SHIELDS OR HAND GUARDS FOR GUNS
Year: 1885

page_text: CHARLES BROWN Machinist 185 Adderley Rd Saltley Birmingham WILLIAM
FREDERICK BAYLISS Machinist 246 Nechells Pk Road Birmingham do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for SHIELDS OR HAND GUARDS FOR GUNS to
be as follows:-
By the nature of our Invention the Gun requires no alteration, by fixing the
Shield or Hand Guard on the Barrel of the Gun it protects the hands of the person
firing from the excessive heat of the Gun, by using our said Invention it covers or
partially covers the Barrel of the Gun and protects the eye of the person firing
from the reflection of light on the bright Barrel.
Our Invention to be made of wood or other non heat conducting materials, by
using our Shield or Hand Guard according to our Invention Guns can be fired in
rapid succession many times and yet leave the hands of the person fireing perfectly
free from injury. Where by not using our said Invention the Gun by rapid firing
becomes excessively hot and useless.
Shields or Hand Guards for Guns,
We CHARLES BROWN Machinist 185 Adderley Rd Saltley Birmingham and
WILLIAM FREDERICK BAYLISS Machinist 246 Nechells Park Road Birmingham
do hereby declare the nature of our invention for SHIELDS OR HAND GUARDS
FOR GUNS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
By our Invention the Gun requires no alteration. By fixing the Shield or Hand
Guard on the Barrel of the Gun it protects the hands of the person firing from the

page_text: excessive heat of the Gun. By using our said Invention it covers or partially
covers the Barrel of the Gun and protects the eye of the person firing from the
reflection of light on the bright barrel.
Our Invention may be made of wood or other non heat conducting materials.
By using our Shield or Hand Guard according to our Invention Guns can be fired
in rapid succession many times and yet leave the hands of the person firing
perfectly free from injury.
These shields or hand guards may be either made to be fixed upon the guns or
they may be made in one piece with the stocks of the guns.
The shields or hand guards may be made to fit existing guns without any
alteration of the guns.
We do not confine ourselves to any particular way of attaching the shield to
the gun.
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We will now more fully describe our invention by the aid of the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1. is a view of a rifle without a shield.
Fig. 2. is the same view of the rifle with the shield or hand guard attached,
shewn as extending from (a) to (b).
Fig. 3. is a plan of the top of the shield shewing a portion cut out at (c) to
expose the sight and allow of its action.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the underside of the shield shewing the cut out portion (c) and
the hollowed out portion (d, d) to fit over the barrel of the rifle.
Figs. 5, 6, & 7, are sections to an enlarged scale through the shields at the points
indicated by the dotted lines. Fig. 8 is a section through a shield shewing air
passages (e) to allow of the escape of the heated air from the surface of the barrel
or portions may be cut out of the side of the shield as at (f) for the same purpose,
We do not confine ourselves to these particular sections nor do we propose in all
cases to extend the shield to the full distance upon the gun as illustrated.
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. The use of a shield or hand guard for guns made of wood or other bad
conductor of heat so as to overcome the difficulty of handling the barrel of the gun
after it has become heated by constant firing.
2. The use of such shield to overcome the objection to the reflection of the sun's
rays upon the barrels.