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(No Model.) 2 She ets-Sheet 1. P. B. FELTON. SAFETY DEVICE FOR REVOLVER S.

Patented Mar. 5, 1895.

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-(No Model.) .2 Sheets-Sheet 2. P. B. FELTON. SAFETY DEVICE FOR REVOLVBRS.

Patented Mar. 5, 1895.

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A; ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK B. FELTON, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE COLTS PATENT FIRE ARMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR REVOLVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,097, dated March 5, 1895.

Application filed March 27, 1 894- Serial 170, 505,297. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern; ter, is the pivot on which said crane may Be it known that I, FRANK B. FELTON, acitiswing laterally. The crane carries the cylzen of the United States, residing at Hartford, inder b on a spindle, so that the cylinder may 55 in the county of Hartford and State of Conswing with the crane from the recess in the 5 necticut, have invented a new and useful Imframe, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, for provement in Revolvers, of which the followcharging the cylinder or for ejectingtheshells, ing is a specification. the ejector being of the usual construction.

My invention relates to an improvement in To secure the cylinder in its normal posi- 60 that class of revolvers in which the cylinder tion in the frame, a sliding latch is provided,

I0 is journaled upon a crane arranged upon an which consists, as shown in Figs. 1, 5, 6 and aXis below the cylinder and parallel with the 7 of an exterior slide d, on the left side of the axis of the cylinder, so that the crane and the frame, and of a central stem dwhich is in cylinder may be turned laterally outward line with the axis of the cylinder and integral 65 from the frame, for loading, or for the ejec with the slide, and is attached to the latter by tion of shells. ashorthorizontalcross-bar e. Athnmb-piece The object of my invention is to provide on the slide serves to draw it rearward, while such a connection between the cylinder and a spiral spring within the hollow central stem the lock or firing mechanism, that the crane 01, serves to force the latch forward. 70 and cylinder cannot be turned laterally out The frame is constructed with the usual re of their normal position in the frame, while cess in its face in rear of the cylinder, for the the lock is cooked, that is in the firing posireception of the cylinder ratchet, and when tion, and that should the lock be cocked,when forward the slide at laterally closes this recess, the crane and cylinder have been turned out while the stem d enters a central recess in 7.5 of the frame, these cannot be returned to their the cylinder-ratchet.

normal position until the lock has been un- The firing mechanism consists of the hamcocked or brought to its position of rest. In merf, trigger g, rebound lever h, pawlj, main the accompanying drawings, forming a part spring and rebound spring. As far as dehereof, I have illustrated a mechanism by scribed the parts and their operations are like 80 which this object may be attained, in which those well known in this class of arms and do drawings not require further description.

Figure 1, is an elevation of the revolver, To prevent the hammer from being cocked showing the cylinder in its normal position when the eylinder'is in the frame, unless the r and the look at rest. Fig. 2, is a vertical seclatch is fully closed and thus securely holding 85 tion of the same, with the cylinder and lock the cylinder, I place the lever 1' between the 5 as in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a latch cl and the trigger g. The lever 71 is separt of the revolver, showing the firing mechcured within the frame by a screw, on which anism cocked. Fig.4 is a front end view. Fig. it turns as on a pivot, its upper arm extendoisatransverse sectionin rear of the cylinder; ing into a recess e in the cross bar between 90 and Fig. 6 is a horizontal section showing the the central stem d and the slide d of the latch,

0 cylinder latch as seen from below. Fig. 7 is its lower arm extending to the left side of the a perspective view of the cylinder latch; and trigger g. On the trigger a lateral projection Fig. 8 illustrates a modification. g is provided in front of and below the lower Similar letters refer to similarpartsthrougharm of the lever 2'. When the cylinderlatch 5 out the several views. is drawn rearward, as shown in dotted lines In the frame a is a recess to receive the in Fig. 1, it moves rearward the upper arm of cylinder Z); in rear of which the firing mechthe lever i and the lower arm of the latter anism is arranged, and in front of which the moves forward until its end stands above the barrel is attached in the usual manner. The lateral projection of the trigger. In this posi- I03 forward part of the frame is divided, one portion the lever 'L' positively prevents the trigtion forming the crane c and the spindle c of ger from being operated, and as the trigger which, located in a corresponding seat below interlocks with the hammer in the usual manthe cylinder, parallel with the axis of the lat ner it is impossible to cook the hammer until the trigger is released by the return of the latch to its forward or closed position, which removes the leverz'out of the path of thetrigger, Figs. 1 and 2., The lever 41 also prevents the latch from being moved rearward to release the cylinder, when the hammer has been cocked,for as the hammer is held in the cooked position by the raised trigger, (see Fig. 3,) the projection g on the trigger stands in front of the lower arm of the lever 1' and prevents its forward movement, thus securing the latch in the closed position, until after releasing the hammer when the trigger returns to its lower position. The hammer may be cooked when the cylinder has been eutirelyswung out of the frame, Fig. 4. As for the-ejection of the shells the cylinder must swing out beyond the reach of the latch d, and the latter is moved forward by its spring after the cylinder has passedit; but before the cylinder can be returned to its normal position in the frame, the firing mechanism must be returned to its rest, because the latch d being held in its forward position by the lever t' and the projection on the trigger as long as the hammer remains cocked, as described above as shown in Fig. 3, it cannot move out of the path of the cylinder until the hammer and the trigger are released.

I have so far represented the lever connected with the cylinder latch and operating on the trigger; but the free arm of the lever may be constructed to operate on the hammer instead of on the trigger. This modification is shown in Fig. 8, where a lateral projection f' is provided on the lower forward part of the hammer f, while the trigger has no such projection. The lower arm of the lever 2' is so shaped that its end is above and in rear of and clears the projection f when the firing mechanism is at rest, and the latch closed, while the opening of the latch throws the lever into the path of the projection and the cooking of the hammer brings the projection in front of the lever. I, therefore, do not wish to be understood as limiting my invention to the precise construction shown and described, it only being essential to theinvention that the cylinder latch is connected with a lever which interlocks with a movable part of the firing mechanism when the latch is opened.

What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a revolver in which the cylinder is arranged to swing laterally outward and inward from and to its recess in the frame, the combination of a holding device to confine the cylinderin its recess, adapted to be operated at will to release the cylinder and a movable connection between said holding device and the firing mechanism, operated by the movements of said holding device to lock and release the firing mechanism, substantially as set forth.

2. In a revolver the combination of a cylinder arranged to swing laterally outward and inward from and to its recess in the frame, a holding device to confine the cylinder in its recess and adapted to be moved at will to release it, a firing mechanism for said revolver and a lever arranged between said holding device and said firing mechanism, one end of said lever engaging with said holding device and the other with a movable part of the firing mechanism, and said lever being operated by the movements of said holding device to lock and release the firing mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a revolver in which the cylinder is arranged to swing laterally outward and inward from and to its recess in the frame, the combination of a latch on the frame constructed to confine the cylinder in its recess, and adapted to be moved at will to release it, and a lever, connectedwith said latch and constructed and arranged to stand in the path of a movable part of the firing mechanism so as to prevent the operation of said firing mechanism when the said latch is in the position to release the cylinder, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a revolverin which the cylinder is arranged to move laterally outward and inward from and to its recess in the frame, the combination of a latch sliding longitudinally on the frame, so that in the forward position said latch confines the cylinder in the frame, and in the rearward position it releases the cylinder, and a lever pivoted in the frame, one arm of said lever engaging with the latch the other arm extending to the side of the trigger, and a projection on the trigger located in a plane with the lever so that the rearward movement of the latch turns the end of said lever above and against said projection and prevents the operation of the trigger, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a revolver in which the cylinder is arranged to move laterally outward and inward from and to its recess in the frame, the combination of a latch sliding longitudinally on the frame, said latch when forward confining the cylinder in the frame, and when rearward releasing it, and a lever pivoted in the frame, the upper arm of said lever extending into a recess in the latch, the lower arm extending to the side of the trigger, and a projection on the trigger in front of and below the lever, the front edge of said lower lever arm constructed parallel to and in rear of the path of said projection on the trigger, when the latch is in the forward position, snbstantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 24th day of March, A. D. 1894.

FRANK B. FELTON.

In presence of J AS. F. BRYANT, O. J EHBETS.

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