US1460415A - Operating slide and handle for machine guns - Google Patents

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W. T. GORTO'N OPERATING SLIDE AND HANDLE FOR MACHINE GUNS Filed July 12. 1922 5 Sheets- Sheet l a N 4 1 Q I I VINVENITOR "filter Z'Gorion ATTORNEY W. T. GORTON OPERATING SLIDE] AND HANDLE FOB. MACHINE GUNS July 3, 1923.

1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 12 INVENIOR Walter T'qrfionl By fl//Z%M ATTORNEY July 3. 1923.

W. T. GORTON OPERATING SLIDE AND HANDLE FOR MACHINE GUNS Filed July 12 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR PVaZl er TGarton ATTORNEY Patented July 3, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT '0, FFilCE.

WALTER T. GOBTON, OF THE UNITED STATES-ARMY.

1 OPERATING SLIDE AND HANDLE FOR MACHINE GUNS,

1' I Applieetionfiled I'uly 12, 1922. Serial No. 574,555.

(EFILED UNDER THE ACT or MARCH 3,, was, 22 sru. L., 625.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WA TER T. GonroN, captain Ordnance Department, United States Army, a citizen of the United States, stationed at Springfield Armory, Spr1ngfield, Massl, have invented an Improvement in Operating Slides and Handles for Ma chine Guns, of which the following is a specification.

'Theinvention described herein may be usedby the Government, or any of its offibers or employees in prosecution of work movemen o it w rking: Pe t 1 3 31. are

i q'pllete et ia lie e My inventlon isdqisig'nedtO prov de means whe eby, w he y le .Q, T eheihandi, the gun may be properly goperate'd, and funct eiiefl-t h t se and twee s-fi teen yhTHt lsi i$ Q$J e? n e ma ma; and combination oftparts and in the details i marten i here v2 ?edi ent 1 li nr e r =il1 1s reted n h I aee' m'pehy ng draws view-t e side ie'e she r ng; the e e taehed, q t e slidea i lheh le; idefiee edm i'gtfiia X an .R QQiQ eY-WQ f a medifie d item: 0i; the glide ,=-l1an'dle, showing the same attache to a. machine gun and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same.

A side plate of the machine gun is indireadi y mani u ate than e, fele yatien e f the cated by the numeral 10,-f0rmed with the usual longitudinally extending slot 11in which the operating handlec fstud 12 of the bolt reciprocates as the'bfolt is ill'lQYBd back and forth in the operation of the Secured to the side plate rearwardly of the slot, conveniently by rivets, is aguide bar 13 which may beformed with a forwardly projecting restl affording a great er bearing surface, and at the rearend of the plate is likewise secured a second guide bar 15 having a cut-out portion 16 eXtehding below the surface 0'1": the rearwardly extending rest 17. An armpr lug 18 pro: jects rearwardlyfrom the upper end of the guide 15 and has an aperture for the 'rece p- 7O tion of a plunger 19, urged downwardly conveniently by coil spring 20.

.M ted r-s idingev' ht in t guides is ia slidebarvzllcufiawayl fora dis;

tance ;a dj'acen t,its iorward end to provide a hook 22 which engagesithe forward side of the stud 12, and to provide clearance for the stud] The lowenedge'offthe slide bar provided with spaced apart notches23 and 2 4 of sufficient length to engage overflthe e t 1 i e pu 'gp-e he heft iie t'ff -ith, butpornially pQSitlQ Il cl out engagement with such re t, .Arifvetpr pin 25 'is secured inuthehar 21 in position to liliifinally contact the rear lace; of im t .theli w dfg i me f. the he a The a n o the hefli pretei ye gularly disposed, ,as, at '26 toifffbrm', handle thro'u h 'ineans 10f which,. the maybe how inFigeJ3 ,e idA-the1e eaten hf the";

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herelnaheve} describe d structure slightly 'difi'er nt in that the glee. in-

which thevbreech bolt han, is nearerthe rea1;ward' en d of thesid'e' plate 10 9 hem-he le j, in, h S stan e, i sir' i -hee be we n, the {gu e b re, .137, en "1.1 151" eepe hrely en 'tbe eiguidei efi'ek e bee'fl nied fied by eliminating t e efit he er -fd guide her ndq her rmdlyv t n' g-P tie hemfihe arsei e e -h T eI h e h te lii si-efi .eliehtlyidifi r t e mhe in fi w e e a a e?? 5' c1 r9 1} Jill. le W91? 3 g if- ,1 be ing pr dvidedwitl i 'a'dii hhlilg iing er fi" adapted to engage the rear face of the forward guide bar to limit the forward movedie 12 operates 95 ment 0,1}; the slige gn d to contact tile-forward surface" of thesti'id 12 to draw the'same rearwardly when required. This slide bar 21 is likewise rovded .w itlrspaced. apart notches 23 an" 24 Which are'adap ted to receive the loweredge ofgtheguidebar 15,. When this bar is to be removed from one side of the gun and placed upon the opposite side the fin er 22 is detached by removing the screws or pins Whi'chhold' it in place, the bar Withdrawn from the guides and inserted in'the" uides on the opposite side plateoftlie' and the finger replaced in position onthe opposite side of 'the slide.

the normal automatico'peration of the gun 'th'e handle and slide stays in the forwa d position as" shown in Figs. 1 and 3,

in rvhihposition the 'bolt handle or stud 12 or 12"operates freely in the rear of the hb'okQiZ or'finger 22'. If it is desired to openthe' breech mechanism of the gun the hand1e"an,d slide is pulled straight to the 1-eer,'and may be locked in its rearmo'st positio'n 'by slight downward, pressure whieh causes engagement in one instance of the lug 17"b1f the rear guide in the recess 23 of the slide and "in the other in-' stance the lower "edgeof the rear guide 15 in therecess ofthe slide. Thisloc ks the bo' lit in its fullyffreeoiled. positron which isfrequently o f co nsider'able assistance in r ducti n: sewa e- "T r is s't ad i its fetrdcted position by the action:'ofr thes pringjrem'ed' plungef'19 or 191 'iyhieliie ngages its upper'tsur'faee and retainsit "i -its pressed down position. 01,1. ptei flg'i j'd we e bi l a n th ll r'ii d idr'wdrdl j byjh'e bolt under the f warideseith as riot-ch Q v of? lQfas the me"- be, n'tl'ie slide is; e gitfidfbyf th mg 17' ei wer portion Cre s 'd f t e leovsmeet he a e w. W tr-idg'e is taken from the belt, and he live round, which had been previously partially inserted in the chamber is extr zngted and guides secured to the side of 'th'gun, 'a lug formed on one of said guides, said slide reciprocable the guides, a hook at thefor- Ward end of. the slide normally eng'a ging'the forward surface of the stud, said slide provided with spaced apart notohes i'n its lower edge :ul'a pted'to engage over the lug and positioned to look it in its rearmost posit on or in a position just prior to gripping of a cartridge in the cartridge 'belt by the extraetonof the gun means for limiting the forwar'chmove'ment o'f-the slide; means for holding the slide either in sitioi'i 'or i'n pofsitidn viithithe n' othes iii engagement- \h l tli th lug and a handle formed on the slide] I wit elm

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