US712428A - Gun-rack. - Google Patents

Description

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Patented Oct. 28, 1902.

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UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

HORATIO N. WHITOOMB, OF WATERLOO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO JOSEPH L. LAFONTAINE, OF ROXTON FALLS, CANADA, AND MICHEL'AUGER, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters liatent No. 712,428, dated October 28, 1902. Application filed February 15, 1902. Serial No. 94,249. (No model}! To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I,HORATIO N.WHIT00MB,

a subject of the King of England, residing at Waterloo, county of Sheiford, .Province' of Quebec, and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gun-Racks, of which the followingis a speci- V tentpole or by the use of a simple upright serve as an individual structure in an armory. The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple organization ofypa rts embodying adjustable features and structural elements for positively and immovably holding guns, so that they can be readily removed or applied and held in close relation when in the rack and at all times accessible.

A further object of the invention is to pro-,

vide means for readily shifting or adjusting the main elements of the rack to vary the ele vation thereof and also to separate said elements as may be desired to accommodate different kinds of guns.

A further object of the invention is to provide garment-supporting devices in connection with one of the main elements at regular intervals between the supporting structures for the upper terminals of theguns.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the improved rack shown arranged in operative position in connection with a tent-pole, a gun being shown in dotted lines in supported relation thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the improved device .ar

ranged for use in' an armory. Fig. 3 is a of the improved device.

Similar n umerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates asupport, which in the arrangement of the part shown by Fig. 1 isatent-pole and in the construction shown by Fig. 2 is an ordinary upright. On the support 1, in either form or arrangement of the rack, are upper and lower elements 2 and 3, which are of disk shape and normally spaced apart. These elements are adjustable on the support through the medium of clamping collars 4, one of the latter being used in connection with each element and may be constructed in either of two ways, as shown by Figs. 4 and 5. The clampingcollar, as shown by Fig. 4:, comprises opposite members 5 and 6, each of which has a central semicircular body 7, with an inner semicircular recess 8 and oppositely-extending arms 9, the two members 5 and 6 being exact duplicates in construction and when arranged in contiguous relation form means through which the support l extends through the medium of the combined recesses S. The

form of the clamp shown by Fig. 5 is similar in all respects to the clamp shown by Fig. 4 as thus far described, and the corresponding parts are similarly numbered. To fasten the clamping-collar as an entirety in connection with the support, clam ping-bolts 10 are transversely passed through the arms 9 and are held in adjusted relation to said arms by nuts 11. By tightening the nuts on the bolts the two members 5 and 6 will be caused to firmly clamp against the support, and thereby hold the elements 2 and 3 at any elevation desired on the support 1. In view of a particular construction resident in each of the elements 2 and 3, as will be hereinafter more fully explained, it is necessary that said elements be held in a positive position relative to each other, and for this purposethe clamping-collar shown by Fig. 4 has bifurcated arms 12, extending outwardly thereover in planes at right angles to the arms 9, one arm 12 being secured to each member and having an the recess 8. The outer bifurcated extremities of the arms 12 are engaged by turn-hooks 14, applied at proper points to the elements 2- and 3 and depending below the lower side of the latter. These turn-hooks 14 prevent the elements from rotating on the support 1 and are so disposed that the structural features of the several elements will be arranged in proper vertical al'inement when the said hooks are turned over the arms 12, as clearly shown by Fig. 3. At the same time the adjustment may be varied by turning the hooks 14 until they are in alinement with the bifurcations in the'arms 12, and thereby permit the elements to be disconnected from the clamping-collars, so that the latter maybe cleared for manipulation of the bolts 10 for loosening and retightening the said clampingcollars in the same or other positions, as may be found desirable. The difference of construction, as shown by Fig. 5, is that the two members 5 and 6 have arms 15, similar to the arms 12, (shown by Fig. 5,) integrally formed with the body portions 8.

The element 2 has a plurality of regularlyspaced keyhole-slots 16 formed therein and disposed in radial planes, the enlarged portion of each slot being projected outward toward the periphery of the element. In the element 3 a plurality of radial slots 17 are cut inwardly thereinto in radial planes and open outward through the periphery of the said element and in alinement with the inner terminals of the said slots 17, and at a suitable distance from the periphery of the element are in wardly-inclined apertures or openings 18. On the top surface of the element 2, at intervals between a portion of the keyholeslots 16, plates 19 are secured and have hanger arms or hooks 20, movably mounted in the outer-terminals therefor for supporting garments such as uniform-coats and the like, the said hanger arms or hooks when not in use being thrown over against the upper surface of the said element 2.

The element 3 is of greater diameter than the element 2, so as to accommodate the difference in width, structure, or extent of a gun adjacent the lock and breech-block and the position of the barrel in relation to the lock and stock. In other words, it is desired to sup port the guns applied to the rack in upright position, and the elements 2 and 3 will be spaced apart such an extent as to permit the gun to be elevated slightly to clear the lower portion thereof engaging the element 3 before withdrawing the barrel end from the element 2. In applying guns to the improved rack they are each first tilted orinclined inwardly to insert the muzzle of the barrel through the slot 16 and then elevated until the breech-block (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1) comes over the opening 18, the adjacent part of the stock and lock then being within the slot 17. The gun is then permitted to lower or is drawn downwardly to insert the breech-block in the opening 18, the latter being inclined to accommodate the modern construction of block.

When the gun is so arranged, it will be firmly held applied to the elements 2 and 3 and may be readily removed by slightly elevating the same to clear the breech-block and then drawing it in an outward direction. When the gun assumes a normal position in relation to the elements, the muzzle end of the barrel moves outwardly into the enlarged portion of the keyhole-slot. After the guns have been arranged in the manner set forth in the rack tated for convenience in applying or with drawing the guns from the elements 2 and 3. Furthermore, when the device is arranged for use in an armory a rest or plate 22, in disk or other form, is secured on the upper terminal of the support 1 to serve as a shelf or holding means for ornaments or other purpose, and at times the said device may also be used for supporting accoutrements.

The improved device will be found exceptionally convenient and will preserve guns as Well as maintain them in a convenient stacked relation. For camp purposes the several parts can be separated and stored in compact space for transportation, and it will be understood that various materials may be used in the formation of the elements as well as of the clamping-collars and other attachments.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A gun-rack comprising a support, upper and lower elements thereon, the upper element having radially-arranged keyhole-slots therein and the lower element provided with radial slots opening out through the periphery thereof and inwardly-inclined openings at a distance from the inner terminals of the latter slots, and means for holding the elements in adjustable relation to the support.

2. A gun-rack comprising a support, and upper and lower elements adj ustably mounted thereon, the upper element having radial slots therein at regular intervals and the lower element formed with radial slots opening out through the periphery thereof and inwardly inclined openings therethrough at a distance from the inner terminals of said latter slots. 4

4. A gun-rack comprising a support having upper and lower elements, the upper element In testimony whereof I effix my signature having radially-arranged slots therethrough in presence of two Witnesses.

and the lower element also provided with outi v r 1 wardly opening radial. slots and openings at HORATIO LLWHHCOMB' 5 a distance from the inner terminals of the Witnesses:

latter, and means for holding the said elek E. N. ROBINSON, ments on the support. ROBERT LEE GORDON.

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