US428597A

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Publication number: US428597A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-05-27
Anticipated expiration: 1907-05-27

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(No Model.)

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BREEGH LOADING FIRE ARM.

No. 428,597. Patent'd May 27, 1890.

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UNITED STATES NPATENT Ormea.

JOI-IN FRICK, OF LARAMIE, IVYOMING TERRITORY.

BRI-:EcH-LoAnlNe FIRE-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 428,597, dated May 27, 1890.

l Application led February 24, 1890. Serial No. 341,548. (No model.) l

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN FRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Laramie, in the county of Albany and Territory of Vyoining, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Breecli-Loading Fire-Arms, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relatesto that class of breechloaders in which the breech-block. is hinged at the rear and swings downward and carries the tiring-pin pivoted to its front end; and the objects of my improvement are to make a simple and strong breech-loader, in which the breech-block-depressin g arm is pivoted to the frame in front of the breech-block, and the operating-lever of said arm is arranged on the side of the receiving-chamber in position to be depressed either by the right hand or by the fingers of the left hand reaching from under the gun-barrel while said left hand is clasping the stock. I accomplish these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a top view of a breech-loader constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same with the breech-block depressed and retained at full-cock, but with the shell-eX- tractor rearwardly inclined in the position it occupies after a sudden depression of the breech-block and before the introduction of a cartridge within the barrel. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the breeeh-block-depressing arm and aportion of its operating-lever. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the trigger-guard and plate carrying the Sear, and the connecting-rod uniting said searto the trigger; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the breech- In said drawings, A represents the frame, to which the barrel B is secured in the usual manner. Said frame has formed integral therewith cheek-pieces A2 and a bottom connecting-plate A2, uniting their front portions. The bottom between the cheek-pieces is closed by the trigger-guard plate G, which has at its rear end the trigger-guard G2. The rear end of said guard is in the form of a hook g2, which engages in a perforation in the frame; but the guard-plate G is also secured to the cheek-pieces A2 by a screw g passing through them and through lugs g3 projecting up from the guard-plate into the cavity of the frame. (The removal of the screws g and of the guardplate G permits access to the interior.)

The breech-block D is pivoted at d to the cheek pieces andV its rear end is strongly backed by the frame A. It has its upper surface concaved, as usual, to facilitate the introduction of a cartridge into the barrel of the gun. The lower portion of its front is provided with a forwardly-extended shelf D2, to permit said front end to be depressed by the forked end of an arm E, pivoted at e to the front portion of the cheek-pieces of the frame. Said arm is adapted to be depressed by the operator to cock the gun by means of a hand-lever F, having one end secured to polygonal pivot-bolt e and its opposite end presenting a broad surface along the right side of the frame and extending rearwardly to a point opposite the breechblock in a convenient position to be reached from under the fire-arm by the ends of the fingers of the left hand of the operatorV supporting the gun. The forked arm E and its operating-lever F are kept normally elevated by a light folded leaf-springf, having one end in engagement with and pressing under said arm E, while the other end rests upon the bottom plate A3.

To promptly elevate the front end of the breeclrblock, when it is released by the sear S, a broad folded flat spring H has one end made to press upon the under side of said breech block, While its opposite end is bent to form a shallow hook and rests uponascrew h, passing through the cheek-pieces of the frame. The bent end of the spring also abuts against the frame and is thereby retained in position.

To retain the breech-block in a depressed position at full-cock, as shown in Fig. 2, the front edge of the shelf D2 has in its middle portion a lip d2, that comes into engagement with the lower notch s of the seal. The same lip comes into engagement with the upper notch s2 of the sear When it is desired to retain the breech-block nearly closed at halfcock.

The scar is pivoted at g4 to the guard-plate. It is united to the trigger Iby means of a connecting-rod J, which has its front Yend bent IOO upwardly and pivoted to the sear at j, at'a point higher than the pivot g4, and,to permit the rod J to rest close to the guard-plate, the front end of said rod is slotted at jz for the passage of the pivot-pin g4.

The rear end of the rod J is pivoted to the trigger at 2, at a point higher than or eccentric to the pivot-pin t' of said trigger, and to keep the sear slightly inclined toward the breech-block and facilitate its engagement therewith the upper end'of the trigger has a lip t3, extending forwardly, under which one end of the trigger-spring k is made to press, the opposite end of said spring being secured at k2 to the guard-plate.

The iiring-pin L is angular and is pivoted at Z to the lowerl portion of the front end of the breech-block in cavity made therein for the purpose; but its lower end Z2 is made to project a short distance through the shelf D2, and is retained in that position by a spring m, having one end in engagement in a notch formed in the firing-pin in the rear of its pivot Z, while the opposite end is retained in a notch in the under side of the breech-block, and the spring m also keeps the firing end Z3 of the ring-pin'retracted within the breechblock until the trigger is pulled and the front end of said breech-block is projected upward to its seat, at which time the lever end Z2 of the firing-pin will strike against the under side of the barrel, and its pointed end Z3 will thereby be projected forward against the priming in the rear of the cartridge and explode it. A

The cartridge-shell extractor N is in the form of a bell-crank and pivoted at n to one of the cheek-pieces of the frame on the inside thereof. Its upper arm has alip n2 extending laterally to engage with the rim of the carfridge-shell and extract it when the breechblock is suddenly depressed to the lowest end of its course, said location being lower than that in Which it is retained at full-cock by the sear, as shown in Fig. 2, the lower arm of the extractor being then pressed upon by aprojection cZon one side of the breech-block. lWhen said breech-block is retained at fullcock, the lower arm of the extractor is not pressed upon by the projection d3, and its upper arm is permitted to be swung forward. The insertion of the cartridge into the gunbarrel restores the extractor to its normal position in the side of said barrel.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of a fire-arm breechframe, a breech-block havingits rear end pivoted thereto and provided with a shelf at its front end, with a forked arm pivoted to the breech -frame and having its forked ends adapted to rest upon the shelf of the breechblock, and a lever secured to the pivot of the forked arm and extending rearwardly alongside of the breech frame, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a fire-arm breechframe, a breech-block having its rear end pivoted thereto and provided with a shelf at its front end, a forked arm pivoted to the front of the breech-frame and adapted to rest upon said shelf, an angular firing-pin pivoted to the breech-block, a sear adapted to engage with the front of the shelf of the breech-block, and a connecting-rod uniting the sear to the trigger, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a fire-arm breechframe, a breech-block having its rear end pivoted thereto and provided with a shelf at its front end, an angular firing-pin pivoted to the breech-block, a spring having one end secured to the under side of the breech-block,

a Sear adapted to engage with the front of the shelf of the breech-block, and a connecting'- rod having its front end slotted for the passage of the pivot-pin of the sear, and atrigger provided with a lip on its upper end and a spring pressing under said lip, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FRICK.

Vitnesses:

L. C. HILLS, C. C. SCHILLER, Jr.