A Dummy Bayonet Rifle for use in Exercise.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 28th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Dummy Bayonet Rifle for use in Exercise.
I, Col. GEORGE MALCOLM FOX, Chief Inspector of H.M. Gymnasia of The
Camp Aldershot, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This dummy rifle consists of the following parts :-
A casting of malleable iron. Two wooden sides or cheeks which together with
the casting constitute the stock. A barrel consisting of an iron tube contracted at
the muzzle.
A coiled spring contained within the barrel.
A tube entering the barrel and representing the bayonet a knob having a stem
which screws into the outer end of the bayonet tube. An elastic ball or covering
for the end of the bayonet. A guard to protect the hands. A nose cap at the end.
of the stock.
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Two screws serve for the attachments making twelve parts in all.
The casting at the butt end which corresponds to the heel plate of a rifle has two
mortices in it on either side; these mortices receive corresponding tenons on the
wooden cheek pieces. The casting also has upon it a breech plug which enters
within the barrel and the casting is fashioned to form the grip. At the fore end of
the casting it is made to engage with a lump on the underside of the barrel. The
guard takes the form of a flanged band encircling the stock and the breech end of
the barrel; the flange is of such dimensions as effectually to protect the hands of the
user of the weapon. A screw pin passes transversely through the stock and the guard
band. The nose cap is a suitably formed band embracing the barrel the fore end
of the casting and the wooden cheeks; a screw pin passes transversely through it
through the casting and cheeks and through a lump on the under side of the
barrel.
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The barrel is cylindrical and of uniform size throughout except where the lump
is forged upon it and at the muzzle end where the bore is contracted.
The bayonet tube passes easily from the rear through the contracted muzzle of
the barrel tube. At its inner end the bayonet tube is enlarged to fit easily in the
barrel; in which the bayonet can thus work freely and smoothly.
.The coiled spring is contained within the barrel between the breech plug and the
enlarged inner end of the bayonet tube. Thus the bayonet can retire into the
barrel by the yielding of the spring.
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The outer end of the bayonet tube is closed by a plug with a knob upon it.
The elastic ball is hollow and fits over the knob at the end of the bayonet.
Dated this 26th day of November 1892.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Dummy Bayonet Rifle for use in Exercise.
I, Col. GEORGE MALCOLM -Fox, Chief. Inspector of H.M.-Gymnasia, of The
Camp, Aldershot, 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 :-
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This dummy rifle consists of the following parts.
A casting of malleable iron. Two wooden sides or cheeks which together with
the casting constitute the stock. A barrel consisting of an iron tube contracted at
the muzzle.
A coiled spring contained within the barrel.
A tube entering the barrel and representing the bayonet a knob having a stem
which screws into the outer end of the bayonet tube. An elastic ball or covering
for the end of the bayonet. A guard to protect the hands. A nose cap at the end
of the stock.
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Two screws serve for the attachments making twelve parts in all.
Figure 1 of the annexed drawings shows a side elevation of this dummy bayonet 1
rifle in its complete form: Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.
The remaining figures show separately its constituent parts. Figure 3 is a side
elevation, Figure 4 is a plan, and Figure 5 is a rear elevation of the malleable
casting. Figures and 7 are respectively a side elevation and plan of one of the
wooden sides or cheeks. Figures 8 and 9 are corresponding views of the other side 2
or cheek. Figure 10 shows the barrel. Figure 11 shows the bayonet tube with
the knob screwed to its fore end. Figures 12 and 13 are side and rear elevations
of the hand guard. Figures 14 and 15 are side and rear elevations of the
nose 'cap.
Figure 16 is a stout india rubber ball which pads the end of the bayonet.
Figure 17 is the screw which passes through the hand guard.
Figure 18 is the screw which passes through the nose cap. Figure 19 is the coil
spring of steel wire.
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The casting at the butt end which corresponds to the heel plate of a rifle has two
mortices a a in it on either side, these mortices receive corresponding tenons b b on 3
the wooden cheek pieces. The casting also has upon it a breech plug c which enters
within the barrel and the casting is fashioned at d to form the grip. At the fore
end of the casting at e it is made to engage with a lump i on the underside of the
barrel. The guard Figures 12 and 13 takes the form of a flanged band encircling
the stock and the breech end of the barrel; the flange f is of such dimensions as 3
effectually to protect the hands of the user of the weapon, it is lined with leather on
the inside. At g is a notch to receive a corresponding tooth h upon the casting,
thus the parts are kept more accurately in place. A screw pin Figure 17 passes
transversely through the cheek pieces of the stock and the guard band. The nose
cap Figures 14 and 15 is a suitably formed band embracing the barrel the fore end 4
of the casting and the wooden cheeks; a screw pin Figure 18 passes transversely
through it through the casting and cheeks and through a lump on the under side of
the barrel.
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The barrel is cylindrical and of uniform size throughout except where the
lump i is forged upon it and at the muzzle end where the bore is contracted.
The bayonet tube Figure 11 passes easily from the rear through the contracted
muzzle of the barrel tube. At its inner end at the bayonet tube is enlarged to
fit easily in the barrel; in which the bayonet can thus work freely and smoothly.
The coiled spring Figure 19 is contained within the barrel between the breech
plug and the enlarged inner end of the bayonet tube. Thus the bayonet can retire
into the barrel by the yielding of the spring.
The outer end of the bayonet tube is closed by a plug with a knob / upon it.

page_text: The elastic ball Figure 16 is hollow and has a hole on one side, it fits over the
knob at the end of the bayonet.
This dummy bayonet rifle may be used without risk of accident in bayonet
contests; it is strong and inexpensive and its use avoids the wear and tear of the
real rifle which results when the real rifle is fitted with a dummy bayonet as has
sometimes been attempted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A dummy bayonet rifle constructed substantially as herein described and shown
by the annexed drawings.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.