An Improved Combined Fire-arm and Walking Stick.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1888-
Specification Accepted, 22nd Jan., 1889
An Improved Combined Fire-arm and Walking Stick.
I, ADOLPH LINDNER, of No. 8 Jäger Strasse, in the City of Berlin, Germany,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 improvements in fire arms in the form of a stick, the
cocking of the mechanism located in a tube in the handle part of the fire
arm being effected by simply pushing in a second tube connecting the two parts
of the fire arm, said tube serving to connect the parts in such manner that, when
the handle given a movement of about 90° and the handle drawn away from
the other part of the stick the same will still be connected by the said movable
connecting tube which at the same time acts as chamber for the cartridge to be
loaded into the barrel.
The handle is firmly attached to the main part of the fire arm by pushing the
parts firmly together and turning the handle about 90° so that the guide piece
to the sliding breech piece is caused to enter a recess in the stick tube, said recess
acting as recoil shoulder.
Figure 1 is an elevation of the fire arm on a reduced scale.
Figure 2 is the elevation of a portion of a fire arm with a small part cut away to
show the extractor.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of that part of the fire arm containing the firing
mechanism and shows the parts in cocked condition.
Figure 4 is a top view of the parts cocked and ready for closing the breech, the
stick and tubes being broken away to better show the same.
Figure 5 is a vertical section representing the parts in discharged condition.
Figure 6 is a top view of the parts with the stick and the tube b in section.
The tube b, which is arranged in the handle a, is attached by means of a screw e
to the bolt or breech piece in the upper part of the tube d. The one end of the
tube d is arranged in the stick or barrel part c of the fire arm and glides in the
tube d, said tube d being provided with a longitudinal slot which is near the stick
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page_text: or barrel widened so as to form the recess d³ for the guide piece g¹ and acts as
recoil shoulder. The bolt y with its guide piece g' is aranged in the tube b, glides
in the slot d' and forms the connection between the tube and the bolt g.
g
The firing pin with spring i is arranged in the bolt g and is at the one end,
outside the bolt g, provided with a collar and nose which are guided in the
slot of the tube d whereas the other end is also provided with a collar h³ and
firing pin which latter passes through a boring in the head of the bolt, g.
The tube d is at its upper end opposite to the longitudinal slot d provided with
a small opening in which the trigger lever, with nose is located, said lever
moving on the pivot 13.
The pin m, which acts as trigger, rests against the arm, is arranged in the
tube and is held in the same by means of a small collar.
The spring olies above the arm 12 of the trigger lever and holds the same and
the pin m in depressed position.
When the parts are cocked they occupy the position shown in Figure 3; if, on
the other hand, the fire arm is to be cocked the handle a is given a partial
revolution equal to about 90° said movement being transferred to. the bolt by means
of the tube b and screw e.
When the breech is closed the bolt y with the guide piece g¹ rests in the
recess of the tube d³, said recess d³ serving as recoil shoulder, but is removed
from the same when the aforementioned partial revolution is carried out to the
left and the guide piece g¹ led into the slot d¹ in the tube d.
The handle a can now be drawn away from the stick c for a distance preferably
about equal to the length of a cartridge and a cartridge inserted in the chamber p
in the tube d. The bolt g is securely attached to the tube d by means of a screw e
and tube whilst the tube d can be extended as shown in Figure 6.
The trigger lever follows the movement of the tube d so that the hook or claw /¹
of the same comes into gear with the nose ¹ of the firing pin h.
arm.
When the tube d is pushed towards the barrel or stick e the claw of the lever
catches the nose of the firing pin and prevents the same from moving the bolt, thus
putting the spring i of the firing pin under tension or, in other words, cocking the
As soon as the surface of the handle a has reached the surface of the barrel or
sticke the former is given a part revolution equal to about 90° to the right so that
the guide piece g₁ of the bolt enters the recess d² in the tube d. The fire arm is
discharged by pressing on the head or knob of the pin or stem m whereby the claw
of the lever is released from its gear with the nose of the firing pin h so that the
spring can impel the firing pin forwards and explode the charge.
i
The tube b is provided with an extractor which can make a limited lateral. and
also a to and fro movement. When the breech is opened and the handle a drawn
away from the stick or barrel c the extractor will extract a cartridge from the
cartridge chamber the empty shell being ejected from the chamber p when the
breech is fully opened. When the parts are pushed together enclosed in the breech
the extractor lies with its foremost end in the cartridge chamber with its hook
immediately in front of the flange of the cartridge. In order to prevent a premature
discharge of the fire arm a small slide can be so arranged that the trigger pin cannot
operate on the lever thus preventing a discharge of the fire arm.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A fire arm in the form of a walking stick characterised by.
1. The device for putting the spring i under tension in pushing in the cartridges,
closing the breech and connecting the two parts of the fire arm, consisting of the two
armed lever 1, the hook or claw of which engages with the nose h¹ of the firing pin
and holds the same until the arm of the lever is pressed. inwards and the power
of the spring o is overcome by means of the trigger pin or stem m, substantially. as
described and, shown.

page_text: 2. The connection of the two parts of the arm by means of the tube d which also
acts as cartridge bearing and is provided with the grooves for guiding the nose h²
of the firing pin and for receiving the extractor, substantially as described and
shown.
3. The connection of the tube b with the guide piece g¹ of the bolt g so that by
turning the handle about 90° the said guide piece will enter a recess in the tube d
thus securely connecting both parts of the fire arm, substantially as described and
shown.
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