US Patent: 364
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Magazine Fire-Arm
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USPTO Classifications: |
42/60 |
Manufacturer: |
Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Granted: |
Aug. 31, 1837 |
Reissue Information: |
Reissued as AI2 (Jan. 23, 1838) |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
This patent was improved by patent #AI2.
Abstract:
The nature of my invention consists in attaching to the stock, at the breech of the gun, a single or many chambered cylinder, which receives from a magazine placed above it the charges ore at a time, as often as the gnu is cocked. The many-chambered cylinder contains only two charges at any one time. The single cylinder is loaded by simply turning the barrel half round twice.
Claim:
The method above described of turning the many-chambered cylinder within another by means of a ratchet and notches, either with a camn or handles. |
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