IMPROVEMENTS IN MAGAZINE OR REPEATING FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1884

page_text: COME LMIC
DEFORFICATION,
"
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake and Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MAGAZINE OR REPEATING FIRE-ARMS
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 or repeating fire-arms wherein a fixed
magazino is arranged in the stock, and tho said Invention comprises a special
device for conveying or transferring the cartridges from the magazine into the
barrel; it also comprises various improvements as hereinafter set forth.
The said Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of part of a gun, showing the magazine and
magazine-tube with the hollow cylinder hereinafter described for pushing forward
or projecting the cartridges from the magazine to the barrel.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the magazine-tube and the rear end of the barrel,
without the stock, showing the connection of the breech block or bolt with a rod or
bar for the purpose hereinafter specified.
Figure 3 is a view of the breech block or bolt and parts connected therewith,
illustrating the combined action of the same and the guide-rod hereinafter
described.
Figuro 4 is a transverse section through the magazine.
Figures 5 and 6 are transverse sections through the magazine-tube.
Figure 7 is a plan of a link for connecting the said guide-rod and the aforesaid
rod or bar,
Figure 8 is a plan of a small plate for preventing the sliding back of the
cartridges out of the barrel into the magazine-tube.
Figure 9 is a section of the said plate.
Figure 10 is a plan of the end of the aforesaid rod or bar.
Figure 11 is a transverse section of a device for enabling the gun to be used
either as a single-loader or as a magazine-gun.
Figure 12 is a longitudinal section of the same.'
Figures 11 and 12 are drawn to an enlarged scale for the sake of clearness.

page_text: The gun-stock A has a cavity B which serves as a magazine. The latter has two
ribs b, for guiding the cartridges so that they cannot lie crosswise one over another
(see Figures 1 and 4).
When the filling of the magazine is to be effected by means of paper or other
cases containing cartridges, the ribs b on the sides of the magazine are dispensed
with, and ribs are formed on the interior sides of the said cases.
In the lower part of the stock is the magazine-tube C, which has two different
bores, a larger one near the end of the stock, and a smaller one extending from the
magazine. In the larger bore of the magazine-tube slides the hollow cylinder D
closed at its front end; the diameter of this cylinder corresponds with the narrower
bore of the magazine-tube, and the said cylinder has at its open rear end a collar
or flange d; the closed front end of the said cylinder has a seini-spherical or
conical cavity d, so that the head or flange of a cartridge and not the priming
thereof will rest against the same. This hollow cylinder can be inserted within the
heel-plate through an opening a which can be closed by a screw or otherwisc.
In the interior of the hollow cylinder is a spiral spring E surrounding a wooden
pin e which serves as a guide; this spring tends to press the said hollow cylinder
towards the barrel.
The magazine-tube C has two slotted plates c¹ and c³ which serve as guides for
-the-rod-or-bar F. To this rod-or-bar-is-connected_a_plate-spring f1 which serves
for pressing the cartridges down from the magazine into the magazine-tubo. The
rear end of the rod or bar F has an extension f* (see Figures 2 and 10) so that-a-
shoulder is formed which bears against the collar or flange d' of the hollow
cylinder D.
The-front-end-of-the-raid rod or bar is made with a hook-shaped portion ƒº¹
which enters a slot in the link G (Figures 2 and 7)=-
This link G is pivotted upon a bolt g, carried in one end of the guide-rod H
which slides in a guide H¹ upon the chamber; the guide His slotted to-permit. the
passage through the same of the-part-connecting the guide-rod H with the link G;
the other end of the said guide-rod carries the lock or device I which-is-provided
with a tooth i adapted to enter a groove k in the breech block or bolt K. When,
therefore, the breech block or bolt is moved backward, the guide-rod H, the link G
connected therewith, and the rod or bar F are also caused to move backward; if
the tooth i is in the locking position the shoulder f³ of the said rod or bar engages
with the hollow cylinder D (see Figure 10) and pushes it back, thereby compressing
the spiral spring Ĕ contained therein. A cartridge can now be caused by the plate-
spring to occupy the place in the magazine-tube, which was previously occupied
by the hollow cylinder D. In the last portion of the rearward movement of the
said parts, the extension f³, which slides in a slot c³ in the magazine-tube, comes
against the shoulder at the end of the said slot, and, by reason of the incline of the
said extension f, the rod or bar F (which by reason, of its elasticity tends to move
downwards) is raised, and the shoulder f³ thus disengaged from the hollow
cylinder D; the latter is now moved rapidly forward by the spiral spring E and
throws or projects the cartridge in front of it into the barrel. Too great an advance
of the hollow cylinder is prevented by the collar or flange d' thereof coming against
the narrower bore of the magazine-tube.
Prior to entering the barrel, the cartridge projected forward has to lift a plate L
which can be easily turned around a horizontal axis (see Figures 8 and 9); this
plate prevents the sliding back of a cartridge when once pushed forward, because,
after the passage of the cartridge the said plate falls (see Figure 9), and its front
portion bears against the cartridge.
In order to fix the lock or device I either in the locked or unlocked position, a
flat spring his fitted in, the guide-rod H (Figures 11 and 12), and pressing upwards,
engages with one or the other of two notches in the said lock or device, which
notches correspond with the two positions mentioned. The projection on the
spring is rounded at both sides, so as to allow the part I to be turned from one
position to the other.

page_text: The magazine can be closed by a hinged cover (see Figures 1 and 4) which
carries a spring for pressing down the cartridges.
The ejection of the empty cartridge-cases can be effected by any suitable means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to bo performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
First. In magazine or repeating gun having the magazine in the stock, the
construction and arrangement of the parts in such a manner that the cartridges
are thrown or projected into the barrel or chamber by means of a spring through a
conducting tube in the lower part of the stock.
Second. The combination of a magazine-tube C having two different bores and
in which slides a hollow cylinder D containing a spiral spring E for throwing or
projecting the cartridges from the magazine, and the rod or bar F connected, by
the link G, the guide-rod H and the lock or device I, with the breech block or
bolt K, substantially as described and shewn in the accompanying Drawing.
Third. The construction of the hollow cylinder D with a semi-spherical or conical
recess d' at its closed end, to avoid pressure against the priming of the cartridges,
substantially as described and shewn in the accompanying Drawing.
Fourth. The rod or bar F having the spring and an extension for disengaging
the said rod or bar from the hollow cylinder when moved backwards, substantially
as described with reference to Figures 2 and 10 for the purpose specified.
Fifth. The guide-rod H sliding in the guide H' upon the chamber, substantially
as described for the purpose specified.
Sixth. The lock or device I capable of being hold in either of two positions by
a flat spring & fitted in the guide-rod H, which lock or device is provided with a
tooth i adapted to enter a groove k in the breech block or bolt K to convert the
gun from a single-loader into a repeater as above set forth.
Seventh. The plate L capable of turning easily around a horizontal axis and
arranged to prevent the sliding back of the cartridges from the barrel, as described
with reference to Figures 8 and 9.
Dated this 16th dow of August 1001