(No Model.

A. GHUOHU.
REPEATING FIRE ARM._

No. 325,053.

WITNESSES :

Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

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ATHANASE GHUOHU, OF BAHIA, BRAZIL.

REPEATING FIRE-ARM.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,053, dated August 25, 1885.
Application ?led January 15, 1855. (No model.) Patented in France July 6, 1833, No. 156,437, and April 2, 1884, No. 148,814,
alzdin Belgium July (3, 18513, No. 66,949.

To all whom it may concern:

In the center of the barrel - piece is ar

Be it known that I, ATHANASE GHUcHU, ranged an extractor-rod, B, provided with a

> of Bahia, Brazil, South America, gunmaker, spiral spring, I), which tends to hold the
have invented certain new and useful Im starshaped metal piece I) in a cavity or re
provements in Repeating Fire-Arms,of which cess in the rear end of the barrel-piece. The

the following is a full, clear, and exact de piece 6 is recessed at b2 to receive the rim 55
of the cartridge. By pressing upon the ex

scription.

This invention relates to repeating ?re-arms, tremity of the extractor-rod B the said star

and more particularly to pistols having sev

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shaped piece I) can at will be removed from

eral barrels, and principally characterized the cavity in the rear end of the said barrel

by the articulation of the barrels upon the

piece.

stock and by the rotation of a ?ring pin or .

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When the pistol is to be used, the barrel is

striker which acts successively upon the an held to the stock by a lug, M, engaging with
nular primings of the cartridges. The ar~ a slot, N, formed in a casingcatch, O. This
ticulat-ion of the barrels upon the stock en catch is pivoted at c to the stock. A spring,
ables them to be folded underneath the lat 0, tends to hold the said catch 0 constantly

ter. My pistol, therefore, occupies very lit

horizontal in such a manner that in order to

tle space in the pocket, and by reason of the break down the pistol it is necessary to lift
multiplicity of the barrels it presents the the free end of the said catch 0 to release it
20 same advantages as the revolver at present
from the catch-lug M. '
in use.
The movable ?ring~pin D carries the ?ring
The particular features of my invention will point or striker (1. By pressing upon the
be readily understood from the following de trigger H the pivoted piece J acts upon the
scription, reference being had to the draw hammer F, so as to draw it rearward, while
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the ?ring-pin is retracted by the action of the
Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view. spiral spring E. When this pressure upon
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the repeating the trigger H is discontinued, the mainspring 75
pistol, showing the same folded. Fig. 3 is G,which has been bent by the rearward move
an end view of the same folded. Fig. 4 is a ment of the hammer, unbends and imparts to
front end view in part, showing the cover the latter a forward movement, which is trans
plate open and the star-shaped extractor here mitted to the ?ring point or striker (1 through
inafter described. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal the medium of the ?ring-pin D, thereby?ring
sectional view of the shell-extractor.
a cartridge in one of the barrels. Each time
The four barrels are formed of a single the trigger is pulled a pawl or piece, I, actu
piece of metal having four bores. This piece, ated by the trigger revolves the ?ring-pin a
which, to facilitate the description of my in quarter of a turn to bring the ?ring point or
vention, I will term the barrel - piece, is striker opposite the bore of the barrel nextto

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provided near its point of articulation withv that in which the cartridge has been ?red.
a hinged cover-plate, A. This plate can be WVhen the pressure upon the trigger is relaxed,
40 turned around upon the rear end of the said the compressed spring K expands and forces
piece, Fig. 3, so as to prevent the falling out it back into its original position.
90'
of the cartridges when the pistol is folded
Havingthus described my invention, I claim
that is toisay, when it is not in use. The as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent
said cover-plate is secured by a hinge upon
1. The combination, with the stock, of a
45 the left-hand side of the said barrel-piece, or barrel hinged to the same, and a plate hinged
upon the same axis, r, as the barrel. In the on the breech end of the barrel and adapted to
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' ?rst case the said cover-plate opens to one
side, while in the latter case it opens rear

wardly.

cover the said breech end and prevent the

cartridges from falling out, which plate has a

single aperture through which the ?ring~pin

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can strike the barrel, substantially as herein from thetrigge1',substantial1 y as herein shown
shown and described.
and described.
2. The combination with the stock of united

barrels hinged to the,same and adated to be

5 folded against the front of the stock, and of a
?ring-pin arranged to revolve on its longi-

tudinal axis within the stock and operated

ATHAL ASE OHUOHU'

\Vitnesses:
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JosI ANTONIO DE R0011, J r.,

JOAS LErrE DA LUZ.