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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [14] 
  

  

  hinges 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  loading 
  ; 
  but 
  by 
  carrying 
  the 
  sliding 
  rod 
  which 
  

   operates 
  the 
  firing 
  mechanism 
  by 
  impact, 
  as 
  before 
  described, 
  solely 
  

   upon 
  guides 
  on 
  the 
  barrel, 
  the 
  barrel 
  can 
  be 
  turned 
  upon 
  its 
  hinge 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  of 
  loading 
  without 
  detaching 
  the 
  rod 
  therefrom. 
  Therefore 
  

   the 
  rod 
  will 
  be 
  in 
  position 
  on 
  the 
  barrel 
  of 
  the 
  gun 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  and 
  

   always 
  ready, 
  so 
  that 
  after 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  a 
  cartridge 
  the 
  barrel 
  can 
  be 
  

   closed 
  and 
  the 
  gun 
  will 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  instant 
  action 
  without 
  necessitat- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  attaching 
  of 
  the 
  rod. 
  Moreover, 
  the 
  rod 
  cannot 
  be 
  lost, 
  which, 
  

   were 
  it 
  detachable, 
  would 
  often 
  occur." 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  "1. 
  In 
  a 
  breech-loading 
  bomb-gun, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  a 
  hinged 
  bar- 
  

   rel 
  with 
  the 
  breech-piece 
  carrying 
  firing 
  devices, 
  a 
  sliding 
  rod 
  adapted 
  

   to 
  connect 
  with 
  and 
  actuate 
  the 
  firing 
  devices 
  by 
  impact, 
  as 
  described, 
  

   said 
  rod 
  being 
  arranged 
  in 
  guides 
  on 
  the 
  hinged 
  barrel 
  to 
  move 
  there- 
  

   with 
  during 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  inserting 
  a 
  cartridge 
  or 
  charge 
  in 
  the 
  barrel 
  of 
  

   the 
  gun 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  turned 
  on 
  its 
  hinge, 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "2. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  a 
  breech-loading 
  bomb-gun, 
  of 
  the 
  divided 
  

   sliding 
  rod, 
  which 
  operates 
  the 
  mechanism 
  employed 
  for 
  firing 
  the 
  

   charge 
  by 
  impact, 
  one 
  portion 
  of 
  said 
  rod 
  being 
  supported 
  by 
  a 
  guide 
  

   upon 
  the 
  breech-piece 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  being 
  sup- 
  

   ported 
  by 
  guides 
  upon 
  the 
  barrel, 
  whereby 
  the 
  barrel 
  can 
  be 
  turned 
  

   back 
  on 
  its 
  hinge 
  without 
  disconnecting 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  rods, 
  substantially 
  

   as 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  256548. 
  

  

  (Patrick 
  Cunningham, 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  Mass. 
  ; 
  patented 
  April 
  18, 
  1882 
  ; 
  bomb 
  gun. 
  See 
  

  

  Plates 
  X 
  and 
  XI.) 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  here 
  is 
  to 
  provide 
  a 
  combined 
  bomb-gun 
  and 
  harpoon 
  

   which 
  may 
  be 
  loaded 
  and 
  unloaded 
  with 
  ease 
  and 
  celerity, 
  and 
  one 
  

   which 
  will 
  be 
  safe 
  to 
  handle 
  and 
  use, 
  and 
  also 
  one 
  in 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  

   the 
  bomb-lance 
  and 
  cartridge 
  combined, 
  patented 
  to 
  this 
  inventor 
  De- 
  

   cember 
  28, 
  1875, 
  which 
  bomb-lance 
  requires 
  a 
  breech 
  loading 
  gun 
  in 
  

   which 
  to 
  be 
  fired. 
  

  

  With 
  a 
  hinged-barrel 
  breech-loading 
  bomb-gun 
  is 
  combined 
  a 
  rod, 
  the 
  

   rear 
  end 
  of 
  which 
  fits 
  in 
  a 
  socket 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  breeeh-piece 
  of 
  the 
  

   gun, 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  which 
  is 
  inclosed 
  in 
  the 
  socket 
  having 
  a 
  spur 
  

   which 
  passes 
  through 
  an 
  elongated 
  slot 
  in 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  breech 
  and 
  

   connects 
  with 
  and 
  actuates 
  the 
  firing 
  devices 
  when 
  the 
  rod 
  is 
  shifted 
  to 
  

   the 
  rear 
  by 
  force 
  applied 
  at 
  its 
  front 
  end. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  a 
  breech-loading 
  bomb-gun, 
  having 
  a 
  hinged 
  

   barrel 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  slot 
  I, 
  with 
  the 
  socket 
  B, 
  having 
  spring 
  i, 
  

   and 
  the 
  rod 
  C, 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  projection 
  g, 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown." 
  

  

  