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US 4,774,929 AGranted
Gun with pivoting barrel and lever for retaining barrel in position or permitting barrel to pviot
AssigneeThe Coleman Company, Inc.
InventorKeith L. Milliman
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Abstract
A gun is provided with a pivoting barrel and a cocking and retaining lever which cocks the hammer and retains the barrel in the firing position. When the lever moves to the unlocking position, the barrel is released and the hammer is cocked. When the barrel is loaded, the barrel is pivoted back to the firing position and the lever is moved to the position to retain the barrel.
Claims11
A gun comprising:
- a frame,
- a barrel including a muzzle end and a breech end pivotally secured to the frame on a pivot axis adjacent the muzzle end for movement about the pivot axis between firing and loading positions,
- a spring mounted on the frame, between the muzzle end and the pivot axis, said spring mounted on the frame above the barrel and engaging the barrel adjacent the muzzle end for biasing the muzzle end of the barrel upwardly to the loading position, and
- a lever pivotally mounted on the frame to a further pivot axis rearward of the breech end of the barrel for pivoting movement about the further axis, said further axis extending perpendicularly to the pivot axis of the barrel, the lever being movable between a locking position in which the lever engages the barrel and retains the barrel in the firing position and an unlocking position in which the lever is disengaged from the barrel to permit the barrel to pivot.
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A gun comprising:
- a frame,
- a barrel pivotally mounted on the frame to a pivot axis for movement about the pivot axis between firing and loading positions,
- a lever pivotally mounted on the frame to a further pivot axis for pivoting movement about the further axis, said further axis extending perpendicularly to the pivot axis of the barrel, the lever being movable between a locking position in which the lever engages the barrel and retains the barrel in the firing position and an unlocking position in which the lever is disengaged from the barrel to permit the barrel to pivot, and
- a V block mounted on the frame, the V block having a generally V-shaped recess with a pair of inclined side walls, the barrel engaging the side walls of the V block when the barrel is in the firing position.
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A gun comprising:
- a frame,
- a barrel pivotally mounted on the frame to a pivot axis for movement about the pivot axis between firing and loading positions,
- a lever pivotally mounted on the frame to a further pivot axis for pivoting movement about the further axis, said further axis extending perpendicularly to the pivot axis of the barrel, the lever being movable between a locking position in which the lever engages the barrel and retains the barrel in the firing position and an unlocking position in which the lever is disengaged from the barrel to permit the barrel to pivot, and
- a hammer reciprocably mounted in the frame for movement between cocked and uncocked positions, said lever including cocking means for engaging the hammer and moving the hammer to the cocked position as the lever pivots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.