US859332A - Means for securing the magazines of repeating pistols. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JULY 9. 1907.

N. PIEPBR. MEANS FOR SECURING THE MAGAZINES 0F REPBATING PISTOLS.

APPLIUATION FILED DBO.28,1906.

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NICOLAS PIEPER, or LIEGE, BELGIUM.

MEANS FOR SECURING .THE MAGAZINES OF REPEATING- PISTOLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed December 28, 1906. Serial No. 349.912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICOLAS Pmrniz, a subject of the King of Belgium, residing at Liege, Belgium, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Securing the Magazines of Repeating Pis tols; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to means for securing the magazines in the handles of repeating pistols, and particularly of automatic pistols, in which the retaining part is constituted by a spring, which directly engages in a recess provided in the magazine. The accompanying drawing represents such retaining means.

Figure 1 is a partsection of the lower portion of the handle of a pistol; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on A-B (Fig. 1); Fig. 3 is a similar section to Fig. 1 but in which the retaining part is disengaged from the magazine.

A spring a fixed to the body or handle I) in a suitable manner, exerts pressure against the rear wall of maga- This spring a, of which the lower end is slightly curved backwards. has a projection or heel d which can engage in the recess e of magazine 0 when the latter is placed in position. This spring a with its projection (1 forms the magazine retaining means for keeping this latter in the handle (Fig. 1). The disengagement of this retaining partis effected by the aid of a pushlever f which is pivoted at o and is of a U-forin. One of the branches f of this lever engages under the lower extremity of the spring catch a, while the second branch r projects through the rear'face of the handle b. The crossbranch of lever fr is adapted to abut against the end of an extension h of the lower part of magazine 0. Thus, when the magazine is required to be disengaged and withdrawn from the handle, all that is necessary is to press the branch f to turn round the axis 0, and the projection d to leave the recess 6. At the same time, the cross-branch of lever f presses on the extension h of magazine 0 and forces this latter out of the handle I), so that it can be readily taken hold of by the hand. By reason of the initial curvature given to spring a, its length can easily be determined,

when fixing, Without being. necessary to give specialadjustment to this arrangement of catch.

In consequence of shocks and compression of the gas produced during the firing, the rigid falling-latch retaining means generally employed up to the present have to have a certain amount of play; the resulting relative displacement of the different parts has the effect of rendering the holding uncertain and it frequently happens that the magazine becomes detached and falls during the firing. This defect is obviated by the elasticity which the retaining spring a possesses, and which permits of it following slight alterations which are produced in the relative position of the different parts before put into place one with another. The projection d of spring a can also be formed by a suitable bent part of this latter.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a firearm of the class described, the combination with a frame or holder, a removable magazine adapted to slide in said frame, and .a resilient catch mounted in said frame or holder and adapted to engage the magazine and hold the same therein, of alever fulcrumed in said holder and adapted to sin1ultaneously disengage said catch from the magazine and engage the latter to positively force the same from the frame or holder, substantially as described 2. In a firearm of the class described, the combination of a suitable frame or holder, a magazine, a yielding latch carried by the holder and adapted to engage the magazine to hold the same in position within the holder, a lever fulcrumed in the holder and having its inner end engaging said catch whereby the latter will be disengaged from the magazine as the lever is rocked, and an arm projecting from the magazine into position to be engaged by said lever, whereby as the latter is turned to release the catch it also operates to positively move the magazine from the holder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NICOLAS PIEPER.

Witnesses JOHN Gnoss, G. SAUYENAY.

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