US804343A - Trigger for double-barreled guns. - Google Patents

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No. 804,343. PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905.

' A. RAUS.

TRIGGER FOR DOUBLE BARRELED GUNS.

' AIPLIGATION FILED NOV. 23, 1904.

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ANTON RAUS, OF GLENVILLE, OHIO.

TRiGGEF i FOR DOUBLE-BARRELED GUNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

Application filed November 28, 1904. Serial No. 234,476.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON RAUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glenville, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Triggers for Double-Barreled Guns, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 2 is a plan taken just above the sears and showing my single-trigger mechanism. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the same, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section looking upward on the under side of the plate on which my trigger mechanism is mounted. Fig. 5 is anenlarged longitudinal section along the trigger. Fig. 6 is a cross-section taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5 looking toward the right. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the trigger-shifter, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the sear-operating arm.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents a portion of the gun-stock, mounted on which isshown the usual hammer A and the tumbler A", rigid with the hammer and serving to control it.

B represents one of the scars, which is pivoted intermediate of its ends on an ear 0, rising from the plate C, secured to the under side of the stock. It is to be understood that there is a corresponding hammer and a corresponding tumbler on the other side of the stock which is operated by the sear B, pivoted to the ear 0. The forward ends of the sears are pressed upward by a leaf-spring D, secured intermediate of its ends to the plate C.

My mechanism provides a single trigger adapted to raise the rear end of either sear, as desired. Such mechanism includes the trigger E of the form shown in Fig. 5, pivoted at its forward end between the offset arms I) of the scars on the same pin F on which the scars are journaled. This trigger has the usual finger member e, whereby it may be raised, and secured to the rear end of its upper edge is a cross-shelf e.

The operation of the trigger raises either sear through the intermediacy of an arm Gr, pivoted at g to the trigger and lying on top of it. The rear end of this sear-operating arm G rests on the shelf e. The two sears have inwardly-projecting arms I) at their rearends. These arms project over the shelf e; but the distance between the arms is greater than the width of the rear end of the arm G. Thus in its mid-position the arm-G does not stand beneath either sear. If this arm be shifted, however,'in one direction or the other, it will be brought beneath one sear or the other and will furnish adistance-piece between the trigger and the sear, whereby the elevation of the trigger will elevate the sear. Thus the trigger may operate either sear, according to whether the arm G is in its righthand or left-hand position.

If the sear-operating armG is in its midposition, the gun is set at safety, as neither sear can be operated. To shift the sear-operating arm, I pivot to the under side of the plate G at it a short arm or shifter H, having a suitably-formed head It, to be conveniently engaged by the finger, and projecting upward from this head are a pair of pins k which pass through slots 0* in the plate C, opposite grooves c on the sides of the trigger, and up onto opposite sides of the arm G. The arm G is wider than the trigger between the grooves 6 Therefore the pins 5. are allowed to play enough so that the shifting of the head It may shift the arm G sufiiciently to bring its rear end into operative position beneath either sear-arm I), as desired.

To hold the sear-operating arm and the shifting-arm H in any desired position against accidental displacement, I form in the end of the arm G three notches g, and in any of these, according to the position of the arm, a plunger J rests. This plunger is mounted in a block K, secured to the plate C, and is springpressed toward the arm G by the spring L. The plunger has a beveled nose, wherefore it operates not only to retain the arm G in any position it may be given. but to bring it into just the right position when it is shifted by the shifting-arm H.

Extending forward from the block- K is a projection is, which stands over the arm G.

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On the upper side of the arm near its rear end is a pin 9, which rises high enough to just easily slide beneath the projection 70. At the mid-position of the arm G this pin is beneath the projection in, wherefore the arm cannot rise, and the trigger is thus locked in safety position. When the arm G is shifted in either direction, the pin g passes out from under the projection 7c, standing between the projection and the corresponding sear-arm b. In such position the trigger may be raised to operate the engaged sear. It will be seen that when the arm G is from under the two sears it is held against elevation by the pin g and the projection 79, and before the pin leaves this projection the arm passes under one of the sear-arms Z) and is thus in position to operate it.

It will be seen from the above description that my mechanism while being simple is very positive and certain. The shifting-arm H is easily operated and securely holds its position against accidental displacement. The shift ing-arm may be very conveniently thrown by the sportsmans forefinger, and he can easily tell by feeling in which position the arm is and for what barrel the trigger is set.

1. In a single-trigger mechanism, in combination with a pair of sears, trigger mechanism adapted to engage and operate either sear, a stop adapted to engage said trigger mechanism when in an intermediate position and prevent such operation, and means to prevent the accidental displacement of such mechanism from such intermediate position.

2. In a single-trigger mechanism, the combination of a pair of sears, trigger mechanism shiftable to stand beneath either sear and to stand intermediately to clear the two sears, a stop for said trigger mechanism when it stands in such intermediate position, and a fingerpiece adapted to shift the mechanism in either direction.

3. In a single-trigger mechanism, the combination with a pair of sears, of sear-operating mechanism shiftable to stand beneath either sear, an upper projection on said mechanism between the sears, a stop extending over said projection and preventing upward movement of it in the mid-position of the sear-operating mechanism but clearing said projection in either extreme position, and means for holding the sear-operating mechanism in its midposition.

4. In a single-trigger mechanism,thecombination of. a pair of sears, trigger mechanism shiftable to stand beneath either sear, clearing the other, or to stand intermediately, a stop for said trigger mechanism when it stands in such intermediate position, and a springpressed plunger adapted to retain said trigger mechanism against accidental displacement.-

5. In a single-trigger mechanism, the combination witha pair of sears having inwardlyturned arms, of sear-operating mechanism shiftable to stand beneath either sear, an upper projection on said mechanism between the sear-arms, a block extending over said projection and, preventing upward movement of it in mid-position of the sear-operating mechanism but clearing said projection in either extreme position, and a spring-pressed plunger mounted in said block, and adapted to engage the end of the sear-operating mechanism to prevent its accidental displacement.

6. In combination with the sears of a doublebarreled gun, of a single-trigger mechanism comprising a trigger and a sear-operating arm carried thereby and adapted to act as a distance-piece between the trigger and either sear, and means preventing the elevation of said arm when in intermediate position, and

a finger-piece adapted to shift said arm from one sear to the other and vice versa.

7 In a single-trigger mechanism, the combination with the sears of a trigger, an arm pivoted thereto adapted to stand beneath either sear, and a stop adapted to cooperate with said arm in its mid-position and prevent its elevation, and a finger-piece on the outside of the gun to shift said arm from one sear to the other and vice versa.

8. In a single-trigger mechanism,the combination with the two sears, of a trigger, a shiftable arm pivoted thereto and adapted to stand beneath either sear and havinga projection extending upward, a member narrower than the space between the sears and located intermediately thereof and extending over said projection and forming a stop therefor in the mid-position thereof, said projection in either extreme position of the arm standing between the said member and the corresponding sear.

9. In a single-trigger mechanism,the combination with the two sears, of a trigger, a shiftable arm pivoted thereto and adapted to stand beneath either sear and having a projection extending upward, a block overhanging the end of said shiftablearm forming a stop for said projection in mid-position of the arm, said projection in either extreme position of the arm standing unobstructed by the block and the corresponding sear, and a shiftingarm accessible to the fingers and adapted to shift said sear-operating arm.

10. In a single-trigger. mechanism, the combination with the two sears, of a trigger, a sear-operating arm-pivoted thereto and adapted to stand beneath either sear, and a shiftingarm pivotally carried on the under side of the gun-stock and having a pair of pins projecting loosely across opposite sides of the trigger onto opposite sides of said sear-operating arm.

11. In a single-trigger mechanism, the combination with the pair of sears of trigger mechanism adapted to operate either sear, a stop adapted to engage said trigger mechanism when in an intermediate position and prevent such operation, and a finger-piece accessible from outside the gun and adapted to shift the trigger mechanism from and to either sear.

12. The combination of a plate, trigger mechanism and a pair of sears mounted on said plate, said trigger mechanismv having a shiftable part adapted to operate either sear, a finger-piece on the under sideof said plate adapted to shift said shiftable part, and means preventing the operation of the sears at an in- IQ termediate position of said finger-piece.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ANTON RAUS.

Vitnesses:

N. L. BRESNAN, ALBERT H. BATES,

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