IMPROVEMENTS IN PRIMERS FOR FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Antoine Wollowicz, of Paris, in the Empire of
France, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PRIMERS FOR FIRE-ARMS."
Sealed the 5th August 1853, and dated the 5th February 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Antoine Wollowicz
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 5th February 1853.
I, ANTOINE. WOLLOWICZ, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRIMERS FOR FIRE-ARMS" to be as
follows:-
This. Invention of improvements in. primers consists in placing a
number of caps or primers in a strap or band of leather, caoutchouc, or
some other flexible material, so that the primers may be more con-
veniently handled. The strap, which I prefer to make of vulcanized
caoutchouc, is made about 6 or 8-inches long by about an inch broad,
and has an eyelet hole made at one end for the purpose of suspending
the strap by a string or cord.. Any convenient number of holes, are
made in the strap, and the caps or primers are inserted therein. Then

page_text: when a gun
or fire-arm requires priming a cap or primer may be more
conveniently put on by holding the strap or band than if the cap is
simply held between the finger and thumb.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Antoine Wollowicz in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 5th August 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
ANTOINE WOLLOWICZ, of Paris, in the Empire of France, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Antoine Wollowicz, Her special
licence that I, the said Antoine Wollowicz, my executors, administra-
tors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Antoine Wollowicz, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and. vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN PRIMERS FOR FIRE-ARMS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Antoine Wollowicz, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Antoine Wollowicz, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):

page_text: This Invention of improvements in primers consists in placing-a
number of caps or primers in a strap or band of leather, caoutchouc, or
some other flexible material, so that the primers or caps may be more
conveniently handled than if kept together in a box or case, from which
they must be taken one by one, when required. The strap, which I
prefer to make of vulcanized caoutchouc, is made about six or eight
inches long by about an inch broad, according to the size of the caps or
primers. The strap has an eyelet hole made at one end for the purpose
of suspending it by a string or cord from a hook, button, or other contri-
vance attached to any convenient part of the dress., Any convenient
number of holes are made in the strap, and the caps or primers are in-
serted therein, and by the elasticity of the caoutchouc the caps or
primers are firmly held in the holes until they are required to be re-
moved therefrom; then when a gun or fire-arm requires priming a cap
or primer may be more conveniently put on the nipple of the gun by
holding the strap or band than if the cap is simply held between the
finger and thumb..
Fig. 1, in the accompanying Drawing represents a plan, and Fig. 2,
an edge view of one of the improved cap or primer holders, drawn full
size. It will be seen that the strap a, which is made of vulcanized
india-rubber by preference, is provided with ten caps, but any other con-
venient number may be employed. The method of placing the caps on
the nipple of the arm is as follows:-Take the strap in the right hand,
and place two of the fingers on one of the caps; then with the index
finger direct the cap on to the nipple of the gun, and force it down with
the thumb; a horizontal movement to the right or left will then easily
detach the cap fron the india-rubber strap.
It will of course be understood, that when all the caps or primers
have been removed from the strap and used others may be easily placed
in the same holes. :
Having now described my Invention, and the best means with which
I am at present acquainted for carrying the same into practical opera-
tion, I would observe that, although I have described the strap a, as
being made of vulcanized india-rubber, yet leather, card-board, or other
flexible material may be used. I do not therefore intend to confine

page_text: myself to the use of that material alone, although I believe it to be the
-most suitable.
In conclusion, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters
Patent, as aforesaid, the use and application to primers for fire-arms of
elastic or flexible straps made of any suitable material provided with
holes, openings, recesses; or apertures in which the caps or primers may
be lodged in such a manner that they may be placed on the nipple of
the gun or other fire-arm, and removed from the strap with facility, when
.required.
In witness whereof, I, the said Antoine Wollowicz, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Thirtieth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witness,
ISIDORE MIKULSKI.
ANTOINE WOLLOWICZ. (L.S.)