A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF ATTACHING OR UNITING TOGETHER THE BODY AND BARREL OF REPEATING FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Jones, of Handsworth, in the County
of Stafford, Machinist, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
METHOD OF ATTACHING OR UNITING TOGETHER THE BODY AND BARREL OF
REPEATING FIRE-ARMS."
Sealed the 22nd December 1869, and dated the 2nd July 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Jones at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd July 1869.
I, THOMAS JONES, of Handsworth, in the County of Stafford,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF ATTACHING OR UNITING TOGETHER THE BODY AND
BARREL OF REPEATING FIRE-ARMS," to be as follows:-
I make the body A and barrel B as shewn in the accompanying
Drawing. The parts of the body or barrel marked respectively A', B',
A2, B2, are shaped, cut, or grooved, where the joining is effected, so as to
form spiral channels or threads or inclined planes. The pin or axis O

page_text: body A, and the
In order to effect
upon which the chambers revolve is fixed into the
barrel B turns and slides upon the said pin or axis C.
the union of the body and barrel the barrel is moved towards the body
until the said parts marked respectively A', B¹, A, B, come within the
range of each other, the barrel is then turned, when both body and barrel
screw or slide into each other and become jointed together, as shewn in
the Drawing. A small stud or stop D is fixed at the end of one of the
channels, grooves, or inclined planes, to prevent passing beyond the posi-
tion required, and a small catch or snap E is provided to prevent repassing
until desired. In order to disunite the body and barrel, the said snap or
catch is pressed out of its hold and the barrel turned back, when the parts
marked respectively A', B', A, B, screw or slide out of each other, the
said barrel may then be moved away from the said body, by which
means the cartridges or cartridge cases may be extracted or removed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Jones in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th December 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
JONES, of Handsworth, in the County of Stafford, Machinist, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me,. the said Thomas Jones, Her special licence that
I, the said Thomas Jones, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Thomas Jones, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 "A NEW OR IMPROVED
METHOD OF ATTACHING OR UNITING TOGETHER THE BODY AND BARREL OF REPEATING
FIRE-ARMB," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas
Jones, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing

page_text: under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 Thomas Jones, do hereby declare
the nature of my said 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 in the method herein-after described of
attaching or uniting the body and barrel of repeating fire-arms, and
that my Invention may be clearly understood, reference is made to
the accompanying Drawings wherein the same letters refer to like parts
throughout.
the
the
I make the body A and barrel B as shewn at Fig. 1 on the Drawings.
The parts marked respectively A1, B1, A2, B2, are shaped, cut, or grooved
where the joining is effected so as to form spiral channels or threads
or inclined planes. The pin or axis C, shewn on Fig. 2, upon which the
chambers revolve is fixed into the body A, and the barrel B tur
slides upon the said pin or axis C. In order to effect the uni
body and barrel the barrel B is moved towards the body
parts marked respectively A1, B1, A2, B2, come within range of each
other, the barrel is then turned, when both body and barrel screw or
slide into each other and become joined together, as shewn in the
Drawing, Fig. 1. A small stud or stop D, Fig. 2, is fixed at the end of
one of the channels, grooves, or inclined planes, so as to prevent the
barrel B passing beyond the required position, and a small catch or
snap E is provided to prevent the barrel B repassing until desired. In
order to disunite the body and barrel the said snap or catch E is pressed
out of its hold, and the barrel turned back, when the parts marked
respectively A1, B1, A2, B2, screw or slide out of each other, the
said barrel B may then be moved away from the said body A, by
which means the cartridges or cartridge cases may be extracted or
removed, as seen in Fig. 2.
Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, shew plans of the several parts and are lettered to
correspond with their respective positions on Figs. 1 and 2.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood that I do not

page_text: limit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated, as the
same may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention;
but that which I claim and desire to be secured to me by Letters Patent
is, my Invention of the new or improved method of attaching or
uniting together the body and barrel of repeating fire-arms as herein
described, and as represented in the accompanying Drawings, or any
mere modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Jones, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of December, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.
EDWIN WATSON,
Solicitor,
Birmingham.
THOMAS JONES. (L.S.)