IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EXTRACTING MECHANISM OF DROP DOWN SMALL ARMS to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN DEELEY the younger of the Poplars Ward end Aston in the County of
Warwick Gun Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EXTRACTING MECHANISM OF DROP DOWN SMALL ARMS
to be as follows:-
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My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the
extracting mechanism of drop down small arms whereby the case of the exploded
cartridge is ejected on the raising of the breech ends of the barrels for recharging.
In the ordinary extractor of drop down guns the case of the exploded cartridge
is "started" or drawn a short distance from the end of the barrel on the raising of
the breech ends of the barrels the complete removal of the case being effected
by hand.
I employ the ordinary mechanism for starting the cartridge case but supplement
it by the mechanism hereinafter described whereby the "started" cartridge case is
ejected from the barrel,
On the underside of the barrel I place a nearly vertical short arm turning upon
a centre pin supported by two small plates on the fore end. This arm has a bent
at front that is at the side turned towards the break off and a shoulder at back at
or below the level of the joint pin. A strong spring presses under the shoulder
while a lever similar to an ordinary sear engages in the bent at the front of the
said arm.
In the body of the gun is an oblique aliding rod the upper end of which
is in front of the breast of the hammer the lower end of the said rod being under
the end of the sear described when the parts are in the positions they occupy after
the gun has been discharged.
On lifting the breech ends of the barrels for recharging the sear like lever strikes
against the end of the sliding rod described and is disengaged from the bent in the
vertical arm. The said arm is urged forward by its spring and striking against
the end of the extractor rod urges the extractor forward with a sudden motion and
thereby ejects the cartridge case. A shoulder on the abutment of the fore end
acting on an incline on the end of the sliding rod forces the said rod back so far
that it is not within the range of the motion of the sear like lever and the ejecting
mechanism is not operated by the raising of the breech ends of the barrels until
the said rod is urged forward to its original position. This is effected by the falling

page_text: of the hammer the breast of which as the hammer falls strikes against a projection
on the side of the top end of the sliding rod and pushes it forward. The sliding
rod is held with the required force in its two positions by a spring pin taking into
notches on its underside.
The action of the parts is as follows:-The barrels having been discharged and
the sliding rod having been urged forward by the falling hammer the lower end of
the said rod is brought within range of the sear like lever. On raising the breech
ends of the barrels the ordinary mechanism starts the cartridge case and the end
of the sear like lever striking against the end of the sliding rod the said lever is
disengaged from the bent in the vertical arm and the cartridge case is ejected by
the action of the said arm on the extractor rod. The sliding rod is forced back in
the way described and after the recharging of the barrels their breech ends are shut
down. The extractor is forced to its seat in the ends of the barrels and the vertical
arm forced back by the extractor rod and its bent engaged with the sear like lever.
But until the sliding rod has been urged forward by the fall of the hammer
the ejecting mechanism cannot act. Hence the breech ends of the barrels may be
raised any number of times without ejecting the unexploded cartridge but the
descent of the hammer explodes the cartridge and at the same time urges forward
the sliding rod so that the case of the exploded cartridge will be ejected the first
time the breech ends of the barrels are raised after the explosion of the cartridge.
The vertical arm which strikes against the end of the extractor rod may be
replaced by a horizontal or oblique spring bolt and the bent with which the sear
like lever engages may be made in the said bolt or in the extractor rod.
My invention is applicable to single and double drop down guns the extractor and
extracting mechanism of each barrel in the case of double guns being independent
of the extractor and extracting mechanism of the other.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
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I JOHN DEELEY the younger of the Poplars, Ward End, Aston in the County of
Warwick, Gun Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EXTRACTING MECHANISM OF DROP DOWN SMALL ARMS
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the extracting
mechanism of drop down small arms, whereby the case of the exploded cartridge is
ejected on the raising of the breech ends of the barrels for recharging.
In the ordinary extractor of drop down guns the case of the exploded cartridge
is "started" or drawn a short distance from the end of the barrel on the raising
of the breech ends of the barrels, the complete removal of the case being effected by
band.
I employ the ordinary mechanism for starting the cartridge case but supplement
it by the mechanism herein after described, whereby the started cartridge case is
ejected from the barrel.
On the underside of the barrel I place a nearly vertical short arm turning upon
a centre pin supported by two small plates on the fore end. This arm has a bent
at front, that is, at the side turned towards the break off and a shoulder at back.
A strong spring presses under the shoulder while a lever similar to an ordinary
sear engages in the bent at the front of the said arm. In the body of the gun is
an oblique sliding rod, the upper end of which is in front of the breast of the
hammer, the lower end of the said rod being under the end of the sear described
when the parts are in the position they occupy after the gun has been discharged.
On lifting the breech ends of the barrels for recharging the sear like lever strikes
against the end of the sliding rod described and is disengaged from the bent in the
vertical arm.
The said arm is urged forward by its spring and striking against the
end of the extractor rod urges the extractor forward with a sudden motion and
thereby ejects the cartridge case. A shoulder on the abutment of the fore end
acting on an incline on the end of the sliding rod forces the said rod back so far
that it is not within the range of the motion of the sear like lever and the ejecting
mechanism is not operated by the raising of the breech ends of the barrels until the
said rod is urged forward to its original position. This is effected by the falling of
the hammer, the breast of which as the liammer falls strikes against a projection on
the side of the top end of the sliding rod and pushes it forward. The sliding rod is
held with the required force in its two positions by a spring arm.
The vertical arm which strikes against the end of the extractor rod may be
replaced by a horizontal or oblique spring bolt or rod and the bent with which the
sear like lever engages may be made in the said spring bolt or rod, or in the
extractor rod.
My invention is applicable to single and double drop down guns, the extractor
and extracting mechanism of each barrel in the case of double guns, being
independent of the extractor and extracting mechanism of the other.

page_text: Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying Drawings represent longitudinal vertical
sections of the breech end of a double barrel drop down gun containing mechanism
constructed according to my invention for fully extracting or ejecting the spent
cartridge cases from the barrels, the barrels in Figure 1 being represented shut
down and the ejecting mechanism held out of action and the barrels in Figure 2
being represented raised from the face of the break off and the spent cartridge
cases ejected from the barrels; Figure 3 represents in end elevation the face of the
body of the gun and Figure 4 in end elevation the face of the barrels; Figure 5
represents in side elevation and Figure 6 in plan of underside, the "fore end" of
the gun carrying portions of the ejecting mechanism; Figure 7 represents in side
elevation and edge view the sliding rod and Figure 8 the sear like lever of the
ejecting mechanism detached, and Figure 9 represents the divided extractor which
I use with a double gun.
As the ejecting mechanism applied to each portion of the divided extractor in a
double gun is the same in construction and action I will describe the ejecting
mechanism of one barrel only of the double gun.
The same letters indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the drawings.
a, a; a, a are the divided parts of the extractor shown detached in Figure 9,
a being the extractor rod and as the hook part with which the rim of the cartridge
case engages as is well understood; b is the projection or lifter on the fore end c of
the gun by which the cartridge case is started. The projection or lifter 6 which
starts the cartridge case is of the ordinary kind and constitutes no part of my
invention.
The mechanism for fully extracting or ejecting the spent cartridge case is
constructed as follows:-
The fore end c carries a short vertical arm & turning upon a pin or centre
supported by the plate c² fixed to the side of the fore end c, the said arm & being
forced when at liberty to move towards the break-off by means of the strong
spring d pressing under a shoulder on the said arm as represented. The upper
end of the arm & bears against the rod a of the divided extractor. The said arm d
has a bent e at front with which a leverf similar to an ordinary sear engages, the
said sear like lever f being carried by the same plate o² which carries the nearly
vertical arm d. The sear lever fis represented separately in Figure 8.
The upper arm ƒ of the lever fis bent out of the plane of the sear arm f (see
Figures 6 and 8) for the purpose herein after explained; g is the oblique sliding
rod working in and guided by a dovetail groove (see Figure 3) in the body h of
the gun. The sliding rod g is shown separately in Figure 7 and is represented in
its advanced position in Figure 1 and in its withdrawn position in Figure 2. The
front end of the sliding rod g has a nose piece g³ and adjoining the said nose piece
is a curved part or incline g³ and the back end of the sliding rod g has a projection g
at its side for the breast of the falling hammer i to strike against for giving the
said rod a forward motion. The oblique sliding rod g is limited in its motion by
the stop pin and slot at k and the top end of the rod is supported upon the rocking
arm the upper end of which engages in a recess in the said rod. Upon the
V shaped bottom of the rocking arm , the V shaped end of the spring m acts. By
means of the said spring m the sliding rod g is held in its forward and back
positions respectively according as the spring m bears upon one or other side of
the V shaped bottom of the rocking arın . The said spring m also tends to force
the rod g forward or backward, after it has been started, by the upper end of the
rocking arm being carried beyond one or other side of its centre; n is an inclined
shoulder on the abutment of the fore end c for giving the starting backward
motion to the sliding rod g by acting upon the incline g³ on the said rod.
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When the gun has been discharged the sliding rod g has the forward position
represented in Figure 1 the said rod having been brought into that position by the
breast of the hammer i when discharged striking the side projection g' so as to
start the said rod forward for a short distance for bringing the spring rocking
arm into operation_ as before described. When the rod g is in the position

page_text: Figure 1, its front nose g* is situated immediately under the crank arm f' of the
sear like lever f. On lifting the barrels for recharging the gun, the sear like
lever strikes against the nose gs of the sliding rod g and the said lever f is
disengaged from the bent in the vertical arm d. The said arm d being now urged
forward by its spring a strikes against the end of the extractor rod a urging
forward the extractor hook a' with a sudden motion and thereby ejects the spent
cartridge case from the barrel. As the breech ends of the barrels are lifted the
inclined projection n on the abutment of the fore end o acting on the incline g³ on
the rod g forces the said rod slightly backward so as to cause the spring rocking
arm to take it into the position represented in Figure 2. When the rod g is in
the position Figure 2, its front end is not within the range of the motion of the
crank arm f of the sear like lever f and hence the ejecting mechanism is not
operated by the raising of the barrels but the descent of the hammer i causes the
sliding rod g to be brought into its advanced position Figure 1 ready for releasing
the ejecting mechanism on raising the barrels. On closing the barrels after
discharge, the extractor rod a forces back the arm & and compresses the spring d
the said arm & being held in its back position by the engagement of the sear like
leverf with the bent e in the said arm d as represented in Figure 1.
I will now recapitulate generally the action of the ejecting mechanism. The
barrels having been discharged and the sliding rod g having been urged forward by
the falling hammer i, the lower end of the said rod g is brought within range of
the arm f of the sear like lever f as represented in Figure 1. On raising the
breech ends of the barrels, the part b of the ordinary extracting mechanism starts
the cartridge case and the arm f' of the sear like lever f striking against the end g³
of the sliding rod g the said lever fis disengaged from the bent in the vertical
arm d and the cartridge case is ejected by the action of the said arm on the
extractor rod a. The sliding rod g is forced back in the manner herein before
described and after the recharging of the barrels, their breech ends are shut down.
The hook a of the extractor is forced to its seat in the end of the barrel and the
vertical arm d forced back by the extractor rod a and its bent e engaged with the
Bear like leverf but until the sliding rod has been urged forward by the fall of
the hammer i the ejecting mechanism cannot act. Hence the breech ends of the
barrels may be raised any number of times without ejecting the unexploded
cartridge but the descent of the hammer i explodes the cartridge and at the same
time urges forward the sliding rod g so that the case of the exploded cartridge will
be ejected the first time the breech ends of the barrels are raised after the explosion
of the cartridge.
Figures 10 and 11 represent modifications of my invention in which the vertical
arm d herein before described is dispensed with and a horizontal or oblique spring
bolt or rod used,
In the modification Figure 10, a is the extractor rod and a the hook of the
extractor, the said extractor rod being forced outwards to eject the cartridge CILSO
by the compressed coiled spring p at its front end; fis the sear like lever engaging
with a notch or bent in the extractor rod a. Under the sear like lever f is a
3 releasing lever q which is operated upon by the nose of the sliding rod g when the
barrels are raised and the said lever q made to act upon the sear like lever ƒ and
disengage it from the extractor rod a. When the extractor rod a is released it
ejects the spent cartridge case in the manner herein before described.
In the modification Figure 11 an oblique bolt or rod pressed outwards by the
springs operates upon the extractor rod a and the sear like lever f, engaging with
a bent or notch on the said bolt or rod r, is released directly by the action of the
nose of the sliding rod g upon it when the barrels are raised. On shutting down
the barrels the spring p or s in each of the modifications is compressed and the
spring rod or bolt a or held in its pressed back position by the sear f. The rod g
5 is pressed back into its withdrawn position on opening the gun and pressed
forward into its advanced position by the falling hammer as herein before described
with respect to the principal arrangement of my invention,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I-declare that what
I claim is of "Improvements in the extracting mechanism of drop down small
arms
First. The combination with the ordinary starting part of extracting mechanism,
of the ejecting mechanism marked d, d³ and f, f2 carried by the fore end of the gun
for ejecting the spent cartridge case from the barrel on the opening of the gun, the
spring arm d, d² of the ejecting mechanism being put into a compressed state and
held in that state on closing the gun after recharging substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. The combination with the ejecting mechanism d, d* and f,ƒ of the
sliding rod g working in the body of the gun for acting upon the sear like lever of
the ejecting mechanism on opening the gun substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Thirdly. The combination with the sliding rod g of the inclined shoulder n on
the abutment of the fore end for forcing inwards the said sliding rod on opening
the gun and thereby taking the said rod out of the range of motion of the sear like
lever for the purpose and substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings; also the side projection g' on the sliding rod g operated
upon by the falling hammer for putting the said sliding rod into its acting position
after the discharge of the gun substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings.
Fourthly. The combination with the sliding rod g and inclined shoulder n, of
the spring bolt or extractor rod a, p, sear like lever f and releasing lever q, the
several parts being arranged and operating substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in Figure 10 of the accompanying Drawings.
Lastly. The combination with the sliding rod g and inclined shoulder n of the
oblique spring bolt or rod r, s and sear like lever fin conjunction with the sliding
extractor a, a, the several parts operating substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in Figure 11 of the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this twenty seventh day of May 1885

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
further Amendment (under Section 18 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883) as
allowed by the decision of the Chief Examiner of the 14th day of
September 1896.
Small Arms.
I JOHN DEELEY the younger of the Poplars Ward End Aston in the County of
Warwick Gun Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EXTRACTING MECHANISM OF DROP DOWN SMALL
ARMS to be as follows :-
"
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the
extracting mechanism of drop down small arms whereby the case of the exploded
cartridge is ejected on the raising of the breech ends of the barrels for recharging.
In the ordinary extractor of drop down guns the case of the exploded cartridge
is "started" or drawn a short distance from the end of the barrel on the raising of
the breech ends of the barrels the complete removal of the case being effected by hand.
I employ the ordinary mechanism for starting the cartridge case but supplement
it by the mechanism hereinafter described whereby the "started " cartridge case is
ejected from the barrel.
On the underside of the barrel I place a nearly vertical short arm turning upon
a centre pin supported by two small plates on the fore end. This arm has a bent
at front that is at the side turned towards the break off and a shoulder at back at
or below the level of the joint pin. A strong spring presses under the shoulder
while a lever similar to an ordinary sear engages in the bent at the front of the
said arm.
In the body of the gun is an oblique sliding rod the upper end of which
is in front of the breast of the hammer the lower end of the said rod being under
the end of the sear described when the parts are in the positions they occupy after
the gun has been discharged.
On lifting the breech ends of the barrels for recharging the sear like lever strikes
against the end of the sliding rod described and is disengaged from the bent in the
vertical arm.
The said arm is urged forward by its spring and striking against
the end of the extractor rod urges the extractor forward with a sudden motion and
thereby ejects the cartridge case. A shoulder on the abutment of the fore end
acting on an incline on the end of the sliding rod forces the said rod back so far
that it is not within the range of the motion of the sear like lever and the ejecting
mechanism is not operated by the raising of the breech ends of the barrels until
the said rod is urged forward to its original position. This is effected by the falling
of the hammer the breast of which as the hammer falls strikes against a projection
on the side of the top end of the sliding rod and pushes it forward. The sliding
rod is held with the required force in its two positions by a spring pin taking into
notches on its underside.
The action of the parts is as follows:-The barrels having been discharged and
the sliding rod having been urged forward by the falling hammer the lower end of
the said rod is brought within range of the sear like lever. On raising the breech

page_text: ends of the barrels the ordinary mechanism starts the cartridge case and the end
of the sear like lever striking against the end of the sliding roil the said lever is
disengaged from the bent in the vertical arm and the cartridge case is ejected by
the action of the said arm on the extractor rod. The sliding rod is forced back in
the way described and after the recharging of the barrels their breech ends are shut
down. The extractor is forced to its seat in the ends of the barrels and the
vertical arm forced back by the extractor rod and its bent engaged with the sear
like lever. But until the sliding rod has been urged forward by the fall of
the hammer the ejecting mechanism cannot act. Hence the breech ends of the
barrels may be raised any number of times without ejecting the unexploded
cartridge but the descent of the hammer explodes the cartridge and at the same
time urges forward the sliding rod so that the case of the exploded cartridge will
be ejected the first time the breech ends of the barrels are raised after the explosion
of the cartridge.
The vertical arm which strikes against the end of the extractor rod may be
replaced by a horizontal or oblique spring bolt and the bent with which the sear
like lever engages may be made in the said bolt or in the extractor rod.
My invention is applicable to single and double drop down guns the extractor
and extracting mechanism of each barrel in the case of double guns being
independent of the extractor and extracting mechanism of the other.
Dated this Third day of November 1884.
Improvements in the Extracting Mechanism of Drop Down
Small Arms.
1 JOHN DEELEY the younger of the Poplars, Ward End, Aston in the County
of Warwick, Gun Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EXTRACTING MECHANISM OF DROP DOWN SMALL
ARMS " and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the ejecting
mechanism of double barrel drop down small arms, whereby the case of the
exploded cartridge is ejected on the raising of the breech ends of the barrels for
recharging.
In the ordinary extractor of drop down guns the case of the exploded cartridge
is "started " or drawn a short distance from the end of the barrel on the raising
of the breech ends of the barrels, the complete removal of the case being effected
by hand.
1 employ the ordinary mechanism for starting the cartridge case but supplement
it by the mechanism herein after described, whereby the started cartridge case is
ejected from the barrel.
On the underside of the barrel I place a nearly vertical short arm turning upon
a centre pin supported by two small plates on the fore end. This arm has a bent
at frout, that is, at the side turned towards the break off and a shoulder at back.
A strong spring presses under the shoulder while a lever similar to an ordinary
sear engages in the bent at the front of the said arm. In the body of the
gun is an oblique sliding rod, the upper end of which is in front of the breast
of the hammer, the lower end of the said rod being under the end of the sear
described when the parts are in the position they occupy after the gun has been
discharged.
On lifting the breech ends of the barrels for recharging the sear like lever

page_text: strikes against the end of the sliding rod described and is disengaged from the
bent in the vertical arın. The sail arm is urged forward by its spring and
striking against the end of the extractor rod urges the extractor forward with a
sudden motion and thereby ejects the cartridge case. A shoulder on the abutment
of the fore end acting on an incline on the end of the sliding rod forces the
said rod back so far that it is not within the range of the motion of the sear
like lever and the ejecting mechanism is not operated by the raising of the breech
ends of the barrels until the said rod is urged forward to its original position.
This is effected by the falling of the hammer, the breast of which as the hammer
falls strikes against a projection on the side of the top end of the sliding rod and
pushes it forward. The sliding rod is held with the required force in its two
positions by a spring arm.
The vertical arm which strikes against the end of the extractor rod may be
replaced by a horizontal or oblique spring bolt or rod and the bent with which
the sear like lever engages may be made in the said spring bolt or rod, or in the
extractor rod.
My invention is applicable to double drop down guns, the extractor and
extracting mechanism of each barrel being independent of the extractor and
extracting mechanism of the other.
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying Drawings represent longitudinal vertical
sections of the breech end of a double barrel drop down gun containing mechanism
constructed according to my invention for fully extracting or ejecting the spent
cartridge cases from the barrels, the barrels in Figure 1 being represented shut
down and the ejecting mechanism held out of action and the barrels in Figure 2
being represented raised from the face of the break off and the spent cartridge
cases ejected from the barrels; Figure 3 represents in end elevation the face of the
body of the gun and Figure 4 in end elevation the face of the barrels ; Figure 5
represents in side elevation and Figure 6 in plan of underside, the "fore end" of
the gun carrying portions of the ejecting mechanism; Figure 7 represents in side
elevation and edge view the sliding rod and Figure 8 the sear like lever of the
ejecting mechanism detached, and Figure 9 represents the divided extractor which
I use with a double gun.
As the ejecting mechanism applied to cach portion of the divided extractor in a
double gun is the same in construction and action I will describe the ejecting
mechanism of one barrel only of the double gun.
The same letters indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the drawings.
a, a; a, as are the divided parts of the extractor shown detached in Figure 9,
a being the extractor rod and a³ the hook part with which the rim of the cartridge
case engages as is well understood; is the projection or lifter attached to the
fore end of the gun by which the cartridge case is started. The projection or
lifter which starts the cartridge case is of the ordinary kiud and constitutes Do
part of my invention.
The mechanism for fully extracting or ejecting the spent cartridge case is
constructed as follows:-
The fore end c carries a short vertical arm d turning upon a pin or centre
supported by the plate c² fixed to the side of the fore end c, the said arm d being
forced when at liberty to move towards the break-off by means of the strong
spring d pressing under a shoulder on the said arm as represented. The upper
end of the armd bears against the rod a of the divided extractor. The said arm d
has a bent e at front with which a lever similar to an ordinary sear engages, the
said scar like lever being carried by the same plate c which carries the nearly
vertical arm d. The sear leverf is represented separately in Figure 8.
The upper arm of the lever fis bent out of the plane of the sear arm f
(see Figures 6 and 8) for the purpose herein after explained; g is the oblique
sliding rod working in and guided by a dovetailed groove (see Figure 3) in
the body of the gun. The sliding rod g is shown separately in Figure 7 and
is represented in its advanced position in Figure 1 and in its withdrawn position

page_text: in Figure 2. The front end of the sliding rod has a nose piece 92 and adjoining
the said nose piece is a curved part or incline and the back end of the sliding
rod g has a projection g' at its side for the breast of the falling hammer i to strike
against for giving the said rod a forward motion. The oblique sliding rod g is
limited in its motion by the stop pin and slot at & and the top end of the rod is
supported upon the rocking arm the upper end of which engages in a recess in the
said rod. Upon the V shaped bottom of the rocking arm 1, the V shaped end of
the spring m acts. By means of the said spring m the sliding rod is held in its
forward and back positions respectively according as the spring m bears upon one
or other side of the V shaped bottom of the rocking arm. The said spring m
also tends to force the rod g forward or backward, after it has been startel, by the
upper end of the rocking arm being carried beyond one or other side of its
centre; n is an inclined shoulder on the abutment of the fore end o for giving the
starting backward motion to the sliding rod g by acting upon the incline y³ on the
said rod.
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When the gun has been discharged the sliding rod g has the forward position
represented in Figure 1 the said rod having been brought into that position
by the breast of the hammer when discharged striking the side projection g₁ so
as to start the said rod forward for a short distance for bringing the spring
rocking arm into operation as before described. When the rod g is in the position
Figure 1, its front nose g² is situated immediately under the crank arm f¹ of the
sear like lever f. On lifting the barrels for recharging the gun, the scar like
lever strikes against the nose 93 of the sliding rod and the said lever fis
disengaged from the bent in the vertical arm d. The said arm d being now urged
forward by its spring a strikes against the end of the extractor rod a urging
forward the extractor hook a with a sudden motion and thereby ejects the spent
cartridge case from the barrel. As the breech ends of the barrels are lifted the
inclined projection n on the abutment of the fore end c acting on the incline g¹ on
the rod forces the said rod slightly backward so as to cause the spring rocking
arm to take it into the position represented in Figure 2. When the rod g is in
the position Figure 2, its front end is not within the range of the motion of the
crank arm of the sear like lever and hence the ejecting mechanism is not
operated by the raising of the barrels but the descent of the hammer i causes the
sliding rod g to be brought into its advanced position Figure 1 ready for relcasing
the ejecting mechanism on raising the barrels. On closing the barrels after
discharge, the extractor rod a forces back the arm and compresses the spring
the said arm being held in its back position by the engagement of the sear like
lever with the bent e in the said armi d as represented in Figure 1.
I will now recapitulate generally the action of the ejecting mechanism. The
barrels having been discharged and the sliding rod 9 having been urged forward by
the falling hammer i, the lower end of the said rod 7 is brought within range of
the arm of the sear like lever as represented in Figure 1. On raising the
breech ends of the barrels, the part 6 of the ordinary extracting mechanism starts
the cartridge case and the arm f of the sear like lever f striking against the end g
of the sliding rod 9 the said lever fis disengaged from the bent in the vertical
arm and the cartridge case is ejected by the action of the said arm on the
extractor rod a. The sliding rod g is forced back in the manner herein before
described and after the recharging of the barrels, their breech ends are shut down.
The hook a of the extractor is forced to its seat in the end of the barrel and the
vertical arm & forced back by the extractor rod a and its bent e engaged with the
sear like lever but until the sliding rod has been urged forward by the fall of
the hammer the ejecting mechanism cannot act. Hence the breech ends of the
barrels may be raised any number of times without ejecting the unexploded
cartridge but the descent of the hammer i explodes the cartridge and at the same
time urges forward the sliding rod 9 so that the case of the exploded cartridge will
be ejected the first time the breech ends of the barrels are raised after the explosion
of the cartridge.

page_text: It is alleged that before the date of my Patent, cases of fired cartridges were
ejected from the barrels of drop down guns by means of mechanism wherein the
extractor was propelled by a spring hammer held by a detent which was not of the
nature of a sear and released on the opening of the gun but only when a sliding
rod had by the discharge of the firing hammer been advanced so as to withdraw
the detent of the ejecting hammer. I therefore make no general claim to such
mechanism but only to the special form arrangement and combination of the
parts of the mechanisin for this purpose particularly distinguished in the following
claiming clanse, that is to say, having now particularly described and ascertained
the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed
I declare that what I claim is of "Improvements in the extracting mechanism of
drop down small arms
"
The combination with the ejecting mechanism d, d² and ff of the sliding rod g
working in the body of the gun for acting upon the sear like lover of the ejecting
mechanism on opening the gun as herein before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings, and subject to the disclaiming note.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of May 1885.