Improvement in the Extracting Mechanism of Drop-down Small-arms.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application 29th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 28th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Extracting Mechanism of Drop-down
Small-arms.
I, JOHN ROGERS Junr. of 198 Frederick Road Aston, in the County of Warwick,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :―
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the extracting
nechanism of drop down small arms, whereby the case of the exploded cartridge is
ejected on the raising of the breech end of the barrels for recharging. I employ the
ordinary mechanism for starting the cartridge case, but supplement it by the
mechanism bereinafter described whereby the started' cartridge case is ejected from
the barrels.
On the fore end of gun is fixed a spring or springs acting upon a cam or kicker
and placed in a line with the extractor legs, so that closing of gun, the extractor legs
are pressed down the barrel and meet the cam or kicker, and put the springs in a
state of tension and is held in a state of tension by a sear or lever sear similar to a
lock.
This lock work, as described above, I do not claim. My improvement consists of
taking sear out of bent by opening of gun, after the cartridge is discharged. For
taking sear out of bent I pin on each side of action or in lock holes, a lever, extending
from the hammer that explodes cartridge to joint of gun or action and is pinned
almost in the centre, so that it has an up and down motion at each end of the
aforesaid levers. The hammer that explodes cartridge has an extending arm at the
bottom part, so that when the hammer descends for exploding cartridge it also takes
down the above mentioned lever, and raises the other end at joint, which is instantly
bolted, so that opening of gun for recharging, the aforesaid lever meets the sear and
takes it out of bent, and thus allows the cam or kicker to meet extractor legs with a
sudden motion to eject cartridge case from barrel.
I will now fully explain the working of the aforesaid levers which is pinned inside
the lock holes for manipulating sear out of bent.
The aforesaid levers are pinned near to hammer which explodes cartridge so that
the end of lever or levers which comes through joint has a multiplying motion greater
than the other end which rests under hammer. The end of levers at joint is kept
down by the aid of a small spring, so that opening of gun, (if cartridge has not been
exploded) the aforesaid levers do not meet the sear or sear-levers so that the springs
remain in a state of tension till the hammer descends for exploding cartridge, then the
hammer takes down the aforesaid lever at breech and raises the other end of the
aforesaid lever at joint which is immediately bolted so that opening of gun for
recharging. The end of the aforesaid levers which extends through joint comes in
contact with the sear and lifts it out of bent or notch of kicker or cam and allows the
kicker or cam to strike with a sudden motion upon extractor legs, and thus eject
cartridge case out of barrel.
Now I will explain the method of bolting the aforesaid levers, to keep them to
resist the strain of taking the sear out of bent, after they are raised up by the fall of
hammer.
The aforesaid levers has a hole through for bolting and also a hole through each
side of action into the slot where the lump of barrel works, I fit a bolt into each hole
of the action each having a cross motion, and extending into slot; each bolt is
projected through action into slot by aid of a spring, the lump of barrel has a hole
each side of it, so that when it is shut in action the extending bolts fit in. The
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extending bolts that go in lump of barrel is a cone shape "that is to say
point so that has the lump of barrel comes out of action, it forces the two bolts out of

page_text: the slot into the lock holes and also goes through the hoels of the aforesaid levers and
bolts them, so that the aforesaid levers can resist the strain of coming into contact
with sears, when opening gun after firing. When the gun is opened and not fired
the cross bolts are forced into lock holes and go over top of levers and holt them
down, so that the levers do not meet the sears and the springs are kept in a state of
tension.
The aforesaid levers can be bolted by a spring direct or a sliding rod or a sliding
bolt such as used for bolting the gun. When a sliding rod or bolt is used for fixing
the aforesaid levers in the lock hole, I screw two pins in the end of the sliding rod
or bolt which comes through into the lock holes the lock holes having a slot put in
for the pins on bolts to slide in, so that the backward motion of the slide, rod, or bolt,
being caused (by a lever that unbolts gun) causes the aforesaid levers to be blocked,
by the pins on the sliding bolts working into a slot of the aforesaid levers.
My improvement is appliable to single and double drop down small arms.
Dated: 01 1
1004
JOHN ROGERS, Junr.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Extracting Mechanism of Drop-down
Small-arms.
I, JOHN ROGERS Junr. of 198, Frederick Road, Aston in the County of Warwick,
Gun Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention consists of the improvements in the extracting mechanism of small-
arms bereinafter set forth, by means of which the case of exploded cartridge is ejected
from the barrel-breech of such small-arm.
1 will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is constructed and used; similar letters refer to similar
parts throughout the several views.
Figure 1 represents an enlarged view of cross-bolt-mover when the point of cross-
bolt is moved out of the barrel.
Figure 2 represents an enlarged view of cross-bolt-mover when the point of cross
bolt is moved into countersunk holes provided in lump of barrel to receive it.
Figure 3 represents a detailed view of lock sear.
Figure 4 represents a side view of the lock action to which is connected my
improvements.
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Figure 5 represents a broken portion of the fore-end of gun-action shewing the
method of adjusting the spring shaft, so as to make the arm non-ejecting.
Figure 6 represents a detailed view of the bolt that bolts the gun.
Figure 7 represents an ejector lever formed to be operated by the fore-end
of gun.
Figure 8 represents an enlarged view of cone pointed locking-bolt.
Figure 9 represents a skeleton plan of lock action shewing a modification of my
invention.
Figure 10 represents ejector-lever.
In carrying out my invention I provide any ordinary starting gear such as is used
in the make up of breech-loading smallarms but I supplement such mechanism by
connecting thereto the improved parts hereunder described.
I provide several modifications or forms of ejector levers.
On the fore-end of gun or small-arm I provide a spring a acting upon a kicker or
cam b such kicker being so situated that when the gun is closed, the extractor legs c
will press against the kicker at d and push it back to the position represented in dotted
lines at e thus compressing the spring a, the compressed spring a is kept in a state of
tension by the paul-end of a lever-searf: I next provide on each side of action, the
motion levers 9 which are hung on axial-pins h; the hammer j that explodes the

page_text: cartridge has a projecting arm k; I next provide a sear m which is formed with a
shouldered recess n, I also provide a spring o to support or press upwards the back
end of motion-lever g. I utilise an ordinary locking-bolt q as shewn in detail at
figure 6; on the locking bolt g I provide locking cams r r.
I will now describe the method by which the levers g eject the cartridge case.
By raising the back ends of the sear m, the front end n of sear m is lowered, thus
releasing the hammer j, the extended end n of sear m takes down the lip t of ejector
lever g, the arm k of hammer j will also take down the back end of ejector-lever
9, the
ejector is bolted by means of the cam projections on the main bolt of gun,
thereby securing the ejector levers g rigid, so that in lowering the fore-end when
opening the gun for recharging, the raised end u of lever g will at joint resist the
strain exerted by pressing against the lever paul at v, consequently the point u of
lever g would in pressing against the lever-paul move the said lever-paul on its axial
pin, moving the arm v upwards and the paul point w downwards, thus releasing the
compressed spring a which by exerting pressure against the block a would thereby
move the cam or kicker b connected to the block a, thus causing the cam or kicker b
to travel with a quick motion from the position marked in dotted lines at e, to strike
the extractor legs and to eject the cartridge case.
cams of
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In some cases I utilize ejector levers of the modified form illustrated at g¹ and
referred to as figure 10, such levers being held rigid by means of cross bolts y
actuated by lump of barrel, such cross bolts y acting as equivalents to the projecting
gun bolt
the ejector levers g₁ are hung to a fulcrum-pin that would be
an equivalent to the pin h shewn at figure 4, such fulcrum-pin passing through the
bole z; the end a a of lever g¹ is equivalent to the end p of lever g that is to say, it
is moved down by the arm k of lock j; the lip bb of lever gl serves the same purpose
as the lip u of lever g. Each side of action is pierced with a hole cc to receive a
conical-pointed bolt, the cone end of bolt y is shewn projecting from the transverse
hole cc
(on one side only) of figure 9, the opposite side would also be fitted with a
transverse hole and a cone-ended bolt; an enlarged view of cone-ended bolt is shewn
at figure 8; the spring d d is connected to the gun-action and also to a cone pointed
moving stud e e as represented in enlarged detail view at figures 1 and 2, the action
of the spring d
will (when the lump of barrel is withdrawn from the slot) press
the cone pointed moving-stud ee into the angle ff of locking bolt y as shewn at
figure 1, thus forcing the cone end of locking bolt into the slot g g as clearly shewn at
figure 9.
Y,
I have not shewn an illustration of the lump of gun-barrel because every gunmaker
or gun user is fully conversant with the lump of barrel of a gun-action.
The lump of barrel locks the ejector levers g' in the following manner; when the
lump of barrel is moved out of the slot g g the sides of the countersunk holes provided
on each of the lumps of barrel press against the points of locking bolts y and gradually
force the locking bolts back into the transverse holes, the moving studs rising into
the position shewn at figure 2, the locking bolts y so forced back pass through the
holes provided in each ejector lever and thus bolt or lock the levers g' so that
they will resist the strain of coming in contact with lever-sear to release the kicker.
When the gun is opened and not fired the locking bolts y are forced over the top
edge of levers g' at jj and thus bolt down the levers g so that they cannot meet the
sear-paul at v.
In other cases I utilize ejector levers g² of the modified form illustrated at figure 7
and bolt the said levers by the aid of the fore-end of gun. I form a heart-shaped
opening kk in the lever and provide a bolt m m on which is formed a projection 'n n
working in the heart-shaped opening formed in the end of lever.
The opening of the fore-end moves the bolt m m and forces the projecting part
of bolt n n into the top or bottom part of the heart-shaped opening, in accordance
with the movements of the projecting arm of hammer.
The action can be converted into non-ejective in the following manner. I form
a slct oo in the spring-shaft p p and then provide an adjusting screw 99; by
turning down the screw qq into the slot o o the spring-shaft p p will be locked and

page_text: consequently the kicker b will be also locked, thus effectually preventing the ejector
mechanism from acting.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is
1st. The utilization of the sear of lock for actuating the ejector levers of
small arms.
2nd. The bolting of the ejector levers of small arms by the aid of the bolt that
bolts the gun, as illustrated and described in reference to figure 6.
3rd. The bolting of the ejector levers of gunlock-action by the utilization of the
lumps of gun-barrel in combination with transverse locking bolts as illustrated and
described in reference to figure 6.
Dated this 97th dow of 1000
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.