Improvements and Rifles in which the Barrels Drop Down for Charging.
Year: 1884

page_text: Improvements
and Rifles in which the Barrels Drop Down for Charging.
I WILLIAM ANSON of 221 Little Green Lane, Small Heath Birmingham in
the County of Warwick Gunmaker, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN HAMMERLESS AND OTHER BREACH-LOADING GUNS AND RIFLES
IN WHICH THE BARRELS DROP DOWN FOR CHARGING, to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in the method of throwing
out the empty case after firing.
In carrying out my invention I fit a spring to the head of the ordinary extractor,
which spring in the act of extracting the cartridge comes in contact with a catch
fixed on the extension of the barrels, the spring is held by the catch until the
extractor is forced out nearly its full distance when the spring slips off the catch
and strikes the cartridge case a sharp blow under its rim, which throws it out of
the barrel. The catch is thrown into position by a rod passing up through the
body, the rod being acted upon by the seear when one or both barrels are fired, or
it may be put in position by a lever working parallel with the strap of the body,
and actuated by the back part of the tumbler or hammer; or the same result may
be obtained by a stud fixed on each side of the extension, which studs may take
the shape of springs.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: and other breech-loading Guns
and Rifles in which the Barrels Drop Down for Charging.
I WILLIAM ANSON, of Small Heatb, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Gunmaker, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HAMMERLESS AND OTHER BREECH-LOADING GUNS AND RIFLES, IN WHICH THE
BARRELS DROP DOWN FOR CHARGING," and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in the method of throwing
out the empty cartridge case after firing.
In carrying out my invention I fit a spring to the head of the ordinary extractor,
which spring, in the act of extracting the cartridge comes in contact with a catch,
fixed on the extension of the barrels; the spring is held by the catch until the
extractor is forced out nearly its full distance; when the spring slips off the catch
and strikes the cartridge case a sharp blow under its rim, which throws it out of
the barrel. The catch is thrown into position by, a rod passing up through the
body, the rod being acted upon by the sear, when one or both barrels are fired, or
it may be put in position by a lever working parallel with the strap of the body,
and actuated by the back part of the tumbler or hammer or the same result may
be obtained by a stud fixed on each side of the extension, which studs may take
the shape of springs.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters
of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a portion of a hammerless gun, closed and ready for
firing. Fig. 2 is a similar view shewing also the gun closed, but the sear is shewn
lifted by the trigger, and the sear rod has pushed the catch into position.-Fig. 3
shews the gun open, with the catch compressing the spring just previously to the
act of slipping and ejecting the case. Fig. 4 shews the several details.
2
a is the ordinary extractor, the shoulders b b of which engage the ends of the
cartridges. c is the extractor rod, which is actuated by the extractor lift d. e is a
spring which is fitted to the extractor, as shewn. f is a catch which is pivoted on
a pin at f'. This catch has a shoulder at f' against which the end of the spring g
impinges. h is the sear rod, which operates upon the end of the catch fas shewn.
When the barrels are dropped, as shewn in Fig. 3, the extractor 6 is pushed
back by the extractor lift d, as usual; the shoulders of the extractor and the upper
ends ee' of the spring e are all in contact with the butt ends of the empty
cartridges. The spring e is, however, momentarily held by the lip of the catch f, as
shewn in Fig. 3. On slightly lowering the barrels from the position shewn in
Fig. 3, the spring e is released from the catch f. The spring e thereupon ejects the
cartridges with sufficient impetus to throw them entirely out of the barrels.
The arrangement shewn in the drawings may be modified, by drilling a hole in 4
the ordinary extractor, in which hole a rod is placed with a spiral spring attached,

page_text: which presses at one end against the head of the rod, and at the other end against
the tail end of the extractor leg. Attached to the back lump of the barrels, is a
hook or catch which is put in position to operate on the extractor by the closing of
the barrels. On opening the breech the hook or catch arrests the movement of the
extractor until the rod comes up and throws off the catch. A small plate or thumb
piece is fitted on each side of the extractor head, which prevents the cartridges
being thrown out before they are fired. When one or both barrels are fired, the
falling of the hammer throws out a peg or pegs, which engage with the plates of
the thumb pieces on the extractor head, and pulls them out of position, and, when
the catch is released, the sudden motion of the extractor throws out the empty
cases.
In another arrangement I use a lever actuated by the spring.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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1. In the construction of guns of the description aforesaid, the addition of one
or more spring or springs, fitted to the extractor, in such a manner as by their
action to throw out the cartridges, operating substantially as herein before described
and shewn on the drawings.
2. The general arrangement and construction of the several and respective parts,
together forming my improvements in hammerless and other breech-loading guns
and rifles in which the barrels drop down for charging, substantially as herein
before described and shewn on the drawings.
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