US993129A - Firearm. - Google Patents

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F. UNGBR & W. CORRIGAN.

FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. s, 1911.

Patented May 23, 1911.

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FIREARM.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK UNGER and W'XLLIAM CORRIGAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Clevelanrhin the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new i and useful Improvements in Firearms, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relatesto fire arms and especially to fire arms designed for protection against hold up men.

The device will be found particularly serviceable for the use of persons who carry 'money, watchmen, and other persons. subject to robbery.

The object of the invention is to provide a device which will be carried upon the body of the wearer, and preferably located'at his chest where it may be concealed by a coat or the like, the device containing a pistol the operating devices of which may be connected to the arms or hands of the wearer in such manner that when the person isxsurprised by a robber and ordered to throw up his hands the act of throwing up the arms will automatically discharge the pistol, with the intent or purpose to shoot the robber.

The invention will be more clearly understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a front view of a person with the device applied. Fig. 2

1s a top view of the device, the casing being partly broken away. Fig. .3 is a similar side view. Fig. 4 is a front view.

Referring specifically'to the drawings, E indicates the casing of the fire arm. This may conveniently have the form of a cylindrical box, preferably quite short so that it may be concealed if necessary under the coat of the wearer. It is hung on the chest of the wearer by a neck strap A, a waist strap A and a connecting strap D. Or it may be hung by any other means suitable to support it in position.

Th which, two are shown, each having a'barrel C, a hammer H, a hammer spring I anda. trigger, the latter consisting of a lever F pivoted at F to a. central K, and a trippinglever G pivoted at G to the frontendof thele'ver F. The rear end of the lever G steps against the lever F when the trigger is pulled, and the front end or" the lever G wipes over a camprojection H on the lower which extends e casin contains one or more uns of plate or support Specification of Letters Patent. Pa-tented May 23, 1911. Application filed February 6,. 1911. Serial No. 606,858.

end of the hammer, in order to cock the hammer, and when the front end of the-lever passest-he point of the cam the hammer is released and by operation of the spring I strikes the cartridge in the barrel C. On return movement of the lever F the lever pass the cam and reengage the hammer for the next operation.

The lever is through a hole in the top of the casing and is connected to a sliding G turns on its pivot to pulled means of a cord B- piece B which moves in guides B on the plate K. A spring L presses down on the piece B and acts to reset the lever or trigger.

Each cord B is preferably extended through the sleeves of'the coat of the wearer and attached to a band M fastened to the wrist. Or a loop may be made at the end of the cord, to receive the thumb or finger of the wearer. y

The upper part N of the frontof the easing is hinged to the lower part, as indicated at N and the barrels .are fastened to'said part N, as well as a section 0 of the cylindrical shell of the casing, and in order'to load the barrels they-maybe swung up as indicated in dotted cartridges to be inserted. A catch P serves to hold the hinged part closed.

When a person provided with the device is held up he will throw up his hands, and this act will pull the cords B and thereby discharge the gun. By retaining the arms in bent position this action may be delayed until conditions are the robber is directly in-front' of the barrel. Normally, that is when the hands of the person are down, the cords will be slack, and hence the device will be inoperative until the arms are fully extended.

lines in Fig. 3, to allow favorable for inflictlng v a wound, that is, until Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A fire arm comprisinga casing, means to support the samein fixed position on a persons body, a gun in the casing, arranged to fire in y a predetermined direction, and means to discharge the gun, including a trigger in the casing and a cord connected to the trigger and to a. movable member of the persons body.

2. A fire-arm comprising a casing having an openable front, a gun barrel supported by said front and adapted-t0 be loaded when said front is opened, it hammer in the cesing, arranged to cooperate with the barrel, and means to operate the-hannner, including a cord extending outside of the casing.

3. A fire-arm comprising a casing, a gun barrel, hammer and trigger in the casing, and a cord connected to the trigger and extending outside of the casing, to operate 10 the trigger. In testimony whereof, we do affix our sig' natures in presence of two witnesses.

' FRANK UNGER.

WILLIAM CORRIGAN. \Vitnesses Jon): A. BOMMHARDT, "ST DMAN J. ROCKWELL.

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