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J .

W.

BRUTON.

TARGET

GUN.

( N o

M o d e l . )

N o .

4 4 0 , 5 3 8 .

P a t e n t e d N o v .

1 1 ,

1 8 9 0 .

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i l l

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U n

IO

which

are

r e l e a s e d

s i m u l t a n e o u s l y ,

s o t h a t

2 5

S O

3 5

4 5

S O

UNITED

STATES

P TENT OFFICE.

.IACKSON I V .

BRUTON,

OF

GUTHRIE,

M I S S O U R I .

TARGET GUN.

SPECIFICATION

f o r m i n g

p a r t o f L e t t e r s P a t e n t N o . 4 4 0 , 5 3 8 , d a t e d November 1 1 , 1 8 9 0 .

A p p l i c a t i o n

f i l e d A u g u s t 7 ,

1 8 8 9 .

To

all

whom

t may

oncern:

Be

i t

known

t h a t I , JACKSON I V . BRUTON,

a c i t i z e n

o f

t h e United

S t a t e s ,

r e s i d i n g

a t

G u t h r i e ,

i n t h e c o u n t y o f C a l l a w a y

and

S t a t e

o f M i s s o u r i , have invented c e r t a i n n e w

a nd

u s e f u l Improvements i n

T a r g e t - G u n s ; and I

d o

d e c l a r e

t h e

f o l l o w i n g ' t o

b e a

f u l l ,

c l e a r ,

and e x a c t d e s c r i p t i o n

o f t h e

i n v e n t i o n , s u c h

a s

w i l l

enable

o t h e r s

s k i l l e d

i n t h e

a r t

t o which

i t a p p e r t a i n s

t o m a k e

and use

t h e

same, r e f

e r e n c e being had t o t h e accompanying draw

i n g s ,

and t o t h e l e t t e r s

o f

r e f e r e n c e

marked

t h e r e o n , which

form

a

p a r t o f t h i s s p e e i i i e a ~

tion.

This i n v e n t i o n r e l a t e s t o

t a r g e t - g u n s

i n

which t h e motive o r p r o p e l l i n g f o r c e

may

e

e l a s t i c

s t r a n d s , r u b b e r

b a n d s , s p r i n g s , a

b o w ,

o r compressed a i r , and i n which

t h e

m i s s i l e

o r

p r o j e c t i l e i s held i n a

s l i n g .

The

o b j e c t

o f t h e

i n v e n t i o n

i s t o d e v i s e

novel

an d

e f ñ c i e n t

m e a n s

f o r

r e t a i n i n g t h e

s l i n g and

t h e m i s s il e u n t i l

r e l e a s e d by p r e s s

i n g a

t r i g g e r .

The s l i n g i s h e l d by

t w o

j a w s ,

the s l i n g may ot swerve f r o m

a

d i r e c t

l i n e

when s t a r t i n g .

The

m p r o v e m e n t s c o n s i s t o f the novel

fea

t u r e s

which

w i l l

be h e r e i n a f t e r m o r e

f u l l y de

s c r i b e d

and

c l a i m e d ,

a nd

w h i c h a r e

s hown

in

t h e annexed

d r a w i n g s ,

i n which

F i g u r e l i s a t o p

p l a n

v i e w ,

p a r t s b e i n g

taken away, o f

a

t a r g e t - g u n

embodying

my

i n v e n t i o n .

F i g .

2 i s a s i d e v i e w ,

p a r t l y

i n s e c

t i o n , o f t h e g un shown

i n

F i g . l . v

F i g .

3 i s a

m o d i f i c a t i o n

o f

t h e g r i p

mechanism. F i g .

4 t

i s

a

m o d i f i c a t i o n

s h o w i n g t h e s l i n g a d j u s t

a b l y connected with

t h e

c r o s s - a r m .

F i g . 5 i s

a f u r t h e r m o d i i i c a t i o n

o f

t h e g r i p mechanism.

F i g .

6

i s a t o p

p l a n

v i e w o f

F i g . 5 .

F i g .

7

i s

a p e r s p e c t i v e view o f a g r i p - l e v e r m a d e from

s h e e t - m e t a l .

The

c r o s s - p i e c e A

n

t h e end

o t

t h e

b a r r e l

o r s t o c k

C o f F i g .

l

i s

f a s t e n e d t o t h e s t o c k

by

a

p i n

o r

b o l t a ,

which p a s s e s

through

t h e

c r o s s - b a r and

one

o f

a s e r i e s

o f openings

a

i n t h e

b a r r e l

C ,

a s

i n d i c a t e d , a nd

can

be f a s t

e n e d near the

e n d o r

t o s l i d e

farther

b a ck

n e a r e r

t h e

g r i p . The o b j e c t i n h a v i n g

t h e

c r o s s - p i e c e a d j u s t a b l e

i s

t o o b t a i n t h e

p r o p e r

d i s t a n c e

from

t h e

g r i p

a c c o r d i n g

t o

t h e

s t r e n g t h

and l e n g t h o f

t h e

rubber bands o r

c o r d .

I f

t h e

rubber

bands a r e

l o n g ,

t h e

s l i d e

S e r i a l N o . 3 2 0 , 6 2 3 .

( N o

m o d e l . )

I would

be placed

near t h e e n d . I f t h e

rubber

bands

a r e

l a r g e

a nd

d i f f i c u l t t o s t r e t c h

back

t o t h e

g r i p , t h e c r o s s - p i e c e can

be

m o v e d n e a r e r

5 5

t h e

g r i p ,

which would

a l l o w t h e rubber t o

s t r e t c h

t o

the g r i p with m o r e

e a s e .

I n

each

end

o f

t h e

c r o s s - p i e c e A s

a s l o t

a 2 ,

t h r o u g h

w h i c h

p r o j e c t s

a

p i n

I ) ,

m ad e

s t a

t i o n a r y by a

thumb-screw . The ends o f

t h e

6 o

r u b b e r

b a n d s or cords E re

attached

t o these

p i n s D . The o b j e c t

i n h a v i n g

t h e s l o t s and

mova bl e p i n s i s t o a d j

u s t

t h e d i r e c t i o n t h a t

i s

g i v e n

t h e m i s s i l e .

The

manner o f

a d j u s t i n g -

and t i r i n g

i s

a s

6 5

f o l l o w s : Place t h e

m i s s i l e i n

t h e

s l i n g

an d

p u l l i t back and p r e s s t h e s l i n g

down

between

t - h e jaws F and F ’ o f t h e g r i p . Take s i g h t o v e r

t h e m i s s i l e and between t h e

j a w s

o f t h e g r i p

on a l i n e with the

s i g h t

c l 2 on the b a r r e l a n d

7 o

p u l l

t h e t r i g g e r . I t

t h e d i r e c t i o n o t t h e m i s

s i l e i s e i t h e r t o

t h e

r i g h t o r i o t h e l e f t , t h e

p i n s a r e

m o v e d

i n

t h e

s l o t s

c o r r e s p o n d i n g l y

t o

t h e r i g h t

o r l e f t u n t i l

t h e

m i s s i l e s i i r e d a r e

m a d e t o g o d i r e c t l y

a t t h e

o b j e c t

a i m e d ,

o r 7 5

straight

on

the b a r r e l .

Instead

o f

a

s l o t t e d c r o s s- p i e c e , a s e r i e s o f

' o p e n i n g s d ’ m a y

be

p r o v i d e d i n

e a c h

end

o f

t h e c r o s s- p i e c e , a n d t h e p i n s a , h a v i n g t h e r u b

b e r s

o r

c o r d s

a t t a c h e d ,

a r e adjustable

i n

s a i d 8 o

o p e n i n g s ,

t h e r u b b e r s p a s s i n g t h r o u g h s t a p l e s

d “ ,

which a r e p r o v i d e d

o p p o s i t e

t h e o p e n

i n g s

C Z ’ .

T h e gripping-jaws F nd F ' a r e f o r m e d on

t h e

o u t e r

end o t ` t h e g r i p - l e v e r s G nd G ' ,

r e -

8 5

s p e c t i v e l y , which a r e p i v o t e d

between

t h e i r

ends

t o t h e

p l a t e I f I . The r e a r ends

o f t h e l e

v e r s

G

nd

G ’ a r e connected by t h e

t o g g l e

l e v e r s f and

j ,

which

a r e

c o n n e c t e d

a t t h e i r

i n n e r e n d s by

t h e

p i n t , p r o j e c t i n g up f r o m 9 o

t h e

s l i d e I , which

by

p r e f e r e n c e i s

p l a c e d

o n

t h e

under

s i d e o f

t h e

p l a t e t o

be

o u t o f t h e

way. The f r o n t end h o f s l i d e I i s

reduced

and

W o r k s t h r o u g h a

g u i d e

L , d e p e n d i n g from

t h e p l a t e I l , t h e r e t r a c t i n g - s p r i n g

i

b e i n g

9 5

placed on t h i s end_h’

a nd

a

shoulder 7 2 , 2

on

t h e s l i d e . The t r i g g e r , composed o f t h e

v e r

t i c a - l

and h o r i z o n t a l arms a n d y , r e s p e c t i v e l y ,

has a

c r o s s - h e a d y ' 2 a t

t h e

u p p e r

end

o f

a r m ,

which i s i i t t e d i n

a r e c e s s

j s i n p l a t e

H ,

being 1 0 o

h e l d i n s a i d

r e c e s s

between t h e p l a t e an d

t h e

b a r r e l

o f

t h e

g u n .

The

h o r i z o n t a l

a r m

has

a c a t c h , which e n t e r s a r e c e s s j t * i n t h e s l i d e ,

t o hold t h e sam e b ack w h en

t h e

jaws F

nd

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IO

F’ are

closed

o n the

s l i n g .

The j a w s

F

nd

F’

f l a r e on theirinner s i d e s t o approximate

t h e s w e l l o f t h e

s l i n g

when t h e m i s s i l e i s

placed therein a n d are wider

than

the r e

m a in in g portion o f the l e v e r s G

nd

G’ t o

bear

on t h e f u l l

width o f

t h e s l i n g . The j aw

and

l e v e r

m a y

be

c a s t ,

but

i s

more

economi

c a l by b e i n g m a d e o f s h e e t m e t a l , a s shown

i n

F i g .

7 , i n which t h e

jaw s

formed

by

t u r n

i n g

u p

t h e

end o f

t h e l e v e r , w h i c h i s c u t

from

sheet

metal.

i s

2 5

30

3 5

4 5

5 0

5 5

The

p i v o t a l

c o n n e c t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e

p a r t s

may be o f

ordinary

c o n s t r u c t i o n , but

a r e

p r e f e r a b l y

s t u d s h a v i n g l a t e r a l

p r o j e c t i o n s .

The

p a r t s

connected w i t h t h e s t u d s have open

i n g s t o r e c e i v e t h e s t u d s and s i d e o p e n i n g s

t o

r e c e i v e

t h e

p r o j e c t i o n s

o f t h e s t u d s .

I n F i g s .

5

and 6 t h e

l e v e r s a r e p i v o t e d

be

tween

t h e i r

e n d s , an d t h e

f r o n t ends o f

t h e

l e v e r s a r e

h e l d

t o g e t h e r by t h e

s l i d e L , w h i c h

has two

v e r t i c a l

p r o j e c t i o n s

Z Z ,

one

f o r

e a c h

l e v e r .

The

m i s s i l e i s

p l a c e d

i n t h e s l i n g and

t h e l a t t e r

i s

drawn back

and f o r c e d

d o w n

be

tween t h e jaws o f

t h e

l e v e r s ,

which a r e h e l d

from

s p r e a d i n g

by t h e

s l i d e

- b a r , and t h e

t r i g g e r d i s e n g a g e s t h e s l i d e

f r o m

t h e

l e v e r s ,

which l a t t e r open and r e l i e v e

t h e

s l i n g .

In

F i g s . 1

a n d 2 t h ‘ e

s l i d e

N

s

acted on

b y

t h e

V - s p r i n ' g

O ,

and t h e t r i g g e r P s p i v o t e d

t o the b a r r e l a n d acted on

b y

a n inverted-V

s p r i n g Q .

T h i s

f o r m

i s

p r e f e r r e d b e c a u s e o f

i t s

s i m p l i c i t y .

The s l i d e N

s

h e l d h o r i z o n t a l

wh e n i n

motion by

t h a t

p a r t

o f s a i d

s l i d e e X

t e n d i n g i n t o

t h e s l o t

i n

t h e

p l a t e . The

s t o c k

o f

t h e

g u n

has

a m o r t i s e , i n

which works

t h e

t r i g g e r

and s l i d e , and s p r i n g s t h a t a c t on t h e

same.

Having

t h u s

d e s c r i b e d y

i n v e n t i o n , I

claim a s

new

n d

d e s i r e t o

secure

b y Letters

Patent

1 . I n a

t a r g e t - g u n , t h e

c o m b i n a t i o n , w i t h

the b a r r e l

having

a g r i p , o f a c r o s s

p i e c e o r

f r a me a d j u s t a b l e on t h e b a r r e l

and

t h e rub

b e r s

c a r r y i n g t h e

s l i n g

c o n n e c t e d w i t h

s a i d

c r o s s - p i e c e , s u b s t a n t i a l l y a s and f o r t h e pur

pose d e s c r i b e d .

2 . The c o m b i n a t i o n , wi t h

t h e b a r r e l hav

i n g a c r o s s - p i e c e

a n d

g r i p

d e v i c e s

f o r

t h e

s l i n g ,

o f

t h e

r u b b e r s

a d j u s t a b l y

c o n n e c t e d w i t h

t h e

ends o f s a i d

c r o s s - p i e c e ,

s u b s t a n t i a l l y a s

d e

scribed.

3 . The c o m b i n a t i o n , w i t h t h e

b a r r e l hav

i n g a g r i p f o r t h e s l i n g , o f t h e c r o s s - p i e c e ad

j u s t a b l e

on

t h e b a r r e l and t h e

s l i n g having

i t s r u b b e r s a d j u s t a b l y c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e

ends

o f

t h e s a i d c r o s s - p i e c e , s u b s t a n t i a l l y a s

d e s c r i b e d ,

f o r

t h e p u r p o s e s p e c i f i e d .

4 .

I n

a t a r g e t - g u n , t h e c o m b i n a t i o n ,

with

t h e b a r r e l and

t h e s l i n g having c o n n e c t i o n a t

i t s o u t e r ends w i t h t h e

b a r r e l ,

o f two p i v o t e d

j a w s f o r

s e c u r i n g t h e i n n e r

e n d o f

t h e s l i n g

w h en t h e l a t t e r i s d i s t e n d e d , a s l i d e f o r h o l d

i n g t h e

j a w s

a g a i n s t s p r e a d i n g ,

a n d

a

t r i g g e r

4 4 0 , 5 3 8

f o r r e l e a s i n g

t h e

s l i d e , s u b s t a n t i a l l y

a s

d e

s c r i b e d .

ö . I n a t a r g e t - g u n ,

t h e

c o m b i n a t i o n , w i t h

t h e s l i n g ,

o f

t h e two l e v e r s

f o r

g r i p p i n g t h e

s l i n g , t h e t o g g l e - l e v e r s c o n n e c t i n g

t h e

s l i n g

g r i p p i n g l e v e r s , l t h e s l i d e c o n n e c t e d w i t h

t o g g l e - l e v e r s ,

a n d

t h e

t r i g g e r

f o r

e n g a g i n g `

w i t h

and

r e l e a s i n g t h e s l i d e ,

s u b s t a n t i a l l y

a s

d e s c r i b e d .

6 . In a t a r g e t - g u n , t h e c o m b i n a t i o n , with

t h e

b a r r e l , o f

t h e s l i n g

c o n n e c t e d w i t h

t h e

o u t e r

end o f

t h e

b a r r e l ,

t h e s l i n g - g r i p p i n g

l e v e r s

p i v o t e d b e t w e e n t h e i r e n d s and h a v i n g j a w s

a t t h e i r

f r o n t e n d s , which

jaws

a r e

wide and

f l a r e

r e a r w a r d l y , t h e

s l i d e

f o r h o l d i n g t h e

s a i d l e v e r s

a g a i n s t t h e

t e n s i o n o f

t h e s l i n g ,

an d t h e t r i g g e r , s u b s t a n t i a l l y a s and

f o r t h e

purpose described.

7 . In a t a r g e t - g u n , t h e combination, with

t h e s l i n g , t h e s l i d e ,

and

t h e t r i g g e r , o f a p a i r

o f l e v e r s pivoted

between

t h e i r

e n d s

an d

having t h e i r

f r o n - t ends bent u p t o f or m

s l i n g - g r i p p i n g j a w s , s u b s t a n t i a l l y a s s e t f o r t h .

8 .

The h e r e i n - d e s c r i b e d

s l i n g - g r i p f o r

a

t a r g e t - g u n , composed

o f

a p l a t e , t h e two e v e r s

h a v i n g r e a r w a r d l y - f l a r i n g j a w s

p i v o t e d

b e

tween t h e i r e n d s

t o

t h e p l a t e ,

t h e

t o g g l e - l e

v e r s connecting

t h e

s a i d l e v e r s ,

t h e

s l i d e con

n e c t e d w i t h t h e

t o g g l e - l e v e r s

and

h a v i n g

i t s

f r o n t end reduced and working through a

g u i d e o n t h e under s i d e o f t h e p l a t e , t h e

s p r i n g

on

t h e reduced end o f

t h e s l i d e ,

t h e

t r i g g e r

having

a v e r t i c a l a n d a

h o r i z o t a l arm,

a n d the

v e r t i c a l a r m

having a c r o s s - h e a d which i s

f i t

t e d

i n

a

r e c e s s

i n

t h e

p l a t e ,

s n b s t a n t i a l l y ‘ a s

d e s c r i b e d .

9 .

The

h e r e i n - d e s c r i b e d

s l i n g - g r i p f o r a

t a r g e t - g u n , composed f a p l a t e ,

t h e

two e v e r s

p i v o t e d between

t h e i r e n d s t o t h e p l a t e , t h e

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