AN IMPROVED CARTRIDGE EXTRACTOR FOR BREECH-LOADING FIRE ARMS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for AN IMPROVED
CARTRIDGE EXTRACTOR FOR BREECH-LOADING FIRE ARMS a communication to me
from abroad by Norris O. Waymire of Garfield, County of Pawnee, State of Kansas,
United States of America Hardware dealer to be as follows:-
This Invention relates more particularly to the shell extractors of double barrel
break-down guns, and consists in bracing the extractor in such a manner that it is
made much stronger than the ordinary extractor, and more rigid, so that it will
not dodge and pass the flanges of the cartridge shells and thus fail to do its work
as the ordinary form of extractor is liable to do.
The improved extractor which is placed between the barrels in the ordinary
or any approved manner, is composed of a stem, a plate portion or head, and a
brace, which braces the head from the said stem.
The brace is by preference made of steel in the form of a fin formed or secured
in the angle formed by joining the stem and the head, so that while it braces the
head, it at the same time serves to stiffen the stem, thus making the extractor as
a whole both strong and rigid in all directions, so that it is as durable as the other
working parts of the gun and will not spring sideways, and fail to do its work.
The brace is by preference bevelled off at its forward or inner end to avoid
surplus metal and unnecessary weight.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of 53,
Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
CARTRIDGE EXTRACTOR FOR BREECH LOADING FIRE ARMS (a communication to
me from abroad by Norris O. Waymire, of Garfield, Pawnee County State of
Kansas, United States of America,) and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This Invention relates more particularly to the shell extractors of double barreled
break-down guns, and consists in bracing the extractor in such a manner that it is
made much stronger than the ordinary extractor, and more rigid, so that it will
not dodge and pass the flanges of the cartridge shells and thus fail to do its work
as the ordinary form of extractor is liable to do.
Reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specifi-
cation in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the
figures.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation taken between the barrels of a double barreled
gun, showing my improved extractor in place.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the extractor removed and Figure 3 is an end
elevation of the barrels of a doubled barreled gun showing the plate portion or head
of the extractor.
A, A, represent the barrels of the gun between which my new and improved
extractor B, is placed in the ordinary or any approved manner.
The extractor B is composed of the stern a, plate portion or head b, and the
brace c, which braces the head b from the said stem a.
The brace c is by preference made of steel in the form of a fin formed or secured
in the angle formed by joining the stem a, and head b, so that while it braces the
head it at the same time serves to stiffen the stem a thus making the extractor
as a whole both strong and rigid in all directions, so that it is as durable as the
other working parts of the gun and will not spring sidewise and fail to do its work.
The brace c is by preference bevelled off at its forward and inner end as shown
at c² to avoid surplus inetal and unnecessary weight.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
An improved cartridge extractor consisting of the stem a and a head b connected
together by the brace c, which extends along the upper surface of the stem and
flush with the top of the head, the said brace serving as a guide as well as a brace
substantially as set forth.