US530759A - Half to henry ruhland - Google Patents

Description

O. POEHL.

REVOLVER.

(No Model.)

,759. Patented Dec. 11,1894;

provement in Firearms, which improvement is fully set-forth in the following specification the rotary chamber, and B the trigger of a pistol, which parts, excepting the features of rear end of the chamber -A in a circular or annular recess H therein, so that while said manipulated the same.

construction. In the strap O,-which;is above' from rearward displacement, owing to the CHARLES FOEHL, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PATENT OFFICE.

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO HENRY RUHLAND, OF SAME PLACE.

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p SPECIFICATION forming .part of Letters Patent No..530,759, dated Decemberll, 1894.

' Application filed .l'anuary 80. RPM. Serial No. 498,137. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES Forum, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invehted a new and useful Imand accompanying drawings.

My inventionconsists of- 'a pistol or other fire-arm which isrprovlded with means for retaining the revolving chamber or cylinder in operative position, the same being readily so-as to permit the removal of Figural represents a side elevation partly broken away of a; pistol embodying my invention, the niuzzlebeing depressed. Fig.2 represents'a. partial side elevation and partial longitudinal section of a portion of the pistol, the muzzle being elevated. Fig. 3 represents aisection of a portion.

Fig. 4 represents anend view of the cylinder and" connected por tions. -Fig. 5 represents anend view of the trigger. Similar letters'of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several. figures.

Referring" to the drawings: A designates my invention applied thereto are of usual the barrel, there-isa chamber 0, in which is located the spring-actuated catch D of angutruding through the opening F in said strap. The nose G which is on theother limb of said catch is adapted to freely engage with the chamber is permitted to rotate, it is prevented locking action of said nose G. When" the limb E is properly depressed, the nose. G moves. away fiom the end of the chamber, beyond the periphery thereof, and thus the chamber may be withdrawn, as: shown. in' dotted lines for any purpose required. When the chamber isrestored to-position, the nose G again engages with the chamber'and controls the longitudinal motion of the same.

chamber A, is a spring catch K, whose head K is adapted to enter a portion of either recess L in the chamber A, the portion otsai'd to be raised by the same, the tendency of said catch being to lower,. whi'ch it does when: the trigger is pulled. In the trigger'is a vertical recess N, which is occupied by the shank of a will'behereinafter explained.

In the chamber are recesses Q, which exrecesses 'L, so that when the catch P rises and properly guided into the recess L.

said lip is formed with a recess R tore'ceive said head, .as most clearly shown in'Figs'. 3 and 5. It will be seen that when the trigger is by the lip M of thetrigger. Consequently the head K? of said catch occupies-a-portion 'ot the adjacent recess'L, and thereby locks the chamber and prevents ,rotation'ofthe same. As the rearportion'ot-the trigger-is ever the pistol 'is to be discharged, and the from the. recess L,:.'whereby the chamber is as the rear end. of the-triggerrises,,the catch P is raised and it contacts yieldingly with the periphery of the chamber, and then enters the recess Q, which hasjadvanced toward it, after which it drops-into .the portion o'f the recess Q, whereby the Connected with the trams J, below the catch,-ne ar the head thereof, resting on-the' lipM, at the forward part of the trigger so as In order to seat the head-ot the catch K onthe lip M, and prevent lateral motions thereof,

triggeris drawn baek,-the 1 i M is, lowered, and the catch K owing to itsspringy na-' tare; lowers and causes. its-head tdwithdraw unlocked. Thecha'mber rotates'as' usual, and

spring-pressed bolt or catch P, whoseheadis adaptedto enter a portion of either recess L in the chamber when the trigger is pulled, as

6g tend around the same at a right angle to the the chamber rotates, the head of the former enters the approaching recess Q, and is thus in its normal position, the catch K is elevated -low ered,*as-most plainl-y s'hown in Fig.2, the catch-P is removed from said. recess, and-is thereby renderedinoperative; 'W-hen how- .recessL, which communicates with the said chainberis locked by said catch P, this occurring j list inadvance otthe firing-or discharge ofthe pistol, and oon'tinuing until thefiring is accomplished. See Fig. 3. The trigger now-returns to its first position, whereby the catch P'is iowered,

ind the chamber is unlocked, but as the lip M rises, due to the returning motion of the trigger, the head K is forced into the adjacent recess L, thus again locking the chamber and preventing rotation of the same, while being carried or handled until the trigger is drawn back,.when the operations hereinbefore described are repeated. It will be ob-' served that the trigger is provided with a A spring S which bears against the same and the frame, for raising the forward end of the trigger and restoring it to its normal position after firing. g It will be seen that during the operation of extracting the empty cartridge shell, the chamber A is controlled by the catch D, and thus retained in position without being disturbed by the action of the extractor.

Having thus described my invention,

what

I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters :0

- Patent, is-

1. A fire arm having a rotary chamber with an annular recess in the rear end thereof, and a movable catch having one end freely entering said recess and adapted to be withdrawn '25 therefrom, substantially as described.

2. A fire arm having a rotary chamber with an annular recess in the rear end thereof, a strap with a chamber therein, and a spring actuated catch in said chamber, said catch occupying an opening in said strap, andthe other limb freely engaging the end of the rotary chamber in said annular recess, substantially as described.

CHARLES FOEHL.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

A. P. JENNINGS.

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