US955015A - Gun-lock. - Google Patents

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' M. TAYLOR GUN LOCK. APPLICATION FILED APB-.26, 1909. v

955,01 5. Patented Apr; 12, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

GUN-LOCK.

I-atented Apr. 12,, 1910.

Application filed April 26, 1909. Serial No. 492.213.

. To, all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, MARION TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Solidan', in the" county of Mecklenburg and State of Virginia, have invented certain new .and useful Improvements in Gun-Locksg and I do declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperlains to make and use the same.

Phis invention relates to improvements in gun locks. i I

The object of the invention is to provide a gun loclthaving an improved construction of self cocking firing mechanism comprisin g a rotary trigger adapted to bea'opeatedl)" operated and having means to successively engageand oporatedhe hammer or hammers of the gun.

A further object is to. provide a safety mechanism to prevent the casual operation of the trigger and accidental discharge of the gun.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of a portion-of a double barrel gun, showing the application of'my improved firing mechanism; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same; Fig. 3 isa vertical cross secupon a pivot pin or bolt 5.

tional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the accompanyingdrawing, wherein the invention is shown as applied to a doublebarrel shot-gum 1- denotcsthc gun stock, 2 denotes the lock chamber and 3 denotes the breech of the gun. Arranged 1n the breech 3 are the usual ,firing pins 1 and in the lock chamber 2, immediately in rear of the breech 3, is arrangedthe firing hammer or hammers 4, said hammers being pivotallymounted Thehammers are held apart. and inoperative position to engage'the firing pins bynieans of a sleeve 6 arranged on said pin or bolt, as, shown.

-'l he hammers are provided with rearwardly projecting trip lugs 7 adapted to be engaged y a trigger mechanism hereinafter described. i l

Suitably arranged and secured at one end in the lock chamber are liam neroperating anism, will be projected into forcible ell-- gagement with the firing pins to cause the latter to explode the cartridges in the gun.

Revolubly mounted on a pivot pin or bolt 10 in the lock chamber 2 is a rotary trigger 11 comprising a plurality of radially jecting slightly curved finger engaging ugs or trigger-s12 which project through a suitable slot or aperture in the bottom of the lock casing and are protected bya suitable guard 13 arranged on the lower side ofv the lock chamber, as shown. l ixedlyjmounted on 'the opposite sides of the rotary trigger 1-1 are star wheels 14, said .wheels being preferablyintegral with'the trigger. The radially projecting points of the star wheel on one side of the trigger, are disposed in a plane midway between the points of the wheel on the opposite side of the trigger whereby when the trigger is revolved, the points of the opposite starwhcels Will en'- gage the trip lugs 7 of first one hammer and then the other so that the barrels of the gun will be alternately fired.

In order to prevent a retrograde movement of the trigger, I-provide a s ring pawl 15 having in its upper end a note 1 16 which is arranged in position to engage the point of each trigger orfinger lug 12, as it passes the pawl in its upward -movement thereby preventing a reverse movement of the trig.- ger; In addition -to the pawl 15,1 preferably provide a'safet-y device whereby the trigger may be held or locked against movement, said safety device comprising a stop plate 17 which is slidably mounted on the underside of the upper plate of-the lockout of, the path ofmovement of the trigger or finger lugs 12- whereby, when the late is in'operative'position, the trig er wil be held against rotation in a forwarc direction, said trigger being also held against'move ment in a reverse direction by the pawl 15, as hereinbefore described.

A firing mechanism constructed in -accorrlthereby projected or retracted into and ance with my invention may be employed in connection with singie or double barrel guns and is shown in-thepresent instance as eing applied to the latter form of guni By means of my improved trigger mechanism, when applied to a double arrel'gun, the annoyance occasioned by the pulling of the wrong'trigger, as frequently occurs in connection with double trigger guns, is ent-irely obviated as the mechanism is always in positionfor operating the proper hammer at the proper time.

From the foregoing description, taken in" connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be. readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing an of the advantages of the invention, as de ned in the-appended claims. Having thus described my invention, What 'Iclaim is: '1'. In'a firing mechanism for guns, a lock chamber, a pivot bolt in said chamber, spring projected hammers pivotally mounted on said bolt and concealed Within said chamber,

position, trip trig er rev 1 of t e trip logs on said. hammers,.a spring pawl adapted toengage said finger lugs to hold saidtrigger against -retrograde movement, and means to lock the trigger against operation.

2. In a firing mechanism for guns, a lock chamber, hammers operatively mounted and concealed in said chamber, arotary trigger, means'hn said trigger to successively engage and trip first one and then the other of said hammers, means to hold said trig er against retrograde movement, a safety evice, said device comprising a plate slidably mounted operatively connected to said plate whereby the same is shifted into and out of the path of movement of said trigger.

In testimony whereof I have hereuntn set my hand in presence of two subscriding witnesses.

Witnesses: i

E. EDMONSTON, J12,

so a sleeve to hold saidhammers in operative C. E. HUNT.

star Wheels on theoppositesides of said trigger, said wheels having their points arran ed to engage first one and then the other insaid lock chamber, and a thumb piece MARION Tarpon,

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