US349864A - Cane-gun - Google Patents

Description

(N0 Model.)

F. A. WAR'DWELL.'

GANE GUN.

N0. 349,864. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

Emea@ d 1 "lil 5 m4 NITED STATES PATENT Erica FRANK AUGUSTUS VABDW'ELL, OF METIIUEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

CANE-GUN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,864, dated September 28, 1886.

Application filed March 24, 1886. Serial No. 196.333. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK AUGUSTUS VARDWELL, of Methuen, in the county' of Essex, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cane-Guns 5 and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specication and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Y Figures l and 2 are longitudinal sections of the handle and the next adjacent part of the barrel of a cane-gun containing my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claims hereinafter presented. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the handle on the line 1 1 of Fig. l. Fig. et is a side View of the handle, showing part of it broken away in order to exhibit certain portions of the lock.

In Fig. l the breeclrpiece is shown as up or covering the breech of the charge-chamber, while in Fig. 2 such breech-piece is shown as down, so as to uncover the said breech in order to admit of a cartridge being inserted in such chamber.

In the said drawings,A represents the barrel, which is screwed upon a screw, a, extending from the stationary part B of the handle, the bore b of the barrel being in continuation of a cartridge-receiving chamber, b', arranged within the handle part B and its screw a, such chamber being open at its rear end,and there rabbeted to receive the flange or head of the cartridge-shell. There is applied to the rear face of the handle part B the sliding breechpiece C, which at its upper partis notched,as shown at c in Fig. 4, to receive a correspondingly-shaped projection or shoulder, d, from the part B when the breech-piece is up and covering the breech or rear end of the cartridgecharnber b. The breech-piece Gis con nected to the handle part B in a manner to enable such breech-piece to be moved or slid downwardly upon the said part B. To this end there are two slots, g, in the said handle part B. Screws e go through these slots and washers f and screw into the part C, the heads of the screws being sunk within the washers. In the upper part of the breech-piece there is abolt, f', which is provided with a spring, h, to force it forward into a notch, z', in the handle part B. Such bolt has a lever, k, for retracting it, the said lever having its lower arm projecting through the breech piece, in manner as represented in Fig.1. By pressing inwardly the said lower arm by the thumb, when a person may be grasping the handle, the bolt may be retracted to enable the breechpiece to be moved downwardly upon the handle part B. The breech-piece has extending upward from its upper end a tenon, Z, to enter a recess or mortise, m, in the projecting -part d of the handle portion B, such tenou and mortisc or recess being to hold the breechpiece firmly in place against the back-pressure of the cartridgeshell during an explosion of the charge or load thereof. Both portions B and C of the handle are chambered to receive the parts of the lock now to be described. The hammer is shown at D and its operative spring at E, such hammer being within and pivoted to the breech-piece C. The tail n of the hammer extends through a slot, o, in the part B, and is notched, as shown at p, to receive the upper arm of a catch-lever, q, in order to hold the hammer cocked. A spring,r, bears against the lower arm of the lever q, as shown in Fig. l. The trigger is represented at s as a lever borne against the tail of the catch-lever q by a spring, t, arranged as represented in Fig. l. rIhe trigger, at its upper end or part, projects through the handle part B, as shown at u. By bearing against the part a by the index-finger the eatch-lever will be forced out of engagement with the hammer when the latter is cocked. There is within the part B a projection or shoulder, @,against which the tail of the hammer is forced while the breech-piece is being moved downwardly to uncover the cartridgechamber. In this movement 0f the breech-piece the hammer will be cocked, and will remain cocked while the part C is being moved upward to close the charge-chamber. There is within the part B a cartridge-extractor, it being shown at G in Fig. l as a slide adapted to extend up into the charge-chamber and to slide longitudinally thereof. It is jointed or applied to the upper end of a lever, H, whose longer or lower arm is curved, as shown in Figs. l and 4. Vhile the part C is being slid downward a cam or roo stud, w, projecting from one of the washersf, is moved against the said arm, and thereby turns the lever and operates the cartridge-eX- tractor, so as to cause it to expel the spent cartridge-shell from the charge-chamber. On forcing a fresh cartridge into the charge-chamber the extractor will be moved back thereby to place; or it may be so moved by the wedgeshaped tenon at the top of the part C while such part C is being forced upward; or the part G or its lever H may have a retractive spring applied to them to effect-the return movement of the extractor.

l. The combination of the barrel A and the handle part B, extending therefrom, with the movable or sliding breech-piece C, connected to and fitted to slide on such part B,and forming therewith the handle of the cane-gun, the hammer and its` catchlever and their operative springs, carried by such breech-piece,and the trigger and its actuatingspring applied to the said part B, such hammer having its tail extending within the said part B, and the latter being provided with the projection c, and all being arranged and to operate substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the barrel and the handle part B, connect-ed therewith, and having the recessed projection d, with the movable or sliding breech-piece G, provided with the tenon to enter the said projection, and connected with and tted to slide on such part B, and forming therewith the handle of the cane-gun, such part C being provided with the lock-hammer, its actuating-spring, and catchlever and its actuating-spring, and the part B being` furnished with the trigger and its actuating-spring, and the projection against which the tail of the hammer, extending-within such part B, strikes in order to effect the cocking of the hammer, as specied.

3. The combinationof the barrel A and its handle part B, extending the1'efrom,with the movable or sliding breech-piece G, connected to and fitted to slide on such part B, and forming therewith the handle ofthe cane-gun, the hammer and its catch-lever and their operative springs,carried by such breech-piece, and the trigger and its actuating-spring, and the cartridge-extractor and its operative lever applied to the part B, all heilig substantially and to operate as set forth.

FRANK AUGUSTUS WARDWELL.

Vitnesses:

EnnN G. KNIGHT, JosErH F. SMITH.

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