Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application,, 26th Aug., 1887:
Complete Left, 21st June, 1888
Complete Accepted; 27th July, 1888;
We, HENRY WILLIAM HOLLAND, of 98 New Bond Street, London, Gun Maker,
and JOHN ROBERTSON, of Dansey Yard, Wardour Street, London, Gun Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
Our improvements relate to that class of extractor mechanism in which the cases of
exploded cartridges only are ejected from the barrels whenever the barrels are turned
down to open the breech. Arrangements of extractor mechanism for effecting this
object are described in provisional specifications lodged by us in the present year
Nos. 5834 and 9372.
As described in the specification No. 5834 we now (in a double barrelled gun)
cause both cartridge cases to be withdrawn a distance by the ordinary extractor
mechanism and afterwards if one or other of the cartridges has been fired we cause
the empty cartridge case to be ejected by then allowing a spring to throw a rod or bolt
against the stem of its extractor.
The rod or bolt we also retain by a sear the tail of which extends backwards towards
the joint on which the barrels turn as described in that specification.
To trip this sear if the cartridge has been fired we according to this invention employ
a blade of thin metal which lies in a slot in the body or breech piece to which the
stock is secured and which extends back from the joint on which the barrels turn into
a position for a pin on the internal hammer of the lock to enter a slot formed through
its rear end-so that when the hammer is raised or allowed to fall the blade shall have
a short endway movement given to it.
In this way the forward end of the blade may when the hammer has fallen be made
to project a short distance beyond the joint on which the barrels turn and come into a
position to trip the sear above mentioned when the barrels are turned down and so
allow the extractor to eject the case of the cartridge which has been fired.
When the hammer is turned back in its cocked position the blade is drawn back so
that its forward end lies within the joint and out of the way of the sear above mentioned
so that the cartridge would not be ejected on the turning down of the barrels unless
he hammer had fallen.
* Dated this 26th day of Angust 1887
HENRY WM. HOLLAND.
JOHN ROBERTSON.

page_text: Improvements in Extractor Mechanism for Drop Down Small Arms.
We, HENRY WILLIAM HOLLAND, of 98 New Bond Street, London, Gun Maker,
and JOHN ROBERTSON, of 4 Dansey Yard, Wardour Street, London, 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:-
Our improvements relate to that class of extractor mechanism in which the cases of
exploded cartridges only are ejected from the barrels whenever the barrels are turned
down to open the breech.
As described in the specification lodged with an application for Patent No. 5834 in
the year 1887 we now (in a double barrelled gun) cause both cartridge cases to be
.withdrawn a distance by the ordinary extractor mechanism and afterwards if one or
other of the cartridges has been fired we cause the empty cartridge case to be ejected
by then allowing a spring to throw a rod or bolt against the stem of its extractor.
The rod or bolt we also retain by a sear the tail of which extends backwards towards
the joint on which the barrels turn as described in that specification.
To trip this sear if the cartridge has been fired we according to this invention
employ a blade of thin metal which lies in a slot in the body or breech piece to which
the stock is secured and which extends back from the joint on which the barrels turn
into a position for a pin to enter a slot formed through its rear end and give to it a
short endway movement when the hammer falls.
In this way the forward end of the blade may when the hammer has fallen be made
to project a short distance beyond the joint on which the barrels turn and come into a
position to trip the sear above mentioned when the barrels are turned down and so
allow the extractor to eject the case of the cartridge which has been fired.
When the hammer is turned back in its cocked position the blade is drawn back so
that its forward end lies within the joint and out of the way of the sear above mentioned
so that the cartridge would not be ejected on the turning down of the barrels unless
the hammer had fallen.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings annexed show the breech end of a double barrel
gun fitted with extractor mechanism arranged as above described.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the breech end of the barrels and locks partly in
section to show the parts of the lock carried by the further lock plate.
In this figure the hammer of the lock is shown at full cock.
Figure 2 is a similar view with the hammer fallen.
Figure 3 is a similar view with the hammer fallen and the gun nearly but not quite
opened.
A is a blade of thin metal with a slot in its rear end-B is a pin passing through
this slot and fixed to the hammer C. D is a sear carried by the fore body and holding
forward a slide E which is thrust back by a coiled spring F as in the constructions
described in the specification above mentioned-the slide E also as in that construction
has a projection E¹ upon it to come against the front end of the stem of the
extractor G.
There are two sears slides and springs so carried by the fore body-one for the
extractor for each barrel-the ordinary extractor being divided into two and the stem
also divided longitudinally into two halves as in other guns of this class.

page_text: H 15 the joint pin on which the barrels turn-it is a short pin as described in the
above mentioned specification.
As will be seen from Figure 1 the blade A is drawn back when the hammer is
cocked so that its forward end is out of the way of the tail end of the sear D when
the gun is opened and consequently if the gun is opened when the hammer is cocked
the sear is not tripped or the cartridge ejected but if the hammer has fallen as shown
in Figure 2 and the gun is opened then after the cartridge has been drawn back a
short distance in the ordinary way by the extractor mechanism the sear is tripped
as shewn in Figuro 3 just before the setting back of the hammer to its cocked
position is completed and the cartridge case is ejected by the spring F throwing
the extractor quickly backwards a further distance.
Afterwards as the setting back of the hammer is completed the pin B enters
into the upper inclined portion of the slot in the blade A and draws the blade
back.
It is not essential that the pin B should be carried by the hammer it might be
carried by other moving part of the lock as for example by the sear or trigger so long
as it moves the blade forwards when the hammer is set free to fall and retains the
blade in its forward position until just before the time when the hammer is set back
to its cocked position.
Figures 4, 5 and 6 shew views similar to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of a modification in
which the pin B in place of being upon the hammer is upon the trigger.
The several parts are marked with the same letters of reference as in Figures 1, 2
and 3 and their action is the same.
When the trigger is pulled and the hammer consequently falls the blade A is moved
forwards to bring its front end into the path of the tail end of the sear D and it is
retained in this position until the hammer has been set back into its cocked position
and until the sear nose has dropped into the notch or bent in the hammer-
consequently the cartridge case will be ejected when the gun is opened.
To retain the blade A in its forward position the trigger is prevented from falling
down. The trigger blade has for this purpose a hole in its rear end through which
the tail of the sear passes-so that until the sear nose drops into the notch or bent in
the tumbler the trigger is held up.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what wo
claim is :-
1. In drop down small arms fitted with cartridge case ejectors which by a sear
carried by the fore body are held out of action if the hammer of the lock has not
fallen the combination with the lock of a sliding blade having a slot in its rear end
and a pin on the hammer or other moving part of the lock entering into this slot and
cting to move the blade forwards when the hammer drops so as to bring its forward
end into a position for the sear on the fore body to strike against when the gun is
opened and also acting to move the blade back again when the hammer is set back to
ts cocked position substantially as described.
2. The combination of ejector mechanism for drop down small arms substantially as
erein before described with reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3.
3. The combination of ejector mechanism for drop down small arms substantially
s herein before described with reference to Figures 4, 5 and 6.
Dated this 19th day of Tum 1000
HENRY W. HOLLAND.
JOHN ROBERTSON.