Guns for Recording the Number Killed.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 16th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 20th Jan., 1888
of Guns for Recording the Number Killed.
1, HENRY WILLIAM HOLLAND of 98 New Bond Street, London, Gun Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The counter consists of a ring upon which consecutive figures are placed. This
ring is mounted in another ring which is let into the stock of the gun, the opening
being covered by a plate. The outer ring and plate have slots cut in them through
which the figures upon the inner ring can be seen. The counter is actuated by a
press button working a ratchet taking into ratchet teeth on the inner ring.
A convenient way of arranging the push button is to put it upon one end of a rod
working in bearings carried by the outer ring. A cross bar carrying a ratchet at one
end is pivoted to this rod and also to the outer ring of which it forms a diameter.
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SA:1 1907
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: of Guns for Recording the Number Killed.
I, HENBY WILLIAM HOLLAND of 98 New Bond Street, London, Gun Maker, 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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The counter consists of a ring upon which consecutive figures are placed. This ring
is mounted in another ring which is let into the stock of the gun, the opening being
covered by a plate. The outer ring and plate have slots cut in them through which
the figures upon the inner ring can be seen. The counter is actuated by a press
button working a ratchet taking into ratchet teeth on the inner ring.
A convenient way of arranging the push button is to put it upon one end of a rod
working in bearings carried by the outer ring. A cross bar carrying a ratchet
tooth at one end is pivoted to this rod and also to the outer ring of which it forins a
diameter.
The drawing annexed shews various views of a counter formed as above described.
Figure 1 is a plan, Figure 2 an elevation of one side, Figure 3 an elevation of the
opposite side partly in section and Figure 4 an end elevation. Figure 5 is a
longitudinal section of the press button bar and Figure 6 a cross section through part
of the two rings.
A is the top plate to which is secured a ring BL shaped in transverse section C is
the ring contained within the ring B and having ratchet teeth formed all around it
on one side and also having consecutive numbers marked around its circumference one
number for each ratchet tooth. 1) is a bar or arm of spring metal turning at one
end on a pivot D' fixed to the outer ring and at the other end formed with a ratchet
tooth to engage with the ratchet teeth formed around the circumference of the
ring C. E is the rod lying across the arin D and jointed to it by the screw pin E¹.
One end of the bar can slide endwise in a dovetail slot in a projection B' from the
ring B-the other end is formed into a head or press button and passes through an
opening formed through the top plate A. F is a spring pressing the bar endwise
and causing its head to project up from the plate A until a shoulder on the bar comes
against the underside of the plate. The spring is fixed to a projection B² on the
ring B. A is a slot in the top plate through which one or other of the numbers on
the ring C is exhibited according to the position of the ring. G is a spring fixed at
one end to the projection B and at the other end formed into a ratchet tooth which
engages with the ratchet teeth on the ring C and prevents the ring from turning in a
backward direction.
Each time that the press button is depressed the inner ring will be turned a
distance of one tooth and the next number on the ring to that which was previously
exhibited through the slot in the plate will then be exhibited through it.

page_text: The counter constructed as shewn in the drawing is adapted to be let into a slot
formed downwards into the stock from the top so that the top plate A may come
flush with the top surface of the stock and be secured to the stock by screws passed
through the holes A².
It is obvious that it is not essential that the marker or counter should be made
with a complete outer ring but that in place thereof the inner ring might be
arranged to turn on a central pin.
In place also of the marker or counter being made with the numbers marked
around the circumference of the inner ring this might be around the outer edge
of its side.
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 counter suitable for being attached to the stocks of guns and constructed
substantially in the manner herein before described.