Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Aug., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1888
1 ADOLPHE ARBENZ, 107 & 108 Great Charles Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The construction and arrangement of a safety catch for preventing the accidental
discharge of cartridges in revolvers.
The invention consists of a small flat steel spring attached by means of a screw or
pin to upper part of the revolver handle inside and extending to the rear of the
hammer or striker. This spring is operated by means of a lever or key, fitted into
the top of revolver handle, outside, at the back of hammer or striker, which lever may
be moved by the thumb of the hand in which revolver is held. When the lever or
key is down the aforesaid flat steel spring is held downwards and fits into a slot at the
rear of hammer or striker effectually locking same so that it cannot be raised to explode
the cartridges in chambers of revolver. When the said lever or key is pressed
upwards towards the barrel the flat steel spring is released and flies back free of the
hammer or striker which is then at liberty and the revolver can be fired until lever is
pulled back into its original position.
The motion or position of the lever as above described may be varied.

page_text: ADOLPHE ARBENZ Gun Manufacturer, 107 Gt. Charles Street Birmingham in the
county of Warwick 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 consists of a small flat steel spring attached by means of a screw or
pin to the upper part of revolver handle inside and extending to the rear of the
hammer or striker. This spring is operated by means of a lover or key fitted into
the top of revolver handle, outside, at the back of hammer or striker, which lever may
be moved by the thumb of the hand in which revolver is held. When the lever or
key is down the aforesaid flat steel spring is held downwards, and fits into a slot at
the rear of hammer or striker effectually locking same so that it cannot be raised to
explode the cartridges in chambers of revolver.
When the said lever or key is pressed upwards towards the barrel the flat steel
spring is released and flies back free of hammer or striker which is then at liberty,
and the revolver can be fired until the lever is pulled back into its original position.
The motion or position of the lever as above described may be varied.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompaning drawings, the
manner in which my invention is conducted and used.
Fig. 1. represents a section of the revolver showing my improved flat spring in
action, locked in position by means of the lever or key.
Figure 2 represents a section of the revolver showing my improved flat spring
released from contact with the hammer.
In carrying out my invention I provide the spring a and secure it in the manner
represented at Figures 1 and 2, or it may be fixed in any other manner, or at any other
part of the revolver, so long as the moving end 6 of the said spring a is in a proper
position to bear against the rear end of the hammer or striker at c.
I next provide the lever or key d and secure it in position as represented at Figures 1
and 2, the lever is secured by. means of the fullerum-pin e. The said lever d when
raised to the position represented at Figure 1 presses the corner f against the spring a
thereby moving the point b of the spring a against the rear end of the striker c, and
thus effectually preventing the striker from moving.
By the application of my improved spring and lever in the manner hereinbefore
described, a loaded revolver can be handled and moved without fear of the accidental
discharge of either of the chambers; when it is desired to use the revolver the
operator would simply raise the lever d into the position represented at Fig. 2 and
thereby release the point 6 of the spring a from contact with the rear end of the
hammer or striker.

page_text: 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:
The application of the spring a and the lever d in conjunction with a revolver in
the manner illustrated and described for the purpose of preventing accidental
explosions.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.