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H. F. WHEELER. Assignor by mesne Assignments to De WITT G. FARRINGTiJH- MAGAZINE FIRE-Anus. No. 7,405. Reissues! luv. zaqxsm.

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UNITED HENRY F. WHEELER, or eosron, vnissncnosmtrs, Assronoiz, BY MESNEI ASSIGNMENTS, TO on Wrr'r o. "mnemc'ron.

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Specification forming part of Letters I Pat'ent No 56.110, dated J one 25, 1867; November 528, i876; application filed October 19, 187

Too whom ti: may concern:

Be it known that I, Lt. Weenies, of Boston, in the county of {Suffolk and State of lllassachusetts, have invented an Improved Breech-Loading Pistol and i do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection .with the drawings which'acconipaiiy and form partoi' this specification, is a description of my .in'vention sniiicicnt to enable those skilled in if the art to practice it.

On the Tthot' February, 1865, Letters Patent N 0. 46,286 were granted to me for an im- In such pistol there is shown a cartri:lge-niagazino arranged jvitl in the S -nnc. or handle of the nintol, with mechanism by rich, as one Uu-rtridg'e is fired and its shell removed, another cartridge is brought into position for tiring, said pistol (littering from all others then known to me in that a series oi cartridges was contained within that part of the nrnrdircctly grasped by the hand in. discharging the piece, each cartridge being in turn automatically brought into position to be fired.

My present invention relates principally to the construction of a nragazinepistol inwing this same general characteristic, or to an improvcmcntnpon snob patented pistol, which improvement consists in the construction rclatingto containing and holding the cartridges in a magazine, and, to feeding each in turn into position to be fired. There is also shown in such patented pistol, a sliding; barrel, which by being driven back czqilmlerlthe cartridge;

.and in my presentinvcntioinand fol-min part thereof, is an improvement in firing the certridgm by such rear movement or the barrel, the cartridge beingheld in position, and the barrel being driven against its flange, in contra-distinction to first carrying the cartridge into the breech of the barrel, and then driving barrel and cartridge back, to fire the cartridge.

The drawings represent a magazineqiistol embodying the invention, letters A :tllll B showing, respectively, a plan and a side View of the arm, with the barrel thrown out by the trigger, and 0 and D similar views, but showlgg the barrel driven 03 its spring. in

, section.

all the riews the side plate 'corerii ni tlielni 'agazin-c and-lock mechanism is removcmto' show the interior construction, and at B the tube in which the barrel slides is shown in t denotes the frame of the pistol b,'the tube in Which the barrel 0 is mounted and slides; (I, the spring, expansion of which drives the barrel back to tire the cartridge. 6 denotes the trigger, hung on a pin,f, in the trainee. The trigger-lever g is composed of two parts or pieces, h i, one of which, h, isfan extension from the trigger-ring e, fixed relatively to tho ring,) while the other, 1', slides on this extension, having a slot, is, at or near its lower cud,

"through which blOL the phrfextcmisramfhaving, at or near its upper end, a :pin, Lextcnding through a similar slot, mfl'u the piece It. At the upper end of the slide-piece 'i is a, swinging dog, catch, or book, n, hung on a.

. )in 0 iro'ectin from niccei and thron h the 7 7 h It 7 piece i into a horizontal groove or slot, p, in the frame it. The rear end of this dog has a tooth, g and this tooth, bythe action of a spring, r, is held normally np'to the lower surface of the barrel, the tooth slipping into a notclns, in the barrel by, the action oftho spring, when the triggerlcver is thrown back, the catch a being kept horizontal in its rear movement by the presence of the pin 0 in the groove p, the slots in the pieces hi enabling the lever-etc elongate as it is pushed back.

When the, piece is discharged by'the rear inoveinentol the barrel, and the trigger-lever is thrown back by forward throw of the trigger, the parts are in the position shown at D. By now drawing the trigger back, the tooth q drii-csthe barrel forward against its springvd,

and as the'stress of this spring (i'ronrits'compression by the barrel) increases, the length of the trigger-inter decreases, orits opcratingpoint -namely, the tooth q-is brought nearer to the fulcrum f, thereby enabling the barrel to be moved with equal facility throughout all its movement, the acting arm of the lever shortening as the resistance of the spring iucreases. The barrel is movedforwaid by the action of the trig-ger-levc'rjnntil the inclinelou the front end of the catch strikes a'pin, t,

, rel, or in position for firing.

and thereby depresses the" tooth q, as seen at B, and releases the barrel, which is driven back by the action of its spring. .7

The cartridge to be tired is not .fed into the breech of the barrel, but is held in position opposite to and centrally in line with the barrel, as seen at B, and as the barrel flies back its movement carries it'ove'r the cartridge in such a manner that the cartridge shall then be contained within thebarrel, or in position for firing.

' The rear end of the barrel has a point or striker, u, which, when the barrel flies back,

strikes the inner side of the cartridge'flange, exploding the fulmin ate contained therein and liking the cartridge. The cartridges are arranged within the frame, stock, or handle a oi the pistol, as seen at B and I), and the handle, for this purpose, is extended right-angularly,

or approximately so, tothc part of the frame "in which the barrel slides, as seen at B and e and D, and so that, by placing each cartridge horizontally therein and the several cartridges parallel to each other, as seenat l5 and I), each will, in turn, be brought opposite to the bar- The vertical chamber in which the cartridges are contained has, on one or both sides thereof, a groove, 1), for receiving the cartridge'ilangc,keeping the cartridges t'roin cndyvisc'movement, and for guiding them into line'wi'th the barrel; and it also has, on one or bogtli' side walls thereof, a

sustaining the. cartridges in horizontal position as each is m oved upward.

Justin rear ot the groove or grooves '11 is a vcrtical ratchet or toothed bar, or, placed centrally in linew iththc cartridges, and resting, at its rear s de, against a spring, y, while on its front side'for edge it has a series of teeth, I z, theeuppcr edge of each of which is hori-t zontal, .or-a little booking in shape, while each is inclined on its lower edge, as seen at B and D.

The cartridge-chamber is open at bottom for the insertion of the cartridges, which are pressed up" into' the chamber, and (when the chamber is filled) rest with the shell of one upon the top of each tooth, as seen at B and D, the toothed bar giving way against its spring as each eartrii'lge, in filling the magazine, is pressed against the incline oi the tooth. This bar is connected by'a link, a, with the triggcr-pinf, the trigger end of the link lying iir-a 'di'zpression, a", In the trigger-lever. Supposing the cartridge shown at 1) as projecting from the end of the barrel to have been just expl'oded,'as the trigger is next carried 'back, (inrpelling the barrel itn'warih) and near the last part of its back movement, the shoulder or wall forming the lower side of the re cess I)" strikes the link a and forces it upward, and its upward movement carries with it the toothed bar a, and with it the series of cart-ridges, bringing the upper one intolin'e with the barrel, as seen at B, and crowding the shell of the exploded cartridge out at the top of the chamber, this shell being detained as the barrel moves forward, by the groove in which its flange rests. The, barrel springs back as the upper cartridge is brongli't into line with the barrel, and the rear movement oi the trigger is completed, exploding the cartridge, as before explained. As the trigger is next carried forward by the finger, the shouln der or wall at the opposite side of the recess bstrikes the link a and drives the bar or downward, (the cartridge remaining stationary by the pressure of the rubber or friction surfaces,) allowing the lower downward movement of the her being just suificient to carry the respective teeth from the position of each under one cartridge-flange to a similar position under the one next below it, so that at each pull back of the trigger to fire the piece, the bar liiits a fresh cartridge into position until all are discharged.

It will be obvious that the specificconstruction and arrangement of the devices for operating the barrel, and for feeding cartridges into position, may be niodilicdor varied; but

1 consider the construction ant'harrangenicnt shown to be simple and practical. I

By arranging cartridges in the. same vertical plane in which they are fired, and confining them by their flange n groov i am enabledto control their movement .to line with a barrelin a novel and convenient man;

ner.

I claim-- 1. A magazinepistol in which the cartridges are arranged in a vertical or approximately vertical chamber, forming the handle, substantially as shown and described.

2. The vertical ratchctbar w,'constrnctcd substantially as described, carrying the cartridges transversely to itself, for the purpose of elfecting the movement of the cartridges to bring each into position to be fired.

' 3. The flange groove or grooves and friction surface or surfaces for guiding and supporting the cartridges, substantially as described.

4. In a fire-arm, a magazine provided with grooves in which a series of cartridges are guided, confined, or controlled by their flanges,

substantially as described.

5 The construction and arrangement of the expanding and contracting trigger-lever, by

which, as the resistance to the forward movement of the barrel increases the lengthot' the acting arm of'the lever decreases, substantially as shown and described.

' nanny F. worsens. Witnesses:

GEO. H. Fox, E. ADAMS.

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