Improvements in or relating to Walking-stick Guns.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Walking-stick Guns.
I, ERIC HERMAN ERICSON, of Kopmansgatan 301, City of Oscarshamn, Sweden,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to breech-loading gun-canes, and the object of the
invention is to provide a gun-cane so constructed that the handle shall be firmly
fixed in its normal position so as to prevent all risk of opening by chance or
accident. The handle is also so fixed that it may be turned so as to facilitate the
loading of the barrel and also render the same available for use as field-glass by
the insertion of suitable lenses in place of the cartridge.
In order to better explain my invention I have illustrated the same by the
accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the handle
end of a gun-cane according to this invention; Fig. 2 is a side-view and Fig. 3 an
end view of the same.
At the handle-end of the barrel a, a socket or hoop g is attached and to a
projection from this socket the handle is pivoted. This end of the barrel is also
provided with two projections a¹, placed diametrically opposite each other and
which correspond to two other similar inward projections a² in the handle. Said
projections are arranged so as to mesh with each other and hold the handle in the
closed position. A screw h or the like, whose inner end projects into a circular
groove in the barrel, holds the socket in its place in such a manner that it may be
turned about a quarter of a revolution.
When turning the handle and the socket g about 90° round the barrel the
projections come out of gear so as to allow the handle to be turned back as shown
in Fig. 2 at the same time a cartridge extractor e, is brought into action and draws
out the empty cartridge. After loading the handle is turned back again and
screwed into position, so that the projections a¹ and a mesh with each other and
firmly hold the handle in its closed position.
The handle is, of course, provided witli cock, trigger, etc. for the firing of the
gun. The barrel may of course be rifled or smooth as desired.
By the above construction the barrel can be looked right through, since the
handle can be entirely turned out of the way. This makes the barrel suitable to
be used as a field-glass by the insertion of a cartridge, or the like, provided with
suitable lenses.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Walking-stick Guns.
I, ERIC HERMAN ERICSON, of Kopmansgatan 301, City of Oscarshamn, Sweden,
Mechanic, 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 relates to breach-loading gun-canes, and the object of the
invention is to provide a gun-cane so constructed that the handle shall be firmly
fixed in its normal position so as to prevent all risk of opening by chance or
accident. The handle is also so fixed that it may be turned so as to facilitate the
loading of the barrel and also render the same available for use as a field-glass by
the insertion of suitable lenses in place of the cartridge.
In order to better explain my invention I have illustrated the same by the
drawing left with the Provisional Specification, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal
section of the handle end of a gun-cane according to this invention; Fig. 2 is a
side-view and Fig. 3 and end-view of the same.
At the handle-end of the barrel a, a socket or hoop 9 is attached and upon a
projection from this socket the handle is pivoted. This end of the barrel is also
provided with two projections a¹, placed diametrically opposite each other and
which correspond with two other similar inward projections a² in the handle. Said
projections are arranged so as to mesh with each other and hold the handle in the
closed position. A screw h or the like, whose inner end projects into a circular
groove in the barrel, holds the socket in its place in such a manner that it may be
turned about a quarter of a revolution.
When turning the handle and the socket 9 about 90° round the barrel the
projections come out of gear so as to allow the handle to be turned back as shown
in Fig. 2 at the same time a cartridge extractor e, is brought into action and draws
out the empty cartridge. After loading, the handle is turned back again and
screwed into position, so that the projections a¹ and a mesh with each other and
firmly hold the handle in its closed position.
The handle is, of course, provided with cock, and trigger for the firing of the
gun. The barrel may of course be rifled or smooth as desired.
By the above construction the barrel can be looked right through, since the
handle can be entirely turned out of the way. This makes the barrel suitable to
be used as a field-glass by the insertion of a cartridge, or the like, provided with
suitable lenses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
In a gun-cane, the combination with the barrel of a socket adapted to be turned
around the barrel about a quarter of a revolution and provided with a side-pro-
jection, a handle (constituting the breech piece and containing some well known
cock and trigger arrangement for firing the gun) pivoted upon the said side-pro-
jection in such a manner as to be turned on its pivot from a position at about
right angle with the length of the barrel, when the breech is closed, to a position
parallel with the barrel when the breech fully open, said handle constituting the
breech-piece and adapted to close the breech, and a cartridge-extractor pivoted in

page_text: the said projection of the socket and adapted to be actuated by the handle,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 8th day of March 1898.
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For the Applicant,
J. G. LORRAIN, M.I.E.E., M.I.Mech.E.,
Chartered Patent Agent.