US572290A - Speech-loading -firearm - Google Patents

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- B H GLEMEIJ T BREEGH LOADING FIREARM.

Patented Dec. 1, 1896.

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BREEGH LOADING FIREARM.

Patented Dec. 1, 1896.

WW1 Q l STATES FATENT Pr ce.

BURTON ll. CLEMENT, OF CHESTER, WISCONSIN, ASSlGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EAD JOHNSON, OF WAUPUNS VVTSCONSIN.

BREECH=LOADNG memes srnoxrzonrron Application filed April To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BURTON ll. CLEMENT,

. citizen of the cited States, residing at Chester, in the county of Dodge and State of r, isconsinflici e ini'entcd newand useful Improvements in Firearms, of which the follow-- ing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in brcech loading li *ea-rnis. v 1

Heretofore 2t large number or". small parts have been used in the construction of the breech, and especially in the construction of the firing and cartridge-extrecting mechanism. These parts are liable to get out of or der, causing greet rexetion and considerable expense for repairs; and my principal object therefore to simplify the'constrnctionend provide mechanism that is both diirsoie end certain in its operation. 7

In the following description'reterence is had to the eccompnnyin drewings,in wl1ich Figure l a side View of my invention, showing operation of the cartridge-es:-

' tractor. Fig. 2 is acent e1 longitudinal sec-. tion view of the some. Fig. 3 is a detail view showin the adjusting-plate of the si ht. Fig. 4: is a. cross-section View drawn through the barrel. and stock on the line 06-00 of Fi 2.

5 is it top view of the breech. Fig. (5 is at cross-section riew drawn on the line 1 'y of Fig. 1. Tyis at section View similar to.

the receiver 1 have located a sliding tubular hammer l5, closed at its front end and provided with a iiringpin C, adapted to project through an openin in the head-piece or DYOBClL'lJlOClL' l) the latter being dovetailed into the front end of the receiver and extended downwardly totorrc at ho k D, which engages a, cross-pin l). in the frame, thus forming a bee-ring for the cartridge-extractor. Within the tubular hammer and projecting rea-rforming part of Letters Patent No. 572,290, dated December' 1, 189

1898. Serial No. 588,909. (No maem wardly therefrom is a, helical spring E, which beers against the rear end of the receiver and is adapted by its recoil to actuate the hammer and firing-pin after being compressed by the cocking of the hammer. A downwardly-ex tending bifurcated cocking-flange F, formed integrally with the hammer, is provided with a half cock hook 6 at the lower edge of its rear arm and n full-cock fiat-faced log a at the lower edge of its front arm. The cool;- ing-oar G is arranged to fit bet-ween the front and rear arms of the flange I! and projects laterally to the exterior through slots or recesses H, formed between the frame and the receiver. I

The trigger I is pivotally secured to the frame at .1 end is provided with en K,

supported by n spring-K from a lug orbrnckot i projectileg fr m the side of the triggen chamber. I v g g L is it trigger-hook adapted toengege and lock in the hook. e of the hztm'mer-liange F when the hammer is at half-cock or to bear against the fiot surface of the lug a when at full-cook.

It will be observed that the triggcr-hookL mormitlly projects in the rear and in the path ofcthe hook e and lug 0, but that by drawing the cockingbnr rearward] y the rounded rear edges of the flange F engage in the rear of the adjustingscrew M and engage against.

the flat surface of the lug e, from which it is released by pulling the trigger. By turning the screw M the release of the trigger-hook from the lug 6' may be rendered relatively easy or di'flicnlt to .suit the user.

Foropening the breech I. ln'tve provided the barrel with e dovetail channel N, in which is keyed a removable flange N bynienns of a cross pin or-lrey'n. ii-lie flange N isedapted vided with downward-extending flanges at obvious manner.

to fit into a channel or slot 0 in the frame and is provided with an open-ended slot P at'its front end adapted to engage with a hinge-pin P in the frame. Vt hen the breech is opened, the front end of the barrel is tilted downward over the pin P, as shown .in Fig. 1. It will be observed that the key n is proeach end, which engage over the edges of the frame and prevent the pin from slipping out; but when the barrel is tilted to a position at right angles to the frame thekey nis carried to a position free from engagement with the end of the frame, and it may then be easily withdrawn to release the flange N,

Near the rear end of. the-flange N I have arranged a hook Q, hinged to the flange N at q and adapted to engage with lookingpins R and R in the frame when the breech is closed or opened for the purpose of reloading. The hook is held in a locking position by a spring 1-. Then the breech is closed, the hopk Q projects through the frame, as shown in Fig. 2, and is easily reachedby the finger to release it from the locking-pin R; but when the breech is open, as shown in Fig. 1, the .hook is in engagement with the pin Rand can only be released to permit the removal of the barrel by the insertion of a pencil or other small object into the slot 0. 011 so releasing the hook the barrel may be tilted until at right anglest-o the frame and then removed by lifting itto release the hook P from the pin P. At the rear end of the flange N, I have formed a rocking cartridgeextractor S, ofiset at each end and operated by bearing against the head-piece D in an I have also provided an adjustable sight, consisting in a sight-bar 'l, of spring-steel, attached at one end to the barrel. The sight-notch is raised or lowered by means of a screw 1-, the latter being engaged in holes or recesses in a fiat surface or plate to, whereby the sight may be adjusted laterally. The barrel is provided with a downwardly-slanting bore, thus compensating for the use of a high rear sight.

Having thus described my invention, what.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fi rearm, the combination with the receiver, of a sliding spring-actuated hammer provided with a firing-pin adapted to project through an opening in the front end of 7 said receiver, a downward extending 'cockingflange formed integrally with said hammer and provided with a hook e and lug-e, a cocking-bar G engaged by said flange between the hook e and lug c and projecting laterallythrough recesses in the frame to the exterior,

together with the trigger provided with a counterpart hook, substantially as described.

2. In a firearm, the combination with the receiver, of a sliding spring-actuated ha nmer provided with a firing-pin adapted to project through an opening in the front end of saidreceiver, a downward extending cockingfiange attached to the hammer and provided with a hook 6, lug e and adjusting-screw M,- together with a trigger provided with a hook L adapted to engage in the hook e or against thelug e, and means for moving said hammer against the--tension of its actuatingspring, substantially as described.

3. In a firearm, the combination with the frame provided with the hooked flange A, 'of a receiver provided with a recessed rear end into which said flange A is adapted to fit, and a head-piece or breech-block dovetailed into the frontend or the receiver, said block being extended downward and supported by a pin D" so as to form a bearing for a rocking lever, or cartridge-extractor, substantially as described. 1

4:. In a firearm, the combinationof the barrel, the removable flange N dovetailed thereto along its upper edge and provided with the open-ended slot at its front end for engaging the hinge-pin, a'hook Q hinged to the'flange N and adapted to engage with locking-pins in the frame for holding the breech respectively in its open and closed position, a cartridge-extractor pivoted centrally to the rear end of the flange N and odset at each end so as to engage against and be operated by the rel is tilted over the end of the frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afliz; my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BURTON Ii. CLEMENT.

lVitnesses:

LnvERE'r'r 0. WHEELER, JAS. B ERVVIN.

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