IMPROVEMENTS IN BREECH-LOADING SPORTING GUNS
Year: 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We EDOUARD BLED and EDMOND RICHOUX both of 78 Rue Demours, Paris,
France, Gentlemen do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
'IMPROVEMENTS IN BREECH-LOADING SPORTING GUNS" 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 a self-cocking "hammerless" sporting gun in which
the cocking of the striker or hammer is effected in the act of tilting the barrels
so that after inserting the cartridge and closing the barrel the gun is ready for
firing.
The Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawings forming part of this
Specification and will be described with reference thereto.
Figure 1 is a section of the lock showing the hammer cocked and the barrel
tilted for loading. Figure 2 is a similar view showing the hammer cocked and the
main spring put in tension ready for firing by the closing of the barrel. Figure 3
shows the same after firing. Figure 5 shows each piece of the mechanism
separately, as used in Figures 1, 2, and 3.
The lock comprises four pieces :-The hammer; the cocking lever; the sear; and
a two-armed main spring all being mounted on the lock plate p. The hammer
consists of the striker t; the hammer body c having a notch fto receive the end of
the upper arm of the main spring and a recess e on one face to receive the cocking
lever; and a tumbler portion q having a notch r for the sear to engage in, and a
shoulder on which the back end of the cocking lever bears under the action of
the lower arm of the main spring.
The cocking lever / pivots on the same centre s as the hammer and in Figures 1,
2, and 3, its front end is bent upward and this upwardly bent arm in rises and
projects from the front part of the action when the barrel is tilted. The lever is
actuated in this direction by the lower arm of the main spring bearing on the rear
end of said lever this movement causing the part to press on the shoulder of
the tumbler.q and force the hammer backward, the movement of the lever and
hammer continuing till the lower arm of the main spring n meets the projection i
on the sear and causes its front end b to engage in the notch r, the hammer thus
being brought to the cocked position. When the barrel is closed (as shewn in
Figure 2) its breech end coming down on the action forces down the arm m of the

page_text: lever 7, whose rear end in rising compresses the spring n.
for firing, by pulling the trigger in the ordinary way.
The gun is then ready
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 central fire "hammerless" breech loading gun, the combination with the
striker or hammer, of a cocking lever mounted on the same centre therewith and
abutting against a shoulder on the tumbler, and of a main spring acting by one arm
on the hammer or striker and by the other arm on the cocking lever and through
it on the striker or hammer, substantially in the manner herein shown and described
for the purpose specified.
2nd In a central fire "hammerless" breech loading gun, the combination with
the striker or hammer, the cocking lever and the main spring arranged to act in
combination as herein described, of the means whereby the barrel is caused to
actuate the cocking lever in one direction for the purpose of putting the main
spring in tension, substantially in the manner herein described and shown in the
Drawings.