IMPROVEMENTS IN CARTRIDGE EJECTORS FOR BREECH-LOADING SPORTING FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1884

page_text: I THOMAS SOUTHGATE of 6 Burton Crescent in the County of Middlesex,
Gunmaker do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CARTRIDGE EJECTORS FOR BREECH-LOADING SPORTING FIRE-ARMS " to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improved and simplified mechanism for ejecting the
empty cartridge case or cases after firing, and the invention is applicable to inside
or outside hammer double guns or rifles; for this purpose I employ a pair of
separate extractors and a pair of ejecting levers with long and short arms fitted to
the barrels and steel lumps; a pair of slides one on or in each lock plate and a
pair of intercepting bolts passing through holes in the action all as hereinafter
described.
Having fitted the action to the barrels I cut a vertical slot in the face of action
in such a position as to allow the short arms of the ejecting levers fitted in the
steel lump, to pass up and down as the gun is opened and closed the said ejecting
levers are pivotted in the steel lump and have long arms extending upwards which
lie underneath the extractors in the barrels, in such a manner that when the short
arms of the said ejecting levers are pressed downwards the long arms of the same
move quickly carrying with them the extractor at a rapid rate and jerking out the
empty cartridge case.
Having cut the slot in the face of action for the short arms of ejecting levers
I fit a slide in or on each lock plate extending from a convenient part above the
centre on which the tumbler or hammer moves to the front end of lock plate where
the said plate joins the action; I then pierce a hole in an oblique direction through
each side of the action from the part where the slide in or on the lock plate meets
the action into the slot cut in the face of action in such a manner as to come out
near the surface of the face of action. Having fitted slides in or on the lock plates
I cut slots in the hammers or tumblers in a convenient position to admit a peg on
each of the said slides to enter in such a manner that when the hammer is moved
up and down the slide is moved backwards and forwards the said slides being
sloped at their front ends; I then fit a pair of intercepting pegs or bolts one in
each of the oblique holes, which pegs or bolts are pressed backwards by a pair of
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page_text: spiral springs similar to those used for ordinary strikers, the back ends of these
pegs or bolts are so shaped that when the gun is cocked and the hammers back or
up, the intercepting pegs or bolts are allowed to be pressed back by the spiral
springs and when the hammer is allowed to fall to discharge the gun the said slide
in or on the lock plates are moved forward and the sloped front end pushes the
intercepting peg forward through the oblique holes in the action to such a distance
that the front ends of intercepting bolt or peg project half way across the slot cut
in the face of action so that when the right hand hammer falls and by it the right
hand slide in or on the lock plate is moved forward actuating the right hand
intercepting bolt and moving the same across the right hand half of the slot cut in
the face of action where it remains until the gun is opened for reloading, when the
short arm of ejecting lever knocks against the intercepting bolt and ejects the
right hand empty cartridge case after firing. The above also applies to the left
and when the hammer is raised or cocked the intercepting bolt is either pushed
back by its spiral spring or may be drawn back by the slide working in or on the
lock plate so that if the haminer is allowed to remain up the gun may be opened
and closed without ejecting the cartridge.

page_text: Improvements in Cartridge Ejectors for Breech-loading Sporting
Fire Arms.
I, THOMAS SOUTHGATE of 6 Burton Crescent in the County of Middlesex
Gunmaker 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 :-
My Invention relates to improved and simplified mechanism for ejecting the
empty cartridge case or cases after firing and the invention is applicable to inside
or outside hammer double guns or rifles. For this purpose I employ a pair of
separate extractors and a pair of ejecting levers with long and short arms fitted to
the barrels and steel lump; a pair of slides one on or in each lock plate, and a pair
of intercepting bolts passing through holes in the action.
I cut a slot in the face of the action to receive the short arm of the ejecting
lever which is acted on by the intercepting bolts or pegs inserted in oblique
apertures in the action the said intercepting boits or pegs being operated by a slide
in each of the lock plates to which motion is communicated by the tumbler or
hammer all as hereafter described.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section Figure 2, is a sectional plan with
the barrels removed Figure 3 is a front view of the face of action with the
barrels removed and Figure 4 is a front elevation of the barrels removed from
the action of so much of a sporting fire-arm as will be necessary to illustrate the
manner in which I carry my invention into effect. Figure 5 shows the hainmer
with slot. Figure 6 shows the slide in the lock plate and Figures 7 and 8 shews
in plan and elevation respectively one of the intercepting pegs or bolts. The detail
views shown at Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 are drawn on a larger scale than the other
Figures. Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all the Figures. e is
the slot in the face of action. f the short and h the long arm of the ejecting
levers; is the recess in steel lump g in which the long arm h rests when the
barrels are closed; k, k, are the intercepting bolts or pegs 1, 2, are the slides in lock
plates; m, m, are the lock plates; o, o, are the tumblers or hammers.
Having fitted the action to the barrels I cut the vertical slot e in the face of
action in such a position as to allow the short arm f of the ejecting levers fitted in
the steel lump g to pass up and down as the gun is opened and closed the said
ejecting levers are pivoted in the steel lump g at g¹ and have long arms h
extending upwards which lie underneath the extractors in the barrels i in such a
manner that when the short arms f of the said ejecting levers are pressed down-
wards the long arm h of the same moves quickly carrying with it the extractor at
a rapid rate and so jerking out the empty cartridge case.
Having cut the slot e in the face of action for the short arm f of ejecting lever
I fit a slide in or on each lock plate m extending from a convenient part above
the centre o¹ on which the tumbler or hammer o moves to the front end of lock
plate m where the said plate m joins the action I then pierce a hole in an oblique

page_text: direction as best seen at Figure 2 through each side of the action from the part
where the slide in or on the lock plate m meets the action into the slot e cut in
the face of action in such a manner as to come out near the surface of the face of
action. Having fitted the slides in or on the lock plates I cut slots m¹ in the
hammers or tumblers o in a convenient position to admit a peg l on each of the
said slides to enter in such a manner that when the hammer o is moved up and
down the slide lis moved backwards and forwards the said slides Zz being sloped
at their front ends as best seen at Figures 2, I then fit a pair of intercepting pegs
or bolts k one in each of the oblique holes which pegs or bolts k are pressed
backwards by a pair of spiral springs similar to those used for ordinary strikers
or it might be drawn back by a swivel the back ends of these pegs or bolts k are
so shaped as will be best seen at Figure 8 that when the gun is cocked and the
hammers back or up the intercepting pegs or bolts & are allowed to be pressed back
by the spiral springs k¹ and when the hammer is allowed to fall to discharge the
gun the said slide in or on the lock plates m is moved forward and the sloped
front end pushes the intercepting peg k forward through the oblique holes in the
action to such a distance that the front ends of the intercepting bolts or peg
project half way across the slot e cut in the face of action so that when the right
hand hammer o falls and by it the right hand slide in or on the lock plate m is
moved forward thereby actuating the right hand intercepting bolt k and moving
the same across the right hand half of the slot e cut in the face of action where it
remains until the gun is opened for reloading when the short arm f of ejecting
lever knocks against the intercepting bolt k and ejects the right hand empty
cartridge case after firing. The above also applies to the left and when the
hammer is raised or cocked the intercepting bolt is either pushed back by its 2
spiral spring or may be drawn back by the slide 7 working in or on the lock
plate m, so that if the hammer is allowed to remain up the gun may be opened and
closed without ejecting the cartridge.
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I have shewn my improved mechanism for the ejection of the cartridge case as
applied to an inside hammer double fire arm which is cocked by my improved 3
cocking lever action operated by the opening and closing of the barrels for which
a Patent has been granted to myself and. James Lang the 6th March 1884 N° 4458
the invention is however applicable to other constructions of breech loading
mechanism and that whether the hammers are inside or outside.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said 3
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I lay
no claim to the split-extractor nor to the long and short armed levers by which
they are moved but what I claim is
In breech loading sporting fire-arms, the ejection or extraction of the cartridge
case or cases in and by the employment of a slide plate or rod in lock plates acting 4
on intercepting bolts or pegs working through obliquely cut apertures in the action
into a vertical slot in the face of same the said intercepting bolts or pegs operating
the short arm of the ejecting levers the whole being operated through the move-
ment of the hammers or tumblers all substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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