Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 18th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 27th Apr., 1889
1 CHARLES HENRY MALEHAM of No. 5 Westhar Sheffield in the County of York
Gun Maker do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of the construction and combination and adaption of the
parts hereinafter described for ejecting the spent cartridge cases from the barrels of
drop down small arms.
By my invention the ejector mechanism is cocked or held in a state of tension by
the discharge of the gun or small arm the said mechanism being free or unconnected
with the lock action until the gun or small arm is discharged the rolense of the ejector
mechanism being effected by the opening of the gun after discharge as hereinafter
particularly explained.
The fore end of the gun carries a spring ejector arm the upper end of which presses
against the forward end of the extractor rod and by its action upon the said extractor
rod effects the ejection of the exploded cartridge case. The said spring ejector arm is
held in its cocked position by a sear also carried by the fore end taking into a bent in
the said spring ejector arm.
The said sear is engaged with the said bent so as to cock the spring ejector arm
and is withdrawn from the said bent to release the spring ejector arm for ejecting
the cartridge case by the following mechanism. At the front end of the body of the
gun a small lever is jointed at its lower end the said lever having motion through a
small angle. By the forward motion of this small lever the sear is made to engage
with the bent of and cock the spring ejector arm and by the back motion of the
said lever the sear is permitted to be withdrawn from the spring ejector arm for
ejecting the cartridge case. I will call this small lever the sear operating lever. The
said sear operating lever is situated between the sear of the spring ejector arm and
the prolonged or back arm of the "fore end” by which back arm on the opening of
the gun the cocking of the internal hammer is effected. I so modify and arrange the
said back or cocking arm of the "fore end" that on the discharge of the hammer
the heel of the said cocking arm is made to act upon and press forward the sear
operating lever and cause the sear to engage with the bent of the spring ejector arm

page_text: and cock it the opening of the gun so changing the position of the cocking arm of
the "fore end" that the snid ärm is free of the sear operating lover and does not
interfero with tho withdrawal of the sear to eject the cartridge case.
The action of the parts of the ejecting mechanism is as follows:-
After the gun has been loaded and the barrel closed and the hammer cocked by the
prolonged foro end the spring ejector arm is in a state of tension by the action of the
extractor rod upon it but the sail spring ejector arm is uncocked in consequence of
tho positions of the sear operating lever and the heel of the cocking arm of the
"fore and." On the discharge of tho gun the tail of the hammer depresses the
tail end of the cocking arm causing the heel of the said cocking arm to act
upon and force forward the sear operating lover which pushes forward the sear and
causes the latter to engage with the bent in and cock the spring ejector arm. Thus
the discharge of the hammer effects the cooking or holding in a state of tension the
spring ejector arm.
On opening the gun the position of the cooking arm is again changed and its heel
removed from the scar operating lover which is now free to be pushed back.
When the breech ends of the barrels have been fully opened the motion of the fore
end causes the tail of the sear to strike against the front of the body so as to withdraw
it from the spring ejector arm which ejector arm being thus released acts upon the
extractor rod and ejects the exploded cartridge case.
Instead of acting upon the sear operating lever and cocking the spring ejector arm
by tho cocking arm on the foro end actud upon by the falling hammer the said sear
operating lever may be moved forward by the action of a sliding rod or slide brought
into action on the discharge of the gun. Or the sear may be moved forward to cock
the spring ejector arm by the direct action of a sliding rod or slide without the inter-
vention of the sear cocking lever herein before described.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I CHARLES HENRY MALEHAM of No. 5 Westbar Sheffield in the County of York
Gun Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention consists of the construction and combination and adaptation of
the parts hereinafter described for ejecting the spent cartridge cases from the barrels
of drop down small arms.
By my invention the ejector mechanism is cocked or held in a state of tension by
the discharge of the gun or small arm, the said mechanism being free or unconnected
with the lock action until the gun or small arm is discharged, the release of the
ejector mechanism being effected by the opening of the gun after discharge as herein-
after particularly explained.
The fore end of the gun carries a spring ejector arm the upper end of which presses
against the forward end of the extractor rod and by its action upon the said
extractor rod effects the ejection of the exploded cartridge case. The said spring
ejector arm is held in its cocked position by a sear also carried by the fore end taking
into a bent in the said spring ejector arm.
The said sear is engaged with the said bent so as to cock the spring ejector arm
and is withdrawn from the said bent to release the spring ejector arin for ejecting the
cartridge case by the following mechanism. At the front end of the body of the gun
a small lever is jointed at its lower end the said lever having motion through a small
angle. By the forward motion of this small lever the sear made to engage with
the bent of and cock the spring ejector arm and by the back motion of the said lovor
the sear is permitted to be withdrawn from the spring ejector arm for ejecting the
cartridge case. I will call this small lever the scar operating lever. The said sear
operating lever is situated between the sear of the spring ejector arm and the heel of
the prolonged or back arm of the "fore end" by which back arm on the opening of
the gun the cocking of the internal hammer is effected. I so modify and arrange the
said back or cocking arm of the "fore end" that on the discharge of the hammer the
heel of the said cocking arm is made to act upon and press forward the sear operating
lever and cause the sear to engage with the bent of the spring ejector arm and cock
it, the opening of the gun so changing the position of the cocking arm of the "fore
end" that the said arm is free of the sear operating lever and does not interfere with
the withdrawal of the sear to eject the cartridge case.
The action of the parts of the ejecting mechanism is as follows:-
After the gun has been loaded and the barrel closed and the hammer cocked by
the prolonged fore end the spring ejector arm is in a state of tension by the action
of the extractor rod upon it but the said spring ejector arm is uncocked in con-
sequence of the positions of the sear operating lever and the heel of the cocking
arm of the "fore end." On the discharge of the gun the tail of the hammer depresses
the tail end of the cocking arm causing the heel of the said cocking arm to act upon

page_text: body I use the separate carrying plate i (shown separately in Figure 6) having at its
top the ordinary projection or lifter k by which the case of the exploded cartridge is
started on opening the gun. The said carrying plate i is secured in its place at the
front face of the body g by screwing. The said carrying plate i has upon its front
the projection m for releasing the sear c from the spring ejector arm 6 on opening
the gun.
This projection m serves for releasing both of the sears of the double
The sear operating lever e is made to take its back position when the cocking arm f
is removed from it by a spring not shown in the drawing.
gun.
The action of the ejecting mechanism is as follows:-
When the gun has been loaded and the barrels shut down the spring ejector arm b
is in a state of tension the said arm 6 having been pressed back from the position
represented in Figure 2 to that represented in Figure 1 by the action upon it of the
extractor rod a on closing the gun but the said spring ejector arm bis uncocked, that
is, is not held in a state of tension by the scar c'in consequence of the sear operating
lever e and the cocking arm having the positions represented in Figure 2 the sear
operating levere being in its back or withdrawn position and the cross projection f
on the cocking arm being removed from the said scar operating lever. On the dis-
charge of the gun the tail of the hammer depresses the tail end of the cocking
armnf causing the cross pin or projection f at the heel part of the said cocking arm
to force forward the soar operating lever e. The latter is thereby made to act
upon the upper arm of the sear c and cause it to engage with the bent in and cock
the spring ejector arin & the several parts of the ejector mechanism now having the
respective positions ropresented in Figure 1. Thus the discharge of the hammer h
effects the cocking or the holding in a state of tension of the spring ejector arm b
so that until the hammer had been discharged the ejector mechanism was inoperative,
the opening of the gun while the hammer is in its cocked position and the spring
ejector arm bin an uncocked state causing the undischarged cartridge only to be
partly pushed out of the barrel but not ejected. On opening the gun after it has
been discharged by the fall of the hammer the cocking arm is raised by the action
of the fore end upon it and the said armf cocks the said hammer has illustrated in
Figure 2, the changed position of the cocking arm f removing its cross pin f* from
the sear operating lever e as represented in the said Figure 2 and thereby permitting
that lever to take its back position and relieve the sear c from the pressure of its
upper end which sear is now free to be released from the spring ejector arın b.
When the breech ends of the barrels have been fully opened the motion of the fore
end d causes the tail of the sear c, having the position represented in Figure 1, to
strike against the shoulder m on the front of the body g so as to withdraw the said
sear from the spring ejector arm b, which armb being thus released gives a sudden
blow to the rod a and ejects the exploded cartridge case from the barrel, the several
parts now occupying the respective positions shown in Figure 2. The gun having
been reloaded the barrels are shut down and the ejector arms 6 are put into a state of
tension but are not cocked until the respective hammers of the double gun are dis-
charged as hereinbefore particularly described.
For the purpose of facilitating the removal of the fore end d I combine with the
said fore end, a spring slide or bolt for holding the uncocked spring ejector arm 6
in a state of tension, the said slide or bolt taking the place of the sear which is
inoperative.
The said slide or bolt is represented in the gun shown in Figures 1 and 2 in its with-
drawn or out of action position and detached from the gun in Figure 7, which Figure 7
represents a plan of underside of the fore end bar with the slide or bolt combined with
it. The said spring slide or bolt is marked n and works on the lower face of the bar of the
around the rod
fore end d and is pressed back or outwards by the coiled spring
end of the slide or bolt. The said slide or bolt n has at its rear end a cross head n³
provided with a tooth and the back of the spring ejector arm b is furnished with a
notch or bent for the tooth of the cross head n² to engage with. Before removing
the fore end d when the parts are in the positions represented in Figure 1, the slide

page_text: or bolt a is pressed inwards by acting on its knob p². The tooth on the cross head n³
is thoroby made to take into the notch in the spring ejector arm and thus cock or
hold it in a state of tension while the foro ond d is removed.
Figures 8 and 9 represent partly in elovation and partly in section the arrangement
of my invention in which a sliding rod 9 struck by the falling hammer / is made to
act directly on and push forward tho sear so as to cock or hold in a state of
tension the spring ejector arm b, after the discharge of the gun. In Figure 8 the
hammer is represented in its cocked position and the sliding rod 7 in its back or
withdrawn position, the front end of the said sliding rod being situated opposito the
upper arm of the sear e the said scar being out of bent with the spring ejector arm b
and the latter in an uncocked stale as herein befora described. In Figure 9 the hammer h
is represented in its discharged position and the sliding rod q moved into its advanced
position by the action of the breast of the falling hammer upon the said sliding rod,
the advance of the sliding rod pushing forward or turning the sear on its contre and
causing it to engage with the bent of the spring ejector arm b and thus cock the
said ejector arm. The sear e is released from the spring ejector arm on opening
the gun by the tail end of the sear e striking the body of the gun as hereinbefore
described. On opening the gun the hammer his cocked by any convenient mechanism
and the sliding rod is made to take its back position represented in Figure 8,
for permitting of the releasing of the sear as the gun is opened, by the action of n
spiral or other spring.
Figures 10 and 11 represent another arrangement of my invention in which a
slide connected with and partaking of tho sliding motion of the mainspring * of the
hammer is made to operate the sear e in the same manner as the sliding rod last
described. In Figure 10 the hammer his represented in its cocked position and the
slider connected with the main spring 12 in its withdrawn position, the sear e being
out of bent with the spring ejector arm b.
In Figure 11 the hammer his represented discharged and the slider put into its
advanced position by the action of the sliding main spring ². It will be seen that by
the advance of the slider the sear has been turned on its centre and its upper arm
made to engage with the bent of the spring ejector arm band cock the said arm b.
The scar cis released in the manner before described the cocked hammer h with-
drawing the slide r, into the position represented in Figure 10 for permitting of the
release of the scar from the bent of the spring ejector arm on opening the gun.
In place of the slide ra slide in front of the bend or turn of the main spring to bo
pushed forward on the discharge of the gun by the said mainspring may be used. Or
a projection made solid to the mainspring as represented in Figure 12 may be used
for the same purpose.
The sliding rod represented in Figures 8 and 9 and the slides hereinbefore described
and represented in Figures 10, 11 and 12 may be used for acting upon the intermediate
or sear operating lover represented in Figures 2 and 5 for causing the
sear to he put into bent with the spring ejector arm instead of neting directly upon the
senr as described and represented.
From the foregoing description reference being had to the accompanying Drawings
it will be understood that in all the arrangements of my invention the ejecting
mechanism is free or unconnected with the lock action until the gun or small arm
is discharged tho discharge of the gun or small arm causing the spring ejector arm
to be cocked or held in a state of tension ready on the opening of the gun or
small arm to be released for effecting the ojecting operation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven
tion and the manner in which tho samo is to bo porformed I declare that I claim
as my invention of "Improvements in the ejector mechanism of drop down small
"
arms :-
First. The construction and combination of the sear operating lever and cocking
arm hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the accom-
panying Drawings for putting on the discharge of the gun or small arm the sear of the

page_text: ejecting mechanism into bent with and cocking or holding in a state of tension the
spring ejector arm, the said spring ejector arm being free or unconnected with the lock
action and inoperative until the gun or small arm has been discharged substantially as
herein before described and illustrated.
Secondly. The arrangements or combinations of parts hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the accompanying Drawings for causing
the sear on the discharge of the gun or small arm to be put into bent with the spring
ejector arm of the ejecting mechanism by the operation of a sliding rod or slide or by
a projection at the end or turn of the main spring acting directly upon the sear or
upon an intermediate or sear operating lever for the purpose and substantially as
described and illustrated.
Thirdly. The combination with the fore end of the gun or small arm, containing
the spring ejector arm of the ejecting mechanism, of the spring bolt or slide herein
before described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 7 of the accompanying Drawings
for holding the spring ejector arm in a state of tension during the removal of the
fore end from the body of the gun or small arm.
Dated the Thirteenth day of March 1889.