Improvements in or connected with the Extracting and Ejecting Mechanism of Drop Down Guns.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in or connected with the Extracting and Ejecting
Mechanism of Drop Down Guns.
I, JOHN ARTHUR BAKER, of Penrose Villa, Tutshill, Chepstow, Monmouthshire,
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this my said invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with the extracting and
ejecting mechanism of drop down guns and its object is to provide in combination
with such mechanism a sliding bolt upon the underside of the fore end which, by
a spring action and the action of the surface of the action body joint, together
with the cocking lever, shall upon the opening of the gun without firing, block the
ejecting operation of the kickers, permitting only the extraction, whilst after
firing, the forward end of the cocking bar (which is now under pressure) shall
upon the opening of the gun hold back the said bolt so as to free it clear of the
kickers and thus permit the ejecting action. This bolt is carried in suitable
guides with its forward nose entering into a cut away part in the body joint and
lying by the side of the forward part of the cocking bar. This cut away part is
so shaped that when the gun is closed, the bolt is pushed back against its spring
until clear of the kickers. If the gun is opened without firing the forward end
of the cocking bar being under no spring influence-the recess or cut away part
simply allows the bolt to move forward so as to present a block between the fore
end and a side lump upon the kicker, which thus effectually prevents any ejection
action of the kickers, nence the latter is allowed sufficient motion only to extract.
Should the gun however be first fired and then opened the forward end of the
cocking bar is now under strong pressure from the hammer spring, and this
forward end now rests against and in front of a suitable lump formed upon the
bolt so that as the gun is opened this slide is held back clear of the kickers, and
thus the latter is allowed free play to eject.
In some cases where the fulcrum joint of the cocking bar is so placed that upon
the opening of the gun a forward motion is thereby imparted to the forward end
of the said cocking bar, such forward end may then be utilized to push back the
slide independently of any action from the body joint.
This my invention is applicable to single or double barrelled guns.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with the Extracting and Ejecting
Mechanism of Drop Down Guns.
I JOHN ARTHUR BAKER, of Penrose Villa, Tutshill, Chepstow, Monmouthshire,
Clerk, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with the extracting and
ejecting mechanism of drop down guns and its object is to provide in combination
with such mechanism a sliding bolt upon the underside of the fore end which, by a
spring action and the action of the surface of the body joint, together with the
cocking lever, shall upon the opening of the gun without firing, block the ejecting
operation of the kickers, permitting only the extraction, whilst after firing, the
forward end of the cocking bar (which is now under pressure) shall upon the
opening of the gun hold back the said bolt so as to free it clear of the kickers
and thus permit the ejecting action.
In order to more clearly explain this my invention, I have appended hereunto
an illustrative drawing, upon which are figures and numbers of reference, similar
numbers referring throughout the several views to the same thing or part.
Figs. 1, 2 & 3, show this my invention as arranged for the operation or move-
ment of the sliding bolt to be effected or permitted by the body joint surface, and
in which Fig. 1, shows the gun closed; Fig. 2, shows the gun opened before having
been fired; and Fig. 3 shows the gun opened after having been fired.
Fig. 4, is a side and plan view in detail of the sliding bolt.
Fig. 5, is a detailed side and edge view of the kicker as used in the drawings;
Fig. 6, is a detailed view of the cocking bar as shown in Figs. 1, 2 & 3.
Fig. 7, is a detached part view of the body joint, showing the projection which
operates the kicker in the opening of the gun.`
Figs. 8, 9 & 10, show my invention as arranged for the fore end of the cocking
bar to operate the sliding box independently of the face of the body joint, and in
which, Fig. 8, again shows the gun closed; Fig. 9, shows the gun opened without
firing and Fig. 10 shows the gun opened after firing.
14, is
11, is the action body. 12, are the barrel or barrels. 13, is the fore end.
the sliding bolt having the openended slot 15, moving upon the peg 16, and also
the spindle 17, moving in guide 18, and forced forward by spring 19. 20, is the
kicker turning about the axis 16 and having the side lump 21. 22, is the kicker
spring. 23, is a fixed projection upon the body joint and shown in Fig. 1 & 7,
but not in Figs. 2 & 3 because of possibly confusing the drawing. 24, is the
cocking bar as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 & 6; and 24 the similar cocking bar as
shown in Figs. 8, 9, & 10.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive. The bolt 14, is carried in suitable guides
such as before explained with its forward nose 25, entering into a cut away
part 26, in the body joint as shown in Fig. 2, and lying by the side of the forward
part of the cocking bar 24. This cut away away part 26, is so shaped that when
the gun is closed as seen in Fig. 1, the bolt is thereby pushed back against its
spring 19, until the side projection 27 upon the bolt 14 is clear of the projection 21,
upon the kicker 20. If the gun is opened without firing as seen in Fig. 2, the
forward end of the cocking bar being under no spring influence-the recess or cut
away part 26, simply allows the bolt to move forward so as to present the side
projection 27 as a block between the fore end 13, and the side lump 21 upon the
kicker, which thus effectually prevents anv ejection action of the kickers, hence

page_text: the latter is allowed sufficient motion only to extract, by means of the projec-
tion 23, upon the body joint (see Fig. 7) acting upon the kicker 20, in the usual
manner.
Should the gun however be first fired and then opened as seen in Fig. 3, the side
lump 28, upon the forward end of the cocking bar 24, is now under strong pressure
from the hammer spring (not shown) and this forward end 28, now rests against
and in front of a suitable lump or inclined surface 29, formed upon the bolt 14,
see Fig. 4, so that as the gun is opened this slide 14, is held back so that the
projection 27, is held clear of the kicker, and thus the latter is allowed free play
to eject.
Referring to Figs. 8, 9 & 10, it is shown how this my invention may be applied
to cases where the fulcrum joint 30 of the cocking bar is placed away back from
the centre of the body joint; hence when the gun is opened, the forward end 28°,
assumes an increasingly protruding position from the joint face, and in so doing
is utilized to push back the slide 14. In Fig. 9, the gun, is opened without having
been fired, where it will be seen that the bolt 14, is forward, with the end 28%, of
the bar 24 resting upon its surface 31, and consequently as before explained for
Fig. 2 the projection 23, operates on the kicker only to extract. In Fig. 10, the
gun is shown as having been fired, and then opened, and here again the pro-
jection 28 has pushed back the slide 14, so that (as in Fig. 3) the projection 27, is
clear of the lump 21, and thus affords freedom to the kicker to eject.
Although I have shown the several parts upon the drawing I do not confine
myself to the precise shape or disposition of the parts as these may be varied
without departure from the nature of my invention, and I may also add thereto
any of the several known means of extraction which will not interfere with my
improved sliding bolt action, but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. In extracting and ejecting mechanism of drop down guns the combination
with the action body ioint having a recess 26, and kicker 20, having lump 21.
of the sliding bolt 14, having projection 27, with their various accessory parts all
constructed and operating as set forth and shown and for the purposes specified.
2. The modified combination with the kicker 20, having the lump 21, of the
bolt 14, with the projection 27, and surfaces 29 and 31, operated by the fore en:
of the cocking bar 28" with their various accessory parts, all as set forth and
shown.
Dated thie 26th day of July 1907
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicant's Agent.