No. 628,142.

E. H. Emcsw.
CANE GUN.
(Application led Nov. 18, 1897.)

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ERIC HERMAN ERICSON, OF OSCARSHAMN, SWEDEN:

CAN E. GUN.
* vsPnoIrIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,142, dated Jury e, 1899.
Application led November 18, 1897. Serial No.l 869,060. (No model
Traa@ wiz/07u it 79mg (umn/ern.:

direc'te-projoctions it.' Said projections J'

Be itknown that I, ERIC HERMAN ERICsoN, . andh are adapted to pass each other when
a subject of the King'of Sweden and Norway, the breech is being closed, and when the han
, and a resident of Kpniansgaban 301, in the dle and socket are turned about ninety'de

city of Oscarshamn, Sweden, have inventeda grecs, to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2,
new and useful Improvement in Gun-Canes, .fthe said inward projections h in the breech
(for Awhich I have obtained patents in Sweden, ...block pass behind the said outward projec
No. 8,067, dated Octobeil, 1896; in England, tions g of the barrel, so that the breech is
No. 14,109, dated June 5, 1897, and >in Nor

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locked. By turning thehandlefand socket

way, No. 5,8l2,`dated June 2, 1897,) of which il) about a quarter ofa revolution around the
the following is a specification, reference b_c axis ofthe barrel, from the position _shown in
in'g- had to the drawings accompanying and Figs. 15- and 2 to the position shownn Figs.'
forming a part of the same.
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2 and 3 by dots and dashes, the projections
,This invention relates to improvements-in g and h c_oine outv of gear, so as to pass be

gun-canes, and has for its principal object to

providea cheap and reliable gnn~cane in which
the handle containing the breech-block may
after having opened the breech be turned

ward to the position shown in Fig, 3 by full

lines. In this position the breech-block is

backward alongside the barrel, so as to be out

out ofthe Way, so that a cartridge l can bein

tween each other. The breech-block is thus

unlocked andthe handle may beturned back

ofthe Way while the gun is being loadedvor serted or_ extratced.

unloaded.

In the projection f a

cartridge-extractor 'L' is independently pivot

>`-The invention consists in the constructiom .nd, preferahlnanonmlahensame center. as the

and combination of parts hereinafter de handle, and the handle is provided with a
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small projection 7s, adapted to engage with
In the accompanying drawings, in which the said cartridge-extractor in such a man

scribed and claimed.

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the same letters of reference indicate the ner that the cartridge Z is drawn out when
same parts in all- the views, Figure 1 is a the handle is turned backward to its extreme
longitudinal section of the handle end of a position. The handle/"is of course provided
gun-cane according to this invention. Fig. 2 with any suitable cock, trigger, &c. , for firing

39 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side

_view with the handle turned forward. Fig.

4 is a plan-view of the same, and Fig. 5 is an
end view with the handle removed.

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the gun.

That I claim, and desire to secure by Let

ters Patent, is-

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In a gun-cane, the combination with the

The handle end of the barrel tris provided barrel,of a socket adapted to be turned around

35 with a socket or hoop b,.__fastene'd 'by means the barrel about a quarter of a revolution and 90
of a screw c, extending into a groove d, which provided with a side projection, a handle c0n~
v partly surrounds the barrel in such a manner stituting the breech-block and containingany
that the said socket may be turned about a weil-known cock-and-trigger arrangement for `
- quarter of a revolution around the barrel of

the gun.

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firing the gun pivoted in the said side pro~

Said socket is on one'side provided jection to- be turned on its pivot from a posi
with a projection e, in which the handle f, tion at -about a right` angle with the length 95
which also constitutes the breech-block of the of the barrel, when the breech is closed, to
' gun, is sopivoted that thesame may be turned a position parallel with the barrel when the
from a position at about a right angle with the breech is fully open, and a cartridge-extractor
barrel of the gun when the breech is closed, pivoted in the said projection of the> socket' IOO

as shown in Fig. l'by full lines and in Fig. 3

by dots and dashes, to a'position about par
allel -with the barrel. when the breech is open
for loading or the like, .as shown in Fig. 3.
The end of the barrel is outside provided

with two outwardly-directed side projections

or lugs g, placed diametrioally opposite each
other, preferably extending nearly a quarter
4, of a revolution around the barrel. The breech

l .block is provided with two' similar inwardly

and adapted to be 'actuated by the handle,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as

my invention I have signed my name, in pres
ence of two witnesses, this 12th day of June,
1897.

ERIC HERMAN ERICSON.

lWitnesses:

BERTIL BRANDER,

P. A. LARssoN.