Improved Means for Fixing Side Arms on Rifles or Guns.
Year: 1895

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improved Means for Fixing Side Arms on Rifles or Guns.
We, WAFFENFABRIK MAUSEN, and PAUL MAUSER, both of Oberndorf on
the Neckar, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, and Empire of Germany, Manu-
facturers, 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:—
The object of the present invention is an arrangement for fixing side arms, such
as infantry sabres, bayonets and the like, on tit
rifles or guns, without any connection
with the barrel and entirely independent of the same, and without undue strain on
the stock
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According to our invention we provide means for relieving the stock of
excessive strain by inserting, a metallic fitting into the front end of the stook,
said fitting being of such a form as to transfer the strains, when thrusting er
cutting, on to large surfaces or to such proportion of leverage as to obviate the
possibility of overstraining and thereby injuring the stock.
Oor invention is illustrated.in the accompanying drawings, in which :—' '.
Fig. 1 shows our invention applied to a rifle the barrel of which is fitted with an
outer protecting tube.
Fig. 2 shows our invention applied to a rifle the barrel of which is not provided
with an outer protecting tube:
Figs 3 and 4 show respectively a side view and a plan of the metallic fitting
separately.
Fig. 5 is a front view of the said fitting.
6 Fig. 6 is a cross section drawn on the line I-I of Fig. 2.
Fig.7 is a cross section drawn through the hilt, of the side arm showing its
spring actuated pressure bolt or pin
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Fig. 8 is a face view of the spring fastener. for fixing the bands.
The side arm is: fixed on the metallic fitting D. inserted in. the upper or outer
end of the stock and constructed in such a manner as to receive all strains, the
method of connecting it to the gun or rifle being shown at Figs. 1, 2 and 6.
The fitting D, Figs. 3, 4 and 5, is provided at its upper end with a flat plate d,
which rests against the front end of the stock, and at its rear end with a flat stud
or projection d', which fits into a hole in the stock and extends up to the barrel, so
as to prevent the fitting D from moving longitudinally and at the same time
support the front plate d, so as to transfer the strains on to the rear part of the
stock.
Further, the fitting D is fixed to the rifle or gun by means of the outermost
band E and the middle band F, as will be seen by Figs. 1, and 6, and by the
spring fastener G, the stud of which enters a holo at or near the centre of the
fitting D, whilst shoulders g¹g' bear against the bands E F and maintain the latter
in their correct position.
To prevent the upper or outermost band E from being pushed forward, the
spring fastener G has a stud 92 which engages with a notch or hole in the
underside of the band E. Thus all the parts mentioned, viz., the fitting D,
the spring fastener G and the hands E F are securely maintained in their proper
position.
The fitting D is provided with a stud dat its front end and with a locking
projection on its underside near its rear end, for the purpose of enabling the side
arm to be fixed thereto.
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page_text: In fixing the side arm in position on the fitting D, the eye ct in the guard of is
passed over the stud and the locking projection d is caused to enter a suitably
fitting space or recess in the rear end of the hilt of the side arm, and it is
then securely looked in position by means of the hook o" of the spring actuated
pin c.
In order to disconnect the side arm from the-rifle-orgun, the pin c is pressed
inwards so as to release its hook.o' from the looking projection, when the side
arm can be drawn off from the fitting D.
In order to disconnect the fitting Difrom the rifle or gun, the cleaning rod His
first removed from its, housing, the spring fastener G is then pressed at its front part
till the stud: leaves the hole in the band and thereby releases, the latter, which
is then drawn off the rifle. The spring fastener. G is then free and is removed
from the fitting D, thereby releasing the middle band F, which is then removed
from the rifle; the fitting D is then free to be removed from the stock. When
remounting the parts the reverse operations are followed.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-..
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we.
claim is :-
1. The means for fixing side arms op rifles or guns independently of the barrel
substantially as herein,shown and described.
2. Means for fixing side arms ou rifles or guns independently of the barrel,
such means consisting of a metallic fitting D inserted into the front end of the
rifle or gun stock and fixed in position by the bands E F and spring fastener G,
such fitting D having at its front end a stud d' and on its underside near its rear,
end a locking projection, d, acting respectively in combination with an ero o¹in
the guard of the side arm and a recess and spring actuated locking book
at the rear end of the hilt, all operating substantially as herein shown and
described.
Dated this 13th day of November 1805 „**