US65783A

US65783A - Improvement in breech-loading fibs-arms

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Publication number: US65783A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1867-06-11
Anticipated expiration: 1884-06-11

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@Patented June 11. 1867.

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IMPROVEMENT IN BREBGHr-LOADING FIRE-ARMS.

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TO ALL TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, TIIoMAs WILLIAM WEBLEY, of 84 Weama-n street, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, England, a subject of the Queen of Great Brit'ain, have invented or discovered new and-useful Improvementsin Breech-Loading Fire-Ar1ns; and I, the said Tir'OMAS WIhLIAu WEBLE'Y, do hereby declare the nature of thesaid invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly' described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof; that is to say-- This invention has for its object improvements in breech-loading fire-arms, and is applicable to that class of fire-arms in which the brooches of the barrel or barrels are opened to receive cartridges by turningdown the barrels on a horizontal axis that is at right angles to their length and at a short distance from their breech ends, so that their breech ends-are raised up above the breech-piece. The barrels when in position for firing have in some cases been secured by a catch known as the Lei'aucheux or double-grip action catch, which is composed of a locking bolt on the axis of a lever which is formed to fitagainst the trigger-guard. My invention consists in appiying a spring to the locking bolt of this actioir to cause the gun to be self locking when closed to force the barrels home. I prefer to apply the spring in such a manner as' to cause the lever-handle of the bolt after it has been moved in either direction beyond the centre of its travel to fly over to completely open or completely elose'thecatch. By this means the gun is made handier to open, and self-locking when closed, by forcing the barrels home; A. spring so applied is shownin the drawings hereunto annexed. I would, however, have it understood that Ido not confine myselfto this arrangement. as other modes of applying a. spring may be adopted, as, for example, a. portion ofthe advantagederived-t'rom this arrangement may be obtained by so combining the spring with the locking boltas to make it self-locking only in place of acting, both to completely open as well as completely to close the catch. The arrangement shown is, however, tho one that I prefer to employ.

Figure. 1 shows a longitudinal section of so much of a breech-loading double-barrel gun as is necessary to illustrate my invention.

Figure 2 is an under side yie'w of the bre'ech piece, the locking belt or catchbeingremoved; and

Figure 3 is a plan view of the locking bolt separately.

at are the barrels, capable of turning. on the pin 6, carried by the projection c'gon the under side of the breechpiece c, as is usual. d is the cylindrical locking bolt, provided with a lever-handle, 1i, and turning on the pin e, carried by the projection a of the breech-piece. f is a lump on the under side of the barrels, in which is formed the'slot or recess into which the locking bolt engages, sm'all projections f on opposite sides of the month of the slot being received into spiralgrooves formed around opposite sides of the periphery of the locking bolt in the ordinary manner. 9 is a bent spring, received in a. vertical recess in the centre of the back of the breech-piece. One end of the springis fixed by screws to the breech-piece, audits other end enters a hole in the backrof'a connecting-rod or slidefli, on the forward end of which is a pin thatenters ah'ole, 7a, in the locking bolt, this hole being formed at the bottom of one of the spiral grooves in the locking bolt, as seen at figs, 1 and 3. When the locking bolt is turned by its lever-handle to release the barrels, the spring is first pressed back by the rod it until the pin has passed the centre line between the end of the spring and the pin e on which the locking bolt turns; the spring then presses the rod -71 forwards, and aids in turning the locking bolt until the barrels are released and free to turn on their pin joint. 1 When the barfrelsare again turned up to close the gun, the projectionsf on "the lump below the barrels, by acting on the spiral grooves in the locking bolt, turn the bolt round towards its former position, as is usual, but in place of having by hand to complete the motion of the lever the spring 9 pressesforward the rod 72 and forces round the bolt, so as completely to lock the gun.

Having thus described the nature of my invention, and the manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that what I claim is the applying a spring to-the locking bolt of what is known as the Lefaucheux or double-grip action catch of breechloading fire-arms, so as to cause the gun to be self-locking when closed by forcing the barrels home.

THOS. W. WEBLEY. Witnesses:

T. W. Imrr,

JOHN HAmus.