CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE ARMS, AND IN THE BALLS TO BE USED THEREWITH
Year: 1839

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I.
CHARLES LOUIS STANISLAS Baron HEURTELOUP, of Queen Ann Street, in
the County of Middlesex, send greeting:
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria,
by Her Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing
date at Westminster, the Twenty-third day of February, in the second
year of Her reign, did, for Herself. Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Charles Louis Stanislas Daron Heurteloup,
Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I,
the said Charles Louis Stanislas Baron Heurteloup, my exors, adñiors,
or assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Louis Stanislas
Baron Heurteloup, my exors, adñiors, or assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during
the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
inake, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
FIRE ARMS, AND IN THE BALLS TO BE USED THEREWITH;" in which
said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said Charles
Louis Stanislas Baron Heurteloup, shall cause a particular description
of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is

page_text: to be performed, to be. inrolled in Her said. Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the
said Charles Louis Stanislas Baron Heurteloup, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be
performed, are fully described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the figures and letters marked thereon (that is to say):
The improvements which constitute the object of the present Patent
are applicable to portable fire-arms, single or double barrelled rifled
guns,
or not, and may be comprised under four heads. First, comprises im-
provements made in the mechanism of the lock, adapted to the use of the
particular priming called continual prime (amorce continue). Second,
comprises improvements in the construction of fire-arms with reference
to the interior of the barrel, and also in the ramrod, in order to facilitate
the loading of rifled fire-arms with ball:. Third, comprises improvements
in the construction of fire-arms in order to enable the ramrod to be also
used as a bayonet. Fourth, comprises improvements in the balls used
to load rifled or not rifled fire-arms.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, a side elevation of a single rifled fire-arm; Figure 2, a
longitudinal section of the same, shewing the interior of the mechanism
of the lock and the grooves of the single rifled fire-arm; Figure 3, a
view of the under part of the same; Figure 4, a section of a portion
of a doubled barrelled gun with the application of the system of the
continual prime; Figure 5, shews the under part of the same; Figure 6,
shews the rainrod bayonet belonging to the singlé rifled fire-arm;
Figure 7, an outside view of the thin piece, whereby the box con-
taining the whole mechanism of the lock is closed; Figure 8, an inside
view of the same piece; Figure 9, an inside view of the thicker and
principal piece forming the box, which contains the whole mechanism
of the lock Figure 10, an outside view of the last-mentioned piece:

page_text: Figure 11 shows the inner side of the compressor; Figure 12, the
under side of the box containing the mechanism in which the continual
prime is moved Figure 13, a detached view of the spring with lips;
Figure 14, a transverse section, of the barrel of a rifled-gun, showing
the form of the border of the patent breech; Figure 15, shows the
extremity of the ramrod bayonet for the rifled gun;. Figure 16; different
views of the shape of the ball before and after being pressed between
the ramrod and the border of the patent breech; Figure 1'8, detached
views of the moveable box, designed to receive the smoke and flame
from the priming; No 1, 2, and 3, shew the plate carrying the springs
with lips for the double barrelled gun; Figure 19, a longitudinal section
of a portion of a double. barrelled gun with a particular disposition of
the compressor, and the box which receives the smoke and flame of the
ignited prime; Figure 20, the under view of the same double barrelled
gun; Figure 21, the particular manner to prepare the balls for their
being attached to the cartridges without much increasing the volume of
these balls.
As to the first head, improvements made in the mechanism of the
lock adapted to the use of the particular prime called continual prime
(amorce continue). The lock which I discover to be best adapted to
the system of the continual prime consists of a box composed of, two
pieces (see Drawing). Figures 9; and 10, shew different views of the
first piece; Figures 7, and 8, show different views of the second piece.
These two pieces, joined together by means, of two screws passing
through the holes a, and b, Figure 2, leave between them two principal
cavities; the one c, is towards the extremity of the stock; the other
d, towards the extremity of the barrel. The first cavity c, contains
the main spring e, the sear g, the trigger h, and the cock i. The second
cavity d, Figure 2, is intended to receive the gas and flame produced
on firing, in order, first, to prevent the dispersion of the gas in the
interior of the lock, and, second, that the fire from the exploded piece
of priming which has just been cut off at the point ', may be kept
separate from the rest of the priming tube. The piece, Figure 9, in
which more particularly the before-mentioned cavities: are formed, has
a prolongation, intended to carry a particular spring, to be described

page_text: hereafter. This-spring is important to the proper motion of the prime.
To produce the motion of the prime, to protect the prime, and to fix it,
there is another piece, represented separately in Figure 11; the same
is shewn by k, Figures 2 and 3. This piece is jointed to another long
one 1, Figures 2 and 3. This piece k, which I have called a com-
pressor (compresseur), because it presses upon the priming tube, has an
aperture o, Figure 2, in which a small wheel is inserted, the use of
which is shewn hereafter. This piece has also two oblong narrow
cavities or grooves a, Figure 11, intended to receive, first, two oblong
prominences made to fit into such cavities or grooves, shown by a
Figure 9, and by a, Figure 12; and, second, two prominences y
Figures 12, and 13.
This compressor has two shields, one for pre-
serving from rain the extremity of the prime, the other to protect the
aperture containing the progression wheel. The shield guarding the
prime is marked f, Figures 1, 2, 3; that which guards the aperture
for the wheel is marked m, Figures 1, 2, 3.
Now, as an important part of the improvements in the lock adapted
to the use of the continual prime consists in the new means of bringing
forward successive portions of prime, one after the other, in regular
quantities or lengths, I will give a particular description of this part
of the lock. In the aperture o, in Figures 2 and 11, of the com-
pressor, is a small wheel v, Figure 2 (colored yellow in the Drawing);
.it turns upon a pivot. This wheel has six divisions. In a groove
shown in the prolongation j, Figure 2, marked by r, on Figures 10
and 12, is placed a spring, fixed by a screw n, Figure 2. This
spring is drawn separately in Figure 13. It has a gutter c, Figure
13, bordered with two projecting lips y, Figures 12 and 13.
The lips
are received when the compressor is closed in the hinder part of
the grooves, Figure 11, by means of the above mentioned small
wheel placed in the compressor and by the last described spring. I
move the prime forward or backward in certain lengths or quantities,
and the spring pressing upon the prime keeps it fixed and steady.
Thus by turning the wheel with the finger either backwards or for-
wards, I push forward or draw back the priming tube. This being
done, it is evident that two of the projections of the wheel resting upon

page_text: the priming tube in the groove fix and keep it steady in its place.
The prime priming tube or continual prime (amorce continue), for it
may be called by either of these names, is shown by a red line on the
Drawing, Figure 2; and being placed in a channel or conduit, formed
by the stock by the piece 1, Figure 2, of the compressor, when closed
by the compressor k, Figure 2, by the groove r, Figures 10 and 12,
and by the spring c, Figures 12 and 13, must obey the impulse given
it by the wheel v, Figure 2; and thus the priming is freely drawn back
or pushed forward to be cut and struck upon the touch-hole, as repre-
sented in Figure 2. Thus the compressor having grooves u, Figure 11,
to receive the projections a, Figure 12, which are lateral to the groove
r, Figure 12, in which groove the prime is fixed, forms a complete
channel from which the prime cannot deviate. This channel is the
more complete as the prominence 7, Figure 11, left between the two
grooves of the compressor, keeps the priming tube correctly at the
bottom of the groove.
The application of this mechanism to a double barrelled
gun:-
I apply to a double barrelled gun the same mechanism before described
for moving the prime forward or backward in a certain length or
quantity, with the exception, however, that the necessity of supplying
with primes two barrels, obliges me to make certain alterations of
sufficient importance to render a detailed account necessary that they
may be secured by the present Patent. I have not united, as in the
single gun, the mechanism of the lock, the mechanism moving the
prime and the chamber receiving the smoke and flame of the prime,
but in the double barrelled gun I have divided these parts into several
divisions. Thus a Figures 4 and 5, shew the frame bearing the
double lock c, the cocks cach provided with a sharp blade to cut off the
prime; b, Figure 4, the sears; and e, Figure 4, the triggers. Figure 4,
d is a box. receiving the smoke and fire from the prime; it can be
taken out at will. It is kept in its place by the compressor a, Figure
4, and has two holes to allow the nipples to pass through, as shown by
Figure. 18, in a. It shews also the projections b, Figure 18, which
fall into the grooves made on the compressor in p, Figure 4, in order
to form a complete chanuel for the prime. Figure, represents a

page_text: piece fixed on the stock supporting the springs in which the prime is
to slide; this piece is separately drawn in Figure 18, Nos 1, 2, and 3.
Finally, the compressor a, falls down, and is caught by the spring i
Figure 4, which fastens the piece d, Figure 18, by means of the hook
w, Figure 4. The continual prime, which is marked by a red line,
Figure 4, slides in a channel formed in front by a groove shewn on the
box e, Figure 18, by the compressor a, Figures 4 and 5, by the springs
g, Figure 18, No 3, by the pieces Figure 18, N° 1, in o, by the stock
(videlicet) by means of a channel cut in it, marked q, Figure 4, and,
finally, by the stock and the barrel by a groove made in the stock in.m.
Such is the arrangement best adapted to the application of the continual
prime to the double barrelled gun; the elements are the same as those
pointed out in the description of the single gun. Thus my double
barrelled gun represents the mechanism moving, the cock, the chambers
receiving the smoke and flame that propelling the prime, and, lastly,
the compressor, which not only acts with the other parts, but protects
the prime, with the difference that, instead of. their being united as in
the single gun, they are separated in the double.barrelled one. To give
more compactness to the system of applying the continual prime to the
double barrelled gun, I have. joined the compressor to the box, which
is intended to receive the products of the powder, as represented by
Figures 19, and 20, Thus a, shows the box designed to receive the
products of the ignition of the powder; b, shows the compressor joined
with the box by means of a hinge c. The compressor is shut by a
spring d, fixed to the box by the screw . f, is a long pin adapted to the
spring, and which passes through the partition which separates the two
chambers of the box; the extremity of that pin keeps the compressor
closed. The traverse d, enables me to. draw the spring backwards by
the points o, Fig. 20. The box is kept in its place in the gun by a
small spring g, fixed on the, box towards the extremity of the barrel
by a screw v. This small spring has a hole, in which à pin h, enters,
placed on the fixed piece a.
As.to.the.second head, improvements in the construction of fire-arms
with reference to the interior of the barrel, and also in the ramrod,. in
order to facilitate the loading of the rifled fire-arms. A new system of

page_text: loading rifled guns has lately attracted public attention, particularly in
France. This system consists in putting in the barrel a ball of a size
sufficiently small to allow it easily to enter into the barrel and fall to
the bottom without having recourse to a hammer or any other means
to force it down; thus the ball having reached the bottom is struck
with the ramrod upon the edge of the breech, the circumference of
which is perfectly even, and the ball being thus flattened it is increased
in its transversal diameter, and the circumference of that diameter takes
the shape of the grooves of the rifled barrel. The ball thus expanded
in the grooves is fit to follow them when discharged, by which means a
more rapid loading of the rifle gun has been attained. This ingenious
system in its principle appears to me to have been carried out in an
imperfect manner, and I have therefore invented means to remedy the
defects which are connected therewith, and which are as follows:-
First, it does not flatten the ball enough to make its projections suffi-
ciently enter the grooves, and therefore force it to follow them correctly,
and consequently to receive the necessary rotatory motion. Second, it
does not sufficiently press the ball upon the sides of the barrel so that
the contact of the ball with the sides of the barrel be sufficiently close
to determine a pressure upon the barrel its whole breadth, to prevent
the ball from moving and from keeping its axis (when issuing) parallel
to the axis of the barrel. In order to obtain the requisite figure of the
ball to the grooves of a rifled gun I have shaped the bottom or breech
of the barrel and the ramrod in a manner that the parts of the ball
which correspond with the grooves are pinched between the projections
placed at the bottom of the barrel, corresponding with the grooves and
the projections of the thick extremity of the ramrod, whereby I force
these pinched parts of the ball into the interior of the grooves. I
effect by this means not only of forcing the ball to follow the grooves,
whatever be the strength of the charge, but also of placing the protruding
parts of the ball in contact with the barrel-sufficiently close to insure at
all times its retaining the same horizontal axis. Thus on the borders of
the breech B. Figure 2, of the patent breech A, Figure 2, I have left
projections C. Figures 2 and 14. The projections are separated by
hollow intervals D,. Figures 2 and-14. These projections C. Figures 2

page_text: and 14, correspond with the grooves E, Figure 2, made in the barrel,
so that there are as many projections as grooves. This being done it
will be easily conceived that the ball introduced into the barrel and
resting on the borders of the breech, will, when the blow of the ramrod
has been given, assume the figure of the outer end of the breech, and
thus produce projections which cuter the grooves in the barrel. If the
extremity of the ramrod presents projections which are calculated to act
conjointly with the projections of the borders of the breech, in order to
effect the pinching of the ball, I shall attain the desired result in a manner
still more complete. Figure 15, shows how the extremity of the ramrod
is shaped. Figure 16, N° 1, shows the round ball as it is introduced into
the barrel; and 2, 3, and 4, show various views of the ball after having
been pressed between the projections of the breech and those of the
ramrod. In a, Figure 16, the projections of the ball thus shaped are
represented, and it will be easily understood that these projections, once
fitted into the grooves of a rifled gun, cannot swerve from the proper
course. 3, Figure 16, shows that this effect produces on the ball a
large belt which prevents it from swerving from its proper course.
Note, I prefer the projections to be formed on the borders of a patent
breech, but such projections may be applied otherwise than on the
borders of a patent breech, the object being suitably to apply projections
corresponding with the grooves in order to obtain the result above
described.
Improvements in the construction of fire-arms, in order to enable
the ramrod to be also used as a bayonet. I have made the ramrod,
which I intend to use also as a bayonet, from an iron tube, shown
by 2, in Figure 2; the interior of it is marked with 3. At one of
the ends of the tube there is a projecting swell 4, Figures 2 and 6,
the interior part of which is shown by Figure 15. At the other
end of the tube there is a sharp point 5, Figure 6, which serves as
a bayonet. 7, 7, are projecting collars slopingly shaped in the direc-
tion of the stock, and abrupt in the direction of the outer extremity
of the barrel. An iron tube 8, Figures 2 and 3, is soldered to the
barrel; it shows in 9, a flat piece pierced by a hole 10. 12, is a
piece or spring latch, of which the extremity passes through the

page_text: hole 10, and rests against the abrupt part of the projecting swell 7'.
The ramrod bayonet. thus fastened cannot issue during the recoil of
the fire-arm. By pressing upon the outer extremity of the piece or
spring latch 12, I bend the spring 14, and thus withdraw the extremity
of that spring latch 12, which, leaving its hold of the projection, allows
the bayonet to be taken out and used as a ramrod.
Improvements in the balls used to load rifled or not rifled fire-arms.
My improvements applicable to balls for fire-arms consist in certain
additions thereto, whereby the case for the power is more easily and
advantageously applied in making ball cartridge; and my improvements
consist in enveloping the ball in muslin or other suitable material, in
such manner as to leave a tuft to which the case for the powder is
affixed, by tying in the manner I will now explain:-I envelope the
ball in a piece of muslin, thin and strong, or any other suitable material
which stretches casily upon the ball without making any folds or
creases on the transversal diameter of that ball. I bind this wrapping
with a tie a, Figure 21, taking care to leave beyond the tie a tuft or
length, Figure 21, of the wrapping, sufficient to bind or attach the
paper thereto which is to contain the powder of the cartridge c, Figure
21. The ball thus prepared can be greased without injuring the powder
of the cartridge, and can be introduced into the barrel at the same time
as the powder, with a diameter nearly equal to the interior of the barrel,
for the thin and well stretched material upon the ball does not increase
the latter but very slightly.
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Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of carrying the same into effect, I would wish it to be under-
stood that what I claim as my Invention is,-
First, the mode of making the box, Figures 7 and 9, which contains
the whole mechanism of the lock, of two pieces only. One of the side
parts, Figure 9, of this box contains, first, the cavity in which the parts
of the lock play; secondly, the space receiving the smoke and flame
produced by the detonation; and, thirdly, the particular prolongation
which supports a part of the mechanism producing the progression of
the continual prime. The hole for the pivot of the cock, and the pro-
jection upon which the continual prime is cut, are included in this piece,
and these two points being thus retained always at the same distance the

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one from the other, ensures the-continual-prime being cut in the most
accurate manner:
Secondly, the mode of making a complete channel, to be opened at
will, to contain the continual prime,, so as to prevent its deviating when
inoved forward. or drawn back. Also a spring with a gutter, which
forms a part of and is placed in the channel, and presses, towards the
wheel, which moves forward or draws back the continual prime,
Thirdly, the mode of applying a wheel so arranged as to enable me
to move forward or to draw back the continual prime in regulated and
limited lengths by means of the finger. Also the use of a shield to
protect the mechanism intended to move the continual prime.
Fourthly, making in the double barrelled gun a small box, Figure
18, separated from the mechanism which effects the action of the cock,
and which box, being moveable, allows the cleaning of the nipples.
This box is..intended to receive the products of the ignition and to
guide the flame, in order to prevent its communication with the re-
maining prime.
Fifthly, the mode of constructing a channel between the barrel and
the stock to contain the continual prime, as described.
Sixthly, the mode of constructing the breech of a rifled gun with
projections at regular intervals, and also the extremity of the ramrod,
in order that the ball resting on such projections and being struck by
the ramrod may be spread out with more completeness to fill up and
be governed by the grooves of the barrel.
Seventhly, the mode of preparing balls in the making of ball car-
tridges, by wrapping them in muslin or other. suitable material, and
leaving tufts to which the paper cases for the powder are to be attached
thereto, and whereby the balls of ball cartridges may be greased without
predudice to the powder.
And, eighthly, the mode by which a bayonet used as a ramrod may
be firmly fixed when used as a bayonet, and at the same time easily
released when used as a ramrod.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Louis. Stanislas Baron
Heurteloup, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-
third day of August, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
CHARLES LOUIS STANISLAS (L..S.). BN HEURTELOUP.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-third day of
August, in the year of our Lord 1839, the aforesaid Charles Louis
Stanislas Baron Heurteloup came before our said Lady the Queen, in
Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and all
and every thing contained and specified, in form above written. And
also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of
the Statute made for that purpose.

page_text: DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATIONS entered
by Charles Louis Stanislas Baron Heurteloup, late of Queen Anne
Street, in the County of Middlesex, but now of Albany Street,
Regent's Park, in the said County, pursuant to the provisions of
an Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His late
Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to amend
"the Law touching Letters Patent for Inventions."
I, the said CHARLES LOUIS STANISLAS Baron HEURTELOUP, do hereby
eclare that since the inrollment of the Specification of niy said Inven-
ion I have discovered that a portion of my said Invention has been
sed before, and that other portions require some clerical alterations,

page_text: and for this reason 1, the said Charles Louis Stanislas Baron Heurteloup,
do hereby disclaim and alter as follows, that is to say:
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In the title of my said Invention I hereby disclaim the following words,
that is to say,
"and in the balls to be used therewith." And in the
said Specification, in the sentence ending with the words "and may be
comprized under four heads," I hereby disclaim the word "four" in the
last-mentioned sentence, and substitute instead thereof the word "two."
And a little further on I hereby disclaim the words "continual prime,"
which immediately follow the words "adapted to the use of the par-
ticular priming called," and substitute instead thereof the words
continuous priming." And a little further on I hereby disclaim the
following words, "Third, comprizes improvements in the construction of
fire-arms in order to enable the ramrod to be also used as a bayonet.
Fourth, comprizes improvements in the balls used to load rifled or
"not rifled fire-arms." And a few lines further on I hereby disclaim the
words continual prime," which immediatlely follow the words "Figure
"4, a section of a portion of a double barrelled gun, with the applica-
tion of the system of the," and substitute instead thereof the words
continuous priming." And a little further on I hereby disclaim the
word "bayonet," which follows the words "Figure 6, shows the ramrod."
And a little further on I hereby disclaim the word "piece," which
immediately follows the words "Figure 7, an outside view of the thin,"
and substitute in the stead thereof the word "plate." And a little
further on I hereby disclaim the word "piece," which immediately
follows the words "Figure 8, an inside view of the same," and sub-
stitute instead thereof the word "plate." And a little further on I
hereby disclaim the word " piece," which immediately follows the
words Figure 9, an inside view of the thicker and principal," and
substitute in the stead thereof the word "plate." And a little further
on I hereby disclaim the word "piece," which immediately follows the
words Figure 10, an outside view of the last-mentioned," and substi-
tute in the stead thereof the words thick plate." And a little further
on I hereby disclaim the following words," "continual prime," which
follow the words "Figure 12, the under side of the box containing the
"mechanism in which the," and substitute in the stead thereof the

page_text: words continuous priming." And a little further on, after the words
Figure 13, a detached view of the spring with lips," I hereby make
the following alteration, that is to say, I add the words "called priming
conducting spring." And a little further on, after the words Figure
15, shows the extremity of the ranirod, I hereby disclaim the word
"bayonet." And further on I hereby disclaim the word "prime," which
immediately follows the words "smoke and flame of the ignited," and
substitute in the stead thereof the word "priming." And a little further
on I hereby disclaim the following words, "Figure 21, the particular
manner to prepare the balls for their being attached to the cartridges
without much increasing the volume of these balls." And a little
further on I hereby disclaim the word "prime," which follows the
words "adapted to the use of the particular," and substitute in the stead
thereof the word "priming." And one word further on I hereby dis-
claim the words "continual prime," and substitute in the stead thereof
the words "continuous priming." And about six words further on I
hereby disclaim the words "discover to be," and substitute in the stead
thereof the word "think." And about seven words further on I hereby
disclaim the words "continual prime," and substitute in the stead
thereof the words "continuous priming." And about eight words
further on I hereby disclaim the word "pieces," and substitute in the
stead thereof the word "plates." And about eleven words further on
I hereby disclaim the words "first piece," and substitute in the stead
thereof the words "large plate." And about nine words further on I
hereby disclaim the words "second piece," and substitute in the stead
thereof the words "small plate." And two words further on I hereby
disclaim the words "pieces," and substitute in the stead thereof the
word "plates." And a little further on I hereby disclaim the word
piece," which immediately follows the words ", may be kept
separate from the rest of the priming tube. The," and substitute in
the stead thereof the word "plate." And a little further on I hereby
disclaim the word "prime," and substitute in the 'stead thereof the
words "priming tube." And six words further on I hereby disclaim
the word "prime," and substitute in the stead thereof the word
priming." And about three words further on I hereby disclaim the
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word prime, and substitute in the stead thereof the word "priming."
And a little further on I hereby disclaim the word "prime," which
immediately follows the words "preserving from rain the extremity of
the," and substitute in the stead thereof the word "priming." And
a little further on I hereby disclaim the word "prime," which follows
the words "The shield guarding the," and substitute in the stead
thereof the word "priming." And a little further on I hereby disclaim
the words continual prime," which follow the words "in the lock
"adapted to the use of the," and substitute in the stead thereof the
words "continuous priming." And a little further on I hereby disclaim
the word "prime," which follows the words "successive portions of,"
and substitute in the stead thereof the word "priming." And a little
further on I hereby disclaim the word " prime," which follows the
words last described spring I move the," and substitute in the stead
thereof the words "priming tube." And a little further on I hereby
disclaim the word "prime," which follows the words "spring pressing
upon the," and substitute in the stead thereof the word "priming."
And a little further on I hereby disclaim the words "continual prime,"
which follows the words "The prime priming tube or," and substitute
in the stead thereof the words "continuous priming." And a little
further on I hereby disclaim the word "prime," which immediately
follows the words "Figure 12, in which groove the," and substitute in
the stead thereof the word "priming." And about nine words further
on I hereby disclaim the word "prime," and substitute in the
stead thereof the words " priming tube." And a little further on I
hereby disclaim the word "prime," which immediately follows the words
"before described for moving the," and substitute in the stead thereof
the word "priming." And about nineteen words further on I hereby
disclaim the word "primes," and substitute in the stead thereof the
word "priming." And a little further on I hereby disclaim the word
prime," which immediately follows the words "the mechanism moving
"the," and substitute in the stead thereof the word "priming." And
about ten words further on I hereby disclaim the word "prime," and
substitute in the stead thereof the word "priming." And a little further
on I hereby disclaim the word "prime," which follows the words "a
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sharp blade to cut off the," and substitute in the stead thereof the word
"priming" And a little further on I hereby disclaim the word " prime,""
which follows the words "smoke and fire from the," and substitute in
the stead thereof the word "priming." And a little further on I hereby
disclaim the word "prime," which follows the words "complete channel
"for the," and substitute in the stead thereof the word "priming." And
about sixteen words further on I hereby disclaim the word "prime,"
and substitute in the stead thereof the words "priming tube." And a
little further on I hereby disclaim the words "continual prime," which
follows the words "hook W, Figure 4. The," and substitute in the
stead thereof the words "continuous priming." And a little further on
I hereby disclaim the words "continual prime," which follow the words
application of the," and substitute in the stead thereof the words
continuous priming." And a little further on I hereby disclaim the
word "prime," which follows the words "flame that propelling the,"
and substitute instead thereof the word "priming." And about sixteen
words further on I hereby disclaim the word "prime," and substitute
in the stead thereof the word "priming." And a little further on I
hereby disclaim the words "continual prime," which follow the words
system of applying the," and substitute in the stead thereof the words
"continuous priming." And some distance further on I hereby disclaini
the following words, that is to say, "Improvements in the construction
of firc-arms, in order to enable the ramrod to be also used as a
bayonet I have made the ramrod, which I intend to use also as a
bayonet, from an iron tube, shown by 2, in Figure 2; the interior of
"it is marked with 3. At one of the ends of the tube there is a pro-
jecting swell 4, Figures 2 and 6, the interior part of which is shown
by Figure 15 at the other end of the tube there is a sharp point 5,
Figure 6, which serves as a bayonet. 7', 7, are two projecting collars
slopingly shaped in the direction of the stock, and abrupt in the
"direction of the outer extremity of the barrel; an iron tube 8,
Figures 2, and 3, is soldered to the barrel. It shows in 9, a flat
picce pierced by a hole 10. 12, is a piece or spring latch, of which
the extremity passes through the hole 10, and rests against the
abrupt part of the projecting swell 7'. The ramrod bayonet thus
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fastened cannot issue during the recoil of the fire-arm. By pressing
upon the outer extremity of the piece or spring latch 12, I bend the
spring 14, and thus withdraw the extremity of that spring latch 12,
which, leaving its hold of the projection, allows the bayonet to be
"taken out and used as a ramrod. Improvements in the balls used to
"load rifled or not rifled fire-arms:-My improvements applicable to
"balls for fire-arms consist in certain additions thereto, whereby the
case for the powder is more easily and advantageously applied in
"making ball cartridge; and my improvements consist in enveloping
"the ball in muslin or other suitable material, in such manner as to
"leave a tuft to which the case for the powder is affixed, by tying in
the manner I will now explain:-I envelope the ball in a piece of
muslin, thin and strong, or any other suitable material which stretches
easily upon the ball without making any folds or creases on the
"transversal diameter of that ball. I bind this wrapping with a tie a,
Figure 21, taking care to leave beyond the tie a tuft or length 6,
Figure 21, of the wrapping, sufficient to bind or attach the paper
"thereto which is to contain the powder of the cartridge C, Figure 21.
"The ball thus prepared can be greased without injuring the powder
"of the cartridge, and can be introduced into the barrel at the same
"time as the powder, with a diameter nearly equal to the interior of
"the barrel, for the thin and well stretched material upon the ball does
"not increase the latter but very slightly." And a little further on I
hereby disclaim the words "continual prime," which follow the words
"mechanism producing the progression of the," and substitute in the
stead thereof the words "continuous priming." And about fourteen
words further on I hereby disclaim the words "continual prime," and sub-
stitute in the stead thereof the words "continuous priming." And about
twenty-six words further on I hereby disclaim the words "continual
prime," and substitute in the stead thereof the words "continuous
priming." And a little further on I hereby disclaim the words "con-
tinual prime," which follow the words "opened at will to contain the,"
and substitute in the stead thereof the words "continuous priming."
And a little further on I hereby disclaim the words " continual prime,"
which follow the words "moves forward or draws back the," and
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page_text: substitute in the stead thereof the words "continuous priming." And a
little further on I hereby disclaim the words "continual prime," which
follow the words "to move forward or to draw back the," and sub-
stitute in the stead thereof the words "continuous priming." And a
little further on I hereby disclaim the words " continual prime," which
immediately follow the words "mechanism intended to move the," and
substitute in the stead thereof the words " continuous priming." And
a little further on I hereby disclaim the word "prime," which imme-
diately follows the words "communication with the remaining," and
substitute in the stead thereof the word "priming." And a little further
on I hereby disclaim the words "continual prime," which follow the
words and the stock to contain the," and substitute in the stead
thereof the words "continuous priming." And a little further on I
hereby disclaim the following words, that is to say, "Seventhly, the
"mode of preparing balls in the making of ball cartridges, by wrapping
them in muslin or other suitable material, and leaving tufts to which
"the paper cases for the powder are to be attached thereto, and
"whereby the balls of ball cartridges may be greased without prejudice
to the powder. And, eighthly, the mode by which a bayonet used as
a ramrod may be firmly fixed when used as a bayonet, and at the
same time easily released when used as a ramrod." And I do hereby
also disclaim so much of the Drawing, and the figures and letters
therein referred to by the said Specification, as relates and refers to
those parts of the said Specification hereby disclaimed by me.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Louis Stanislas Baron
Heurteloup, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eleventh
day of August, One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
To the Clerk of the Patents of England.
This is to certify that the above-named Charles Louis Stanislas
Baron Heurteloup, of Albany Street, Regent's Park, in the County of
Middx., has applied to me for leave to enter with you the above-written
Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alterations of part of the Title and
Specification of a certain Invention, for which Letters Patent were

page_text: duly granted to him under the Great Seal, dated at Westminster,
the 23rd day of February, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine,
and the Specification of which was enrolled on the 23rd day of August
in the same year; and on considering the said application I directed
him to advertize his said Disclaimer in two London newspapers,
and in the London Gazette: And such advertizements having been
duly made, that is to say, in the Times and Morning Chronicle,
each on the Fourth and Seventh days of August last, and in the
London Gazette on the Third and Sixth of the same month, and
no objection having been made to the said application, I have
accordingly granted leave to the said Charles Louis Stanislas Baron
Heurteloup, to file his said Disclaimer, pursuant to the Statute passed
in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His late Majesty King
William the Fourth, entitled An Act to amend the Law touching
Letters Patent for Inventions.
AND
in the year of Lord 1842, the aforesaid Charles Louis Stanislas Baron
Heurteloup came before our said Lady the Queen, in Her Chancery,
and acknowledged the Disclaimer aforesaid, and all and every thing
therein contained and specified, in form above written. And also the
Disclaimer aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute
made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-two.