US89955A - Improvement in breech-loading arms - Google Patents

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L. B. TIEBEL Breach-Loading 'Fre-Arm 190.99955. Patented May n, 1869.

anni sam @tutti @filtre LOUIS E. TIEBEL', or HUDSON CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR To HIMSE-LE AND-CHARLES MATTERN, or SAME PLACE. e

Leners Patent No. 89,955, zateaMwy-ll, 1869.

To all whom 'it ma/y concern l f Be itknown that I, LOUIS B. TIEB'EL, of Hudson Oity, in .the county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare 'that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the ac companying drawings, forming part of this specification.

'Figures 1 and 2 represent longitudinal sectionaly views of my invention, showing the parts in diiierent positions.

Eigure 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, the plane of section being indicated by the linea: z,

-l Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new portable breechloading fire-arm, in which a new arrangement for opening the breech is employed, and in which a needle is forced through the rim ofthe cartridge, and not through the head of the same,as is 4done at present in all breechloading needle-arms.

The invention. consists, nrst, in the use of a vertically-sliding breech-pin, which is perforated, so that the cartridge can befinserted when the pin is moved 1 upward, the hole in the pin 'being then in line with the bore of the barrel.

The invention consists, second, in arranging a cavity in the breech-pin, which fwill be in line with the barrel when the pin is down, i'. e., ready for firing. The object'of this cavity is toi supply the charge of powder with a sufficient quantity of 'air to enable the instantaneous explosion of the powder.

The invention consists, third, in the connection be-V tween the hammer or discharge-device and the aforesaid sliding breech-pin4 and the trigger, said connection' being so arranged, that by moving the breech-pins up, for loading, and by then vpushing it down, the gun will be cocked.

The invention finally consists `in forcing the needle through or into the rim of the cartridge, instead of into the head of the same, whereby the use of a much shorter needle is permitted.

A represents the barrel of a breech-loading fire-arm, the said barrel being open at both ends, and secured upon a suitable stock, B, in any suitable manner.

The barrel may be grooved on the inside, or smooth, as may be desired.

C represents a cylindrical -block, tted vertically through the breech-end of the barrel, and through the stock, and provided with heads, a' and b, on its upper and lower ends, respectively, as is clearly s hown in figs. 1 and 2. This block 0- is perforated, as shownV at c inthe drawing, the hole through the pin being in the same direction as the bore of the barrel, and of about the same diameter. Thus, when the-block C is pushed up, asin fig. 2, so `that its shoulder b strikes against the under side of the stock B, the hole c will be, in vline with the bore of the barrel, and the cartridge can be inserted. When, then, the block O is forced down,

so as to be suspended from its head a, as in g. l, the hole c will no longer be in line with the bore of the barrel, and the gun will be ready for firing.

A recess, d, is arranged in the block C, which will be in line with, or, rather, a continuation of the bore of the barrel when the block O is in the position last mentioned, t'. e., ready for firing.

g This recess is for the purpose of arranging an airchamber behind the cartridge.

In ordinary dre-arms, the air confmed in the cartridge, between the particles of the powder, isinsuicient to allow the instantaneous ignition of the powder, and, therefore, that portion of the powder which is not ignited at the moment of tiring, is ignited in the more -forward portion of thel barrel, so 'that frequently th re can Abeiseen coming out of the barrel of a gun. It is evident that thereby much of the power of the charge is lost, to avoid which the recess d is arranged. The same contains enough air to allow the instantaneous explosion ofthe whole charge of powder. Thereby, with the use of a smaller charge, a better effect will beY obtained than by the usual manner of keeping the cartridge close to the breech-end of the barrel.

D is a lever, -pivoted to a stationary arm, e, said arm being arranged within the stock of the gun, as shown. i

One end of the lever D is always in contact with the-block O. The other end is .always between two arms formed on the free end of a powerful spring, E, said spring being 'secured in the stock B, at the end or side-of the barrel A, as shown.

Ou the lower arm, j, of the spring E, is formed a` hook, g, by which Athe spring can be connected with ahook, It, on the trigger F. v

The trigger is arranged, as usual, in the lower plate, O, of the lock, and is thrown forward by a spring, H,

'as shown.

. Upon the surface or' upper side of the springE is secured a pin or needle, i, which, when the free end of the spring is forced against the barrel, dts, through a hole, j, in the barrel, into the rim of the cartridge,

the fulminate being arranged around the cartridge, in-

stead of in the head of the same.

The operation is as follows: When the arm has been red, the block O is pushed down, the spring E is thrown up, the pin t projects into the cartridge. All the parts are in the position shown in tig. 1. The back arm ofthe lever D ts into the cavity, d, of the block O, as shown. yThe block O is then pushed up, and, as it is being pushed, the lower v edge of the cavity d carries the back arm of the lever pressed, that the hooks g and h may connect it to the trigger, as' shown in iig. 2. The holec in the block will then be in line with the bore of the barrel, and the gun will be ready for loading.

When it is loaded, the block O is pushed down,and

thereby the forward arm of the lever D is taken off the lower arm, f, of the `spring E, so that, when the trigger is touched, the spring Egmay y up, and drive the pini, through the hole j, into thecartridge.'

` While the lblock C is up', it is heldin -that position by the back armof the lever D, the 'said back arm 'Patent- A s The sliding block C, when arranged as sliown, l:amd when connected with the hinged lever D, springE,

stantially as herein shown and described.

- LOUIS B. TIEBEL.

Witnesses: A Y

WM. F. MGNAMABA, ALEX. F. BoBEBTs.

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