IMPROVE- MENTS IN AND RELATING TO FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Harris Lake, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for an Invention of " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN AND RELATING TO FIRE-ARMS " communicated to him from abroad
by Josef Schulhof, of Vienna in the Empire of Austria
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Harris Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th April 1883.
HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine Lake & C° Patent Agents
Southampton Buildings London "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO FIRE-
ARMS [A communication to him from abroad by Josef Schulhof, of Vienna
in the Empire of Austria]
"
•
This invention relates to fire-arms of the class described in the specification of
former Letters Patent granted to me, dated May 2nd A.D 1882 N° 2063
The said invention comprises a peculiar right or left handed cartridge-feeding
arrangement (according as the cartridge is arranged to be put into the chamber
right or left handed) for converting rifles with bolt breeches, which do not allow
of a spoon-shaped cartridge feeder in the breech chamber, into a magazine rifle
with a magazine in the stock as described in the said former specification.
It also comprises a new transport rail or rod for the cartridge feeding mechanism
in which the spring teeth hitherto used by means of which the transport of the
cartridges is effected, are made in ono piece with the said transport rail. But in
order that this transport rail may in its return movement slide over the cartridges
without pushing the latter back with the teeth, means are provided by which the
said teeth of the transport rail only grip the cartridges in their forward movement;
in their return movement the rail being turned 60°, or in fact so much, outwards
that the said teeth are brought to the top and therefore cannot touch the
cartridges.
It also comprises a cartridge feeding tube prolonged to the loading-chamber
(whereby a spoon for feeding purposes is dispensed with) and connected with a
hair-trigger in the form of a lever, which moves a cartridge out of the cartridge
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page_text: chamber into the loading-chamber when the breech is opened, and a fresh cartridge
thereby is brought into the said cartridge chamber.
It also comprises various modifications of construction as hereinafter described
The method of feeding the cartridges at the side can be used in any rifle with a
bolt-breech as for instance the Mauser or Gross. The cartridges are as before
carried towards the loading chamber, from the magazine in the stock, by means of
a transport rod or rail which has in the front end a sliding piece connected with a
carrier. The head of the hair-trigger is movably connected with a projection or
stop the latter moving in a slot in the casing, when it is pushed into the breech.
The said projection or stop when pushed into place, is situated in a recess in the
breech into which also enter the breech-guide stops of the ejector; in order to be
able to open or close the breech by means of the said projections the said recess is
made wider in a radial direction corresponding to the curve described in opening
and closing the breech.
The transport-rail which is of circular cross section, on which are teeth, is
guided as heretofore in a groove at the front end of the rail and has a small
curved groove in which a pin of the said slide moves, which is connected to the
carrier.
In opening, the breech movement is communicated through the carrier to the
sliding piece whereby the latter receives, in addition to a backward movement
simultaneously with that of the transport rail, a small change of position on the
same. The pin, which at the beginning of the movement was at one end of the
curve, exerts a pressure on the left curved surface and turns the transport rail
about 60° from right to left thereby the teeth thereof are placed in an inclined
position upwards and thus removed from the cartridges. The amount of twist
given to the transport rail, as well as the movement of the sliding-piece, is limited
by the arrival of the said pin at the other end of the curve. The trausport rail
moves then with the teeth raised backwards in the feeding tube until the breech
is completely opened. The teeth also remain in a raised position while the breech
is open
When the breech is closed, a similar action of the sliding piece takes place as
when it was opened. By the simultaneous forward movement of the said sliding
piece and the transport rail the pin which stands at the bottom of the curve exerts
a pressure on the right curved surface, and turns the transport rod back about
60° from left to right, whereby the said teeth are brought to stand behind the
cartridges, On closing the breech completely the whole row of cartridges in the
feeding tube is moved forwards, the frout cartridge impinging against a tappet
and pressing it outwards. Simultaneously with the forward movement of the
cartridges the said front one receives, by means of a spring acting on the said
tappet a side-pressure, whereby the said cartridge following the bend in the feeding
tube is carried to the right towards the cartridge-feeding case.
When the cartridge is pushed quite forwards which is the case when the breech
is completely closed the tappet throws the cartridge entirely into the projecting
case and keeps it in this position until the breech is again opened
On the right side of the breech-chamber there is fixed a double-armed lever
capable of turning on a pivot; one arm projects above the chamber while the other
arm is brought into position within a notch on the casing. By the opening of the
breech a slide which is fixed on the breech bolt, pushes during the last quarter of
the travel of the breech bolt against the first arin of the lever and presses it back-
wards until it comes into contact with a pin which also limits the travel of the
breech bolt. The second arm which stands under the cartridge in the casing, is at
the same time raised upwards carrying with it the cartridge until it rests on the
upper curved part of the casing wherefrom it drops, in consequence of the peculiar
curvature of the wall of the casing, directly into the cartridge-chamber, from which
it is carried along by the breech bolt the next time the breech is closed, and pushed
into the loading-chamber
During the first part of the time occupied in closing the breech the second arm

page_text: of the lever still remains in the casing and prevents the cartridge from falling
back into the said casing however the gun may be turned. When the breech is
closed the ledge of the breech-bolt rests on the curved part of the casing, whereby
the whole breech outwardly presents the appearance of being closed. If the breech
bolt has to be withdrawn it is only necessary to pull the slide thereon back in order
that it shall not come into contact with the second arm.
Retaining-pins are screwed into the feeding tube and prevent the cartridge after
being pushed forward from falling back again, but as the pins have no spring they
are, in order not to hinder the cartridges in their forward motion provided with
bevelled surfaces on the rear side so that the cartridge-flange can slide over these
inclined surfaces of the pin; the feeding tube must, be somewhat wider than the
cartridge flange in order to enable the latter to pass the point where these teeth or
pins are placed. As in unforeseen cases it might be possible, that, while the breech is
closed, one of the cartridges in the feeding tube could be thrown against the one
in front of it, and thus cause an explosion through the point of the ball striking
against another cartridge, there are, besides the teeth on the transport-rod, other
teeth which, when the breech is closed, lie in front of the cartridge flange, whereby
the cartridge is held with the flange between the two sets of teeth. In the
magazine the back wall and the middle-wall which separate the cartridges from
one another, are movable on hinges. The back wall is connected with a link lying
next to the feeding tube, by means of a joint. A catch will, when the transport-
rod is pushed forwards, stand behind a projection on the latter; a smaller catch
stands behind a narrow continuation of the middle-wall.
When the breech is open, both the walls hang loosely downwards and allow the
cartridges sufficient clearance, to enable them to pass unhindered into the feeding
tube. In the last moment of the closing of the breech, the projection on the
transport rod engages behind the catch of the connecting link whereby the back
wall and the middle wall are moved forwards. The cartridges in the magazine
are by this means clamped between the walls as long as the breech is closed.
Mechanism is provided to throw the transport-rod out of gear, that is to say.
When a lever is turned forwards an excentric on one end of it presses on a spring
which serves to hold the said lever in both its positions, and by transferring this
pressure to draw back a projection or stop in a slot out of the breech-bolt. Another
spring whose flat head lies in a special recess underneath the said stop presses the
stop upwards into a recess in the breech-bolt when the lever has been replaced, that
is to say, when the transport-rod has been thrown into gear.
The turning or twisting of the transport rod can be effected in different
manners, for instance by two longitudinal grooves (whose length corresponds with
the travel of the said rod, and at an angle of 60° to one another) into which
projects a pin fixed on the feeding-tube and which engages with curves in such a
uanuer, that the rod is turned by pushing it against one of the curves, thus the pin
in moving forwards will stand in one groove until the other curve acts upon it and
thereby turns the transport-rod back again, whereupon the pin by the return of
the said transport rod will stand in the other groove, and thus the teeth in the
feeding tube are alternately thrown in and out of gear by the turning of the
transport rod.
In the modifications of the mechanism for obtaining the required twisting
movement pins and guide curves are generally used and these pins and curves can
be applied to the transport rod and the other parts of the mechanism in a variety
of manners.
As it is of especial importance not to allow any part of the feeding of the
cartridge from the magazine to the loading chamber to be performed by the power
of a spring I have dispensed with springs.
The magazine tube in a rifle without a spoon-shaped feeder is prolonged to the
loading-chamber and passes with its front end into the opening which the spoon-
shaped feeder heretofore occupied. A lever is provided which projects with its
upper end into the path of the breech bolt. The lower part of the said lever

page_text: moves in a slot in the feeding tube. After the breech has been closed the transport-
rod brings the cartridge which first arrives in the loading chamber to a position
below the breech-bolt. By the next act of opening, the return movement of the
breech-bolt pushes a projection on the breech-head against a projection on the
upper end of the said lever whereby the lower part receives a quick upward
movement. By the excentric action of the said lever the cartridge is thrown into
the loading chamber. While it is thus being thrown forward the cartridge flange
slides over two curved projections in the feeding-tube whereby the cartridge is lifted
up at the back and obtains a more horizontal position in the loading-chamber. If,
by opening the breech too slowly, the cartridge should not have passed quite into
the loading-chamber, or if it should have slid back again out of the latter, then the
cartridge Hange comes behind a small wing or set off on the said projections, which
wing prevents the cartridge from sliding further back. By these the cartridge is
held at such a height, that it will be caught by the breech-bolt and pushed into
the loading-chamber. In shutting the breech the lever is again brought back into
its original position, by the projection. On the shoulder of the breech-head there
is a small lever for throwing the transport-rod into or out of gear at any desired
position; this lever must correspond with a slot in a sliding-piece in order to be
enabled to couple both parts together. When the breech head is in the desired
position over the sliding piece then it is only necessary to turn the small lever
upwards, whereby one end thereof enters the said slot and in this manner effects
the coupling of the link to the breech-bolt On the breech-head and breech-bolt
is a groove which passes over the head of the sliding-piece when the lever is thrown
out of gear

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Harris Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th October 1883.
HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and C°, Patent Agents,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO FIRE
Southampton Buildings, London.
ARMS." A communication to me from abroad by Josef Schulhof, of Vienna, in
the Empire of Austria
This invention relates to fire arms of the class described in the Specification of
former Letters Patent granted to me Dated May 2 A.D. 1882. N° 2063.
The said invention comprises a peculiar right or left handed cartridge feeding
arrangement (according as the gun is arranged for the cartridges to be put into the
chamber right or left handed) intended to serve for converting rifles with bolt
breeches, which do not allow the application of a spoon shaped cartridge feeder in
the feed chamber, into magazine rifles, having the magazine in the stock as
described in the said former specification. It also comprises a new transport or
feed rail or rod for the cartridge feeding mechanism, in which the teeth by means
of which the cartridges are fed forward are made integral with the said transport
or feed rail. But in order that the teeth of this transport or feed rail may in
their return movement slide over or past the cartridges without pushing the latter
back, means are provided by which the said teeth of the transport or feed rail
only grip the cartridges in their forward movement; in their return movement the
rail being turned 60°, or in fact so much upwards that the said teeth are brought
to the top and therefore cannot touch the cartridges.
It also comprises a cartridge feeding tube extended to the loading chamber
(whereby a spoon for feeding purposes is dispensed with) and connected with a
lever shaped cartridge projector, which moves a cartridge out of the cartridge
chamber into the loading chamber when the breech is being opened and a fresh
cartridge thereby is brought into the said cartridge chamber.
It also comprises various modifications of construction as hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are sectional elevations and detail views of a fire arm
constructed according to this invention.
Figures 6, 7, 14, 15 and 16 shew modifications of the slide bar or carrier and
mechanism for throwing the feeding mechanism into and out of gear.
Figures 8, 9, 10 and 11 shew the transport or feed rod with the mechanism
which causes the same to turn, and
Figures 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 the lengthened cartridge feeding tube
together with the cartridge projector.
Figures 22 and 23 shew a modification of the transport or feed rod.
Figure 24 shews a modification of the internal arrangement of the magazine,
and
Figure 25 is a view of the door of the magazine.
The method of feeding the cartridges at the side, can be applied to any rifle
"Gross." In Figures 1
with a bolt breech, such as for instance the "Mauser" or
to 5 of the drawings, I have shewn it applied to a Russian "Berdan" rifle. The
cartridges are as before carried towards the loading chamber from the magazine in
the stock A A¹, by means of the transport or feed rod B, which has in the front end
a sliding piece C connected with the carrier D. The head a of the cartridge pro-
jector is movably connected with the projection b, (Figures 6 and 7) the latter
> moving in a slot c in the casing when it is pushed into the breech E.

page_text: The projection b, when pushed into place, is situated in the recess d in the
breech E (Figure 2), into which also enter the breech guide stops e Figure 1 of the
ejector F; in order to be able to open or close the breech by means of the pro-
jections b, the said recess is made wider in a radial direction corresponding to the
curve described in opening and closing the breech.
The transport rail B of circular cross section on which are the teeth f, is guided
as heretofore in a groove g at the front end of the rail B, and has a small curved
groove h, Figure 8 in which the pin i, Figures 9 and 10, of the slide C, which is
connected to the carrier, D moves. When the breech E is closed, the transport
rail B is in the position shewn in Figure 1; the teeth ff are in the feeding tube G
behind the cartridges.
In opening the breech E the movement is communicated through the carrier D
to the sliding piece C, whereby the latter receives, in addition to a backward move-
ment simultaneously with that of the transport rail B, a small change of position
on the same. The pin which at the begining of the movement was at the
end of the curve h exerts a pressure on the left-curved surface and turns the
transport rail B about 60°, from right to left, thereby the teeth ff are placed in an
inclined position upwards as shewn in Figure 11, and thus removed from the
cartridges, the amount of twist given to the transport rail B, as well as the move-
ment of the sliding piece C, is limited by the arrival of the pin i at the end i³ of
the curve h. The transport rail B moves then, with the teeth raised, backwards in
the feeding tube G, until the breech E is completely opened. The teeth ff also
remain in a raised position while the breech is open (see Figures 2 and 3).
When the breech is closed a similar action of the sliding piece C takes place as
when it was opened. By the simultaneous forward movement of the sliding
piece C and the transport rail B, the pin i, which stands at the bottom of the
curve h, (see Figure 9) exerts a pressure on the right curved surface, and turns the
transport rod back about 60° from left to right, whereby the teeth are brought
to stand behind the cartridges, this will be clearly seen by reference to Figure 3,
wherein the transport rail is shewn at the moment when it has just completed its
return movement. On closing the breech completely the whole row of cartridges
in the feeding tube is moved forwards, the cartridge H impinging against the
tappet J and pressing it outwards to the position shewn in dotted lines in Figure 3.
Simultaneously with the forward movement of the cartridges, the front one H
receives by means of a spring ; acting on the tappet J, a side pressure, whereby
the said cartridge, following the bend in the feeding tube G, is carried to the
right towards the cartridge feeding case K.
When the cartridge H is pushed quite forward, which is the case when the breech
is completely closed, the tappet J throws the cartridge entirely into the projecting
case K and keeps it in this position until the breech is again opened.
On the right side of the breech chamber L there is fixed a double armed lever M
capable of turning on a pivot l, one arm m projects above the chamber (see
Figures 1 and 4), while the arm n is brought into position within the notch o on
the casing K. By the opening of the breech the slide p, which is fixed on the
breech bolt, pushes during the last quarter of the travel of the breech bolt against
the arm m and presses it backwards until it comes into contact with the pin q,
which also limits the travel of the breech bolt. The arm n which stands under the
cartridge in the casing is at the same time raised upwards, carrying with it (see
Figures 2 and 5) the cartridge until it rests on the upper curved part r of the
casing K wherefrom it drops, in consequence of the peculiar curvature of the wall
of the casing, directly into the cartridge chamber, from which it is carried along
by the breech bolt the next time the breech is closed and pushed into the loading
chamber.
During the first part of the time occupied in closing the breech, the arm n of the
lever M. still remains in the casing K and prevents the cartridge from falling back
into the said casing however the gun may be turned. When the breech is closed
the ledge of the breech bolt E rests on the curved part ? or the casing K,

page_text: whereby the whole breech outwardly presents the appearance of being closed (see
Figures 4 and 5). If the breech bolt has to be withdrawn it is only necessary to
pull the slide p back in order that it shall not come into contact with the arm m.
The retaining pins & Figure 11, which are screwed into the feeding tube G,
prevent the cartridge after being pushed forward from falling back again, but as
these pins have no spring they are, in order to hinder the cartridges in their forward
motion, provided with bevelled surfaces on the rear side as shown in Figure 3a, so
that the cartridge-flange can slide over these inclined surfaces of the pins; the
feeding tube must be somewhat wider than the cartridge flange in order to enable
the latter to pass the point where these teeth or pins 8 are placed. As in unforseen
cases it might be possible that while the breech is closed one of the cartridges in
the feeding tube could be thrown against the one in front of it and thus cause an
explosion, through the point of the ball striking against the priming cap of another
cartridge, there are, besides the teeth fon the transport rod B, Figures 22 and 23,
teeth which, when the breech is closed, lie in front of the cartridge flange,
whereby the cartridge is held with the flange between the teeth fand f' and is
pressed down by the tooth f¹, so that, as will be seen, it is impossible for the
cartridge to move either forwards or backwards in the feeding tube
In the magazine A A¹ Figure 1 and Figure 1º, the back wall U and the middle
wall V which separate the cartridges from one another are movable on hinges 1
and 2. The back wall is connected with a link W, lying next to the feeding
tube G, by means of a joint 3. The catch 4 will, when the transport rod is pushed
forwards, stand behind a projection 5. on the latter; the smaller catch 6 stands
behind a narrow continuation of the middle wall V.
When the breech is open both the walls U and V hang loosely downwards and
allow the cartridges sufficient clearance to enable them to pass unhindered into the
feeding tube G. In the last moment of the closing of the breech the projection 5
on the transport rod B engages behind the catch 4 of the connecting link W,
whereby the back wall U and the middle wall V are moved forwards. The
cartridges in the magazine A A' are by this means clamped between the walls U,
V and X as long as the breech is closed
A modified form of magazine is illustrated in Figures 24 and 25, in this case the
magazine in the stock or butt of the gun is provided with a cartridge holder in the
form of a pair of lazy-tongs. This holder works upon a pivot e' on its arm e' as
shown, its other arm e being free but provided with a small spring e' which presses
against the arm et, thus tending to drive the tongs downwards and open them.
At its upper end the arm e' is provided with a nose e, against which strikes a fixed
lugf of the magazine door, (Figure 25), in such a manner that, when the latter is
opened, the tongs are contracted by the said lug facting upon the nose e³, and thus
the magazine is laid open for inserting the cartridges. When the door is closed the
lug frecedes and liberates the arm et, and the tongs are by the spring e³, pressed
upon the cartridges, keeping them from moving or rattling in the magazine, and
pushing them downward as the lower ones are fed onward
The mechanism (shewn in Figures 4, 6 and 7) on the left side of the chamber L
serves to throw the transport rod out of gear. When the lever N is turned
forwards the excentric presses on the spring O, which serves to hold the lever N
in both its positions, and by transferring this pressure, to draw back the projection
or stop b in the slot c out of the breech bolt. The spring P whose flat head u lies
in a special recess underneath the stop b, as shewn in Figure 7, presses the said
stop upwards into the recess d in the breech bolt E when the lever N has been
replaced, that is to say, when the transport rod has been thrown into gear.
The turning or twisting of the transport rod can be effected in different manners,
for instance by two longitudinal grooves (whose length corresponds with the travel
of the said rod and at an angle of 60° to one another) into which projects a pin
5 fixed on the feeding tube, and which engages with curves in such a manner, that
the rod is turned by pushing it against one of the curves, thus the pin in moving.
forwards will stand in one groove until the other curve acts upon it and thereby

page_text: turns the transport rod back again, whereupon the pin by the return of the said
transport rod will stand in the other groove and thus the teeth in the feeding
tube are alternately thrown in and out of gear by the turning of the transport rod
In the modifications of the mechanism for obtaining the required twisting
movement, pins and guide curves are generally used, and these pins and curves
can be applied to the transport rod and the other parts of the mechanism in a
variety of manners.
As it is of especial importance not to allow any part of the feeding of the
cartridge from the magazine to the loading chamber to be performed by the power
of a spring, I have dispensed with springs
While
Figure 12 shews a rifle without a spoon shaped feeder. The magazine tube G
is prolonged to the loading chamber and passes with its front end into the opening
which the spoon shaped feeder heretofore occupied. A lever Q is provided which
projects with its upper end V into the path of the breech bolt (Figure 13). The
lower part V¹ of the said lever moves in the slot W in the feeding tube G (Figures
12, 13, and 19); after the breech has been closed, the transport rod brings the
cartridge R which first arrives in the loading chamber to a position below the
breech bolt, as shewn in Figure 12. By the next act of opening, the return
movement of the breech bolt pushes the projection on the breech head E' against
the projection I on the upper end V of the lover Q, whereby the lower part V₁
receives a quick upward movement. By the excentric action of the lever Q the
cartridge R is thrown into the loading chamber, as shewn in Figure 12.
it is thus being thrown forward, the cartridge flange slides over both the curved
projections y y in the feeding tube G, whereby the cartridge is lifted up at the
back and obtains a more horizontal position in the loading chamber. If by opening
the breech too slowly the cartridge should not have passed quite into the loading
chamber, or if it should have slid back again out of the latter, then the cartridge
flange comes behind a small wing or set off on the projections y y (see Figures 20
and 21), which prevents the cartridge from sliding further back. By this the
cartridge is held at such a heighth that it will be caught by the breech bolt and
pushed into the loading chamber as shewn at R' Figure 12. In shutting the breech
the lever is again brought back into its original position by the the projection a
coming in contact with the part 2. On the shoulder of the breech head Ethere
is a small lever z for throwing the transport rod into or out of gear at any desired
position; this lever must correspond with the slots in the sliding piece S in
order to be enabled to couple both parts together. When the breach head is in
the desired position over the sliding piece S then it is only necessary to turn the
lever z upwards whereby the part 2 enters the slot z' and in this manner effects
the coupling of the link D to the breech bolt. On the breech head and breech bolt
is a groove T Figures 14 and 15 which passes over the head of the sliding piece S
when the lever is thrown out of gear.
Having thus fully described the said invention as communicated to me by my
foreign Correspondent and the manner of performing the same I wish it understood
that I Claim
First. In a repeating fire arm having the magazine in the stock, a cartridge
transport or feed rod B (provided with fixed teeth f which can move to the right
or to the left, and forwards and backwards within the cartridge feeding tube) and
is capable of being turned upon its longitudinal axis by a sliding piece C, connected
with the carrier D in such a manner, that, when the breech is pushed forward, it
catches the flanges of the cartridges with its teeth, and pushes them forwards
also, but on returning moves past the said cartridges substantially as described.
Second. In a cartridge transport or feed rod having fixed teeth, the mode of
turning the said rod upon its longitudinal axis, for causing the teeth f to engage
with, and disengage from, the cartridges in the bore of the feeding tube, by means
of a curved groove h on the said transport rod and a pin i which slides in it, or by
a pin on the transport rod and a curve in combination with the sliding piece C and
the currier D by which the change of position is effected

page_text: Third. In a repeating fire arm with the magazine in the stock, the casing K
fitting either the right or left hand side of the feed tube G and extending over the
cartridge space of the breech chamber, in combination with a tappet J by means
of which the cartridges are thrown from the feed tube into the said casing, and a
lever M, projecting into the casing, by means of which a cartridge is lifted after
each opening of the breech into the cartridge space by the impingement of the
slide p on the breech bolt against the upper arm of the said lever, so that the
cartridge can be pushed into the loading chamber when the breech is being closed,
substantially as described
Fourth. In a repeating fire arm having the magazine in the stock, the method
of throwing the transport rail in and out of gear, by drawing back the stop b in
the longitudinal slot c from, or replacing it in, the recess & in the breech bolt E,
by means of the lever N and the springs O and P.
Fifth. In the magazine in the stock of a repeating fire arm, the movable walls
U and V, in combination with a connecting link W which is drawn forwards by
the transport rod when the breech is closed, whereby the cartridges are held tightly
without being able to change their positions between the walls UV and X during
the time the breech is closed
Sixth. In the magazine in the stock of a repeating fire arm, the arrangement
of a cartridge holder in the form of a pair of lazy-tongs e, et working upon a
pivot e', the said holder being arranged to be extended by the action of a spring es
when the magazine door is closed and contracted by the action of a lug ✓ on
the door upon a nose e³ on the arm e', when the door is opened, substantially as
described.
Seventh. In a repeating fire arm, a cartridge feed tube leading to the loading
chamber beneath the breech chamber, in combination with a lever Q on the said
breech chamber projecting into the path of the cartridges in the said feeding tube,
the said lever being moved upwards by the breech head on opening the breech,
whereby a cartridge is thrown into the loading chamber.
Eighth. In the cartridge feeding tube, two curved surfaces y over which the
cartridge rises when moved forwards, and a set off or wing behind them, whereby
a cartridge is prevented from sliding back into the feeding tube.
Ninth. In a repeating fire arm, a sliding piece S provided with a slot ¹ into
which the part 2 of the lever z on the breech head El enters when the said lever
is moved upwards, substantially as, and for the purpose, specified
Tenth. In the cartridge feeding tube of a repeating fire arm, the lugs a for
preventing the cartridges which have been carried forward by the transport rod
from sliding back again in the said tube
Eleventh. The transport or feed rod B provided with teeth ff between which
the flange of the cartridge is held, when the breech is closed, to prevent the
cartridge from moving, substantially as described
In witness whereof I the said Henry Harris Lake have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Tenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty three.
HENRY H LAKE (L.S.)