US349244A - Breech-loading fire-arm - Google Patents

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I. L'. WATERS.

REEGH LOADNG PIRE ARM.

No. 349,244. Patented Sept. 14, 1886.l

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BREECH-LOAD'ING FIRE-ARM.

:SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,244, dated September 14, 1886.

Application tiled February 28, 1884. Serial No. 122,321. (No model.)

.T0 all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ISAAC L. VATERS, of Sutton, in the county ot" Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms5a11d I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object ot' this invention is to simplify the arrangement and cheapen the construction of the parts of a brceelrloading iireearm pertaining to the lever latehing and unlatching of the hinged barrel, and also the parts relating to the extractoi.- for extracting the shell after the piecehas been discharged, and also the substantial manner iii-which the drop-jointot' theI fore-stock and frame is formed, so as not to have to remove the fore-stock to nnhinge thc barrel and take it out, by all of which i1nprovements the. nre-arm is more durable, safe in practice, and has the least number ot' mo tions in loading and firing.

My device consists, first, of a lever pivoted inside the guard in t'ront of the trigger, hai ing a t'ront movement or action, The upper end ofthe lever is inserted in a mortise in the under side. ol' the latchbolt. There is aslightlycurved flat spri ng adi usted transversely in the frame at the rear end of the latch-holt, which keeps the bolt in its latched position. The bolt is located in a groovein the l'rame, andlatches in a notch in the lug at the rear end ot' the barrel. The rear end of the latclrbolt is beveled to allow action of the spring. Other forms of a spring may be used here.

M y device consists, secondly', of the extractor formed in half-circles, which shut into eorrespending grooves around the bore in the rear end of the barrel. The lower port-ion of the extractor is provided with a shank terminating with a thin loot-piece which is pivotcd to the side of the lug of the barrel. There is a notch in the edge of the foot-picce in which the end of a small sliding bolt (located in a recess in the frame) engages when the barrel is unlatehed and swung up, bywhi'eh means the upper portion of the extractor is tripped out against t-hekrim ofthe shell. This boltis held in its position for action in the .slot or recess by a spring, having room to slide in and out. My device consists, thirdly, of the l'orestock joint between the ends of the frame and the tore'stock, it being a drop-joint, which avoids the removal of the fore-stock from lhe`barrel when it isunhingod and taken out of the frame. The advantages obtained by these improvements are that the sportsman or gunner is enabled to cock, unlateh, raise the barrel, and extract the shell all in one motion, and with two motions reload the piece and latch it again in readiness for another discharge. I attain these objects by the mechanism and arrangement of the parts as Villustrated in the accompanying "drawings, in whichf Figure 1, Sheet 1, represents a perspective side View ot" the tire-arm. `Fig. 2, Sheet:- I, represents a sectional side view ot" the same, showing the location and arrangement ot' the several parts. The dotted lines represent the barrel unlatehed at hal lcock. represents an end View of the breech of the barrel, showing the shell-extractor inserted in the grooves around the here of the same. Fig. 4 represents a sectional side View ot' that portion ot' the frame and barrel in which the-extractor is adjusted, .showing a side view ot' the e tractor and the manner ot' its operation hy means of the small bolt` engaged in the notch in extracting the shell. Fig. 5, Sheet I, repre` sents an end view of the sliding latch-holt, the spring, and lever combined. Fig. 6, Sheet I, represents a sectional side view of the same; and Fig. 7, Sheet 2, represents a sectional side view ot' theI firearm, showing the barrel unlatehed at full-cock and shell extracted.

A Similar letters refer to similar parts througlr out the several views.

A denotes the frame, .B the barrel, and B the lugs attached to the under side of the barrel.

C denotes the rea-r and G the fore stock. D denotes the guard, and E the hammer. F denotes the tiring-plug, and G the trigger. H denotes the main-spring, hinged to the hammer in a loop, H', and fastened to the frame at h. There is a dat spring, I, which holds the trigger G to' the notches in the hammer E.- The trigger is held in the frame on pivot M, and the hammer on pivot O. The

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sliding latch-bolt J is located ina slot in the t'rame A at the rear end ot' the lug BQ and latches in notch J in the end ot' said lug, and is heldin its latehed position bythe transverse flat spring P across the ot-her end, which end is beveled to allow suitable action of the spring. The spring is adjusted iu grooves at each end in the frame. The bolt J is unlatehed by a forward movement of the lever K, whieh'is adjusted on a pivot, L, inside the guard D, in trout of the trigger G. The upper end of the lever K is inserted in a mortise in the under side ofthe bolt J, so that the gunner, with his thumb on the haunner E and the back of his AThere is a notch, V', in the heel ofthe footpiece,in which lthe endof t-he small bolt V eugages when the barrel is unlatched and swung np. This bolt is located in a recess in the frame, having room to slide iu and out, so

that when the barrel is swung up the bolt is forced out by the spring WV to engage its end in the notch V, and, being held in the .recess, serves :is a lever to trip the extractor ou the pivot X out ot' the grooves against the rim of the shell T, thus throwing it entirely free f rom the bore of the barrel, as shown in 7, Sheet 2, and when the barrel .is swung down to be latched the bolt V leaves the notch and the end comes in contact with the shank portion ol' t-he extractor, and thus t'orccs it back into the groovesin the end of the lnn'rel.

in twoparts, and, togetherwith its square end, tits into three correspomling notches in the frame, and is hinged to the trame on the pivot or 4piu S, near the end ot' the lug, leaving a space, 1t, between the end ot' the`lug and the Vfore-stock, which is coveredby an extension ot' the end of the trame, which end is beveled lo allow it to swing up under a corresponding lap-over ol' the end ot' the tore-stock, which is beveled and makes a close-litting dropjoint between the ends ot' the frame and ihre-stock when the barrel is latched. The notches in the l'rame and thelugs, together with theshonlder Y ot" the hammer E, which closes down at the end ot' the latch-bolt, all serve to keep the breech ot the barrel firmly and securely in place when the barrel is discharged. The barrel is relieved from the shoulder Y when the'hamnier'is raised to halt-cock.

The Y lug on the under side ot" the barrel is formed is formed with flanges at each end. 'l'h i.: l'orm ol' hinging vis also strong and durable.

Having thus fully shown and described my invention,whatl claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a breech-loading fire-arm, the com; bination, with the frame A and the barrel B, having a lug, B', on the under side -of its breech -end, ot' the extractor U, consisting ot' approximately half-circles adapted to iit in corresponding grooves formed in the breech end of the barrel, said extractor being provided with a shank and thin foot-piece pivoted to the sides of the lug B, a sliding bolt,

V, located in the frame, and a spring, XV, eon

neeted with said bolt, whereby said bolt will engage the edge of the foot-piece and actnate the extractor when the barrel is swung up, substantially as described.

2. In a breech-loading tire-arm, the conibination ot' the notched frame A, the barrel B, having notched lug B., and the fore-stock C, said barrel being pivoted to the frame back l of the forward end of the frame and lug, and said frame and fore-stock being provided with eorrespomlingl'y-bevelcd extensions, thereby forming a elose-tting fore-stock drop :joint in which the space R, between the lug B/ and fore-stock G,is covered bysaid beveled extensions when the barrel' is latehed, and per- `mitting the barrel to be disconnectedlrom` the frame without moving the fore-stock, substantially as'deseribed.

3. lu a ln'eech-loading firearm, the combination of thc grooved frame A, the barrel B, provided on its inner side with a lug, B', having a notched rear end, the sliding latchbolt J, located in the groovcd trame, and provided on its upper side with a notch', Y, and on its lower side with a mortise, the toi-ward cud of said bolt being notched to 'tit the rear end ot' the barrel-lug B', a spring', l), for holding said latch-bolt in engagement with the notched rear end ot'said lng, the hammer E,

ladapted to engage the notch Yin the upper side of the latchfbolt, and the level' K, pivoted within the triggerguard in front of the trigger, and having its upper en d engaged .in 115 the mortise in said latch-bolt, substantially as described.

4. ln a ln'eecl1.-loading hre-arm, the combination of the frame A, the pivoted barrel I3,

having a notched lug. B, adapted to engage no with corresponding notches in said frame, the notched and mortised latelrbolt J, located in a groove in the trame, and adapted to engage the rear end o1" said lug B', the spring l. the

hammer ll, adapt-ed to nigage said latclrbolt. it

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