IMPROVEMENTS IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS to be as follows:-
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to fire-arms of that class wherein the breech is opened by
folding down the barrel which is binged or pivotted to the breech-shoe, and
comprises various improvements hereinafter described.
In carrying the said invention into practice in connection with a double barrolled
gun, I fix beneath the bṛecch-end of the barrels two hooks, each of which, during
the opening of the breech, engages with, and operates, a pin or stud connected with
one of the locks and cocks the hammer in such a manner that the hammers remain
cocked when the gun is closed. The part. upon which the barrel rests when in its
closed position has two holes to permit the passage of the said hooks so that they
can engage with the said pins or studs. The locks are each composed of four
interior pieces viz: the hammer, the spring, the tumbler and a new piece forming
part of the present invention, which piece is raised by the hooks of the barrels and
works as a lever to cock the hammer. For this purpose the said piece terminates
in a fork, which engages with the nose of the hammer, and it has on its side the
said pin or stud which is engaged and actuated by the said hook.
I provide a safety piece or device which is set automatically by the simple act
of opening the gun for loading, by reason of the fact that a bar pushes the safety
piece against the tumblers and maintains them in position. The said bar is
arranged between the safety piece and a bolt for closing the gun, so that the said
bolt pushes the bar backward when the gun is opened.

page_text: I WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS" and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and inscertained
in and by the following statement:—
This invention relates to fire-arms of that class wherein the breech is opened
by folding down the barrel, which is hinged or pivotted to the breech shoe; and
comprises various improvements hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing,
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Figure 1 is.a side elevation of a fire-arm constructed according to this invention
certain parts being removed to show the internal mechanism.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same the barrels being removed.
Figures 3, 4 and 5 are views shewing details and hereinafter referred to.
:
In applying the present invention to a double-barrelled gun, I form in the lump
of the barrel two hook-shaped recesses A, as shown in Figures 1, 4 and 5, each
of which, during the opening of the breech, engages with, and operates, the pin or
stud B of a lever H connocted with the hammer E of one of the locks. The body
of the breech has two holes D to permit the passage of the said pins or studs B so
that they can engage with the said hooks A.
The locks are each composed of three pieces, viz the spring F, the tumbler G,
and the hammer E connected with a lever H which forms part of the present
invention.
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Each lever H oscillates in the frame, around the body pin W.of the barrel, and
serves to cock the hammer E by engaging with its end below the nose P, the said
hammer being cocked in such a manner that it remains cocked when the breech is
closed. The levers H can be placed on the pin W close to the lump of the barrel,
but it is easier to place them on the ends of the pin W, as shown in Figure 2. The
said pins or studs B which are engaged and actuated by the said hooks A, are
simple rods screwed into the levers H.
N is a safety piece or device which is set automatically by the simple act of
opening or unbolting the gun for loading, a bar J pushing the safety piece N
backward over the ends of the tumblers Gas shewn in Figure 2, thus maintaining
them in a locked position until the gun is bolted. The said bar J is arranged
between the safety picco N and the bolt I for closing the gun, so that the said
bolt I pushes the bar J backward when the gun is opened.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is
First. The hooks A formed in the lump of the barrel for the purpose specified.

page_text: Second. The levers H fixed in the interior of the body portion of the gun upon
the pin W of the barrel, and adapted to cock the hammers.
Third. The safety device N adapted to be moved by the operation of the bolt I
over the tumblers G.
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