IMPROVEMENTS IN CAP CARRIERS FOR FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1865

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Everard Clifton, Saul Myers,
and Abraham Hoffnung at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,.
with their Petition, on the 24th February 1865.
We, HENRY EVERARD CLIFTON, and SAUL MYERS, and ABRAHAM HOFFNUNG,
all of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CAP CARRIERS FOR FIRE-ARMS," to be
as follows, reference being had to the annexed Drawings, and the letters and
figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
The object of this Invention is the proper construction of a devices by
means of which percussion caps may be accurately adjusted upon the nipples.
of guns or pistols. And the nature of the Invention relates to the general
construction and arrangement of the tube for holding and delivering the
caps, and also for feeding them to the point of delivery.
In reference to the accompanying Drawings, Figure I is a perspective
view of a cap carrier, so constructed as to be adapted to hold two tiers or
double rows of regulation caps having flanges. The slide which carries the
springs and followers is represented as being partially withdrawn in order
to show the lid, also attached to the slide which fits upon and closes the open..
or receiving end of the tube. Figure 2 is a perspective view, representing
the carrier closed for use. A portion of the sides are removed in this view
in order to represent the arrangement of caps contained in the tube, and
the operation of the springs and followers in forcing them to the point of

page_text: delivery. Figure 3 represents the slide with its springs and followers;
Figure 4 represents a transverse section of the tube, the slide being removed;
Figure 5 represents a transverse section of the tube with caps inserted ;
Figure 6 is a perspective view representing a modification of the carrier
adapted to hold and deliver a single row of caps without flanges; Figure 7
represents a transverse section of the device shown in Figure 6.
A represents a quadrangular tube, made with recesses a, a, seen clearly in
Figures 4 and 5, adapted to receive the flanges of the caps; these recesses
should be of such character that the caps may slide freely along the tube.
The delivering end of the tube A will be cut away as seen at 6, in order to
expose the open ends of the contained caps, and allow them to be readily
fitted upon the nipple before being removed from the carrier. B, B, represents
springs riveted to the sides of the tube A, and open at c; these springs are
adapted to counteract the action of the springs used to drive the caps forward
and hold the same in place until used. A slight backward movement of
the tube, after the cap is fitted to its place, is sufficient to release the cap
from the tube, after which the springs B, B, at once contract and prevent
the escape of the second cap. D represents a slide adapted to fit and work
in the grooves d, d, prepared for it in the tube. A. This slide is provided
with a lid e, which is adapted to fit nicely upon, and cover the open end of
the tube. For convenience in suspending the carrier, the slide D may be
made with a handle f, and furnished with a, ring g; h, h, represent elastic
cords, the ends i, i, of which will be secured by a knot or other suitable
means to the slide D,, near the lid e, as seen in Figure 3; the other ends of
the cords will be passed along the slide and. through its opposite end and
drawn tort; the ends will then be fastened to the followers k, k, as is
distinctly shown. The operation of the elastic spring cords, and the followers,
will now be fully understood, by reference to. Figure 2, in the modification
shown in Figure 6, the slide, elastic cord, and follower is made to operate in the
same manner as above described, a single cord being employed in the place of
two; m represents a spring catch adapted to secure the slide in its proper
position, when the carrier is filled, closed, and ready for use..
From the foregoing description and the accompanying Drawings. we.
believe the nature of the said Invention may be readily and fully understood..