Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1888
Specification Accepted, 31st Aug., 1888
I, ERNEST NOWILL of Rosendale, Carson Road, West Dulwich in the County of
Surrey, Manufacturer's Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be perforined to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
The invention has for its object improvements in pocket cartridge extractors,
whereby, not only are they enabled to grip the rim of the cartridge and extract the
same from the barrel as heretofore, but, in the event of the metal rim of a cartridge
becoming detached from the paper body or shell, the extractor is enabled, by being
inserted into the interior of the paper body or shell, to seize the same and thereby
enable it to be readily extracted from the barrel.
I will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, which
represent the extractor mounted in a case or handle so as to be capable of folding
therein and thereby rendering it more convenient for the pocket.
In the said drawings Figure 1 represents the extractor folded within the case or
handle. Figure 2 represents the same in its extended position for use and figures 3
and 4 represent the extractor separately in plan and edge view respectively.
a represents the handle or case, to which the extractor is pinjointed at a in a similar
manner to a knife blade, and which is provided with a spring a³ to retain such
extractor in either its extended or folded position as is well understood.
The extractor is formed of a pair of jaws b. b. formed at the ends of a pair of
spring arms 64 b¹ and crossing each other as shown in the drawing so that when the
said spring arms are in their normal position, that is to say, sprung outwards, the
said jaws b. b. shall be closed together, and when the said spring arms are forced
towards each other, the jaws b. b. shall be opened out so as to be capable of gripping
the rim of the cartridge as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 3.
Sometimes however in attempting to withdraw a cartridge from a barrel the metal
rim of the cartridge will become detached from the paper body or shell leaving the
latter in the barrel. In order to enable the said paper body to be removed I provide
the spring arms 6' 6' with projecting teeth or claws 6' 6', which, when the said spring

page_text: arms b. b. are compressed towards each other, will readily enter the paper body or
shell of the cartridge and then, when the said spring arms are allowed to spring apart,
such teeth or claws 62 62 will enter the substance of the cartridge body or shell, as
shown by the dotted lines in Figure 2 and enable the same to be readily extracted
from the barrel.
In the drawings I have represented the improved extractor as provided with a
tang 6, by which it is connected by pin joint to the handle or case a, but if desired
it may be used without being attached to the case or handle, in which case it will not
require to be formed with a tang. I would also observe that if desired the extractor
may be mounted in a case or handle fitted with other articles, and the handle or
case can be so formed and fitted as to afford complete protection to the extractor.
I would here. remark that I make no claim to the extractor apart from the teeth or
claws ö b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A pocket cartridge extractor consisting of jaws b. b. and spring arms 61 6₁ provided
with teeth or claws 62 62 and mounted in a handle or case a or used without such
handle or case substantially as herein.shown and described.....