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Description

F. H. ESCHERICH.

Breech-Loading Fire -Arm.

Patented I June 2, 1868.

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Letters Patent No. 78,519, dated June 2,1868.

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Be it known that I, FRANCIS-H: Escmimcn, of Baltim'pre, in the co'u'nty of Baltirhore,and State of Mary-3' land, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Breeeh Loading Fire-firms; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full and correctdescription of the same, suiricient to enable others skilled in the art to whichmy improvement appertains to fullyunderstand and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, and in.Which--- Figure I is a central longitudinal vertical section, and

FigureII a side elevation of my improvements Like letters indicate like parts in bothfiguresl The nature of my invention consists in a simple and novel means of opening and closing a breech-loading fire-arm, in which the barrel itself is hinged-and moved for loading.

A,'in the drawings, may representrthe main stock of a breech-loading fire-arm, to which apart, B,'is hinged,

as shown at Q. The barrel or barrelsare provided with two projections,'C and D, theformer being hook-shaped, and the -latter of any suitable forin, merely providedwith aliole to admit of a pin, b, passing through, by

means of which projection and pin the'barrelor-barrels E are secured to the part B of the stock. The rear, 'end of this part B is rounded out,'so as to form, together with the hookv G, abearin g for the pin 'c, which forms the pivot of the'barreh as shown in Fig. I, the stock being, at its front end, cut out, so as to receive the hook C and rear end offthe part3. i l

A little in the rear of=the pivot the stock, A, has an opening, the front-end of which is rounded out, as shown at d,:so as to conform to the shape of scam, E, which is pivoted on the-pin e', and is operated by a lever, F, pivoted on the pin f. The cam E has three separate projections, g, h, e, which each forma meansof holding the breech inplaee when the tire-arm is ready to be discharged. The lever F has an arm,- k, whichoper'ates against the projection i and the bulging part of the cam E, as will be hereinafter more clearly. described.

The lever F is also provided witha hookshaped projection, Z, being situated above the twin 7c;

The breech. of the barrel is hollowed out slightly on its under side, as shown at m,- and is provided with a projection, n, which is hook-shaped, and has a recess, 0, formed in its front part.

A hole, n, in the rear of the breech, serves to admit a pin, .9, which is attached to a spring, ryseeuredto the stock-iron H, and has a downward projection, q. I i I The operation of the device is very simple and eii'ective. When the barrel is in position, as shown in Fig. I, the projection g of the cam E seizes into the hollowedpart in, while the projection 7i seizesv into the recess 0 of the hook n, which latter is heldby the hook I of the lever F, the arm I; of which rests against'the projection iof the cam E, and holds the earn firmly in position. At the same time the pin q is held in the hole by means of the spring 1'. Q I i In opening the breech the lever Fis moved forward, whereby the hook Zis drawn out from the hook 12,

and, coming in contact with the projection q' oi the ping, forces the letter from out of the hole p. A soonas the pin q' is clear of the breech, the arm lrof the lever F begins to operate npon thebulging part ,7" of the cam E, forcing the upper part of the same forward, and its-pro ections g and it out of the hollow place 'm and the recess 0. of the hook -)t, and at the sametir n'c lifting the'breech by-nnean's of the heck n,'the feel part of the hook.

l at the same time holding the pin q clear'of the breech.

In closing the breech the lever Fiis moved backward, the hook I seizingthe hook it and forcing it downward, releasing at the same timethe pin q, and allowing it to slip into the hole 12, attached by the spring awhile the arm is, operating-on the projection 2' of the cam forces theupper portion of the latter back, and the projections 9' audi into the hollow place m'and recess 0. v

The lever F may forin'the trigger-guard, and be secured in the rear to the stock by a spring top, or in any 1 other suitable manner. V Having thus described my invention, what I claiin as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-,-'.

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1. The construction of the angular pins 5 9-, of the forwardly -projecting part g, and' the do'n'nwendby- I projecting part g, and operaterl by thehook Z of the lever F, su'ostontiolly as herein described and for the putposespeoi fied.

2. The com E, provided with projections, 9 I1. 2', and bulging part-j, in combination with the lever F, provided with hook I and arm It, substantially as and for the purposes described, t

3'. The com E and lever F, constructed as described, in combination with the book 12, provided with recess 0, and the hollowed recess m, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The com E, level" F, and hook n, constructed as described, in combination with the pin q, provided with adownward projection, q, and secured to the spring 1', and with the hole]; in the breech, substantially as and for the pnrposes set forth. 7

The above specification of my improvement in breech-loading fire-arms signed this sixth tiny of Febru- FRANCIS H; ESGHERICH. Witnesses:

B. Sonormmi, B. Nomvoon.

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