US1249576A - Safety device for shotguns. - Google Patents

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j. H. WESSON- SAFETY DEVICE F08 SHOTCUNS. APPLICATION FILED DEC 29 I916 Patented DBO. 11,1917.

INVENTOR By Attorneys, @m/AM.QW*W

' naiastefl To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPHH. WEssoN,

a citizeniof the United States'ofiAmerica,

residingin-"Springfield, in the county of b ql-lampdenand state of--Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improve which the followingis a specification.

This invention" provides an 1 improved [310 Safety device or trigger lock for shot guns,

,particularlythose ofthe hammerless repeatinvention relates to that class of'safety de- The vices inwhich the trigger is locked by means ofka; pin projecting behind it which in turn isglocked by a movable piece which "is set i 3? by the operator to either a safety or a firing a position. i

Q j qf According to this invention the locking is 1n the form of a ring piece which locks or releases the locking pin having a rotary or oscillato y move e and located in a plane transverse to the ar i' Preferably be i tween the stock andbreech portion thereof; The invention in its preferred embodiment isfshown in-the accompanying drawings, 1n

Figure 1 is a fragmentaryside elevation,

partly in vertical mid-section, showing the trigger locked Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the parts i inythe unlocked position and with the trigger drawn back in the act of firing.

. Figs. 3, as a showing the lock in the firing position and i Fig. 4.111 the safety position, while Fig. 5

usual trigger a C is the stock, j is shown. D is the fastening shank pro- 0 4 and 5are*transverse views in the plane of the line 3-4-in Fig. 1,Fig. 3

shows it removed.

Fig-.16. shows the front of the stock, looking rearwardly. 7 is a fragment of the front end of the stock, partly in section.

. Figs. 8 and 9 show the safety piece or ring in edge and face views respectively.

In the drawings, A designates the frame or breech case of the gun formed with the guard; B is the trigger, and of which only the front part jecting rearwardly from the breech-case and entering the stock and receiving a screw 1 i known manner.

side atang a y a recess b in the stock; through this tang I x I the construction shown passes a screw 0 for securely attaching the latter in the well The frame has on its under which projects rearwardly into "1,1 airmen- 10 roasrioreunsf Inents in Safety Devices for Shotguns, of

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l Specification of Letters Patent. Decp11, 191% a lication filedDec'ember 29,1916. Seria1No.139,543.

entering the shank .D. E-is the lockinglpin WhlCl]. passes obliquely through the lower part of the breech case and trigger guard, its lower end coming behind the trigger to block the firingmovement of the latter when thepin is locked, as shown in Fig. 1.

Theupper end of the lockingpin E comes beneath the locking pieceF which is shown separately in Figs. 8 and 9. This locking piece is in the form of a ring and enters an annular groove 03 formed preferably at the Junction of the breech-caseand stock, the

groove. being preferably in the breech-case, as shown inFig. 5. v The ring F. has a thumb-piece f on its upper side, the top surface of which is preferably roughened for engagement by the thumb. This thumbpiece'projects upthrough a widened recesse:

above the annular grooved, the recess 6 belIlg wlde enough to enable the thumb-piece to move to right or left to the extent shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and the roughened head projecting laterally preferably enough so that in either position it covers the recess, as shown. The upper end of the locking pin E comes against the under side of the ring F. The ringhas a notch g which in one position of the ring stands directly above the upper end of the pin, so that the latter may be pushedup-Yinto it in firing, this being the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3." In the other position of the ring a blank or unnotched portion h i (Fig. 9) stands in line with thepin sothat when an effort is made to pull the trigger-,the pin is pushed up against this blank portion which forms a solid abutment, and thereby prevents the- 1 pulling of the trigger. This is the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The pin is preferably formed with a head i at its upper end,

whereby it is widened to the full width of safety position one of these notches coincides with thelocking pin and the latter enters it so as to resist displacement of the ring, and hold it securely in either position to stock,

the locking pin showiiihseetieli is pii r the m fiitypositienv; I

the recess other than the one which it is 2. A fi re arm'eomprising a frame and trig- "locking-pin inthe frame behind the pin, jis s een and the front. of the housi'ii'gj trigger, and an annular safety lock shaped 50 t ffPhestock iszsho'wn as havinga'h' annular to" peimlti'the' movement of the? to the I rib' or tongue projectingl-forwardi to enter j-ring poSition al lglgtqform'a solid abutment I the gI'OOVe d (Fig. 5), the rib being of less blocking its movement in the safety p0si This is Clear from Figs '3 andt where: j is 'and' forming a sOlldabutment blocking the projeetiomthair thedeptli ofitfie groom; sot as t10n.

t0r-.1eave.:.1:0omfforithe' ringiibetweemg z :3:A'fii'earmzeflmprisinglai framerand trig- I The; impnovedusafety? loek is intended; to genial: locking-,pih: behind-f the triggenend 'be opemtedby thethumb ot'the-night hand a; locking.- ring ,above-the-- Pi ,1ih&- g;-. a. andioperateshw awtmnsversemotionyheing thumbz-rpieeeprojecting tQtheextefibr and.

15 pulled fiothe fightfon safety/rob pusheditb V movable-to; safety .0 gi,.]9 i nS ,the

the 1eft;fo1 -"fi1;ing..- Thesemanipulations'are "ningi haying a notch permitting movement 6O ma'de- .vv21th. the utmost easer,.. andtwhilerfgrasps of the. pm? toithe firingggositiom and forming 1,1 the: gun in thenaturaLpositionWithz-the atS01id&b11b1116I1t;b1OGk111gitS mOvement jn index finger-against theztri gger neadymfozg thesafety position;

decided:advantageoveltthose'forms at safety ger; a lookinga pindn the framebehind the ,lockwhich;arezlocatedj forward ii'the triggen tri'ggela;- and: a; locking;ring-movablefimen or in; the tni'ggerlFguard end heneath'ixthe annulan-groove in th frame: enti hayingya -breech.-fcase;. an'da-whiclu cannot he;iojperateul thumbrpieceiproj qingfto the -top of the arm.

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, v 6;: A! firearm; comprising; at, stock -frame V The invention; isnot; necessarily 'limitedzin' and trigger -the stock detachable tromthe its-rrapplicationu to ShQtz gunsiasa' it'l might bie frame andflsa fety-'leekingmeaps engaging;-

applied. toother formsof; hand firearms: irt lggfi 'zse ndk: QQIHPB g lQQ iBg R '85 1, The invention: iSRIiOt limited; tor-then pi'emountedwinjatramsieizseplane between the v 40 L" A fi'reanmteomprising'. ah-stoek j-fi'eme- Witnesses.

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