US700592A - Revolver-firearm. - Google Patents

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Patented May 20, |902. W. J. WHITING. l

' REVOLVER FIREARM.

(Application led May 27, 1901.)

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No. 700,592. Patented May 20, |902.`

W. J. WHITING.

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(Application led May 27, 1901.)

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NITED STATES WILLIAM JoIIN PATENT FFICE.

IVHITING, OF I'IANDSIVORTH, NEAR BIRMINGHAM,

ENGLAND.

REVOLVER-FIREARIVI.

l SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o.

Application tiled May Z7,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM JOHN WHIT- ING, Works-manager, a subjectof the King of Great Britain, residing at Douglas road,

lI-Iandsvvorth, near Birmingham, England,

ment with the barrel and hammer when the revolver is opened. As applied to a certain type of automatic revolvers provision is also made for insuring the rotation of the cylinder in the proper direction when being fired. In conjunction with the various locking devices means are provided for simultaneously d'isengagng the same from the cylinder, conslsting'of a push-piece Working through the barrel-strap, hereinafter fully described, and represented in the accompanying drawings,in which the application of the invention to automatic revolvers of the Webley-Fosbery type yis represented in Figures l to 5, while Figs. 6 to 1l show its application to an volver.

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the revolver closed, with a part in longitudinal vertical section to show the disposition of the alinement, direction, and locking studs, and the push-piece by which they are disengaged from the cyli'nder when it is required t'o dismount the latter. 'This view represents the direction and locking stud in engagement with a notch-cylinder, While the alinement-stud is raised clear of the said cylinder. Fig. 2 is a sim ilar view to ZFig. l, but with the revolver opened and the cylinder held in alinement with the barrel and hammer by the stud engaging in one of the rearward channel extensions of the zigzag race. Fig. 3 represents a cross-section of the cylinder and'eXtension-'rib upon thedotted line x, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an under side plan of the extension-ribs, showing the disposition of the two studs and the jointed arms on which theyvare mounted. Fig. 5 is a View showing, upon an enlarged scale, the arrangementcof ordinary ref 7oo,592,l dated May 2o, Iooa. Serial No. 62,106. (No model.)

the alineinent, direction, and locking studs, with their arms, springs, and push-pieces in the positions they normally assume when the revolver is opened. Fig. 6 represents, partly in elevation and partly in longitudinal section, a revolver. Fig. 7 is a similar View. to Fig. 6, but shows the revolver opened and the cylinder locked both against longitudinal movement for preventing the withdrawal'of the samefromoi its axis and also against rotation to insure that one of its chambers shall remain in'alinement with the barrel so long as the weapon isopened. Fig. 8 is a crosssectionof the cylinder and top strap upon the.

dotted line az', Fig. 7;'and cross-section of the ysame through the front of the cylinder on the dotted line to2. Fig. 10 represents an under side plan of the barrel-strap, showing the arrangement offthe locking device fitted therein'. 1 Fig. 11 represents, upon an enlarged scale and partly in elevation and partly in longitudinal vertical section, a part of the said revolver, showing the cylinder-locking device in the position itis made to assume when the weapon is closed, so as to leave the cylinder free for. rotation.

Fig. 9 is another In the automatic revolver represented in.

Figs. l to 5, the rotation of the cylinder by a zigzag"race being constrained to work over a fixed peg on the bed or body of the revolver when the said cylinder is forced backward by theaction of recoil'after a discharge, ais the cylinder; d, the flat-bottomed zigzag race thereof; b, the'bar'rel-strap of the barrel b'; c, the standing breech, and t' the 'xed peg on the frame for rotating the cylinder when the latter travels back under the recoil.l

The alinement device direction-studs used in conjunction with the cylinder-rotating mechanism are arranged within a clearance or sinking b4 in the under side of the lbarrelstrap, and the studs o and p are carried, respectively, by a pair of arms or levers o p Whose inner ends which overlap are jointed by or turn upon acommon center-pin q, c'rossing the clearance b4, p2 are provided between the .top of the clearance and the levers for depressing both limbs for. .taking the studs into their engaging posi- .tions when the weapon is opened. 'A small view, but taken' While suitable springs o2v pusher r works through the top of the barrelstrap,`and itsinnerend fr' impinges in common upon the overlapping extensions of the two arms, the arrangement being such that when the pusher is depressed the arms are rocked and the studs o and p are respectively lifted clear of their engagements with thecylinder, which may then be-dismouhted or withdrawn from i'tssupport.

The tip end 03 of the arm 0', which carries the alinement-stud o, extends into the eye b3 at the end of the barrel-strap, so-that on the closing ofthe revolver the said tip comes upon the shoulder-of a 4notch c formed in the .face of the'standing breech c, and is'therebylifted, so as to keep the alinement-stud clear of the rearward channels a3 in the cylinder, which is thus freed for rotation;

The stud p, which has a straight shoulder 2o p3 to engage the cylinder-channels a4 and an inclined or wiper face p4, is designed for setf ting the cylinder in such a position relative to the fixed peg so as to insureils rotation in the proper direction, and lin addition tothis the said stud p also fills the function of a cylinder-lock for preventing the withdrawal of the cylinder from its support when the revolver is opened', until the push-piece r has been depressed. For thispurpose the part of the cylinder that passes under the stud 19 is provided with the rearward channels a3 and intermediate ofthe forward channels u.l with aseries of peripheral curve-bottomed recesses s, which will freely pass the stud as the cylinder rotates, but which when engaged by the said stud dropping therein, as represented in Fig. 5, efectually prevent any 'movement of the said vcylinder longitudinally, so that to release the cylindcr'for dismounting after-the revolver is opened the push-piece has to be operated tlift .the locking-stud clear of the said recesses s.

In the ordinary revolver (illustrated in Figs.

6 toll) the device for locking and alining the cylinder a to the barrel b consists of a single rocking sprin g-limb 19', located within a sinking b2 in the underside of the barrel-strap b and pivoted at pzat a'point between the forward end and its middle, while the tip p? of the extreme rear end extends into the eye' .b3 at the "end of the said barrel-strap and is adapted to be engaged by the shoulder of a notch c', cut in the face of the standing breech c. The forward end p4 of the said limb is acted upon bya push-piece l1*,working through and projecting above a hole in the barrelstrap, while rearward of the joint p2 isa depending tooth p, adapted to engagehvhen the weapon is opened) with one or o ther of a series of small notches-s, formed around the periphery of th'e cylinder in radial alinement with the axis of the cylinder-chambers a' and whereby the cylinder is locked to the barrel 'with one ofits chambers in proper alinement. The spring p5, .which automatically takes the tooth pinto engagement when the tip end of the lever is freed from the notch in the standing breech, is located between the top of the lever and the roof of the sinking in the strap.

The cylinder is freed or disengaged from the lock for rotation when-the revolver is closed by the shouldered notch of the breech impinging against the extending end of the spring-lever and lifting the tooth out of the notch. When closed, a chamber of the cyliuder is kept inJ alinement'wit-h the barrel by the usual means provided for that purpose, said means in the present case consisting of a tooth t', connected with the trigger-t and working up through a slot in the frame or body b4 of the revolver t engage the undermost notch s, which is held in the desired positionby the stud p engaging with the topmost notch, it being understood that the said stud p is not lifted clear of the said top notch until the undermost notch has been passed into engagement with the trigger-tooth t' by the act of closing the revolver.

The cylinder-.may be provided with a series of shouldered lumps or snugs u, arranged, respectively, over the chambers and alinable 'with the notches, the same being adapted to take into and engage the shoulders of grooves or channels fu. u?, cut across the under side ofthe barrel-strap h and the top of the frame or body b4, so as to prevent the cylinder beber is in line with the barrel.

To dismount the cyiinder after the revolver has been opened, the push-piece r first has to be depressed to rock the spring-limb and lift the tooth p out of engagement with oneof the notches s, afterwhich the cylinder is slightly turned, so as to clear-the top lump u'from the groove u in" the rib, when the said cylinder lcanthen. `be withdrawn longitudinally from o its support.

f Having fully described my invention, what `I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent`is l l; In a revolver, the combination with a removable cylinder provided. with recesses, of acylinder-locking catch adapted to successively engage said recesses, and a hand-operated pusher for acting on said catch to disn engage same from the said cylinder-recesses,

substantially as set forth. y

`2. In revolveriirearmsg the combination with a removable cylinder having a series of peripheral recesses, of a spring-catch adapted tovsuccessively engage said recesses, and a pusher working through the barrel-strap -of the revolver and acting upon said catch for the purpose of disengaging the same from the said cylinder-recesses, substantially as herein described and also as set forth.

3. n revolver-firearms; the combination with a cylinder-locking catch; of a cylinder alinement device, and a means for disengag-l ing both catches simultaneously from the cylinder, substantially as herein described and set forth.

' et. In automatic revolver-firearms the coinbination with a cylinder having a zigzag race,

'ing withdrawn from itssupport when a cham- IOO peripheral recesses alternating with forward channels, of a catch and backward channels, acting both as a cylinder-lock and a direction device, a second catch for retaining the cylinder in alinement with the barrel when the barrel is opened, and a means for simultaneously diseugaging both catches from the cylinder, substantially as herein described and also as set forth.

. 5.. InA revolverfirearms; the combination with a cylinder, having peripheral recesses, of a combined'cylinder-lock and alinemen't device, which automatically en gages with one of the said recesses of the cylinder when the revolver is opened, but is lifted out of such engagement when the revolver is closed, the same also being provided with a pusher-releasing means arranged and acting substantially in the manner herein described.

6. In revolver-firearms; the combination with a cylinder locking and alinement device, ofl a cylinder provided 'with a series ot' separated lumps, successively engaging with a recess, siuking or shoulder on the under side Yolf the .barrel-strap, for the purpose of preventing the Withdrawal of the cylinder, substantially as herein described and set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses. i WILLIAM J OIIN WHITING. Witnesses:

HY. SKERRETT, ARTHUR T. SADLER.

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