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75. For an improvement in Many Chambered Cylinder Fire Arms; Daniel Leavitt, Cabotville, Hampden county, Massachusetts, April 29
Jlmerican Patents for ,#l~ril, with Remarks.
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T o use it the corset ring is first put upon the pin, and the point then passed on to it, so that the ring is embraced between the two sections. •l~be point is then forced through the cloth, up to the ring, and with the nail, scissors~ or other instrument, the cloth around the hole is forced over the lip into the grooves. T h e claim is to the instrument as above described. 75. F o r an i m p r o v e m e n t in Man?/ Chambered Cylinder Fire Jlrms: Daniel Leavitt, Cabotville, H a m p d e n c o u n t y , Massachusetts, April 29. This is one of'those fire arms which have s e v e r a l c h a m b e f s bored iu a cylinder, the axis oi" which is parallel to the axis ot' the barrel of the gun. and which chambers can he successively made to coincide with the said barrel. Such revolving cylinders have heretofore been made flat at the eml which tits against the barrel, and the present improvement consists in substituting a hemispherical, or convex form tbr this flat on%the back end of the barrel being so hollowed as shall make it fit accurately on to the cylinder. T h e object in view is to prevent the danger of accidental explosion in chambers not brought up to the barrel; a thing which is liable to occur in the flat emled cylinders from that portion of" the charge which escapes between them aml tim barrel, but which cannot come into contact with the chambers when the end is convex. ,, W h a t I claim as my improvement, i~ the giving to ihe chambered or forward end of the cylinder a convex form, by which the ignition of the charge m" a chamber' contia'uons~ to that which, is being~ fired~ is prevented, upon the principl% and in the manner hereto set torth. 76. F o r 3[any Chambered, non recoil, Fire ~Vrms; John W . Cochran, City of N e w York, A p r i l 2S. In fire arms of this construction, the chambers are made around the periphery of a a short cylinder, say three inches and a halfiu diameter, and three fourths of an inch thick, said chambers being bored in towards the centre, and made somewhat conical. This is placed behind the barrel of the gun, so as to revolve horizontally when the gun is in a position for firing. Percussion caps are placed on nipples on the under side of the cylinder, there being suitable guards to prevent their accidental discharge. T h e following is the claim. " W h a t I claim as my invention in the within described many chambered fire arms, is the combination of a many chambered cylinder, the chambers of which are tbrmed around the periphery in the way herein described, with a rifle, pistol, carbine, or other barrel~ and combined also with the stock ot such fire arm by means of the stock straps, connected substantially in the manner set tbrth. I also claim the combination of the percussion cap guard, together with the thin circular plate under it, with a cylinder constructed and connected as above set tortb, tbr the protection of the percnssion caps. [ also claim the manner of connecting the barrel, in arms so constructed, with the rising piece of the under stock strap, by screwing it there'n; the whole combined so as to constitute a fire arm substantially the sam'e with the foregoing." 77. F o r i m p r o v e m e n t s in t h e ManyChambered, non recoil, Fire ,qrms; John W . C o c h r a n , City of N e w York, A p r i l 29. A principal object in the patent before us, is to construct the fire arms last described in such manner as to allow of the ready removal of a cylinVoL, X X I . ~ N o . 1.~J.~NUARY~ 1838. 5
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T o use it the corset ring is first put upon the pin, and the point then passed on to it, so that the ring is embraced between the two sections. •l~be point is then forced through the cloth, up to the ring, and with the nail, scissors~ or other instrument, the cloth around the hole is forced over the lip into the grooves. T h e claim is to the instrument as above described. 75. F o r an i m p r o v e m e n t in Man?/ Chambered Cylinder Fire Jlrms: Daniel Leavitt, Cabotville, H a m p d e n c o u n t y , Massachusetts, April 29. This is one of'those fire arms which have s e v e r a l c h a m b e f s bored iu a cylinder, the axis oi" which is parallel to the axis ot' the barrel of the gun. and which chambers can he successively made to coincide with the said barrel. Such revolving cylinders have heretofore been made flat at the eml which tits against the barrel, and the present improvement consists in substituting a hemispherical, or convex form tbr this flat on%the back end of the barrel being so hollowed as shall make it fit accurately on to the cylinder. T h e object in view is to prevent the danger of accidental explosion in chambers not brought up to the barrel; a thing which is liable to occur in the flat emled cylinders from that portion of" the charge which escapes between them aml tim barrel, but which cannot come into contact with the chambers when the end is convex. ,, W h a t I claim as my improvement, i~ the giving to ihe chambered or forward end of the cylinder a convex form, by which the ignition of the charge m" a chamber' contia'uons~ to that which, is being~ fired~ is prevented, upon the principl% and in the manner hereto set torth. 76. F o r 3[any Chambered, non recoil, Fire ~Vrms; John W . Cochran, City of N e w York, A p r i l 2S. In fire arms of this construction, the chambers are made around the periphery of a a short cylinder, say three inches and a halfiu diameter, and three fourths of an inch thick, said chambers being bored in towards the centre, and made somewhat conical. This is placed behind the barrel of the gun, so as to revolve horizontally when the gun is in a position for firing. Percussion caps are placed on nipples on the under side of the cylinder, there being suitable guards to prevent their accidental discharge. T h e following is the claim. " W h a t I claim as my invention in the within described many chambered fire arms, is the combination of a many chambered cylinder, the chambers of which are tbrmed around the periphery in the way herein described, with a rifle, pistol, carbine, or other barrel~ and combined also with the stock ot such fire arm by means of the stock straps, connected substantially in the manner set tbrth. I also claim the combination of the percussion cap guard, together with the thin circular plate under it, with a cylinder constructed and connected as above set tortb, tbr the protection of the percnssion caps. [ also claim the manner of connecting the barrel, in arms so constructed, with the rising piece of the under stock strap, by screwing it there'n; the whole combined so as to constitute a fire arm substantially the sam'e with the foregoing." 77. F o r i m p r o v e m e n t s in t h e ManyChambered, non recoil, Fire ,qrms; John W . C o c h r a n , City of N e w York, A p r i l 29. A principal object in the patent before us, is to construct the fire arms last described in such manner as to allow of the ready removal of a cylinVoL, X X I . ~ N o . 1.~J.~NUARY~ 1838. 5