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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F41AFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A15/00Cartridge extractors, i.e. devices for pulling cartridges or cartridge cases at least partially out of the cartridge chamber; Cartridge ejectors, i.e. devices for throwing the extracted cartridges or cartridge cases free of the gun
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  • Figure 2 is a back view of the breech-ends of the barrels, showing the cartridge-extractor and actuatingflange or bead on the tongue. 7
  • Figure 3 shows the end of the false breech or abutment, with the groove in which the beaded tongue Works, and the apertures through which the strikers work.
  • Figure 4 is a detail view of the improved lockingwedge and spring.
  • Figure 5 is a side elevation of the cartridge-extractor.
  • Figure 6 is a detailed view of the improved anvil.
  • Figure 7 shows the form of the plunger and striker.
  • My invention relates to that class of tire-arms commonly called (hop-down guns, and consists of an improved cartridge-extractor, provided with rebates, guide-rods, and a beaded or flanged tongue, operating in a groove in the abutment, and by which the cartridgecases are drawn out in the act of opening the breech.
  • the cartridge-extractor consists of plate. a, made to fit neatly in a recess formed for that purpose in the breech-ends of the barrels, and is made to correspond in shape with the barrels, and is provided with rebates or rabbets, a, corresponding in shape and size with rabbets in the barrels, and is provided also with a beaded or flanged tongue, I), which operates in flange c, and with guide-rods, (I 11, as shown in 2, 3, and 5, of the drawing.
  • I bore out a cavity in the under side of the body, just in front of the trigger-guard, extending vertically nearly through the centre of the body.
  • I insert shaft c which is provided with one or more projecting curvilinear wedges, f, and compensatingscrcw 1 and is operated by a lever and spring, h
  • I construct a steel anvil, '1', and striker, I, with notch 1;, to tit intoa notch in the anvil, shown by dotted lines in 1 and o, at letter A.
  • the anvil is provided with a pin, )1, which works in a groove, 0, on under side of the hammer. (See dotted lines, fig. 1.)
  • the lever in front of triggerguards is pressed forward.
  • the flanges on the cartridges lit in the rabbcts a in the extractor, and,in the act of opening the brceclntho cartridges are drawn out by means of the extractor, operated by the bcadcd tongue I; in groove c, instead of being pushcd out, as in the ordinary way.
  • the extractor also gives a true vertical motion to the barrels in opening and closing the breech.
  • the shaft c revolves from lcft to right, giving a rotary motion to the wedge or wedges, while the spring h produces a continuous pressure upon the shaft, causing the wedges to bind down the barrel to the body, and com a-nsatcs for the wcar on the slot-surtacc, or on the wedges themselves, which thicken as they advance further into the slot or slots, and thus will continue to supply the wear on the slots.
  • the wedges revolve upon the shaft, and are worked by the lever, and thus preserve the same amount of leverage to draw down the barrels after thc gun has been worn for years.
  • the anvil i and striker I are drawn back by the hammer, by means of the prop'cr notches, as described, or other equivalent incans, and the falling of the hammer forces the striker I against the cartridge.

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2 SheetsSheet 1.
W. R. PAPE.
Breech -L0ading Fire-Arm.
Patented Nov. 24, 1868.
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2 SheetsSheet 2.
W. R. PAPE.
Breech-Loading Fire-Arm.
Patented Nov. 24, 1868.
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ttain! fitatea gamut essee time Letters Patent No. 84,373, dated November 24, 1868;
IMPROVEMENT IN BREECH-LOA DING- FIRE-ARMS.
The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the MG- To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, \VILLLUI ltocnns'rnn PAI'E, of NeWcastle-upon-Tync, county of Nortliumberland, England, gun-mariutacturer, have invented new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture and Construction of Breech-Loading Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, showing the breech open and cartridge-extractor drawn out.
Figure 2 is a back view of the breech-ends of the barrels, showing the cartridge-extractor and actuatingflange or bead on the tongue. 7
Figure 3 shows the end of the false breech or abutment, with the groove in which the beaded tongue Works, and the apertures through which the strikers work.
Figure 4 is a detail view of the improved lockingwedge and spring.
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the cartridge-extractor.
Figure 6 is a detailed view of the improved anvil.
Figure 7 shows the form of the plunger and striker.
Like letters, in the different figures of the drawing represent like parts.
Nature.
My invention relates to that class of tire-arms commonly called (hop-down guns, and consists of an improved cartridge-extractor, provided with rebates, guide-rods, and a beaded or flanged tongue, operating in a groove in the abutment, and by which the cartridgecases are drawn out in the act of opening the breech.
To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.
The cartridge-extractor consists of plate. a, made to fit neatly in a recess formed for that purpose in the breech-ends of the barrels, and is made to correspond in shape with the barrels, and is provided with rebates or rabbets, a, corresponding in shape and size with rabbets in the barrels, and is provided also with a beaded or flanged tongue, I), which operates in flange c, and with guide-rods, (I 11, as shown in 2, 3, and 5, of the drawing.
For effecting the locking and unlocking of the barrels, I bore out a cavity in the under side of the body, just in front of the trigger-guard, extending vertically nearly through the centre of the body. In this cavity I insert shaft c, which is provided with one or more projecting curvilinear wedges, f, and compensatingscrcw 1 and is operated by a lever and spring, h
I construct a steel anvil, '1', and striker, I, with notch 1;, to tit intoa notch in the anvil, shown by dotted lines in 1 and o, at letter A. The anvil is provided with a pin, )1, which works in a groove, 0, on under side of the hammer. (See dotted lines, fig. 1.)
Operation.
To unlock the barrels, the lever in front of triggerguards is pressed forward. The flanges on the cartridges lit in the rabbcts a in the extractor, and,in the act of opening the brceclntho cartridges are drawn out by means of the extractor, operated by the bcadcd tongue I; in groove c, instead of being pushcd out, as in the ordinary way. The extractor also gives a true vertical motion to the barrels in opening and closing the breech.
The shaft c revolves from lcft to right, giving a rotary motion to the wedge or wedges, while the spring h produces a continuous pressure upon the shaft, causing the wedges to bind down the barrel to the body, and com a-nsatcs for the wcar on the slot-surtacc, or on the wedges themselves, which thicken as they advance further into the slot or slots, and thus will continue to supply the wear on the slots.
The wedges revolve upon the shaft, and are worked by the lever, and thus preserve the same amount of leverage to draw down the barrels after thc gun has been worn for years.
The anvil i and striker I are drawn back by the hammer, by means of the prop'cr notches, as described, or other equivalent incans, and the falling of the hammer forces the striker I against the cartridge.
Claim Having thus fuiiy described my invention,
\Vhat I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
The cartridge-extractor (1, provided with rabbcts a, guide-rods (I d, and beaded or flanged tongue b substantially as and for the purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said WILLIAM Iiocnns- 'rEn larn, have hereuntosct my hand and seal, this 7th day of October, 1867.
WILLIAM ROCHESTER IAPE. [L. s.]
\Vitncsses J 011) FLEMING,
iS olt'citor, Ncwcastlc-on-Tync, LIONEL E. BUSH,
Clerk to Mr. Bush, Solicitor, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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