Principal to Pi
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 28th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 29th June, 1888
Principally to Pistols,
We, FRANZ PASSLER of Ottakring Vienna and FERDINAND SEIDL, of Budweis,
both in the Empire of Austria Manufactures, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This inventions relates to magazine repeating fire arms, and its object is prin-
cipally to provide a pistol or other small arm, with certain improvements enabling as
many shots to be fired consecutively as there are cartridges in the magazine, the
empty shells being ejected after firing.
In the lock casing are two chambers one for the lock mechanism hereinafter
described, the other for the reception of a magazine, in which cartridges are
placed preferably one above the other and with their axes directed in line with the
barrel.
A spring or lever controlled by a spring tends to raise said cartridges in the
magazine, they are however retained therein by a bar displaced only after firing and
ejection of the case of the cartridge already before the barrel, said bar allowing of
the passage of a second cartridge into the firing chamber-The magazine is detach-
able and preferably held in place by a spring or spring catch, the latter adapted to
release the cartridge bar aforesaid, during the insertion or removal of the magazine.
The breech is closed by a bolt, the latter being displaced axially with the barrel
by means of an extension of the trigger In the bolt is the firing pin, governed
by a spiral spring, the nose of the sear, engages through the bolt, before said firing
pin During forward motion of the trigger, the bolt is moved back, the empty case
discharged in the known manner, and the before-mentioned cartridge bar released, a
cartridge arrives in the breech, and during rearward pull on the trigger, the bolt is
driven forward and closes the breech, the firing pin being meanwhile retained by the
nose of the sear, until, near the termination of the rearward movement of the trigger,
the latter displaces the sear, releasing the firing pin, and discharging the pistol-
These actions are repeated until the store of cartridges in the magazine is
exhausted.
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents to Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Magazine Repeating Fire Arms, Applicable
Principally to Pistols.
We, FRANZ PASSLER of Ottakring Vienna and FERDINAND SEIDL of Budweis
both in the Empire of Austria Manufacturers 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 magazine repeating fire arms, and its object is principally
to provide a pistol or other small arm with a detachable magazine and other improved
parts enabling as many shots to be fired consecutively as there are cartridges in the
magazine, the empty shells being ejected after firing,
The accompanying drawings illustrate a pistol and parts thereof constructed
according to this invention.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section thereof.
Fig. 2 is a cross section on line a Fig. 1.
Figs. 3 and 4 show the breech closing bolt D which is hollowed to receive the
central firing pin D₁ and spiral spring D2 controlling the pin and enclosed by the
nut D³. On the bolt is fixed the cartridge extractor.
Figs. 5, 6 and 7 illustrate in three views the trigger E.
Figs. 8 and 9 show the spring governing the normal position of the trigger.
Fig. 10 is the sear.
Fig. 11 the spring thereof.
Figs. 12 and 13 show the bolt or cartridge gate which holds down the cartridges
in the magazine.
Figs. 14 and 15 show the magazine lock which fastens the magazine into the body
of the pistol.
Figs. 16 and 17 show the magazine.
Fig. 18 shows the barrel with cartridge lifter pivoted thereto, and a guard
plate P for protecting the lifter.
Figs. 19, 20 and 21 show a device for holding the bolt D when the pistol it not
in use.
Fig. 22 is the lock cover plate.
In the body of the pistol are two chambers one for the reception of the lock parts,
the other for the magazine F. The latter is shaped to hold a suitable number of
cartridges, horizontally or substantially so above one another. On the front end of
the magazine is an offset which may be formed by a spring adapted to abut against
the inside wall of the chamber holding the magazine, and on the rear end of the
magazine is a detent f adapted to catch above a hook on lock L in the opposite wall
of the chamber so that the magazine is held in place thereby. On the barrel or on
a lug on the under side thereof is pivoted a lever which is pressed by a spring in
the manner shown and projects through a slot in the front end of the magazine to

page_text: bear under the cartridges therein and press them up into the breech-In the upper
part of one of the side walls of the magazine is a perforation f through which a
lever K projects, which may be called the cartridge gate since it holds down the
cartridges in the magazine against the pressure of the lever C, until such time as it
is deflected to permit a cartridge to ascend into the breech The spiral spring 1³
normally holds the lock L in engagement with the nose. The relative position and
shape of the lock L and cartridge gate K is such that the pressing back of the lock
shall cause the cartridge gate to open, by a part of the lock coming in contact with
the said gate and deflecting it, so that there shall be no impediment to the removal
or introduction of the magazine due to the action of the gate.
The breech bolt D is displaceable back and forth in the breech so that the pin D'
lies axially with the barrel. The trigger E with finger plate E engages with the
lateral pin 2 on the bolt D by means of the curved slot E³ in its upper end, and
being pivoted at E' moves the bolt inward when pulled back by the finger. In the
under side of the bolt is a longitudinal slot d³ curved at its rear end, through this
slot the nose of the scar H projects to engage with the firing pin D¹ and hold
back the same during the forward or inward movement of the bolt. The nose h
also serves to guide the bolt and therefore gives to the latter near the end of its
forward travel by reason of the shape of the slot d³, a slight rotary twist by which
the offset D' is carried under or behind a stationary detent and the bolt is temporarily
locked against the recoil of the cartridge which it is carried from the space above
the magazine into the breech. When the locking of the bolt is thus completed the
trigger E will have advanced so far as to strike against the sear and release the
pin D therefrom, so that the pistol is discharged. The forward movement of the
upper part of the trigger plate E also causes the nose e thereon to come in contact
with and open the gate K so that one of the cartridges arrives in the breech. The
spring N normally holds the trigger and therefore the bolt and other parts connected
therewith in the position shown in Fig. 1. To hold in the bolt to close the breech
when the pistol is not in use, there is provided under the bolt in the body of the
frame of the pistol, a rotary bolt Q having a hollowing g, the bolt is generally so
turned that the hollowing forms a continuation of the casing enclosing the bolt D
and therefore offers no impediment to the movement of the bolt. The bolt D however
is provided with a similar hollowing at R so that when the bolt D closes the breech,
the bolt Q may be turned and its cylindrical side will fit into said hollowing R and
prevent the movement of the bolt D. The cartridge extractor d is attached to the
bolt in the usual manner and the out throw ejects the cartridge cases 'through the
opening in the same manner as with firearms of this class.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. In a repeating fire arm, the combination of a detachable magazine and a
cartridge gate K thereto, with a bolt D, pin D' sear H, and trigger E for operating
said bolt, gate, and sear substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with a reciprocating breech closing bolt having a recess R of a
rotary pin Q having a recess q¹ substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 28th day of May 1888.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, London, W C.,
Agents to Applicants.