US724327A - Attachment for firearms. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAR. 31, L903; R. M. G. PHILLIPS.

ATTACHMENT. FOR FIREARMS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.16, 1901.

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No. 724,827. PATENTED MAR. 31, 1903 R. M. G. PHILLIPS. ATTACHMENT FOR FIREARMS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16, 1901. N0 MODEL.

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.Fa'rnnr ROSS M. G. PHILLIPS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR. TO IDEAL IIOLSTER COMPANY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

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'EEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,327, dated March 31, 1903.

Application filed October 16, 1901. Serial No- 78,881- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Ross M. G. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Guns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to guns having detachable stocks; and one object of the invention is to provide means whereby a small firearm of the construction now in vogue can be readily supplied with a detachable stock, so that suchfirearm can be discharged either from the hand or from the shoulder; This object is attained by supplying the firearm with one or more plates or scales constructed to receive the attaching portionof a stock, whereby the firearm is adapted for connection with the stock without further change. A further object is to provide extremely cheap and simple-means whereby small firearms furnishedwith the usual form of scales can be readily adapted for attachment with a stock. This is preferably'accomplished by means of two thin supplemental scales furnished. with seats and constructed to be respectively mounted on opposite sides of the back-strap of a gun, interposed between such back-strap and the usual scales of the gun.

Another object of the invention is to pro' vide an absolutely rigid connection between a detachable non-extensible stock and a gun.

With this object in view the stock is furnished with a fixedand a movable jaw to engage shouldered seats with which the gun is furnished, and a lever and a locking device therefor are provided to move, lock, and unlock the lastnamed jaw. Said locking device is preferably in the form of a block acting on the stock and on the lever which moves saidlast-named jaw. Said block may be carried either by the stock 'or by said lever.

The detachable stock is preferably formed of a holster having a reinforcing or stifiening frame and is so shown in the drawings; but it is to be understood that I do not limit my invention to any specific form of construction nor to nonextensible stocks. The invention can be carried out in various forms and by different moans.

The accompanying drawings illustrate two of the forms in which this invention may be embodied.

' Figure I is a side view of a firearm to which a form of the invention is illustrated as applied. The ordinary scale of the firearm is omitted' to expose one of the intermediate scales. Fig. II is an end view of a firearm, showing the improved scales in place to receive the engaging portion of' the stock. Fig. 11 is an enlarged elevation of the front end of the gun-holder. Fig. III is an enlarged detail view'ot the scales detached. Fig. IV is a fragmental view of the detachable stock, showing parts in longitudinal section. The lower member of the frame is shown in axial section. tion on line IV, Fig. VI. Fig. IV illustrates a modified form of lever. Fig. V is a fragmental view further illustrating the jaws and portions of the frame shown in Fig. IV. The moving jaw is shown in side elevation and the members for manipulating and locking such jaware partly in longitudinal section on line indicated by V,, Fig. VII. Fig. VI is a view from the under side of Fig. V with parts unbroken. Fig. VII is asection on line indicated by VII VII, Figs. V and VI, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows in said figures. Fig. VIII is aside elevation, partly in section. of a portion of a holster and part of the handle of a small firearm, illustrating a modified form of attaching means. Fig. IX is a section on line IX IX of Fig. VIII. Fig. X is a detail view of the extension of the end plate shown in Fig. VIII.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The invention is illustrated as. applied toa revolver; but the same is in no manner limited to use with revolvers and is here shown in connection therewith merely to disclose an application of the invention, which is equally capable of employment with other kinds of guns. I

1 designates a holster for small firearms, which may be of any preferred construction,

and may be formed of any suitable material,

The movable jaw is shown in sec- I here of a frame fastened to the holster to atford the required rigidity. Preferably the member 2 is a metal band or plate surrounding the open end of the holster, and the members 3 and 4 are rods, desirably tubular, fastened to said member 2 and extending along the edges of the holster and rigidly secured by any suitable means to the member 5,which is in the form of an attachment to engage the handle of the firearm.

6 designates rivets securing the frame to the holster.

The attachment 5 is preferably furnished with a bifurcated jaw 7, constructed to span the back-strap 8 of the firearm 9 and enter seats 10 and 11, respectively, provided there for in a part or parts of the gun. In the drawings thin supplemental scales 12 and 13 are shown appropriately recessed and shouldered to form jaw-receiving seats and interterposed between the back-strap Send the usual scales 14 and 15 of the firearm. Said supplemental scales may be held in place by any suitable means. p

a designates holes to receive fastening devices b to fasten the scales to the back-strap.

The seats 10 and 11 are substantially alike, and the bifurcations of the fixed jaw are also substantially alike. Referring to Fig. I, the seat 11 is furnished with a retaining-shoulder d and a stop-shoulder e, and the fixed jaw 7 is furnished with a projection f to engage the shoulder d and is constructed to fit against the stop-shoulder e when such engagement is effected. A similar construction is illustrated in Fig. VIII.

In Fig. I is shown a movable jaw 29, car-- ried by a lever 32, pivotally connected to the attachment 5 bya pivot g and furnished with a projection i to engage ashoulder h of a seat 31 in the scale 13to draw the handle of the firearm into place against the attachment 5 when the jaws are in their seats and the movable jaw is brought to locked position. One form of constructing these parts to accomplish this object is to form the engaging surface of the projection and. of the seat on an incline or angle to the line of longitudinal movement of the holster relatively to the firearm.

clined surface will be gradually forced down the inclined shoulder-,whereby the projection will be drawn inward and with it the attachment, which will be firmly drawn against the handle of the firearm.

Preferably secured upon or over the closed end of therholster is an end plate 16, desirably provided with attaching ears or lugs 17 and18 to receive rivets or screws 61, which pass through the sides of the holster to secure the plate in position thereon, substantially as illustrated in Figs. I, IV, and VIII of the drawings. The end plate is preferably secured to the attachment 5 by screws 0.

Preferably formed on one edge of theend plate 16 is an extension 20, desirably extend- In this manner when the projec-' tion is swung on its pivot by the lever its ining obliquely therefrom to conform to the edge of the holster and furnished with attaching-ears 21, to be secured to the holster 1. The extension 20 is preferably substantially sem'icyliudrical in form to receive and hold one end of the rod 4, which extends along the inclined edge of the holster and the other end whereof is preferably secured to the band or plate 2,substantially as indicated at 23 in Fig. I of the drawings. The extension 20 may be riveted to the rod 4, as shown at 24, Figs. IV and V, thereby securing that end of said rod in a fixed position in relation to the'holster. w

v 25 designates a longitudinal slot in the end of the frame member 4 to receive a lever 32 foroperatingand holding the movable jaw 29. The attachment 5 is preferably. provided with a recessed extension 26, terminating in a bifurcated -extremity 27, wherein may be pivotally mounted the lever 32 by means of a log or projection 28, formed on or connected with the bifurcated movable jaw 29, that is constructed to enter seats and 31, with which the scales of the gun are furnished, respectively. The lever. 32 may be formed on or connected with the movable jaw and may be provided with a dovetail edge 33, constructed to enter a similarly-formed slot 34 in a wedging-block 35, which forms a handle for the manipulation of the lever 32 to move the jaw 29 and is constructed and arranged to move lengthwise of the stock to act thereon, being preferably provided with an inclined or beveled end or head 36, forming a wedge adapted to engage with and slide on a shoulder 37 of the member 4.- of the frame of the stock to wedge into the stock member to force the jaw 29 into the position shown in Fig. V and to hold it from being retracted. When the head 36 is drawn back, the. lever 32 may be moved into the releasing position. (Indicated in dotted lines in Fig. IV.) The wedging-block is preferably provided with depressions 38 and 39 in the floor of the slot 34 to receive a spring actuated catch 40, which yieldingly locks the wedging-block in an extended or retracted position. The catch, wedging-block, and shoulder just described constitute one form of locking device for the means which causes the relative movement between said jaws. j designates a spring to actuate said catch 40. way in whichsaid catch is held by the spring j to prevent the wedging-block from slipping off of the lever 32. In assembling the parts to apply the wedging-block to the lever the spring jbeing removed the catch 40 will be inserted through the lever into the way k, and the spriugj will then be. secured in place by the screw 8. Suitable means are provided to return the jaw 29 to and to normally hold the same in locking position. (Shown in solid 'lines.) For this purpose a spring 41 may be secured within the recessed extension 26, so as to bear against a shoulder 42 on the proection 28.

In order to connect the construction hereinbefore described with a small firearm of ordi= nary manufacture, it is; only necessary to remove the usual scales 14 from the latter,

place upon the back-strap 8 the supplemental scales 12 and 13, replace the removed scales, and secure the parts in position. Then assuming the wedgingblock 35 to be in the unlocked position, (shown in Fig. IV,) the bifurcations of the jaw 7 may be inserted into the recesses 10 and 11 therefor, the stock being held at an angle with the butt of the firearm, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. I, for thatpurpose. Then the stock is brought into the position shown in solid lines in Fig. I, thus bringing the bifurcations of the spring-actuated jaw 29 into the recesses 30 and 31 therefor, the spring-actuated jaw automatically snapping into place in its seat and the lever returning to the position shown in solid lines in Fig. IV. The wedging-block 35 is then slid into position (shown in Fig. V) to wedge the head 36 into the member 4 of the stock and against the shoulder 37, thereby to force the jaw 29 firmly against the shoulder h and lock it there. The catch enters the depression or catch-seat 38 to prevent acciden tal withdrawal of the wedge. Said catch and its seats are constructed and arranged to release when eonsiderable force is applied to slide-the block 35 along the lever.

In the form shown in Fig. IV the pivot g is so located that when the jaw 29 is snapped' jaw-29' is yieldingly held in engaging posi-- tion by a spring 41'. 20 designates an extension of the end plate 16', preferably slotted, as shown at 44, and desirably provided with an enlarged exteriorly-screw-threaded portion 45 and with an exteriorly-screwthreaded reduced extremity 46 to enter the screw-threaded end of arod 47 to form therewith a frame member to take the place of the rod 4. The lever for operating the pivoted jaw 29 is formed of two parts 32 and 32*,pivoted together in a suitable manner, as indicated at m. The member 32 is pivoted to the extension 20 by a pivot 91 and is furnished with a thumb-piece 49, by which it is manipulated to move the jaw 29. The free end 36' of the member 32 is beveled. 35 designates a wedging-block in the form of an internally-screw-threaded sleeve carried by and acting on the stock, being'screwed upon the screw-threaded portion 45 thereof .to engage and release the beveled end of the member 32*. When the wedging-block 35' is screwed into the position indicated by dotted lines in VIII, it will slide'upon the beveled end'of the member 32 thereby wedging upon the same to force the jaw 29 firmly against the shoulder h therefor.

The operation of the construction shown in Figs. VIII, IX, and X is substantially as follows: The wedging-block sleeve 35' is screwed back out of engagement with member 32 and the free end of the latter is pulled away from the holster, into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. VIII, thereby forcing the jaw 29 away from the jaw 7, whereupon the jaws may be introduced into the seats therefor in the manner described with relation to the form shown in Fig. I, and the member 32 will then be caused or allowed to return under the action of the spring 41' intothe hollow portion of the extension 20, so that the jaw 29 is made to approach the jaw 7 and to engage the seat h, as shown in Fig. VIII, whereupon the wedging-block sleeve 35 may be screwed along to lwedge upon the beveled free end of the locking-lever 32 as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. VIII, to force the jaw 29' home firmly against the shoulder h therefor to maintain a solid connection between the stock and the firearm.

The jaws, the seats therefor, and the contrivance for actuating the movable jaw and for holding the same fixedly in locked position are constructed and arranged to cause such jaw to press upon the shoulder therefor on the firearm and to thereby draw the attachment 5 firmly against the butt of'the firearm and to cramp the fixed jaw 7 against the oppositely-arranged shoulders 01 and e of its'seat, thereby to prevent any looseness of the attachment.

To detach either of the constructions shown after the safety device therefor has been withdrawn from locking position, it is only necessary to draw the gun and stock apart somewhat forcibly, whereupon the shoulder therefor will force the movable jaw to flex the spring which normally holds such jawlatched, and said movable jaw will thus become unlatched without any manipulation of the lever. 1 I

I Preferably the supplemental scales are recessed on their outer sides to form the seats, leaving portions 0 of the scales to extend between the recesses and the back-strap to be spanned by the bifurcated jaws,whereby said jaws may engage said portions 0 and help to hold the scales in place when mounted on'the back-strap.

such changes in and modifications of the same as come within the spirit and scope of this invention.

It is to be understood that this invention would not be avoided by providing seats for the jaws at one side of theback-strap only, the purpose of the two scales furnished with Furthermore, the seats for the jaws'may be formed directly on or in the frame or backstrap of the gun without avoiding this invention, the purpose of the novel scales herein.

shown being simply to adapt the attachment to a gun of any construction at slight expense.

w, y, and z in Fig. 11' designate shoulders on the member 5 to press against the backstrap or frame 8 of the gun to receive the recoil of the discharge, thus taking the strain oif of the scales.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

' 1. An attachment for a gun comprising scales furnished with seats and constructed to be respectively mounted on the opposite sides of the back-strap of the gun; a stock furnished with bifurcated jaws constructed to engage said seats; one of said jaws being fixed on, and the other pivotally connected with, the stock; means for actuating the movable jaw to move the same to and from its seats; and a device constructed felon]: and unlock said actuating means.

2. An attachment for agun comprising supplemental scales constructed to be respectively mounted on the opposite sides of the back-strap of the gun and furnished on their outer faces with seats; a stock furnished with bifurcated jaws to span the back-strap of the gun and portions of said scales when mounted thereon, and to engage said seats; one of said jaws being fixed on, and the other pivotally connected with, the stock; means for actuating the movable jaw to move the same to and from its seats; and a device constructed to lock and unlock said actuating means.

3. An attachment foraguncomprisingsupplemental scales constructed to be respectively mounted on the opposite sides of the back-strap of the gun and furnished with seats; a stock furnished with bifurcated jaws constructed .to engage said seats; one of said jaws being fixed on, andthe other pivotally connected with, the stock; a lever pivotally connected with the stock to actuate the movablejaw; and a wedging device acting on said stock and lever. to hold the movable jaw locked.

4. An attachment for agun comprising supplemental scales constructed to be respectively mounted on the back-strap of the gun and furnished with seats, one of the seats being inclined, a stock furnished with bifur cated jaws, constructed to engage said seats, one of the jaws being fixed on, and the other one being pivotally connected withthe stock, the pivoted jaw being provided with an inclined bearing-surface to engage with the inclined seat, a lever for operating the pivoted jaw, and a lock for the lever.

5. The combination with a stock; of afixed jaw and a movable jaw mounted on the stock; a lever to operate the movable jaw; and a wedging-block acting on the stock to lock the lever. I

6. The combination with a stock; of a fixed jaw and a movable jaw mounted on the stock; the movable jaw being provided with an inclined bearing-surface.in position for engaging with the shoulder on the gun-handle; means to operatethe movablejaw; and means to yieldingly hold the movable jaw in locked position. I 1

7. An attachment for a gun comprising scales furnished with seats; a stock furnished with a fixed jaw and a movable jaw to engage said seats; meansto yieldingly hold the movable jaw in locked position; and means for holding the movable jaw fixedly in locked po sition.

8. The combination with a stock; of jaws carried by the stockjmeans for producing a relative movement between the jaws; and a wedging device acting on the stock to lock said means.

9. The combination with a stock; of a jaw fixed thereon; a spring-actuated jaw mountedon the stock; and means for locking the latter jaw in its spring-held position.

10. Thecombination with a stock; of a jaw fixed thereon; a jaw pivotally mounted on the stock; a lever for actuating said jaw; and a wedging device to wedge the lever into position to lock the jaw.

' 11. An attachment for a gun comprising a stock furnished with a fixed jaw and a mov able jaw, the movable jaw being provided with an inclined bearing-surface; a part furnished with a seat having oppositely-arranged shoulders to fit the fixed jaw, said part being also furnished with a seat having an inclined shoulder for the movable jaw; and means for forcing the movable jaw against the shoulder.

12. An'attaehment for firearms comprising a stock having a slotted member and a fixed jaw; a jaw pivotally connected with the stock; a lever in said slot to operate the jaw;

and a wedging device to hold said lever in the slot.

13. The combination with a stock having a slotted member; of a fixed and a movable jaw; a lever chambered in the stock and constructed and arranged-t0 operate the movable jaw; a block slidingly mounted on said lever and arranged to wedge in the stock to force the lever into the slot; and means to lock the sliding block against retraction.

. I 14. The combination, with astock provided with a longitudinally-slotted member, of a fixed and a movable jaw, the movable jaw being provided with a lever mounted in the slot, and means for locking the free end of the lever within the slot.

.15. The combination, withastock provided with a longitudinally-slotted member, of a fixed and a movable jaw, the movable jaw being provided with a lever mounted in the slot, and a block 'slidably mounted in position to engage with the lever and lock the movable jaw in position. v

16. The combination, with a stock provided with a longitudinally-slotted hollow member, of azfixed and a movable jaw, the movable jaw being provided with a lever, the free end of the lever being inclined, and a sliding block on said member in position to engage with the inclined portion thereof and hold it within the slot.

1'7. The combination, with astock provided with a longitudinally-slotted member, of a fixed and movable jaw, the movable jaw being provided with a lever, a block slidably mounted on said member in position to engage with the lever and hold its free end in the slot, and means for limiting the longitudinal movement of the block on said member.

18. A stock provided with a fixed jaw and a movable jaw and a firearm having shoul dered scales constructed to receive said jaws.

19. A non-extensible stock having a fixed jaw and a spring-actuated jaw constructed to engage the scales upon a small firearm.

20. A non-extensible stock provided with an attachment carrying a jaw, a jaw pivoted thereto and means for operating the pivoted jaw, said attachment being provided with shoulders adapted to press against the backstrap of the gun and receive the recoil of the discharge.

21. A non-extensible stock provided with an end plate, an attachment connected therewith having a jaw, a jaw movably connected with said attachment and means for operat-f ing said jaw.

22. A stock provided with an end plate having an extension, an attachment connected with said end plate carrying a jaw, a jaw movably connected with said attachment and means for operating said jaw,

23. A stock provided with an end plate having an extension, a rod upon one edge of the stock connected with said extension, an attachment upon the end plate, a rod upon the other edge of the stock secured by said attachment and a jaw movably connected with the latter.

24. A stock provided with an end plate-having an extension, a rod on one edge of the stock connected therewith, a rod on theother edge of the stock, an attachment carrying a jaw and connected with said end plate and securing the latter rod and a spring-actuated jaw movabl-y connected with said attachment and means for operating the jaw.

- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, at San Francisco,

California, this 9th day of October, 1901.

ROSS M. G. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

JAMES R. TOWNSEND, J LIA TOWNSEND.

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