whcn in position to hold cartridgcs down, Fig. 5. lhe llig c limits thc upward insertion ot' the magazine Vi'iiii tite Tiri-ccb-cbanii'ni beyond l'i-v prpi" point. A t'orhcd spring, o, is sccurcd to thc upper wall ot' thc brccchchanihcr,.and the forward end bears with a yielding rcsistauce down on tht` t'orward cud ot` thc cartridgc, so that it will bc raiscdjust-lligh enough under pressure upward ot` thc spring s to rntcr thc bai-rol ofthe gun, Figs. l, L, ti. lu thc latter ligure a stop, l1, is shown pirotcd to thc wall ot' the brooch-chaudicr. a podal connrcting with the pivotal axis ol' thc sto-p on thc outside ot'the gun atI u, ltigs. l. and ti, by which to adjust thc stop /i in actua-lauro wgith thesize ot'tho cartridges uscd, and thus to limit thc downward prcssurc otthe spring r that 1s,

as .nljnsttal in liig. ti thc spring -r bcarsontheside ot` thc stop whcn usingl ritlc cartridge but by adjusting as indicatcd by dottcd4 lincs otthcsc parts in said liig. t3 thc spring rcsts on thc cud ot' thcstop/i, thus bcinghcld higher up, and this adjustment would bc tu, shots cartridges, wint-n ot course are largcr than those used t'or ritlc-barrcl. in liig. lt) thc upper barrel i is thc rtlc and the lowcr barrel l thc shotgun.

.lievcrs o' l" arc pivotcd to tbc brccch on cach sido, and arc provdcd with cams u', Fig. 7,

adapted to engage with thc cam lugs .1' ot' the barrcls l to I'orcc tlnm out ot' thc sochcts of thc brccch whcn drsiring to rcrcrsc thc bar rcls by turning thcm owrso as to bring whicl1- ever bari-cl is desircd tu bc used uppermost. lhc back end of thc cartridge is hcld down until ready to be forced in thc bari-cl by the IOC bow i were, which is pivoted in a recess in the wall ot the breech-chamber, Figs. land 2. l

In the operation, when the breech-block D is carried forward, it comes in contact with the with the rear end of the lever c, throwing' the fot-ward end over the next cartridge forced upward by the spring s. Y y

""The mode 'of operating the sliding breechv block D and of firing the cartridge by the fil'.a ing-piu t' are well understood from 'prior illustrations of the art without giving detailshere. In Figs.` 2 and il, b shows the 'channel-recess in which the rear end of the lever c plays.

By referring to Figs4 1 and 2 it will be Sceii that the breech chamber has an opening through the wall of said chamber' ou one side for the exit of the shell t laterally out of said chamber after firing, and drawing the shell from the barrel back into the chamber. Ihe shell is thus thrown out by the forward end of the lever C contacting with the shell a when the sliding brecelrblock l) is drawn Ibach'. Thus the'lever C performs a double function. A suitable shell-extractor draws the shell a from the barrel during the backward movement ofthe breech-block 1), and, so fa'r as throwing the shell out of the side opening in the breech-chamber is concerned, any well- .known shellextraetor may be employed; but

in Fig. S I have shown a. shell extraetor adapted for adjustment to extract shells of diii'erent sizes. It consists of two elastic bars pivoted on the top and bottom sides of the sliding breech-block. The free ends of vthese bars are provided with hooks k, for catching over the flange at the rear end of the shell a. The bars are provided between their free or pivoted ends with threaded holes, in which the threaded ends of bolto u are inserted. A lever, e,eonnects with thcend of the bolt to turn it by, and thus sep-.trates t-he 'bars far ther or draws them nearer each other. The lever C forces the end ofthe shell laterally out of the hooks when throwing the shell out of In Figs. il and 2, n' is the ha pin which the hannnei' strikes; as in other guns, all understood by prior construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. The combination of the breech-chamber having a side exit for the empty shell, a bowed lever pivoted at the center to the wall nner of the4 gun, and i, in Figs. tand S, is the tiring-- of the breech-chamber in position to be tilted kon its pivot by the sliding breech-block, and

an opeirtop magazine having a spring-aetuated bottom to press up on the cartridges, whereby the lever holds down the upper'carside of the ln'eeclrehamber, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the Ybreech-chamber having a bottom opening to receive the magazine, audhaving a side opening i'or the exit oi' the exploded cartridge-shell, a maga zine open at the top and having a secondary movable spring-actuated bottoni, levers for holding the cartridges down in the magazine before the latter is inserted in the breechchamber, and adapted vl'orv releasing th eartridges after the magazine is inserted mgsziid chamber a spring in the upper sideyotthe brecch-ehamber for pressing von the forward tridge and throws the empty shell out of the i end of the upper cartridge, and a pivoted lever actuated by the sliding breech-block and adapted to hold the rear end of the upper cartridge down and to throw the exploded sllell out of the side opening in the breeclrchamber, .substantially as set fort-h.

3. The combination of the double reversible barrels, a magazine having a loose seeondary spriugactuated bottom, armagazinechamber provided with the spring for engaging'or bearing upon the forward end of the cartridges, and adjustable stop for control ling the pressure of said spring in accordance with the size ot' cartridge used, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the double reversible barrels provided with camdngs on the sides-of their shouldered or tenoued lvends, and cam-lever pivotcd to the sides the breech and adapted to force the tenoued ends of vthe barrel out by contact with the cam-lugs, 'slib-f stantially as set forth.

5. In a. firearm provided with a double i .CS

barrel for both ritle and shot cartridges, a shell'extra'ctor adapted for adjusting to the different sizes of cartridges, consisting ofv elastic hook-bars pivoted to opposite sides of the sliding bree'cl1-bloek,and having threaded holes between the hook aud pivoted end, and abolt having threaded ends in said holes of the bars, and a lever for turning saidvbolt to adjust the hook bars, substantially as set forth. ,y

In testimonyI of the foregoing I have hereunto Subscrbed my name in presence of two witnesses. i

l GEORGE-N. srnnomt. \V.itu,esses':

E. C. SoU'riIARD, C. E. I loUGH'roN.

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