Improvements in the Construction of the Mechanism for Ejecting Cartridge Cases from Drop Down Small Arms.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 24th May, 1894-Accepted, 25th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of the Mechanism for Ejecting
Cartridge Cases from Drop Down Small Arms.
I, JOHN SYDNEY HEATH Gunmaker 3 High Street Aston Warwickshire do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the first place, I joint or pivot a piece of steel into the side of the hammer (or
tumbler) which works through a hole in the front of the knuckle-joint, between the
dog and dog-joint of the Anson and Deeley body, which works backwards and
forwards when hammer (or tumbler) is moved and operates on the "dog" attached
to the ejector work which is fitted on the fore-end.
I use a flat or ordinary gun lock main spring which operates on the "kicker"
belonging to the ejector work. To hold these springs in their place, I fit a piece
of steel into the sides of fore-end with screws in it to operate on the springs-to
weaken or strengthen them.
The ejector work has the appearance of hair-triggers.
Dated in 22nd day of Aust 1803
JOHN SYDNEY HEATH.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of the Mechanism for Ejecting
Cartridge Cases from Drop Down Small Arms.
I, JOHN SIDNEY HEATH Gun Maker, 3 High Street, Six Ways Aston
Birmingham 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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My invention consists of the improvements described as follows,
I have on the underside of the action fore-end a box somewhat similar to a double
hair-trigger plate box, and in each slit (of the box) I pivot a striker (or
kicker,") (a) one end of each projecting through the top of the fore-end sufficiently
to strike, when set in motion, the ends of the legs of the divided (or split) extractors.
The lower ends of the "kickers are shaped to take hair-trigger "dogs" (b) which
hold the strikers when the work is "set."
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Underneath the fore-end, between the box and the loop, I place two springs (one
to each striker), similar to gun lock main-springs, and the ends of their branches
are connected with the striking limbs, as before-named.
I hold the springs in their place by means of a clip (c) a piece of steel forming
three parts or sides of a rectangle, going over the ends of the upper branches of
springs. Through the top of the clip put two adjusting, or adjustable, pins or
screws (d) (one for each spring) with their ends resting on the upper branches
of the springs;-so that the strength of the springs may be regulated-increased
or diminished as desired.
With regard to the use of the limb called the "connection," that sets the ejector
mechanism in motion when the gun is fired and opened-I arrange or shape it to
suit the different actions-hammer or hammerless (to all of which my invention is
applicable) and as regards them I have no novelty to describe or claim.
dealing with the Anson and Deeley hammerless gun using the double-dog (or
lifter) (e), I secure one end of what I may term a sliding-bolt (f) to each hammer
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But when

page_text: (or tumbler) (9) and carry the other end under the joint (h) of the said double-dog
(or lifter) (e) to that part of the knuckle where, when the gun is fired and opened,
it would come in contact with the hair-trigger "dog" (b)-or such similar piece of
mechanism as is connected with other methods of ejection-and so release the
striker.
The foregoing description refers to double-barrel guns, but the invention is
applicable also to single drop-down small arms, when, of course, only one limb of the
kind (as before-mentioned) is employed.
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
1. The use of the two hair-trigger limbs, the striker (a) and the "dog" (b).
2. The adjusting or adjustable pins or screws (d) going through the clip (c), and
bearing on the springs.
3. The carrying of the "connection
(f) under the joint of the "double-dog'
(or lifter) (e) in the Anson and Deeley action.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1894.
JOHN SIDNEY HEATH.