APPENDIX A
Patents on Machine Guns and Relating Mechanisms upon which the World's Automatic Weapons Have Been Based

The following patents granted by the United States Patent Office to American and foreign inventors cover the most important machine-gun and firing mechanisms from which have evolved the automatic weapons we know today.

The patents are listed under the inventors and the firms or individuals to whom they may

yet been assigned. The title, patent number, and date of patent are given for each, together with names of joint inventors and assignees, where applicable. Entries under assignees are marked with an asterisk (*) and are cross-referenced to the names of the inventors.

 

ACCELERATING FIRE ARMS CO.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Gun, Accelerating 200,740 26 Feb 1878 (Lyman)

ACCLES, JAMES G.--MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND
      Machine gun 426,356 22 Apr 1890
      Feeder for machine gun 290,622 18 Dec 1883 (Assigned to Gatling ling Gun Co.)

ADAMSON, KEITH F.--FORT BRAGG, N.C.
      Automatic gun 1,648,469 8 Nov 1927 (Adamson & Stambaugh)

ADSIT, FRANK W.--ST. PAUL, MINN.
      Machine gun 1,313,038 12 Aug 1919

AGNELLI, GIOVANNI--TURIN, ITALY
      Firearm, Automatic 1,187,957 20 June 1916

AKTIEBOLAGET J. C. LJUNGMAN--MAIMO, SWEDEN (*)
      Disconnector means in self-charging firearms 2,390,061 4 Dec 1945 (Eklund)

AKTIEBOLAGET AUTOMATGEVAR--STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (*)
      Firearm, Automatic 680,488 13 Aug 1901 (Kjellman & Andersson)
      Firearm, Automatic 690,739 7 Jan 1902 (Kjellman & Andersson)

AKTIEBOLAGET STOCKHOLMS VAPENFABRIK--STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (*)
      Firearm, Recoil-operated 765,491 19 Jan 1904 (Kjellman)
      Firearm, Automatic 738,140 1 Sep 1903 (Friberg)
      Firearm, Automatic 814,547 6 Mar 1906 (Kjellman)
      Firearm, Automatic 1,040,692 8 Oct 1912 (Kjellman)

ALDRICH, WALES--CLEVELAND, OHIO
      Firearm, firing pin & extractor (breech loading) 38,455 12 May 1863

ALESSI, FREDERICO--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Gun, Machine 672,690 23 Apr 1901
      Gun, Machine 683,240 24 Sep 1901

ALEXANDER, ALBERT M.--HAVRE DE GRACE, MD.
      Automatic firearm feed mechanism 2,436,370 24 Feb 1948

ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN (*)
      Automatic or repeating firearm 2,325,484 27 Jul 1943 (Kiraly & Koucher)
      Firing mechanism for automatic firearm 2,356,615 22 Aug 1944 (Revelli)
      Automatic shoulder firearm adapted for use in a carriage 2,376,726 22 May 1945 (Rossmanith)

ALLENDER, HENRY--DETROIT, MICH.
      Gun, Machine 323,997 11 Aug 1885 Gun, Machine 372,191 25 Oct 1887

AMERICAN & BRITISH MFG. CO. (*)
      Automatic gun 851,196 23 Apr 1907 (Bevans & Bartholmes)

AMERICAN MACHINE & ORDNANCE CO. (*)<
      Automatic gun 851,196 23 Apr 1907 (Bevans & Bartholmes)

AMERICAN PAPER GOODS CO.--KENSINGTON, CONN. (*)
      Cartridge, Belt 1,341,111 25 May 1920 (Cooley)

ANDERSON, EDWARD WILLIAM--WITTON, ENGLAND
      Gun, Automatic 671,062 2 Apr 1901

ANDERSON, LOUIS A.--DAYTON, OHIO
      Bolt mechanism 2,503,575 11 Apr 1950 (Anderson & Pearson) (Assigned to General Motors Corp.)

ANDERSSON, GUSTAV L.--STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
      Firearm, Automatic 680,488 13 Aug 1901 (Kjellman & Andersson) (Assigned to Aktiebolaget Automatgevar) Firearm, Automatic 690,739 7 Jan 1902 (Kjellman & Andersson) (Assigned to same)

ANDREWS, JOEL W.--NORRISTOWN, PA.
      Gun & bayonet batteries, Improvement in 33,731 19 Nov 1861

ANDRUS, GEORGE P.--ABERDEEN, WASH.
      Bombing gun for aircraft 1,636,451 19 Jul 1927

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ANSLEY H. Fox Co.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Gas--operated machine gun 1,293,396 4 Feb 1919 (Fox)
      Gas--operated automatic machine gun 1,294,892 18 Feb 1919 (Fox & Rice)
      Gun, Machine 1,388,856 30 Aug 1921 (Fox)

ARCHBOLD, ISRAEL N.--RIDGE FARM, ILL.
      Gun, Machine 476,590 7 Jun 1892

ARMAMENTI MILITARI S. A.--TURIN, ITALY (*)
      Automatic firearm 1,759,277 20 May 1930 (Revelli)

ARMIT, ROBERT H.--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Gun, Machine 446,807 17 Feb 1891 (Assigned to T. McCulloch)

ARMSTRONG, WHITWORTH & CO. LTD.--NEWCASTLE--ON--TYNE, ENGLAND
      Gun, Automatic 702,240 10 Jun 1902 (Noble)

ARTER, JOHN J. B.--BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
      Machine gun, Anti--aircraft & other 1,334,983 30 Mar 1920

AUTO--ORDNANCE CORP.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Automatic gun 1,396,949 15 Nov 1921 (Eickhoff)
      Automatic gun 1,425,810 15 Aug 1922 (Thompson)
      Automatic gun 2,053,489 8 Sep 1936 (Norman)

AUTO MATGEVAR, AKTIEBOLAGET--See AKTIEBOLAGET AUTOMATGEVAR.

AUTOMATIC ARMS CO.--CLEVELAND, O. & BUFFALO, N.Y. (*)
      Gun, Gas--operated 1,003,632 1 Sep 1911 (McClean)
     

Automatic machine gun 1,042,135 22 Oct 1912 (McClean)
      Breech--loading & discharge--actuated firearm 1,042,363 22 Oct 1912 (McClean)
      Gas regulator & trap for gas--operated firearm 1,195,693 22 Aug 1916 (Lewis)

AUTOYRE CO.--OAKVILLE, CONN. (*)
      Cartridge belt link 2,423,346 1 Jul 1947 (Ryan)
      Cartridge feeding mechanism 2,501,143 21 Mar 1950 (Sanford)
      Feeding mechanism for automatic guns 2,502,891 4 Apr 1950 (Sanford)

BAILEY, FORTUNE L.--INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
      Gun, Machine 206,852 13 Aug 1878 (Assigned to Bailey Gun Co.)
      Guns, Improvement in machine 173,752 22 Feb 1876
      Improvements in machine guns 173,751 22 Feb 1876

BAILEY GUN CO.--INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (*)
      Gun, Machine 206,852 13 Aug 1878 (Bailey)

BAILEY, OLIVER J.--FLORENCE, MASS.
      Silencer for firearms 1,207,264 5 Dec 1916

BALL, ALBERT--WORCESTER, MASS.
      Firearms, Self--loading 38,935 23 Jun 1863

BANGERTER, FRIEDRICH--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Automatic rapid--fire machine gun 1,424,751 8 Aug 1922

BARDELLI, ARTURO--MILAN, ITALY
      Firearm, Automatic 1,355,378 12 Oct 1920
      Firearm, Automatic 1,425,627 15 Aug 1922

BARNES, CHARLES EMERSON--LOWELL, MASS.
      Cannon, Improved automatic 15,315 8 Jul 1856 (Assigned to self and M. W. Oliver)

BARNES, CHARLES H.--ILION, N.Y.
      Firearm, Automatic 1,089,621 10 Mar 1914

BARRETT, J. B.--WYTHE COUNTY, VA.(*)
      Improvements in repeating cannon 110,233 20 Dec 1870 (Hedrick)

BARROS, JOSE DE--IMPERIAL, CALIF. (*)
      Rapid--fire gun 1,285;765 26 Nov 1918 (Martin)

BARRY, MACK CARLTON--ATLANTA, GA.
      Rapid--fire gun 1,233,165 10 Jul 1917

BARTHOLMESS, CHARLES W.--ILION, N.Y.
      Automatic gun 851,196 23 Apr 1907 (Bevans & Bartholmess)

BATCHELDER, FRANK R.--WORCESTER, MASS.
      Machine gun belt 1,243,686 23 Oct 1917 (Assigned to Universal Patents Co.)

BAUMWART, GABRIEL W.--GARDEN CITY, N.Y.
      Automatic locking ammunition container 2,506,409 2 May 1950 (Assigned to Republic Aviation Corp.)

BAXTER, JOHN--KNOXVILLE, TENN. (*)
      Gun, Machine 296,365 23 Jul 1878 (Taylor)
      Guns, Improvement in machine 174,872 14 Mar 1876 (Taylor)
      Guns, Improvement in machine 174,873 14 Mar 1876 (Taylor)
      Guns, Improvement in machine 177,030 2 May 1876 (Taylor)

BECK, MICHAEL--MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
      Gun, Automatic magazine 645,932 27 Mar 1900 (Beck & Ferrant)

BECKER, REINHOLD--KREFELD, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm 1,144,285 22 June 1915

BEEBE, FRANK N.--COLUMBUS, OHIO
      Extractor, Spring 230,224 20 Jul 1880

BEECHER, EBENEZER B.--NEW HAVEN, CONN. (*)
      Gun, Machine 430,206 17 Jun 1890 (Garland)
      Gun, Machine 479,799 2 Aug 1892 (Garland) Automatic mechanism for machine guns 636,974 14 Nov 1899 (Garland)
      Gun, Automatic machine 643,118 13 Feb 1900 (Garland)

BELL, DAVITT S.--PITTSBURGH, PA.
      Automatic gun 2,370,835 6 Mar 1945 (Bell & Wilkander) (Assigned to Edgewater Steel Co.)
      Automatic gun 2,395,211 19 Feb 1946 (Bell & Wilkander) (Assigned to same firm)

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BENDIX AVIATION CORP.--SOUTH BEND, IND. (*)
      Gun--feed mechanism 2,379,185 26 Jun 1945 (Reek)
      Automatic gun charger 2,410,767 5 Nov 1946 (Wisman & Rohn)
      Gun--charging mechanism 2,413,104 24 Dec 1946 (Goepfrich)

BENEDICT'S, CAMILLO D.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.(*)
      Gas--operated firearm 630,136 1 Aug 1899 (Travaglini)

BENET, LAURENCE V.--PARIS, FRANCE
      Gun, Automatic machine 564,043 14 Jul 1896 (Benét & Mercié) (Assigned to Hotchkiss Ordnance Co., Ltd.)
      Gun, Gas--operated 588,380 17 Aug 1897 (Benét & Mercié) (Assigned to same)
      Gun, Gas--operated 606,115 21 Jun 1898
      Gun, Semi--automatic 649,393 8 May 1900 (Benét & Mercié)
      Gun, Automatic 696,306 25 Mar 1902 (Benét & Mercié) Gun, Gas--operated 861,939 30 Jun 1907 (Benét & Mercié) Feed apparatus for automatic guns 958,078 17 May 1910 Rifle, Automatic shoulder 1,125,937 26 Jan 1915 (Benét & Mercié)
      Gun, Semi--automatic 852,253 30 Apr 1907 (Benét & Mercié)
      Firing sear, Automatic 854,253 21 May 1907 (Benét & Mercié)

BENNETT, THOMAS G.--NEW HAVEN, CONN.
      Automatic firearm 695,784 18 Mar 1902 (Bennett & Mason) (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

BERGMANN, THEODOR EMIL--ROTENFELS, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm 2,072,197 2 Mar 1937

BERGMANN, THEODOR--SUHL, GERMANY (*)
      Firearm, Recoil--operated 547,454 8 Oct 1895 (Schmeisser)
      Machine pistol 1,450,834 3 Apr 1923 (Schmeisser)

BERTHIER, ANDRE VIRGILE PAUL MARIE--PARIS, FRANCE
      Gun, Automatic 918,646 20 Apr 1909
      Firearms, Cooling device for 1,017,373 13 Feb 1912
      Gun, Gas--operated 1,082,916 30 Dec 1913
      Gun, Machine 1,144,994 6 Jul 1915

BERTRAN, EDWARD M.--JACKSON HEIGHTS, N.Y.
      Gun, Ammunition magazine 2,364,510 5 Dec 1933 (Bertran & Lesnick) (Assigned to Brewster Aeronautical Corp.)

BEVANS, W. H.--BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
      Gun, Automatic 851,196 23 Apr 1907 (Bevans & Bartholmes) (Assigned to American & British Manuf. Co. & American Machine & Ordnance Co)
      Electric & percussion firing mechanism 855,427 28 May 1907

BICKART, M.L.--ATLANTA, GA.
      Gun, Machine 664,952 1 Jan 1901 (2/3 assigned to Blackburn & Spilman)

BILLINGHURST, WILLIAM--ROCHESTER, N.Y.
      Improvement in platoon batteries 36,448 16 Sep 1862 (Billinghurst & Requa)

BIRKIGT, LOUIS--BOIS--COLOMBES, FRANCE
      Tripping device 1,993,645 5 Mar 1935
      Mechanism for the tripping or release of movable organs 2,040,197 12 May 1936

BIRKIGT, MARC--BOIS--COLOMBES, FRANCE
      Combined gun and engine for aerial machines 1,319,510 21 Oct 1919
      Magazine for the automatic feeding of objects 2,011,889 20 Aug 1935
      Aircraft provided with a gun 2014,876 17 Sep 1935 Aircraft engine and gun assembly 2,020,872 12 Nov 1935 Aircraft engine and gun assembly 2,053,691 8 Sep 1936
      Machine provided with an automatic firearm 2,075,086 30 Mar 1937
      Airplane provided with an automatic firearm 2,075,087 30 Mar 1937
      Automatic firearm 2,159,126 23 May 1939 Automatic firearm 2,159,127 23 May 1939 Detent mechanism 2,179,914 14 Nov 1939 Automatic firearm 2,199,871 7 May 1940 Automatic firearm 2,199,872 7 May 1940 Firearm of the recoiling type 2,291,867 4 Aug 1942
      BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS CO., LTD.--BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (*)
      Firearm, Automatic 1,637,234 26 Jul 1927 (Norman)

Firearm, Automatic 1,637,235 26 Jul 1927 (Norman)

BJORGUM, NILS--ASKER, NORWAY
      Automatic firearm 1,007,911 7 Nov 1911

BLACKER, L. V. S.--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Machine gun & small arm 1,856,022 26 Apr 1932

BLACKBURN, B. M.--ATLANTA, GA. (*)
      Machine gun 664,952 1 Jan 1901 (Jeter)

BLICKENSDERFER, GEORGE C.--STAMFORD, CONN.
      Attachment for automatic guns 1,290,828 7 Jan 1919

BOEGER, JOSEPH--DRESDEN, KANS.
      Machine gun 800,062 19 Sep 1905

BOCHNAK, ANDREW--BOBTOWN, PA.
      Machine gun 2,024,125 10 Dec 1935

BOGDONOV, ANTON--ALTOONA, PA. (*)
      Antiaircraft machine gun 1,443,249 23 Jan 1923 (Dupcza)

BOMINGHAUS, FRANZ--ESSEN--ON--THE--RUHR, GERMANY
      Recoil gun 923,051 25 May 1909 (Lambur & Bominghaus) (Assigned to Fried. Krupp A. G.)

BONHAM, JOHN L.--HELLEN, PA.
      Improvement in revolving ordnance 36,555 30 Sep 1862

BORCHARDT, HUGO--CHARLOTTENBURG, GERMANY
      Trigger mechanism for automatic firearms 987,543 21 Mar 1911
      Cartridge--ejecting device for firearms 1,009,464 21 Nov 1911
      Breech--mechanism lock for automatic firearms 1,071,023 26 Aug 1913
      Automatic firearms with toggle joint 1,160,831 16 Nov 1915

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      Breech mechanism for automatic firearms 1,184,065 23 May 1916
      Hold--back device 1,196,759 5 Sep 1916

BOTTS, ROBERT E.--BLUE EARTH, MINN.
      Buffer spring assembly for automatic firearms 2,504,958 25 Apr 1950 (Botts & Young)

BOURDELLES, E. A. L.--ST. DENIS, FRANCE
      Automatic firearm 1,382,058 21 Jun 1921 (Assigned to Société Anonyme des Etablissements Delaunay)
      Machine gun 1,402,564 3 Jan 1922 (Assigned to same firm)

BOURNE, ROLAND B.--WEST HARTFORD, CONN.
      Gun silencer 2,375,617 8 May 1945 (Assigned to Maxim Silencer Co.)

BOUSSEL, ANDRE--COURBEVOIE, FRANC
      Automatic firearm 2,108,026 8 Feb 1938 (Sutter & Sousse]) (Assigned to Société Anonyme des Anciens Et. Hotchkiss & Cie.)

BOWMAN, MARK H.--PINKSTAFF, ILL.
      Machine gun 662,761 27 Nov 1900 (Hughes & Bowman)

BRADY, FREEMAN, JR.--WASHINGTON, PA.
      Gun, Magazine 34,126 14 Jan 1862 (Brady & Noble)

BRAND, CHRISTOPHER C.--NORWICH, CONN.
      Revolving firearm 38,279 28 Apr 1863

BRAUNING, KARL A.--HERSTALL, BELGIUM
      Automatic firearm with fixed barrel and breech action 1,020,596 19 Mar 1912
      Firing mechanism for automatic firearms 1,073,588 23 Sep 1913
      Firearm, Automatic 1,350,543 24 Aug 1920
      Automatic firearm 1,411,473 4 Apr 1922

BREDA--See SOCIETA ITALIANA ERNESTO BREDA BREHM, EDUARD--JERSEY CITY, N.J.
      Improvement in revolving cannons 110,194 20 Dec 1870

BRETT, JAMES--MATTEAWAN, N.Y.
      Gun batteries, Many barrels 42,552 3 May 1864

BREVETS AERO--MECANIQUES S. A.--GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (*)
      Gas piston operated firearm 2,494,889 17 Jan 1950 (Maillard)
      Ammunition charging device for automatic arms 2,503,116 4 Apr 1950 (Maillard)
      Pivoted breech bolt lock 2,522,628 19 Sept 1950 (Mail--lard)

BREWSTER AERONAUTICAL CORP.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Gun, Ammunition magazine 2,364,510 5 Dec 1944 (Bertran & Lesnick)

BRISTOL, MORTIMER L.--WEST HARTFORD, CONN.
      Gun, Automatic 862,384 6 Aug 1907 (Assigned to Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.)

BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO., LTD.--BRISTOL, ENGLAND (*)
      Ammunition feed mechanism for machine guns 2,521,346 5 Sep 1950 (d'Assis--Fonseca)

BRODERICK, CLEMENT M.--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Machine gun 504,517 5 Feb 1893 (Broderick & Vankiersbilck) (Assigned to Gatling Gun Co.)
      Feed for machine guns 504,516 5 Sep 1893 (Broderick Vankiersbilck) (Assigned as above)

BRONDBY, FRIDTJOF N.--OSLO, NORWAY
      Gas--operated firearm, Automatic 2,223,671 3 Dec 1940

BROTHERSTON, ALEXANDER M.--MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK
      Machine gun 1,216,938 20 Feb 1917 (1/2 assigned to Holmes)
      Apparatus for cooling gun barrels 1,216,939 20 Feb 1917

BROWN, AARON A.--RAWLINS, WYO. (*)
      Automatic gun 718,062 8 Jan 1903 (Weed)

BROWN, CHARLES W.--INDIANOLA, IOWA
      Machine gun 1,401,667 27 Dec 1921

BROWN, JOHN F.--CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. (*)
      Automatic rifle 1,398,452 29 Nov 1921 (Wagnon)

BROWN, JOHN L.--MOMENCE, ILL.
      Gun silencer & scavenger 2,208,093 16 Jul 1940

BROWN, M. W.--TRENTON, N.J.
      Automatic rifle 966,995 9 Aug 1910

BROWN, RICHARD J. W.--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Breech mechanism for automatic recoil--operated guns 1,021,130 26 Mar 1912

BROWNING CO., J. M. & M. S.--OGDEN, UTAH (*)
      Gas--operated automatic firearm 2,093,706 21 Sep 1937 (Marriner Browning)
      Automatic firearm 2,039,705 21 Sep 1937 (Marriner Browning)
      Automatic firearm 2,039,704 21 Sep 1937 (Marriner Browning)
      Firing mechanism for automatic firearms 2,116,140 3 May 1938 (Marriner Browning)
      Firing mechanism for automatic firearms 2,116,139 3 May 1938 (Marriner Browning)
      Firing mechanism for automatic firearms 2,093,707 21 Sep 1937 (Marriner Browning)
      Gas--operated automatic firearm 2,116,141 3 May 1938 (Marriner Browning)
      Firing mechanism for repeating firearms 2,385,057 18 Sep 1945 (Val A. Browning)

BROWNING, JOHN M.--OGDEN, UTAH
      Machine gun 471,783 29 Mar 1892 (John & Matthew Browning)
      Machine gun 471,784 29 Mar 1892 (John & Matthew Browning)
      Gun, Gas--operated breech--loaded 502,549 1 Aug 1893
      Gas--operated machine gun 544,657 20 Aug 1895
      Gas--operated machine gun 544,658 20 Aug 1895

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      Gas--operated machine gun 544,659 20 Aug 1895
      Gun, Gas--operated breech--loaded 544,660 20 Aug 1895 (John & Matthew Browning)
      Gun, Gas--operated 544,661 20 Aug 1895
      Gas--operated firearm 621,747 21 Mar 1899
      Recoil--operated firearm 659,507 9 Oct 1900
      Recoil--operated firearm 659,786 16 Oct 1900
      Gun, Automatic 678,937 23 Jul 1901
      Automatic firearm 689,283 17 Dec 1901
      Recoil--operated firearm 7(11,288 3 Jun 1902
      Automatic firearm 708,794 9 Sep 1902
      Automatic firearm 747,585 22 Dec 1903
      Automatic firearm 853,438 14 May 1907
      Recoil--operated firearm 984,263 14 Feb 1911
      Automatic machine gun 1,293,021 4 Feb 1919
      Automatic machine rifle 1,293,022 4 Feb 1919
      Automatic firearm 1,511,262 14 Oct 1924
      Automatic firearm 1,525,065 3 Feb 1925
      Automatic firearm 1,525,066 3 Feb 1925
      Cartridge--feeding device for firearms 1,525,067 3 Feb 1925
      Recoil buffer for automatic guns 1,548,708 4 Aug 1925
      Automatic firearm 1,618,510 22 Feb 1927
      Automatic firearm 1,628,226 10 May 1927
      Cartridge--feeding mechanism for automatic firearm 1,629,652 24 May 1927

BROWNING, MARRINER A.--OGDEN, UTAH
      Gas--operated automatic firearm 2,093,706 21 Sep 1937 (Assigned to Browning Co.)
      Automatic firearm 2,093,705 21 Sep 1937 (Assigned to same)
      Automatic firearm 2,093,704 21 Sep 1937 (Assigned to same)
      Firing mechanism for automatic firearm 2,116,140 3 May 1938 (Assigned to same)
      Firing mechanism for automatic firearm 2,093,707 21 Sep 1937 (Assigned to same)
      Gas--operated automatic firearm 2,116,141 3 May 1938 (Assigned to same)

BROWNING, MATTHEW S.--OGDEN, UTAH
      Machine gun 471,783 29 Mar 1892 (John M. & Matthew Browning)
      Machine gun 471,784 29 Mar 1892 (John M. & Matthew Browning)
      Gas--operated breech--loading gun 544,660 20 Aug 1895 (John & Matthew Browning)

BROWNING, JONATHAN E.--OGDEN, UTAH
      Gas--operated firearm 2,211,405 13 Aug 1940 (Assigned to Western Cartridge Co.)
      Gas--operated automatic firearm 2,252,754 19 Aug 1941 (Assigned to same)

BROWNING, VAL. A.--OGDEN, UTAH
      Firing mechanism for repeating firearms 2,385,057 18 Sep 1945 (Assigned to Browning Co.)

BRUCE: LUCIEN F.--SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
      Cartridge charger for machine gun feeders 341,371 4 May 1886 (Assigned to Gatling Gun Co.)
      Cartridge feeder for machine gun 343,532 8 Jun 1886 (Assigned to same)
      Cartridge feeder for machine guns 351,960 2 Nov 1886

BUCK, EDWARD R.--WINDSOR, VT. (*)
      Automatic magazine firearm 900,965 13 Oct 1908 (C. W. Louis)

BUCKHAM, GEORGE THOMAS--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Gun, Automatic or other machine 687,130 19 Nov 1901 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned to Vickers Sons & Maxim, Ltd.)
      Automatic gun 909,849 12 Jan 1909 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned to same)
      Automatic gun 920,832 4 May 1909 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned to same)
      Automatic gun 942,167 7 Dec 1909 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned to same)
      Cartridge--feed mechanism for Maxim guns 951,999 15 Mar 1910 (Assigned to same)
      Automatic gun 926,052 22 Jun. 1909 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned to same)
      Cartridge--feed mechanism for automatic guns 1,091,640 31 Mar 1914 (Assigned to same)
      Automatic gun 1,077,680 4 Nov 1913 (Assigned to same) Automatic gun 1,262,196 9 Apr 1918 (Assigned to same)
      Automatic gun 1,262,181 9 Apr 1918 (Dawson & Buckman) (Assigned to same)
      Machine gun 1,312,106 5 Aug 1919 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned to same)
      Machine gun 1,314,734 2 Sep 1919 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned to same)
      Machine gun 1,327,086 6 Jan 1920 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned to same)
      Machine gun 1,453,974 1 May 1923 (Dawson, Buckham & Haskell) (Assigned to same)
      Automatic gun 1,468,262 18 Sep 1923 (Dawson, Buckham Larson) (Assigned to same)
      Machine gun 1,456,625 29 May 1923 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned to same)
      Articulated link for the cartridge belts for machine guns 1,550,787 25 Aug 1925 (Dawson, Buckham & Larsson) Automatic gun 1,553,992 15 Sep 1925 (Dawson, Buckham & Larsson)

BULL, WILLIAM R.--SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
      Method of and apparatus for cooling gun barrels 1,631,190 7 Jun 1927
      Machine gun 2,108,817 22 Feb 1938 (Hoppert, Bull & Simpson)

BULLARD, HERBERT A.--SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
      Centrifugal gun 1,311,492 29 July 1919 (Assigned to Intercontinental Co.)

BURGESS, ANDREW--BUFFALO, N.Y.
      Automatic firearm magazine 557,359 31 Mar 1896
      Gas--operated firearm 589,120 31 Aug 1897
      Recoil--operated magazine gun 520,753 29 May 1894
      Automatic gun 636,196 31 Oct 1899 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)
      Automatic firearm 663,954 18 Dec 1900

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      Automatic firearm 663,955 18 Dec 1900
      Automatic firearm 663,956 18 Dec 1900
      Automatic gun 666,081 15 Jan 1901
      Automatic gun 687,448 26 Nov 1901
      Automatic gun 693,105 11 Feb 1902
      Automatic gun 693,106 11 Feb 1902
      Automatic gun 715,971 16 Dec 1902
      Automatic gun 821,922 29 May 1906
      Automatic gun 822,851 5 June 1906
      Recoil--operated firearm 591,525 12 Oct 1897
      Recoil--operated firearm 520,752 29 May 1894 (Assigned to Burgess Gun Co.)

BURGESS GUN CO.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Recoil operated firearm 520,752 29 May 1894 (Burgess)

BURGESS, WILLIAM STARLING--BROOKLINE, MASS.
      Recoil--operated gun 591,155 5 Oct 1897

BURK, PAUL W.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Machine gun 2,453,830 16 Nov 1948 (Chadwick & Burk)

BURNEY, CHARLES D.--BAYNARDS PARK, ENGLAND
      Magazine loaded recoilless gun 2,503,578 11 Apr 1950

BURTON, BETHEL--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Automatic machine gun 390,114 25 Sep 1888

BURTON, FRANK F.--SHORT BEACH, CONN.
      Gun with recoiling barrel 941,006 23 Nov 1909 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)
      Cartridge--ejecting mechanism for firearms 2,101,236 7 Dec 1937 (Assigned to same)

BUSKIRK, THOMAS B.--PAOLI, IND. (*)
      Machine gun 547,717 8 Oct 1895 (Dougherty)
      Self--acting breech--loading gun 529,521 20 Nov 1894 (Dougherty)

BYE, MARTIN--WORCESTER, MASS.
      Recoil--operated firearm 812,015 6 Feb 1906 (Assigned to Harrington and Richardson Arms Co.)

CAMPBELL, THOMAS J.--LINCOLN, NEBR.
      Improvement in automatic revolving ordnance 35,504 10 Jun 1862

CANET, JEAN B. G. A.--LE CREUSOT, FRANCE
      Recoil apparatus for guns 713,691 18 Nov 1902 (Schneider &Sc Canet)

CANTLEY, JOSEPH C.--BEVERLY, MASS.
      Automatic firearm 2,409,251 15 Oct 1946 (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

CAPALDO, FRANCESCO--NAPLES, ITALY
      Machine gun 1,371,351 15 Mar 1921 (Casseta & Capaldo)

CAPELL, WILLIAM H.--HAMPTON, VA.
      Aircraft machine gun installation 1,907,342 2 May 1933

CAPALUPO, VINCENZO--E. BOSTON, MASS.
      Automatic firearm 1,639,425 16 Aug 1927

CARL, JOHN HOWARD--GILROY, CALIF.
      Automatic firearm 1,118,330 24 Nov 1914
      Automatic firearm 1,118,331 24 Nov 1914

CARPENTER, JOHN H.--PICABO, IDAHO (*)
      Recoil--operated firearm 1,078,224 11 Nov 1913 (Taylor)

CARR, HOWARD--SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
      Recoil--operated firearm 574,189 29 Dec 1896 (Assigned to San Francisco Arms Co.)
      Recoil--operated firearm 584,153 8 Jun 1897 (Assigned to same)

CARRILLO, LEOPIDO A.--BIG WELLS, TEX.
      Machine gun 2,004,925 18 Jun 1935

CARVEN, HARRY--PITTSFIELD, ILL.
      Gun silencer 984,750 21 Feb 1911

CASSETTA, VINCENZO--NAI'LES, ITALY
      Machine gun 1,371,351 15 Mar 1921 (Cassetta & Capaldo)

CASTELLI, VITTORIO--BRESCIA, ITALY
      Cartridge--feed device for automatic firearms 1,611,289 21 Dec 1926 (Soncini Castelli)
      Automatic firearm with recoiling barrel 1,613,205 4 Jan 1927 (Soncini & Castelli)

CATLIN, ROBERT M.--TUSCARORA, NEV.
      Recoil--operated firearm 574,350 29 Dec 1896 (Assigned to San Francisco Arms Co.)
      Recoil--operated magazine gun 454,993 30 Jun 1891

CAYLOR, HENRY M.--NOBLESVILLE, IND. (*)
      Machine gun 458,268 25 Aug 1891 (Cook)

CECERO, RALPH S.--WATERBURY, CONN.
      Machine gun, Automatic 1,595,993 17 Aug 1926

CEDILLO, NICASIO--HOUSTON, TEX.
      Recoil--operated firearm 1,453,439 1 May 1923 (Assigned to Reed, C. E.)

CENTRIFUGAL GUN CORP.--MATTAPAN, MASS. (*)
      Centrifugal gun 1,420,660 27 Jun 1922 (Lombard)

CESKOSLOVENSKA ZBRO JOVKA AKCIOVA--SPOLECNOST V. ERNEBRUNN, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (*)
      Gas--pressure regulating device for firearms 1,802,816 28 Apr 1931 (Holek, E.)
      Automatic firearm 1,906,800 2 May 1933 (Marek)
      Automatic firearm 2,115,526 26 Apr 1938 (Holek, V.)
      Automatic firearm 2,223,004 26 Nov 1940 (Holek, V.)
      Automatic firearm in particular machine guns 2,093,169 14 Sep 1937 (Holek, V.)
      Self--loading firearm 1,960,913 29 May 1934 (Marek)
      Automatic firearm 2,146,185 7 Feb 1939 (Holek, V.)
      Automatic firearm 2,267,501 23 Dec 1941 (Holek, V.)
      Automatic gun 1,926,816 12 Sep 933 (Podrabsky)

CHADWICK, GEORGE A.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Machine gun 2,453,830 16 Nov 1948 (Chadwick & Burk)

CHAFFEE, REUBEN S.--SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
      Feed mechanism for breech--loading firearms 314,515 24 Mar 1885

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CHALLENGER, GEORGE H.--WESTMINSTER, ENGLAND
      Bullet deflector for the propellers of aeroplane and similar aircraft provided with guns 1,298,886 1 Apr 1919 (Assigned to Vickers, Ltd.)
      Automatic gun 1,298,887 1 Apr 1919 (Challenger & Savage) (Assigned to same)

CHANDLER, EDWARD F.--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
      Self--propelled projectile 2,391,865 1 Jan 1946

CHAPMAN, THOMAS 0.--GLENDALE, CALIF.
      Firing mechanism for rifles 2,441,029 4 May 1948 (Nyvall & Chapman)

CHEVALLIER, ARNOLD LOUIS--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Automatic firearm 1,454,039 8 May 1923

CHILDRESS, GEORGE F.--WILLS POINT, TEX.
      Gun muffler 953,943 5 Apr 1910

CHRISTOPHE, LOUIS--BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
      Machine gun 121,277 28 Nov 1871 (Montigny)

CLADWELL, THOMAS F.--RICHMOND, AUSTRALIA
      Quick--firing machine gun 1,090,124 10 Mar 1914

CLARK, ALFRED L.--DUBUQUE, IOWA
      Machine gun 1,169,237 25 Jan 1916

CLARK, WILLIAM R.--SEATTLE, WASH.
      Gas--operated gun 1,308,016 24 June 1919 (Assigned 1/2 to Martin, William.)

GLARUS, BRUNO--LUTTICH, BELGIUM
      Recoil--operated firearm 898,038 8 Sep 1909

CLAUSIUS, CLAUS H. R.--HAMBURG, GERMANY
      Firearm, Recoil--operated 593,835 16 Nov 1897

CLEMENT, CHARLES P.--LIEGE, BELGIUM
      Automatic firearm 976,122 15 Nov 1910

COBB, LYMAN H.--FITCHBURG, MASS.
      Automatic firearm 499,259 23 May 1911 (Assigned to Johnson, M. E.)

COLE, CHARLES SCHNEIDER--SANDY HOOK, CONN.
      Automatic firearm 1,843,916 9 Feb 1932

COLEMAN, BENJAMIN F.--PRENTISS, MASS.
      Multibarrel machine gun 2,404,277 16 Jul 1946

COLLEONI, GIUSEPPE--NEW YORK, N.Y,
      Automatic gun 960,825 7 Jun 1910

COLONEY, MYRON--NEW HAVEN, CONN.
      Machine gun 225,462 16 Mar 1880 (Assigned to J. H. McLean)
      Machine gun 225,466 16 Mar 1880 (Assigned to J. H. McLean) ,
      Machine gun 231,653 31 Aug 1880 (Assigned to J. H. McLean)
      Machine gun 282,549 7 Aug 1893 (Assigned to J. H. McLean)
      Magazine gun 231,652 31 Aug 1880 (Assigned to J. H. McLean)

COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS MFG. CO.--HARTFORD, CONN. (*)
      Gas--operated machine gun 550,262 26 Nov 1895 (Ehbets)
      Gas--operated magazine gun 570,388 27 Oct 1896 (Ehbets)
      Automatic gun 862,384 6 Aug 1907 (Bristol)
      Automatic machine gun 1,499,846 1 Jul 1924 (Tansley)
      Magazine--feed mechanism for machine guns 1,719,126 2 Jul 1929 (Pfeiffer & Moore)
      Barrel mounting for firearms 1,738,500 3 Dec 1929 (Moore)
      Gas--operated automatic firearm 1,738,501 3 Dec 1929 (Moore)
      Trigger mechanism for machine gun 1,738,502 3 Dec 1929 (Pfeiffer & Moore)
      Speed regulator for machine guns 1,741,432 31 Dec 1929 (Pfeiffer)
      Speed regulator for machine guns 1,741,534 31 Dec 1929 (Pfeiffer)
      Reversible feed mechanism for machine guns 1,803,351 5 May 1931 (Pfeiffer & Moore)
      Automatic firearm 1,803,349 5 May 1931 (Pfeiffer)
      Firing mechanism for machine guns '1,966,592 17 Jul 1934 (Moore)
      Automatic firearm 2,050,538 11 Aug 1936 (Moore)
      Firing mechanism for machine guns 2,050,539 11 Aug 1936 (Moore and Tansley)
      Machine gun and attachment therefor 2,061,313 17 Nov 1936 (Moore)
      Machine gun 2,110,165 8 Mar 1938 (Moore)
      Machine gun 2,140,809 20 Dec 1938 (Moore)
      Automatic firearm 2,169,083 8 Aug 1939 (Swartz)
      Firing mechanism for automatic firearms 2.335,688 30 Nov 1943 (Moore)
      Automatic firearm and combined accessories 2,359,263 26 Sep 1944 (Webb)
      Automatic firearm 2,375,452 8 May 1945 (Webb)
      Improvement in operating machine gun 120,588 7 Nov 1871 (Kinne)
      Bolt mechanism for machine guns 2,529,391 7 Nov 1950 (Hedges)

COMPAGNIA COMMERCIALE CAPRONI--MILAN, ITALY (*)
      Gun barrel 2,238,670 15 Apr 1941 (Traversi & Pagna)

CONDIT, WILLIAM D.--DES MOINES, IOWA (*)
      Gas--operated machine gun 784,966 14 Mar 1905 (Smith)
      Recoil--operated firearm 804,984 21 Nov 1905 (Searle)
      Gas--operated automatic firearm 814,242 6 Mar 1906 (Smith)

CONLON, THOMAS A.--SILVER SPRING, MD.
      Automatic gun 2,213,953 10 Sep 1940

CONLY, ART B. (*)
      Automatic firearm 747,073 15 Dec 1903 (Huntley)

CONLY, 5. GRIFFIN (5)
      Automatic firearm 747,073 15 Dec 1903 (Huntley)

CONNOR, MARCUS W.--LOUISVILLE, MISS.*
      Machine gun 282,787 7 Aug 1883 (Shields)

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COOK, THOMAS R.--NOBLESVILLE, IND.
      Machine gun 458,268 25 Aug 1891 (Assigned 1/3 to Caylor)
      Machine gun 560,842 26 May 1896 (Assigned 1/2 to Over)

COOKE, CHARLES JOHN--HONG KONG, CHINA
      Non--recoil gun for aeroplanes 1,375,381 29 May 1921
      Non--recoiling gun for aeroplanes 1,380,358 7 Jun 1921

COOLEY, HENRY B.--KENSINGTON, CONN.
      Cartridge belt for machine guns 1,341,111 25 Mav 1920 (Assigned to American Paper Goods Co.)

CORNWELL, WILLIAM D.--LOUISVILLE, MISS. (*)
      Machine gun 282,787 7 Aug 1883 (Shields)

COULOMBE, JOSEPH C.--NORTHFIELD, VT.
      Noiseless gun 1,140,578 25 May 1915

COUPLAND, RICHARD C.--DAYTON, OHIO
      Counting or registering apparatus for machine guns 1,653,698 27 Dec 1927
      Operating mechanism for machine guns 1,799,284 7 Apr 1931
      Bolt--operating mechanism for machine guns 1,845,242 16 Feb 1932
      Operating mechanism for machine guns 1,897,099 14 Feb 1933 (Woody & Coupland)
      Means for cooling gun barrels 2,112,144 22 Mar 1938

COVENTRY ORDNANCE WORKS, LTD.--COVENTRY, ENGLAND (*)
      Feed mechanism for automatic guns 1,298,091 25 Mar 1919 (Redpath & Hellberg)
      Automatic gun 1,315,329 9 Sep 1919 (Redpath)

COX, CHARLES F.--SING SING, N.Y. (*)
      Improvements in firearms 31,933 2 Apr 1861 (McCord)

CRANMER, T. J.--VALLICITA, CALIF.
      Self--loading battery gun 74,994 3 Mar 1868

CRAWFORD, SAMUEL--SHULLSBURG, WIS. (*)
      Machine gun 14,215 5 Feb 1856 (Terrel)

CREON, WARNANT JULIEN--HOIGNEE--CHERATTE, BELGIUM
      Automatic rifle 908,631 5 Jan 1909

CROCKET'T, HARRY L.--NEW HAVEN, CONN.
      Gas--operated self--loading firearm 2,370,233 27 Feb 1945 (Assigned to Western Cartridge Co.)
      Gas--operated self--loading firearm 2,394,986 19 Feb 1946 (Assigned to Olin Industries, Inc.)

CZAVRA, IGNATI--ROCHESTER, N.Y.
      Automatic gun 1,321,419 11 Nov 1919

CZEGKA, VICTOR H.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Centrifugal gun 1,404,378 24 Jan 1922

DAAM, GERRIT VAN--BUFFALO, N.Y.
      Gun heater 2,403,415 2 Jul 1946

DANSK REKYL--RIFFEL SYNDIKAT--COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (*)
      Automatic firearm 701,815 3 June 1902 (Rasmussen)

DANUVIA IPARI ES' KERESKEDELMI R. T.--BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (*)
      Gas--operated firearm 2,186,582 9 Jan 1940 (Gebauer)

DARCHE, PAUL--PARIS, FRANCE
      Firearm, Recoil--operated ted 519,151 1 May 1894

DARLINGTON, THOMAS--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Automatic gun 954,797 12 Apr 1910 (Hammond)
      Automatic gun 954,798 12 Apr 1910 (Hammond)

DARNE, PIERRE--ST. ETIENNE, FRANCE
      Automatic firearm orMaychine gun 1,323,025 25 Nov 1919 (R. & P. Dame)

DARNE, REGIS--ST. ETIENNE, FRANCE
      Automatic firearm or machine gun 1,323,025 25 Nov 1919 (R. & P. Dame)
      Device of regulating the rate of fire in automatic firearms 1,532,305 7 Apr 1925
      Automatic firearm 1,730,269 10 Oct 1929
      Automatic firearm 2,124,911 26 Jul 1938

D'ASSIS--FONSECA, EVELYN C. M.--BRISTOL, ENGLAND
      Ammunition feed mechanism for machine guns 2,521,346 5 Sep 1950 (Assigned to Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.)

DAVIS, CLELAND--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Aeroplane gun 1,108,714 25 Aug 1914 ( Assigned to Ordnance Development Co.)
      Apparatus for firing projectiles from aeroplanes 1,108,715 25 Aug 1914 (Assigned as above)
      Apparatus for firing projectiles from aeroplanes 1,108,716 25 Aug 1914
      Fixed ammunition for use in aircraft 1,108,717 25 Aug 1914 (Assigned as above)
      Gun, Non--recoil 1,395,630 1 Nov 1921
      Armament for aircraft 1,446,000 20 Feb 1923

DAVIS, LOUIS, JR.--GALVESTON, TEX.
      Machine gun 1,869,738 2 Aug 1932 (Assigned to Halett, Dalbert & Stuckey)

DAWSON, ARTHUR T.--WESTMINSTER, ENGLAND
      Automatic gun 1,262,181 9 Apr 1918 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned to Vickers, Ltd.)
      Machine gun 1,312,106 5 'Aug 1919 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned as above)
      Machine gun 1,314,734 2 Sep 1919 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned as above)
      Machine gun 1,327,068 6 Jan 1920 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned as above)
      Machine gun 1,453,974 1 May 1923 (Dawson, Buckham & Haskell) (Assigned as above)
      Machine gun 1,456,625 29 May 1923 (Dawson & Buckham) (Assigned as above)
      Automatic gun 1,468,262 18 Sep 1923 (Dawson, Buckham & Larrson) (Assigned as above)
      Links for the cartridge belts for machine guns 1,550,787 25 Aug 1925 (Dawson, Buckham & Larsson) (Assigned as above)
      Automatic gun 1,553,992 15 Sep 1925 (Dawson, Buckham & Larsson)

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DE BRAME, J. A.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Improvement in breech--loading ordnance 34,025 24 Dec 1861 (Assigned to J. Gurney)
      Improvement in revolving ordnance 34,024 24 Dec 1861

DEGAILLE, PIERRE ALBIN--PARIS, FRANCE
      Automatic firearm 1,059,680 22 Apr 1913 (Menteyne & Degaille)
      Automatic firearm 981,210 10 Jan 1911 (Menteyne & Degaille)
      Cartridge belt 1,150,435 17 Aug 1915 (Laird, Menteyne & Degaille)

DEHM, EDWARD--FRUITA, COLO.
      Magazine repeating firearm 841,670 22 Jan 1907

DEKNIGHT, VICTOR P.--WASHINGTON, D'ASSIS--FONSECA
      Automatic rapid--fire gun 698,107 22 Apr 1902 (Assigned to Victor P. DeKnight Gun Co.)
      Automatic rapid--fire gun 709,880 30 Sep 1902 (Assigned to same)
      Rapid--fire automatic gun 709,881 30 Sep 1902 (Assigned to same)
      Rapid--fire automatic gun 709,883 30 Sep 1902 (Assigned to same)

DELAUNAY CO. See SOCIETE ANONYME DES ETABLISSEMENTS DELAUNAY

DERSCHAU, ALBERT VON--EMDEN, GERMANY
      Electrically controlled lock for firearms 439,055 21 Oct 1890

DEUTSCHE WAFFEN UND MUNITIONSFABRIKEN--BERLIN, GERMANY (*)
      Trigger mechanism for machine guns 905,071 24 Nov 1908 (Heinemann)
      Automatic gun 1,045,549 26 Nov 1912 (Heinemann)
      Machine gun 1,087,371 17 Feb 1914 (Heinemann)
      Automatic gun I,114,463 20 Oct 1914 (Gebauer)
      Automatic gun 1,114,611 20 Oct 1914 (Heinemann)
      Machine gun 1,123,530 5 Jan 1915 (Heinemann, Karl)
      Machine gun 1,128,310 16 Feb 1915 (Heinemann)
      Machine gun 1,150,364 17 Aug 1915 (Heinemann, Karl)
      Machine gun 1,155,061 28 Sep 1915 (Heinemann)
      Machine gun 1,167,498 11 Jan 1916 (Heinemann)
      Automatic firearm 1,725,272 20 Aug 1929 (Heinemann)

DEVRIES, PETER J.--SHELDON, IOWA
      Gun muffler 1,143,814 22 June 1915

DESTREE, JOSEPH--BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
      Automatic firearm 1,735,160 12 Nov 1929
      Automatic firearm 1,713,955 21 May 1929
      Automatic firearm with gas extraction 1,846,993 23 Feb 1932

DIBOVSKY, VICTOR V.--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Machine gun 1,298,911 1 April 1919
      Buffing device for machine guns 1,298,912 1 Apr 1919
      Machine gun 1,362,479 14 Dec 1920 (Assigned to Type Release Co., Inc.)

DICKE, ALLEN A.--MONTCLAIR, N.J.
      Automatic firearm 2,297,693 6 Oct 1942

DICKINSON, CHARLES S.--CLEVELAND, 01110
      Improvement in centrifugal guns 24,997 9 Aug 1859

DICKINSON, JACOB M.--CHICAGO, ILL.
      Automatic firearm 1,835,286 8 Dec 1931

DIEHM, Lucius N.--WEST HARTFORD, CONN.
      Automatic firearm 1,226,478 15 May 1917 (Assigned 2/3 to Stone)

DIESTELKAMP, FREDERICK A.--BLAND, MO.
      Automatic magazine firearm 1,126,726 2 Feb 1915

DINSMORE, ROBERT--WESTON, W.VA.
      Magazine gun with pneumatically operated magazines 444,666 13 Jan 1891 (Assigned to Greenstein)

DOBREMYSL, JOSEF--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Automatic firearm 2,367,488 16 Jan 1945
      Automatic gun 2,365,498 19 Dec 1944,

DODGE, JOSIAH--DUMMERSTON, VT.
      Improved mode of charging cannons 15,357 15 July 1856
      Improved mode of discharging cannons 17,920 4 Aug 1857

DODGE, WILLIAM W., JR.--ASHEVILLE, N.C.
      Machine gun 1,551,809 1 Sep 1925

DOLLEY, LEON H.--SHERMAN MILLS, ME.
      Recoil--operated firearm 1,067,721 15 July 1913

DOOLITTLE, JAMES B.--SEYMOUR, CONN.
      Magazine firearm 35,996 29 July 1862

DOUGHERTY, ALBERT G.--CHAMBERSBURG, IND.
      Machine gun 547,717 9 Oct 1895 (Assigned 2/3 to Buskirk & Foote)
      Self--acting breech loading gun 529,521 20 Nov 1894 (Assigned 2/3 to Buskirk)

DOUGLAS, WILLIAM M.--GALVESTON, TEX.
      Automatic gun or rifle 1,025,132 7 May 1912

DOUGLAS, WILLIAM--CORRY, PA.
      Improvement in battery guns 43,903 23 Aug 1864

DOVELL, HARPER H.--BALTIMORE, MD.
      Machine gun 1,294,636 18 Feb 1919

DRIGGS, LOUIS LABODIE--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Rapid--fire gun 613,195 25 Oct 1898 (Driggs & Tasker) (Assigned to Driggs--Seabury Gun & Ammunition Co.)
      Automatic gun 698,472 29 Apr 1902 (Assigned to same)

DRIGGS ORDNANCE CO., INC.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Gas--operated gun 1,291,690 14 Jan 1919 (Smith)

DRIGGS--SEABURY GUN & AMMUNITION CO.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Rapid--fire gun 613,195 25 Oct 1898 (Driggs & Tasker)
      Automatic gun 698,472 29 April 1902 (Driggs)

DRIGGS--SEABURY ORDNANCE CORP.--SHARON, PA. (D)
      Automatic gun 781,503 31 Jan 1905 (Driggs)

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DRIGGS, WILLIAM HALE--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Automatic gun 781,503 31 Jan 1905 (Assigned to Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Corp.)

DUFFEK, JOSEF--STEYR, AUSTRIA
      Gun lock for automatic firearm 1,387,369 9 Aug 1921 (Assigned to Oesterreichische Waffenfabrikgesellschaft, Steyr, Austria)

DUNLOP RUBBER CO. LTD.--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
      Firing device for automatic guns 2,135,688 8 Nov 1938 (Wright & Trevaskis)
      Solenoid 2,403,315 2 July 1946 (Trevaskis)
      Firing mechanism for automatic gun 2,397,387 26 Mar 1946 (Trevaskis)

DUNWOODY AUTOMATIC GUN & PROJECTILE CO. (*)
      Automatic gun 1,227,897 29 May 1917 (H. H. C. Dunwoody)

DUNWOODY, HENRY H. C.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Automatic gun 1,227,897 29 May 1917 (Assigned to Dunwoody Automatic Gun & Projectile Co.)

DUPCZA, PETER A.--LYNDORA, PA.
      Machine gun 990,642 25 April 1911
      Antiaircraft machine gun 1,443,249 23 Jan 1923 (Assigned 1/2 to Bogdonov)

EATON, GILBERT C.--CLEVELAND, OHIO (*)
      Centrifugal gun 37,159 16 Dec 1862 (Turner)

EBELING, FRED--LINN, KANS.
      Machine gun 531,168 18 July 1894

EDGEWATER STEEL CORP.--OAKMONT, PA. (*)
      Automatic gun 2,370,835 6 Mar 1945 (Bell & Wilkander)
      Automatic gun 2,395,211 19 Feb 1946 (Bell & Wilkander)

EDWARDS, DANIEL G.--HOPKINSVILLE, KY.
      Fire control means for aircraft machine guns 1,466,951 4 Sep 1923 (Assigned to Stone)

EGLIN, HANS--GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
      Automatic inertia--locked firearm with automatic hammer 2,512,014 20 Jun 1950 (Assigned to Oerlikon Co.)

EHBETS, CARL J.--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Gas--operated machine gun 550,262 26 Nov 1895 (Assigned to Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.)
      Gas--operated magazine gun 570,388 27 Oct 1896 (Assigned to Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.)

EICKHOFF, THEODORE H.--CLEVELAND, OHIO
      Automatic gun 1,396,949 15 Nov 1921 (Assigned to Auto--Ordnance Corp.)

EIANE, HALVOR 0.--WASHINGTON ISLAND, WIS.
      Automatic gun 2,149,512 7 Mar 1939

EKLUND, HANS E.--MALMO, SWEDEN
      Disconnector means in self--charging firearms 2,390,061 4 Dec 1945 (Assigned to Aktiebolaget J. C. Ljungman)

EKSERGIAN, CAROLUS L.--DETROIT, MICH.
      Rocket projectile (Spin S.) 2,405,415 6 Aug 1946
      Recoilless gun mechanism 2,405,414 6 Aug 1946

ELLOTT, CARLETON R.--DAYTON, OHIO
      Gun cocking device 2,386,801 16 Oct 1945 (Johnson k Ellott)

ELLIOTT, DANIEL S.--MIDDLE RIVER, MD.
      Machine gun feed 2,428,414 7 Oct 1947 (Assigned to Glenn L. Martin Co.)

END, G.--SCHAFFHAUSEN, SWITZERLAND
      Automatic firearm 2,031,305 18 Feb 1936 (End & Gaetzi) (Assigned to Schweizerische--Industrie Gesellschaft)
      Automatic firearm 2,130,383 20 Sep 1938 (Assigned to Schweizerische--Industrie Gesellschaft)
      Automatic firearm 2,052,287 25 Aug 1936 (Assigned to Schweizerische--Industrie Gesellschaft)

ENGEL, GEORG--DUSSELDORF, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm 2,133,661 18 Oct 1938 (Engel & Winter) (Assigned to Rheinmetall--Borsig)

ERIKSEN, JOHAN--CHRISTIANA, NORWAY
      Machine gun 1,497,096 10 June 1924

ERNESTI, WALTER--BERLIN, GERMANY
      Gun which fires with forward movement of the gun 2,218,877 22 Oct 1940 (Ernesti & Herlach) (Assigned to Rheinmetall--Borsig Aktiengesellschaft)

EYLER, LAWRENCE J.--DAYTON, OHIO
      Cocking handle for aerial guns 1,528,950 10 May 1925 (Russell & Eyler)

FAIRCHILD AVIATION CORP.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Gun synchronizer 1,848,720 8 Mar 1932 (Horton)

FARQUHAR, MOUBRAY GORE--ABOYNE, SCOTLAND
      Automatic rifle 867,960 15 Oct 1907 (Farquhar & Hill)
      Automatic firearm 920,301 4 May 1909 (Farquhar & Hill)
      Automatic firearm 1,019,620 5 Mar 1912 (Farquhar & Hill)
      Cartridge magazine for rifles and machine guns 1,337,893 20 Apr 1920 (Farquhar & Hill)
      Automatic firearm 1,350,961 24 Aug 1920 (Farquhar & Hill)
      Automatic firearm 1,353,736 21 Sep 1920 (Farquhar & Hill)

FARRINGTON, DE WITT CLINTON--LOWELL, MASS.
      Machine gun 1657818 6 July 1875
      Barrel--shifting mechanism for machine guns 198,366 18 Dec 1877
      Cartridge feeder for machine guns 198,368 18 Dec 1877 Machine gun 241,130 10 May 1881
      Improvement in machine guns 179,450 4 July 1876
      Improvement in traverse mechanism for machine guns 198,367 18 Dec 1877
      Improvement in locks for machine guns 185,510 19 Dec 1876

FARWELL GUN CO.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Machine gun 154,596 1 Sep 1874 (Farwell)

FARWELL, WILLARD B.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Machine gun 137,428 1 Apr 1873
      Machine gun 154,596 1 Sep 1874 (Assigned to Farwell Gun Co.)
      Machine gun 169,686 9 Nov 1875

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FERRANT, EMIL--MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
      Automatic magazine gun 645,932 27 Mar 1900 (Beck & Ferrant)

FIELDS, WILLIAM--WILMINGTON, DEL.
      Gun, Battery 113,996 25 Apr 1871

FISHER, GEORGE O.--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
      Automatic gun 1,475,761 27 Nov 1923

FITTIPALDI, RAFAEL--BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
      Automatic repeating firearms 1,099,245 9 June 1914

FLETCHER, WALLACE R.--DAYTON, OHIO
      Blast tube for machine guns 1,557,820 20 Oct 1925
      Electrical synchronizer and trigger motor for automatic machine guns 1,530,700 24 Mar 1925 (Russell & Fletcher)

FLÖRICKE, ALBERT E.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Machine gun 1,401,768 27 Dec 1921

FOKKER, ANTHONY H. G.--AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
      Breech lock for machine guns 1,426,851 22 Aug 1922

FOOTE, OSCAR--WASHINGTON, D.C. (*)
      Machine gun 547,717 8 Oct 1895 (Dougherty)

FOSBERY, GEORGE VINCENT--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Recoil--operated firearm 584,631 15 June 1897

FOSKETT, WILLIAM A.--HARTFORD, CONN. (*)
      Machine gun 430,206 17 June 1890 (Garland)
      Machine gun 479,499 2 Aug 1892 (Garland)

FOWLER, ELBERT--BALTIMORE, MD.
      Machine gun 1,451,443 10 Apr 1923

FOX, ANSLEY H.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Gas--operated machine gun 1,293,396 4 Feb 1919 (Assigned to Ansley Fox Co.)
      Gas--operated automatic machine gun 1,294,892 18 Feb 1919 (Fox & Rice) (Assigned to Ansley Fox Co.)
      Machine gun 1,388,856 21 Aug 1930 (Assigned to Ansley Fox Co.)

FRANCIS, LOUIS--MIAMI, FLA.
      Multi--charge gun 2,360,217 10 Oct 1944

FRANK, HOLMES A.--MILLARTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA (*)
      Machine gun 1,216,938 20 Feb 1917 (Brotherston)
      Method of and apparatus for cooling gun barrels 1,216,939 20 Feb 1917 (Brotherston)

FRANKE, BERNHARD--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Improvement in revolving ordnance 35,998 29 July 1862

FRANKS, BENJAMIN R.--SCOTTSBORO, ALA.
      Extractor for revolving firearms 239,238 22 Mar 1881

FREEMAN, CHARLES--Los ANGELES, CALIF.
      Automatic firearm 802,033 17 Oct 1905
      Automatic firearm 870,719 12 Nov 1907

FRIBERG, H.--STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
      Automatic firearm 738,140 1 Sep 1903 (Assigned to Aktiebolaget Stockholms--Vapenfabrik)

FRIED. KRUPP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT--ESSEN ON THE RUHR, GERMANY (*)
      Recoil gun 809,821 9 Jan 1906 (Lauber)
      Barrel--recoil gun with wedge breech lock 842,547 29 Jan 1907 (Hermsdorf)
      Barrel--recoil gun 911,818 9 Feb 1909 (Hermsdorf)
      Recoil gun 911,849 9 Feb 1909 (Theile)
      Recoil gun 923,051 25 May 1909 (Lauber and Bominghaus)
      Composite gun barrel assembled by rotary motion of its component parts 1,400,780 20 Dec 1921 (Vollmer)

FRISSELL, FRANK H.--MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
      Belt--like cartridge carrier for machine guns 1,168,876 18 Jan 1916 (Assigned to Russell Mfg. Co.)
      Machine--gun belt 1,247,811 27 Nov 1917
      Machine--gun feed belt 1,258,553 5 Mar 1918 (Assigned to Russell Mfg. Co.)

FITZPATRICK, KIRBY--OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.
      Automatic gun, 1,161,384 23 Nov 1915

FROMMER, RUDOLF VON--BUDAPEST, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
      Firearm for hand and automatic loading 952,896 22 Mar 1910
      Automatic firearm 959,002 24 May 1910
      Automatic firearm 960,880 7 June 1910
      Automatic firearm 988,996 11 Apr 1911
      Automatic firearm 992,184 16 May 1911
      Automatic firearm 1,038,555 17 Sep 1912
      Firing mechanism for automatic firearms 1,159,004 2 Nov 1915
      Automatic firearm 1,516,835 25 Nov 1924
      Automatic firearm 1,521,676 6 Jan 1925
      Automatic firearm 1,579,742 6 Apr 1926
      Automatic firearm 1,680,186 7 Aug 1928
      Automatic firearm 1,758,486 13 May 1930
      Automatic firearm 1,809,741 9 June 1931
      Barrel spring for automatic firearm 1,877,839 20 Sep 1932
      Automatic firearm with removable barrel 1,991,302 12 Feb 1935

FROST, JOSEPH W.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Electric firearm 319,898 9 June 1885

FURRER, ADOLF--BERNE, SWITZERLAND
      Automatic firearm 1,518,498 9 Dec 1924 (Assigned to Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft)

GABBETT--FAIRFAX, HUGH WILLIAM--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Automatic firearm 684,055 8 Oct 1901
      Recoil--operated firearm 600,066 1 Mar 1898 (Assigned to the Mars Automatic Firearms Syndicate, Ltd.)
      Automatic or semi--automatic firearm 1,338,649 27 Apr 1920
      Automatic firearm 1,344,499 22 June 1920
      Firearm oCHARLES--LOSun 1,348,702 3 Aug 1920
      Automatic firearm 1,357,857 2 Nov 1920

GAETZI, JAKOB--SCHAFFHAUSEN, SWITZERLAND
      Automatic firearm 2,031,305 18 Feb 1936 (End & Gaetzi) (Assigned to Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft)

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GAIDOS, ALONZO F.--REDWOOD, CALIF.
      Fire control selector for automatic firearms 2,512,638 27 Jun 1950

GANNOE MFG. CO.--W.VA. (*)
      Centrifugal gun 1,309,129 8 July 1919 (Gannoe, T. A.)

GANNOE, THOMAS A.--WARREN,TEX.
      Centrifugal gun 1,309,129 8 July 1919 (Assigned to Gannoe Mfg. Co.)

GARAND, JOHN C.--SOMERSET, Mn Jan
      Automatic gun 1,603,684 19 Oct 1926

GARAND, JOHN C.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Machine gun 1,472,126 30 Oct 1923 (Kewish)

GARDNER, WILLIAM--HARTFORD, CONN. & CLEVELAND, OHIO
      Machine gun 245,710 16 Aug 1881
      Machine gun 216,266 10 Jan 1879
      Improvement in machine guns 174,130 29 Feb 1876

GARLAND, EDWARD E.--BELLEVILLE, N.J.
      Automatic firearm 2,189,202 6 Feb 1940

GARLAND, FRANK M.--NEW HAVEN, CONN.
      Machine gun 430,206 17 June 1890 (Assigned 2/3 to Beecher, Foskett, Newton & Sherman)
      Machine gun 513,995 6 Feb 1894
      Machine gun 479,799 2 Aug 1892 (Assigned 2/3 to Beecher, Foskett, Newton & Sherman)
      Machine gun 457,276 17 May 1892
      Automatic machine gun 623,003 11 Apr 1899
      Automatic operating mechanism for machine guns 636,974 14 Nov 1899 (2/3 to Beecher)
      Automatic machine gun 636,977 14 Nov 1899
      Automatic machine gun 643,118 13 Feb 1900 (2/3 Assigned to Beecher)
      Automatic machine gun mechanism 643,119 13 Feb 1900
      Automatic machine gun 669,236 5 Mar 1901

GASS, GEORGE WILLIAM--BOLTON, ENGLAND
      Machine gun 729,858 2 June 1903

GAST, CARL--BARMEN, GERMANY
      Double--barrel machine gun with recoiling barrels 1,477,115 11 Dec 1923

GASTAV GENSCHOW & CO.--BERLIN, GERMANY (*)
      Automatic firearm 2,182,907 12 Dec 1939 (Vollmer)

GATES, WILLIAM H.--NORWICH, CONN.
      Automatic firearm 962,137 21 June 1910

GATLING GUN CO.--HARTFORD, CONN. (*)
      Feeder for machine guns 290,622 18 Dec 1883 (Accles) Cartridge--charger for machine gun feeders 341,371 4 May 1886 (Bruce)
      Cartridge feeder for machine guns 343,532 8 June 1886 (Bruce)
      Cartridge feeder for machine guns 351,960 2 Nov 1886 (Bruce)
      Machine gun 504,517 5 Feb 1893 (Broderick & Vankeirsbilck)
      Feed for machine guns 504,516 5 Sep 1893 (Broderick Vankeirsbilck)

GATLING, RICHARD J.--HARTFORD, CONN. AND INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
      Traversing gun mechanism for machine guns 145,563 16 Dec 1873
      Machine gun 502,185 25 Dec 1Md.
      Feed for machine gun 499,534 13 June 1893 Improvement in revolving--battery guns 125,563 9 Apr 1872
      Revolving--battery gun 36,836 4 Nov 1862
      Improvement in revolving--battery guns 112,138 28 Feb 1871
      Improvement in battery guns 47,631 9 May 1865

GAVITT, JAMES K. G.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Electric firearm 332,071 8 Dec 1885

GEBAUER, FERENC--BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
      Gas--operated firearm 2,186,582 9 June 1940 (Assigned to Danuvia Ipari es' Kereskedelmi R. T.)

GEBAUER, PAUL--BERLIN, GERMANY
      Automatic gun 1,114,463 20 Oct 1914 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen and Mu nitionsfabriken)

GENERAL AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT, INC.--SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. (*)
      Gun actuator 2,341,641 15 Feb 1944 (Mejean, J. G.)

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Gun charger 2,389,943 27 Nov 1945 (Wall)

GENERAL MOTORS CORP.--DAYTON, OH. AND DETROIT, MICH. (*)
      Cartridge feed mechanism 2,418,428 1 Apr 1947 (Amid• quist)
      Bolt mechanism 2,503,575 11 Apr 1950 (Anderson & Pearson)
      Feed mechanism for machine guns 2,519,947 22 Aug 1950 (Watt)

GENERAL ORDNANCE CO.--GORTON, CONN. (*)
      Non--recoil gun 1,394,490 18 Oct 1921 (Giles)

GERNER, JOSEPH H.--LOWVILLE, N.Y
      Rapid--fire battery gun 1,283,728 5 Nov 1918

GESELLSCHAFT ZUR VERWAITIUNG VON FEUERWAFFEN--PATENTEN MBH--COLOGNE, GERMANY (*)
      Machine gun 1,032,413 16 July 1912 (Knotgen)
      Automatic machine gun 1,005,759 11 Mar 1913 (Knotgen)
      Automatic firearm 1,114,150 20 Oct 1914 (Knotgen)

GILES, JULIAN A.--DERBY, CONN.
      Non--recoil gun 1,394,490 18 Oct 1921 (Assigned to the General Ordnance Co.)

GLENN L. MARTIN CO.--BALTIMORE, MD. (*)
      Machine gun feed 2,428,414 7 Oct 1947 (Elliott)

GOEBEL, B.--LIEGE, BELGIUM
      Semi--automatic firearm with cylindrical breech 909,398 12 Jan 1909

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GOEPFRICII, GEORGE A.--SOUTH BEND, IND.
      Gun charging mechanism 2,413,104 24 Dec 1946 (Assigned to Bendix Aviation Corp.)
      Gun charger 2,408,624 1 Oct 1946

GORTON, WALTER T.--SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
      Buffer mechanism for machine guns 1,561,713 17 Nov 1925
      Machine gun 1,625,993 26 Apr 1927
      Machine gun 1,625,994 26 Apr 1927
      Machine gun 1,498,542 24 June 1924
      Combined barrel support and flash hider for guns 1,538,243 19 May 1925
      Automatic firearm 2,352,193 27 June 1944

GRANT, HARRY C., JR.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Gun charger 2,409,623 22 Oct 1946 (Assigned to Specialties Development Corp.)

GRAY, WILLIS R.--OAKTON, VA
      Silencer for firearms 1,066,898 8 July 1913

GREEN, SAMUEL G.--GRAY, GA.
      Electrically controlled mechanism for firearms 1,352,891 14 Sep 1920
      Attachment for preventing the feeding of ball cartridges to a gun 1,354,825 5 Oct 1920
      Attachment for gas--operated guns 1,445,583 13 Feb 1923 (Assigned to United States Ord. Co.)
      Machine gun unit 1,689,482 30 Oct 1928
      Water jacket for machine guns 1,963,086 19 Jun 1934
      Gun barrel and barrel mounting 1,980,399 13 Nov 1934
      Packed joint for guns 2,026,528 7 Jan 1936
      Trigger mechanism for machine guns 2,069,244 2 Feb 1937
      Cartridge feeding mechanism for automatic guns 2,073,632 16 Mar 1937
      Muzzle attachment for guns 2,101,063 7 Dec 1937
      Stabilizer for guns 2,101,848 14 Dec 1937
      Muzzle attachment for guVERWART,849 14 Dec 1937
      Muzzle attachment for guns 2,101,850 14 Dec 1937
      Machine gun jacket mounting 2,101,851 14 Dec 1937
      Bolt operating mechanism for machine guns 2,104,033 4 Jan 1938
      Back plate latch for machine guns 2,108,060 15 Feb 1938
      Trigger for machine guns 2,119,536 7 Jun 1938
      Gland adjusting mechanism 2,121,030 21 Jun 1938
      Recoil check and barrel accelerator for a machine gun 2,128,243 30 Aug 1938
      Muzzle attachment for guns 2,128,936 6 Sep 1938
      Muzzle attachment for guns 2,150,161 14 Mar 1939
      Machine gun structure 2,186,969 16 Jan 1940
      Back plate and driving spring for machine guns 2,321,592 15 Jun 1943 (Green & Hopkins)
      Gun barrel mounting 2,326,139 10 Aug 1943
      Back plate latch mechanism for machine guns 2,335,854 7 Dec 1943
      Flash hider 2,339,777 25 Jan 1944
      Barrel mounting 2,345,596 4 Apr 1944
      Stabilizer for guns 2,351,037 13 Jun 1944
      Recoil check and barrel accelerator for automatic weapons 2,362;996 21 Nov 1944
      Speed regulator for automatic guns 2,382,411 14 Aug 1945
      Gun feed mechanism 2,405,207 6 Aug 1946

GREENSTEIN, ADOLPH--WESTON, W.VA. (*)
      Magazine gun with pneumatically operated Magazine 444,666 13 Jan 1891 (Dinsmore)

GREER, JOHN WILLIAM--AUSTIN, TEX.
      Machine gun 431,515 1 July 1890

GREGG, CLARENCE--PITT BRIDGE; TEX.
      Machine gun 1,277,307 2 Aug 1918

GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Recoil--operated gun 512,437 9 r--Jan 1894 (Woodgate & Griffiths)

GRILL, CALVIN E.--SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
      Automatic gun 1,617,683 15 Feb 1927

GURNEY, J.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Improvement in breech--loading ordnance 34,025 24 Dec 1861 (De Brame)
      Improvement in revolving ordnance 34,024 24 Dec 1861 (De Brame)

GUSTAVO, VINCON--TURIN, ITALY
      Automatic firearm 1,484,163 19 Feb 1924

HAGEN, RUDOLF A.--MASON CITY, IOWA
      Machine gun 1,653,171 20 Dec 1927

HALETT, DELBERT--GALVESTON, TEX. (*)
      Machine gun 1,869,738 2 Aug 1932 (Davis)

HALL, EUGENE ADELBERT--WEST BAY CITY, MICH.
      Recoil--operated firearm 830,226 4 Sep 1906

HALLE AUTOMATIC FIRE ARMS SYND., LTD.--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
      Recoil--operated firearms 755,482 22 Mar 1904 (Halle)
      Automatic firearm 753,700 1 Mar 1904 (Halle)

HALLE, CLIFFORD R. S. J.--HAMPTON WICK, ENGLAND
      Recoil--operated firearm 755,482 22 Mar 1904 (Assigned to the Halle Automatic Firearms Syndicate, Ltd.)
      Automatic firearms 753,700 1 Mar 1904 (Assigned to Halle Automatic Firearms Syn., Ltd.)
      Automatic firearms 1,010,899 5 Dec 1911

HAMILTON, L. M.--PARIS, FRANCE
      Means for cooling machine guns 1,527,585 24 Feb 1925 (Hamilton, Joly & Pullock)

HAMMOND, GRANT--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Automatic gun 954,797 12 Apr 1910 (Assigned 1/2 to Darlington)
      Automatic gun 954,798 12 Apr 1910 (Assigned to Darlington)
      Automatic gun 954,799 12 Apr 1910

HANSEN, OLE--CHOATE, MICH. (*)
      Gas--operated firearm 532,380 8 Jan 1895 (Johnson)

HANSEN, SEEN L.--NORTHFIELD, OHIO
      Rapid--fire gun 2,374,816 1 May 1945

HARDY, MOSES F.--SEWARD, N.Y.
      Improvement in revolving ordnance 36,148 12 Aug 1862

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HARE, D. O.--CHARLESTOWN, ILL. (*)
      Improvement in repeating ordnance 12,295 23 Jan 1855 (Hoffman)

HARPER, ANGELO C.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Machine gun 1,369,426 22 Feb 1921

/TARRING, HARRY K.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Machine gun 1,698,228 8 Jan 1929 (Assigned 2/3 to Morgan R. Mills)

HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON ARMS COMPANY--WORCESTER, MASS. (*)
      Recoil operated firearm 812,015 6 Feb 1906 (Bye)

Safety device for firearms 2,495,383 24 Jan 1950 (Mulno)

HARVEY, EARLE M.--SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
      Automatic firearm 2,397,963 9 Apr 1946

HASKELL, GEORGE D.--CONCORD, MASS.
      Machine gun 1,379,339 24 May 1921 (Assigned to United States Ordnance Co.)

Machine gun 1,453,974 1 May 1923 (Dawson, Buckham & Haskell) (Assigned to Vickers, Ltd.)

HATCHER, JAMES L.--WINCHESTER, VA.
      Gun 1,744,162 2 Jan 1930

Apparatus for rifling gun barrels 1,789,308 20 Jan 1931 Belt--feed mechanism for machine guns 1,808,847 9 June 1931

Bolt--operating mechanism for machine guns 1,858,498 17 May 1932

HAUFF, ALBERT--BERLIN, GERMANY
      Recoil--operated firearm 545,496 3 Sep 1895

HAUBROE, WERNER CHRISTIAN LASSEN--COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
      Machine gun with exchangeable barrels 1,588,887 15 June 1926

HAYN, GEORG--ESSEN--ON--THE--RUHR, GERMANY
      Recoil gun barrel 913,403 23 Feb 1909

HAZELTON, GEORGE--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Machine gun 1,339,390 11 May 1920

Machine gun 1,447,246 6 Mar 1923 (Assigned to Vickers Ltd.)

Machine gun 1,479,138 1 Jan 1924 (Assigned to Vickers Ltd.)

HEDGES, ELLSWORTH C.--WEST HARTFORD, CONN.
      Bolt mechanism for machine guns 2,529,391 7 Nov 1950 (Assigned to Colt's Manufacturing Co.)

HEDRICK, FLOYD C.--KENTLAND, IND.
      Automatic firearm 1,249,622 11 Dec 1917

HEDRICK, JAMES H.--WYTHE COUNTY, VA.
      Improvement in repeating cannons 110,233 20 Dec 1870 (Assigned to Barrett)

HEINEMANN, KARL--BERLIN, GERMANY
      Trigger mechanism for machine guns 905,071 24 Nov 1908 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)

Automatic gun 1,045,549 26 Nov 1912 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)

Machine gun 1,087,371 17 Feb 1914 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)

Automatic gun 1,114,611 20 Oct 1914 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)

Machine gun 1,123,530 5 Jan 1915 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)

Machine gun 1,128,310 16 Feb 1915 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)

Machine gun 1,150,364 17 Aug 1915 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)

Machine gun 1,155,061 28 Sep 1915 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)

Machine gun 1,167,498 11 Jan 1916 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)

Automatic firearm 1,725,272 20 Aug 1929 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)

Automatic firearm 1,825,904 6 Oct 1931 (Assigned to Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)

HEIZLER, EDWARD J.--WEST CLADWELL, N.J.
      Gun charger 2,411,877 3 Dec 1946 (Assigned to Specialties Development Corp.)

HELLBERG, HELDGE--COVENTRY, ENGLAND
      Feed mechanism for automatic guns 1,298,091 25 Mar 1919 (Redpath & Hellberg) (Assigned to Coventry Ordnance Works)

HANDLEY, JAMES A.--MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
      Cartridge feed--belt for machine guns 2,422,898 24 June 1947 (Assigned to Russell Mfg. Co.)

HENCKEL, AAGE F. C.--HELLERUP, DENMARK
      Cartridge feeder and cartridge feeder dog for automatic firearms 2,499,583 7 Mar 1950

HENNEVELD, JACOBUS--LAANDAM, NETHERLANDS
      Cartridge belt for machine guns 1,136,956 27 Apr 1915 (Henneveld & Lemei)

HENNICK, DANIEL G.--MITCHELL, ONTARIO, CANADA
      Automatic firearm 1,004,424 26 Sep 1911

HENNING, HERMANN--BERLIN, GERMANY
      Automatic gun 2,202,201 28 May 1940 (Assigned to Rheinmetall--Borsig Aktiengesellschaft)

HEPBURN, LOUIS L.--NEW HAVEN, CONN.
      Repeating firearm 882,561 24 Mar 1908 (Assigned to Marlin Fire Arms Co.)

HEPPERLE, ERWIN--ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
      Automatic firearm 2,380,455 31 Jul 1945 (Lippert & Hepperle)

Automatic firearm breech bolt locking mechanism 2,523,704

26 Sep 1950 (Lippert & Hepperle) (Assigned to Oerlikon Co.)

Trigger mechanism for automatic firearms 2,524,258 3 Oct 1950 (Assigned to Oerlikon Co.)

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HERAPH, S. H.--ST. LOUIS, MO. (*)
      Improvement in repeating ordnance 29,437 31 July 1860 (Matthews)

HERLACH, FRITZ--DUSSELDORF, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm 1,709,399 16 Apr 1929 (Herlach & Rakula) (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik)

Automatic firearm with two cartridge magazines 1,784,355 9 Dec 1930 (Herlach & Rakula) (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik)

Automatic gun 2,067,322 12 Jan 1937 (Herlach & Rakula) (Assigned to Waffenfabrik Solothurn A.G.)

Automatic firearm 1,746,471 11 Feb 1930 (Herlach & Rakula) (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik)

Automatic firearm 2,015,908 1 Oct 1935 (Rakula & Herlach) (Assigned to Waffenfabrik Solothurn A.G.)

HERLACH, HEINRICH--BERLIN, GERMANY
      Gun that fires during forward movement of the gun 2 218,887 22 Oct 1940 (Ernesti & Herlach) (Assigned to Rheinmetall--Borsig Aktiengesellschaft) Automatic gun 2,230,328 4 Feb 1941 (Krum & Herlach) (Assigned to Rheinmetall--Borsig)

HERMAN, HENRY--LOUISVILLE, MISS. (*)
      Machine gun 282,787 7 Aug 1883 (Shields)

HERMSDORF, MAX--ESSEN --ON --THE--RUHR, GERMANY
      Barrel--recoil gun with wedge breechblock 842,547 29 Jan 1907 (Assigned to Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft)

Barrel--recoil gun 911,818 9 Feb 1909 (Assigned to Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft)

HIGH STANDARD MFG. CORP.--NEW HAVEN, CONN. (*)
      Self--loading repeating firearm 2,342,824 29 Feb 1944 (Swebilius)

Self--loading repeating firearm 2,365,307 19 Dec 1944 (Swebilius)

Belt--holding pawls for machine guns 2,392,012 1 Jan 1946 (Swebilius)

Extractor switch mechanism for machine guns 2,404,325 16 July 1946 (Swebilius)

HIGSON, PERCY REUBEN--WESTMINSTER, ENGLAND
      Gas--operated machine gun & Automatic small arm 1,811,693 23 June 1931 (Larsson & Higson) (Assigned to Vickers Armstrong Ltd.)

Drum magazine for machine guns and automatic small arms 1,811,694 23 June 1931 (Larsson & Higson) (Assigned to Vickers Armstrong Ltd.)

Machine gun and automatic small arms 1,846,035 9 Feb 1932 (Larsson & Higson) (Assigned to Vickers Armstrong Ltd.)

Machine gun 2,013,312 3 Sep 1935 (Larsson & Higson) (Assigned to Vickers Armstrong Ltd.)

Machine gun 2,048,395 21 July 1936 (Larsson & Higson) (Assigned to Vickers Armstrong Ltd.)

Machine gun 2,037,244 14 Apr 1936 (Larsson & Higson) (Assigned to Vickers Armstrong Ltd.)

Machine gun & drum 2,113,793 12 Apr 1938 (Larsson & Higson) (Assigned to Vickers Armstrong Ltd.)

Machine gun and automatic small arm 2,137,612 22 Nov 1938 (Larsson & Higson) (Assigned to Vickers Armstrong Ltd.)

Automatic gun 2,347,559 25 Apr 1944 (Assigned to Vickers Armstrong Ltd.)

Double--barreled automatic gun 2,509,734 30 May 1950 (Assigned to Vickers--Armstrong Ltd.)

HILL, ARTHUR HENRY--BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
      Automatic rifle 867,960 15 Oct 1907 (Farquhar & Hill) Automatic firearm 920,301 4 May 1909 (Farquhar & Hill)

Automatic firearm 1,019,620 .5 Mar 1912 (Farquhar & Hill)

Cartridge magazine for rifles and machine guns 1,337,893 20 Apr 1920 (Farquhar & Hill)

Automatic firearm 1,350,961 24 Aug 1920 (Farquhar & Hill)

Automatic firearm 1,353,736 21 Sep 1920 (Farquhar & Hill)

HODGES, LLOYD E.--GLENDORA, CALIF. Machine gun 1,399,119 6 Dec 1921

HOFFMAN, SAMUEL--CHARLESTON, ILL.
      Improvement in repeating cannons 12,295 23 Jan 1855 (Assigned to Hare, D. 0.)

HOLEK, EMANUEL--BRUNN, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
      Gas--pressure regulator device for firearms 1,802,816 28 Apr 1931 (Assigned to Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka Akciova Spolecnost V. Brne)

HOLEK, VACLAV--BRUNN, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
      Automatic firearm 2,146,185 7 Feb 1939 (Assigned to Czeskoslovenka Zbrojovka)

Automatic firearm 2,223,004 26 Nov 1940 (Assigned to Czeskoslovenka Zbrojovka)

Automatic firearm 2,267,501 23 Dec 1941 (Assigned to Czeskoslovenka Zbrojovka)

Automatic firearm 2,093,169 14 Sep 1937 (Assigned to Czeskoslovenka Zbrojovka)

Automatic firearm 2,115,526 26 Apr 1938 (Assigned to Czeskoslovenka Zbrojovka)

HOLLINGSWORTH, J.--ZANESVILLE, OHIO (*)
      Firearm, Self--cocking revolving 39,825 8 Sep 1863 (Mershon)

HOOKHAM, GEORGE--BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
      Automatic gun 621,085 14 Mar 1899

HOPKINS, EDWARD W.--ENFIELD, CONN.
      Back plate and driving spring for machine guns 2,321,592 15 Jun 1943 (Green & Hopkins)

HOPPERT, FILSER D.--SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
      Machine gun 2,108,817 22 Feb 1938 (Hoppert, Bull & Simpson)

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HORAN, TIMOTHY F.--NEW HAVEN, CONN.
      Automatic firearm 2,341,780 15 Feb 1944

Automatic firearm 2,357,047 29 Aug 1944 (Assigned to Savage Arms Corp.)

Cartridge feeding mechanism for repeating firearms 2,422,301 17 June 1947

HORNE, GEORGE A.--SYRACUSE, N.Y.
      Recoil--operated firearm 690,955 14 Jan 1902

HORTON, WINTHROP S.--FARMINGDALE, N.Y.
      Gun synchronizer 1,848,720 8 Mar 1932 (Assigned to Fairchild Aviation Corp.)

HOTCHKISS, BENJAMIN B.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Machine gun 10,280 6 Feb 1883

Metallic cartridge 98,278 28 Dec 1869 (Leet, C. D.)

Breech--loading firearm 99,898 15 Feb 1870

Machine gun or battery gun 103,501 13 Aug 1872

Machine gun 211,737 28 Jan 1879

Machine gun 211,849 4 Feb 1879

Machine gun 253,924 21 Feb 1882

HOTCHKISS ET CIE (FRANCE) See SOCIETE ANONYME DES ANCIENS ETABLISSEMENTS HOTCHKISS & CIE.

HOTCHKISS ORDNANCE CO. LTDAktiebolGLAND (*)
      Automatic machine gun 563,043 14 July 1896 (Benet & Mercié)

Gas--operated gun 588,380 17 Aug 1897 (Bendt & Mercié)

HOWIE, JAMES F.--SEATTLE, WASH.
      Centritogal gun 1,235,897 7 Aug 1917

HUDSON, ROBERT F.--RICHMOND, VA.
      Machine gun 1,386,872 9 Aug 1921

Machine gun 1,749,137 4 Mar 1930 (Assigned to Automatic Guns Inc.)

Machine guns 1,786,207 23 Dec 1930 (Assigned to Automatic Guns Inc.)

Automatic gun 2,112,660 29 Mar 1938

HUGHES, CHARLES F.--VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
      Automatic firearm 1,190,653 12 Apr 1916

HUGHES, ROBERT H. S.--BALTIMORE, MD.
      Recoil control for firearms 2,184,595 26 Dec 1939 (Assigned to Roberts, M.)

HUGHES, WILLIAM O.--PINKSTAFF, ILL.
      Machine gun 662,761 27 Nov 1900 (Hughes & Bowman)

HUMESTON, FREDERICK L.--HAMDEN, CONN.
      Gas--operated actuating mechanism for firearFeuerwaffen2 8 Feb 1944 (Assigned to Western Cartridge Co.)

HUNTLEY, STEPHEN A.--SIOUX CITY, IOWA
      Automatic firearm 747,Patenten)c 1903 (Assigned to Spatz & Conly)

IDE, CHARLES E.--REDLANDS, CALIF. (*)
      Automatic firearms 1,028,884 11 June 1912 (Johnson)

INTERCONTINENTAL CO.--CALIF. (*)
      Centrifugal gun 1,311,465 29 July 1919 (Saliger)

Centrifugal gun 1,311,492 29 July 1919 (Bullard)

INTERSTATE AIRCRAFT & ENGINEERING CORP.--CALIF. (*)
      Remote control gun charger 2,397,507 2 Apr 1946 (Roberts)

ITHOMITIS, APOSTOLOS C.--RAYMOND, WASH.
      Automatic firearm 1,442,951 23 Jan 1923

JAESCHKE, ERNST--HAMBURG, GERMANY
      Lateral dispersion device for machine guns 1,413,936 25 Apr 1922 (Rauchfuss & Jaeschke)

JAGGARD, WILLIAM R.--HYTHE, ENGLAND
      Air--cooled gun 2,337,840 28 Dec 1943 (Scott--Paine & Jaggard)

JANECEK, FRANTISEK--PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
      Machine gun 1,747,546 18 Feb 1930 Automatic firearm 2,270.683 20 Jan 1942

JERVEY, THOMAS M.--WASHINGTON, D.C. Automatic gun 1,651,128 29 Nov 1927

JETER, EDMOND W.--ATLANTA, GA.
      Machine gun 664,952 1 Jan 1901 (Assigned 2/3 to Black burn, Spilman & Bickart)

JOHNSON, CHRIST--WAUSAU, WIS.

Gas--operated firearm 532,380 8 Jan 1895 (Assigned 9/20 to Ole Hansen)

JOHNSON, CLIFFORD E.--DAYTON, OHIO
      Gun cocking device 2,386,801 16 Oct 1945 (Johnson Elliott)

JOHNSON, MARY E.--FITCHBURG, MASS. (*)
      Automatic gun 499,259 23 May 1911 (Cobb)

JOHNSON, MELVIN M., LTD.--LONDON, ENNE, MASS.
      Automatic firearm 2,215,470 24 Sep 1940 (Assigned to Johnson & Rice)

Automatic gun 2,383,487 28 AuBenét5 (Assigned to Johnson & Rice)

Automatic firearm 2,409,569 15 Oct 1946 (Assigned to Johnson & Rice)

JOHNSON, QUINTON C.--GARDENA, CALIF.
      Gun blast seal 2,514,495 11 Jul 1950 (Assigned to North American Aviation, Inc.)

JOHNSON, THOMAS C.--NEW HAVEN, CONN.
      Automatic firearm 681,481 27 Aug 1901 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

Automatic firearm 694,157 25 Feb 1902 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

Recoil--operated firearm 768,665 30 Aug 1904 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

Locking block for automatic guns 760,871 24 May 1904 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.) Recoiling--barrel firearm 945,328 4 Jan 1910 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

Recoiling--barrel gun 946,134 11 Jan 1910 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

JOHNSTON, JAMES S.--UTICA, N.Y.
      Machine gun 1,335,939 6 Apr 1920

Machine gun 1,328,230 13 Jan 1920

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Gas delay for firearms 1,387,889 16 Aug 1921

Cartridge magazine for machine guns 1,447,860 6 Mar 1923

Cocking mechanism for automatic machine guns 1,447,861 6 Mar 1923

Machine gun 1,485,460 4 Mar 1924

JOHNSTON, MILLARD L.--UTICA, N.Y.
      Cooler for firearms 1,296,193 4 Mar 1919

Actuator for machine guns 1,452,465 17 Apr 1923

Cartridge mechanism for machine guns 1,460,800 3 July 1923

JOHNSON, IVAR--REDLANDS, CALIF.
      Automatic firearm 1,028,884 11 June 1912 (Assigned 1/2 to Ide, Charles E.)

JOLY, CHARLES LEVEQUE--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Means for cooling machine guns 1,527,585 24 Feb 1925 (Hamilton, Joly & Pullock)

JORGENSEN, BERNHARDT--MARBLEHEAD, MASS.
      Gun loading mechanism 2,425,425 12 Aug 1947 (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

JORGENSEN, ERIC--KONGSBERG, NORWAY
      Straight pull breech bolt for firearms 502,727 8 Aug 1893 (Krag & Jorgensen)

JOSLIN, WILLIAM--CLEVELAND, OHIO
      Improvement in centrifugal guns 24,031 17 May 1859

JUHASZ, ELEK B.--LEBANON, PA.
      Automatic concealed firearm for self defense 1,726,228 27 Aug 1929

JUSSELIN, LEON--MOREAUVILLE, LA.
      Machine gun 861,467 30 July 1907

KAUCH, ROBERT--DAYTON, OHIO
      Machine gun synchronizer 1,592,500 13 July 1926 (Paulus & Kauch)

KEHNE, KARL--BERLIN, GERMANY
      Cocking device for automatic firearms having a sliding barrel and a bolted breech 2,056,577 6 Oct 1936

Gun having sliding and interchangeable barrels 2,345,127 28 Mar 1944

KENNEY, CHARLES H.--NEW LONDON, CONN.
      Silencer for firearms 1,017,003 13 Feb 1912

KEWISH, JOHN T.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Machine gun 1,472,126 30 Oct 1923 (Assigned 1/2 to Garand, John C.)

Automatic firearm 1,563,751 1 Dec 1925

Automatic firearm 1,587,003 1 June 1926

Automatic firearm 1,696,537 25 Dec 1928

Automatic firearm 1,993,887 12 Mar 1935

KEY, MINTER P.--1\1E1%11,ms, TENN.
      Machine gun 241,671 17 May 1881

KILGORE MFG. CO.--WESTERNILLE, OHIO (*)
      F Machine gun 2,039,930 5 May 1936 (Rickenbacher)

KIMBALL, WILLIAM W.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Recoil--operated bolt gun 554,068 4 Feb 1896

KING, WILLIS L.--APPONAUG,

Automatic firearm 515,526 27 Feb 1894 (Assigned to self & Potter, Louis K.)

KINNE, GEORGE O.--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Improvement in operating machine guns 120,588 7 Nov 1871 (Assigned to Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co.)

KINSMAN, FRANK E.--PLAINFIELD, N.J.
      Electric firearm 317,545 12 May 1885

KIRALY, PAUL VON--BUDAPEST, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
      Automatic breech--loading firearm 1,073,908 23 Sep 1913 (Kiraly & Lovasz)

Automatic or repeating firL.--UTICA25,181 27 July 1943 (Kiraly & Kucher) (Assigned to Alien Property Cus todian)

KJELLMAN, RUDOLF HENRIK--STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
      Automatic firearm 680,488 13 Aug 1901 (Kjellman & Andersson) (Assigned to Aktiebolaget Automatgevar)

Automatic firearm 690,739 7 "Jan 1902 (Kjellman & Andersson) (Assigned to Aktieholaget Automatgevar)

Recoil--operated firearm 765,491 19 July 1904 (Assigned to Aktiebolaget Stockholms Vapenfabrik)

Automatic firearm 814,547 6 Mar 1906 (Assigned to Aktiebolaget Stockholms Vapenfabrik)

Automatic firearm 1,040,692 8 Oct 1912 (Assigned to Aktiebolaget Stockholms Vapenfabrik)

KLETTE, CURT--DUSSELDORF, GERMANY
      Gun with long recoil 1,151,476 14 Aug 1915 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren and Maschinenfabrik)

KNORR--BREMSE A. G.--BERLIN, GERMANY (5)
      Gas--operating loading device 2,119,169 31 May 1938 (Lauf)

KNoTGEN, MATHIAS--COLOGNE, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm with stationary barrel 993,175 23 May 1911

Machine gun 1,032,413 16 July 1912 (Assigned to Gesellschaft zur Verwartung von Feuerwaffen Patenten Automatic machine gun 1,005,759 11 Mar 1913 (Assigned to Gesellschaft zur Verwartung von Feuerwaffel Patenten)

Automatic firearm 1,114,150 20 Oct 1914 (Assigned to Gesellschaft zur Verwartung von Feuerwaffen Patenten:

KNOTTS, ADDISON BURGESS--RAMOS, LA.
      Means for operating machine gun 1,179,635 18 Apr 1916

Means for operating machine gun 1,198,557 19 Sep 1916

KNOUS, FRANKLIN H.--NEW HAVEN, CONN.
      Automatic firearm 933,254 7 Sep 1909 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms CO.)

KNOWLES, P.--MEMPHISTFORD, CONN.
      Recoil--operated automatic firearm 829,163 21 Aug. 1906

KOBER, FERDIND--ALLENTOWN, PA.
      Machine gun 771,019 27 Sep 1904

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KOCH, NORBERT--ESSEN--ON--THE--RUHR, GERMANY
      Barrel recoil gun 913,403 23 Feb 1909

KOUCHER, JOZSEF--BUDAPEST, HUNGARYLOVASZ
      Automatic or repeating firearm 2,325,484 27 July 1943 (Alien Property Custodian)

KOUCKY, JOSEF--PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
      Automatic firearm 2,351,976 20 Jun 1944

Inertia member for retarding breechblock movement in automatic firearms 2,495,460 24 Jan 1950 (Assigned to Zbro&vka Brno Narodni Podnik)

Cartridge feeding means for automatic firearms 2,519,582 22 Aug 1950 (Assigned to Zbrojovka Brno Narodni Podnik)

KOZURIK, OSKAR VON--VIENNA, AUSTRIA
      Machine gun 2,147,003 14 Feb 1939 (Assigned to Latscher--Latka & Beck--Rzikowsky)

KRAG, OLE HERMAN--KONGSBERG, NORWAY
      Straight--pull breech bolt for firearms 502,727 8 Aug 1893 (Kraig & Jorgensen)

Automatic repeating firearm 954,441 12 Apr 1910

KRNKA, CHARLES--VIENNA, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
      Automatic firearm 676,995 25 June 1901 (Roth & Krnka)

Automatic firearm 683,072 24 Sep 1901 (Roth & Krnka)

KRNKA, KARL--PRAGUE, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
      Revolving magazine firearm 459,874 22 Sep 1891 Straight--pull breech loading gun 441,673 2 Dec 1890

(K. & S. Krnka) (Assigned to Krnka Repeating Rifle Co. Ltd.)

Recoil--operated firearm 634,913 17 Oct 1899 (Roth & Krnka)

Automatic firearm 975,256 8 Nov 1910

Automatic firearm 1,018,914 27 Feb 1912

Automatic firearm 1,166,913 4 Jan 1916

KRNKA REPEATING ARMS CO. LTD.--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
      Straight--pull breech loading gun 441,673 2 Dec 1890 (Silvester & Karl Kranka)

KRNKA, SILVESTER--PRAGUE, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
      Gun, straight--pull breech loading 441,673 2 Dec 1890 (Silvester & Karl Krnka) (Assigned to Krnka Repeating Rifle Co. Ltd.)

KRUM, ALFRED--BERLIN, GERMANY
      Automatic gun 2,230,328 4 Feb 1941 (Krum & Herlach) (Assigned to Rheinmetall--Borsig Aktiengesellschaft)

KRUPP, FRIED., A. G. See FRIED. KRUPP A. G.

KRZYZANOWSKI, THEODORE R.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Antiaircraft gun 1,297,699 18 March 1919 (Assigned 1/10 to Gliwski, Frank and 1/2 to Pinder, S. S.)

KONG, ALBERT--ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
      Automatic gun 1,556,225 6 Oct 1925 (Assigned to Werkzeug--Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon)

LAHTI, AIMO JOHANNES--JYVASKYLA, FINLAND
      Automatic firearm 1,895,719 31 Jan 1933

Machine gun 1,987,939 15 Jan 1935

LAIRD, CHARLES WILLIAM--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Cartridge belt 1,150,435 17 Aug 1915 (Laird, Menteyne and Degaille)

LALOUX, RENE--BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
      Automatic rapid--fire gun 2,136,512 15 Nov 1938

Barrel fastening means 2,121,171 21 June 1938

Automatic repeating gun 2,017,283 15 Oct 1935

Machine gun 2,115,861 3 May 1938

Machine gun 2,141,537 27 Dec 1938

LARSSON, CARL ALFRED--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Automatic gun 1,468,262 18 Sep 1923 (Dawson, Buckham & Larsson) (Latscher--Latkackers)

Automatic gun 1,553,992 15 Sep 1925 (Dawson, Buckham & Larsson) (Assigned to Vickers)

Articulated link for the cartridge belts of machine guns 1,550,787 25 Aug 1925 (Dawson, Buckham & Larsson) (Assigned to Vickers)

Gas--operated machine gun and automatic small arm 1,811,693 (Larsson & Higson) (Vickers)

Drum magazine for machine guns and automatic small arms 1,811,694 23 June 1931 (Larsson & Higson) (Assigned to Vickers Armstrong Ltd.)

Machine gun and automatic small arms 1,846,035 9 Feb 1932 (Larsson & Higson) (Vickers)

Machine gun 2,013,312 3 Sep 1935 (Larssc Higson) (Assigned to Vickers)

Machine gun 2,048,395 21 July 1936 (Larsson & Hipon) (Assigned to Vickers)

Machine gun 2,037,244 14 April 1936 (Larsson & Higson) (Assigned to Vickers)

Machine gun and magazine therefor 2,113,793 12 April 1938 (Larsson & Higson) (Assigned to Vickers)

LAUBER, OTTO--ESSEN--ON--THE--RUHR, GERMANY
      Recoil gun 809,821 9 Jan 1906 (Assigned to Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft)

Recoil gun 923,051 25 May 1909 (Lauber & Bominghaus) (Assigned to same)

LAUF, HANS--BERLIN, GERMANY
      Gas--operating loading device 2,119,169 31 May 1938 (As signed to Knorr--Bremse)

LEE, JAMES P.--ILION, N.Y.
      Gun, straight--pull bolt 506,319 10 Oct 1893

Gun, straight--pull bolt 506,320 10 Oct 1893

Gun, straight--pull bolt 506,321 10 Oct 1893

LEE, JAMES PARIS--HARTFORD, CONN. (*)
      Gun, straight--pull bolt 506,339 10 Oct 1893 (Richards)

LEET, C. D.--VIENNA, AUSTRIA
      Metallic cartridge 98,278 28 Dec 1869 (Hotchkiss)

LEMEI, ALEXANDER--AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
      Cartridge belt for machine guns 1,136,956 27 Apr 1915 (Henneveld & Lemei)

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LANG, CHARLES WELLINGTON--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Rapid--fire gun 1,329,979 3 Feb 1920

Rapid--fire gun 1,359,608 23 Nov 1920

Cartridge feed mechanism for breech--loading firearms 1,359,607 23 Nov 1920

LEONARD, HARVEY REID--SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
      Machine gun 207,747 3 Sep 1878 (Assigned to Abraham Rosenberg)

LESNICK, ROBERT N.--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
      Gun ammunition magazine 2,364,510 5 Dec 1944 (Bertran & Lesnick) (Assigned to Brewster Aeronautical Corp.)

LEVE, CHARLES--CANNES, FRANCE
      Automatic gun 1,738,439 3 Dec 1929

LEWIS, ISAAC NEWTON--FORTRESS MONROE, VA.
      Air--cooled automatic firearm 1,004,666 3 Oct 1911

Automatic firearm 1,142,896 15 June 1915

Gas regulator and trap for automatic gas--operated firearms 1,195,693 22 Ang 1916 (Assigned to Automatic Arms Co.)

LEWIS, JOHN--RAWLINS, WYO. (*)
      Automatic gun 718,062 8 Jan 1903 (Weed)

LIEBENFELD, LOUIS--LOUISVILLE, MISS. (*)
      Machine gun 282,787 7 Aug 1883 (Shields)

FRIEDRICH--DUSSELDORF, GERMANY
      Firearm with exchangeable barrel 2,014,184 10 Sepon &1935 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren and Maschinenfabrik)

LINDSEY, BEN G.--JASPER, TEXAS (*)
      Machine gun 1,959,737 22 May 1934 (Rigsby)

LIPPERT, HANNS--ZuRICH, SWITZERLAND
      Automatic firearm 2,380,455 31 Jul 1945 (Lippert & Hepperle)

Automatic firearm breech bolt lock 2,512,027 20 Jun 1950 (Lippert and Muhlemann) (Assigned to Oerlikon Co.) Automatic firearm breech bolt locking mechanism 2,523,704 26 Sep 1950 (Lippert & Hepperle) (Assigned to Oerlikon Co.)

LJUNGMAN, J. C. AKTIEBOLAGET. See AKTIEBOLAGET J. C. LJUNGMAN

LJUTIC, ALBERT V.--VERONA, CALIF.
      Gas--operated automatic rifle 2,456,290 14 Dec 1948

LOCHHEAD, JOHN L.--SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
      Machine gun 2,205,426 2 Mar 1938

Reversible feed mechanism for machine guns 2,504,994 25 Apr 1950

LOGAN, HUMPHREY THOMAS--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Machine gun and the like 1,318,214 7 Oct 1919

LOMBARD, LEVI W.--MATTAPAN, MASS.
      Centrifugal gun 1,420,660 27 June 1922 (Assigned to Centrifugal Gun Corp.)

LOUIS, CHARLES W.--SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
      Firearm, Automatic magazine 900,865 13 Oct 1908 (As. signed to Edward R. Buck)

LovAsz, JOSEF--BUDAPEST, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
      Automatic breech--loading firearm 1,073,908 23 Sep 1913 (Kiraly & Lovasz)

LOVELACE, CHARLES D.--FORT WORTH, TEX.
      Recoil gun 922,173 18 May 1909

LUCAS, OWEN DAVIS--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Machine gun and similar weapon 1,412,252 11 Apr 1922

(Martin & Lucas) (Assigned to M. L. Experimental Ltd.) Means for controlling the rate of fire of automatic guns carried by aircraft 1,486,909 18 Mar. 1924 (Assigned to Vickers Ltd.)

LUCINANI, JACQUES--PARIS, FRANCE
      Multiple--barrel machine gun 1,319,882 28 Oct 1919 (Assigned to Solms, W. J)

LUDORF, ERNST--BERNE, SWITZERLAND
      Machine gun 1,446,388 20 Feb .1923

LUGER, GEORG--CHARLOTTENBURG, GERMANY
      Recoil--operated firearm 839,778 25, Dec 1906

Cartridge having multipart projectiles 926,431 29 June 1909

Recoil--operated firearm 851,538 23 Apr 1907

LUTTON, GEORGE E.--KALISPELL, MONT.
      Automatic rifle 1,886,113 1 Nov 1932

LYMAN, A. S.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Gun, Accelerating 200,740 26 Feb 1878 (Assigned to Accelerating Fire Arms Co.)

LYTTON, EDWARD--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Firing mechanism for small arms 1,240,068 11 Sep 1917

M. L. EXPERIMENTAL LTD--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
      Machine gun and similar weapon 1,412,252 11 Apr 1922 (Martin & Lucas)

MAHER, EDMUND--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Improvement in repeating ordnance 33,813 26 Nov 1861 (McCord & Maher)

Improvement in repeating firearms 33,167 6 May 1862

MAILLARD, BERNARD--GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
      Gas piston operated firearm 2,494,889 17 Jan 1950 (Assigned to Brevets Aero--Mecaniques S. A.)

Ammunition charging device for automatic arms 2,503,116 4 Apr 1950 (Assigned to Brevets Aero--Mecaniques S. A.) Pivoted breech bolt lock 2,522,628 19 Sep 1950 (Assigned to Brevets Aero--Mecaniques S. A.)

MANCINI, NICCOLO--FLORENCE, ITALY
      Detachable feed belt for automatic firearms 2,016,750 8 Oct 1935

Automatic firearm 2,016,646 8 Oct 1935

MANGLE, ST. OMER--BOSTON, MASS.
      Automatic firearm 896,453 18 Aug 1909

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MAN NLICHER, FERDINAND RITTER VON--VIENNA, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
      Feed mechanism for magazine guns 518,821 24 Apr 1894 Automatic firearm 581,295 27 Apr 1897

Automatic firearm 581,296 27 Apr 1897

Automatic firearm 728,739 19 Mar 1903

MAREK, ANTON--VIENNA, AUSTRIA
      Automatic firearm 1,906,800 2 May 1933 (Assigned to Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka Akciova Spolecnost v. Brne)

Self--loading firearm 1,960,913 29 May 1934 (Assigned as above)

MARGA, ULDARIQUE A.--BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
      Automatic firearm 1,456,811 29 May 1923

MARINER, NORMAN E.--BEVERLY, MASS.
      Magazine for machine guns 2,489,428 29 Nov 1949 (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

MARLIN FIRE ARMS CO.--NEW HAVEN, CONN. (*)
      Repeating firearm 882,561 24 Mar 1908 (Hepburn)

Automatic firearm 1,402,459 3 Jan 1922 (Swebilius)

Automatic gun 1,450,653 3 Apr 1923 (Swebilius)

Automatic gun 1,444,890 13 Feb 1923 (Swebilius)

Automatic firearm 1,521,730 6 Jan 1925 (Swebilius)

Automatic gun 1,565,756 15 Dec 1925 (Rockwell)

Automatic firearm 1,550,759 25 Aug 1925 (Swebilius)

Automatic firearm 1,550,760 25 Aug 1925 (Swebilius)

Automatic gun 1,558,566 27 Oct 1925 ( Rockwell)

MARS AUTOMATIC FIRE ARMS SYND. LTD.--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
      Recoil--operated firearm 600,066 1 Mar 1898 (Gabbett--Fairfax)

MARTIN, HELMUTH PAUL--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Machine gun and similar weapon 1,412,252 11 Apr 1922 (Martin & Lucas) (Assigned to M. L. Experimental Ltd.)

MARTIN, JAMES--HIGHER DENHAM, ENGLAND
      Cartridge feeding mechanism for automatic cannon 2,522,457 12 Sep 1950

MARTIN, JOHN--IMPERIAL, CALIF.
      Rapid--firing gun 1,285,765 26 Nov 1918 (Assigned 1/2 to Jose de Barros)

MARTIN, JOSEPH--LOUISVILLE, KY.
      Machine by which the centrifugal force is controlled in throwing balls and other bodies 1,713 3 Aug 1840

MARTIN, THOMAS--ST. ETIENNE, FRANCE
      Automatic firearm 935,672 5 Oct 1909

MARTIN, WILLIAM--SEATTLE, WASH. (*)
      Gas--operated gun 1,308,016 24 June 1919 (Clark)

MARTINEAU, JOSEPH A. E.--BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
      Rotary barrel gun 2,406,089 20 Aug 1946

MARTINEZ--SILVA, LUIS--BOGOTA, COLUMBIA
      Automatic mechanism for firearms 1,233,096 10 July 1917

MASCARUCCI, GIUSEPPE--TURIN, ITALY
      Automatic firearm with recoiling barrel and without movable breech 1,733,231 29 Oct 1929 (Assigned to Societa Anonima Fabrica Armi--Torino)

Device for reducing the rate of fire of automatic firearms 1,771,132 22 July 1930 (Assigned to Societa Anonima Fabrica Armi--Torino)

MASON, WILLIAM--NEW HAVEN, CONN.
      Magazine for firearms 285,284 18 Sep 1883 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

Gas--operated gun 525,151 28 Aug 1894 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

Automatic firearm 695,784 18 Mar 1902 (Bennett & Mason) (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

Gun, Tubular magazine automatic 874,856 24 Dec 1907 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.) Gas--operated gun 877,657 28 Jan 1908 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

Gas--operated gun 885,166 21 Apr 1908 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

Automatic firearm 846,591 12 Mar 1907 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

Automatic firearm 854,707 21 May 1907 (Assigned to Winchester Repeating Arms Co.)

MATTHEWS, J. A.--ST. LOUIS, MO.
      Improvement in repeating ordnance 29,437 31 July 1860 (Assigned to Heraph)

MAtHEWS, T.--LEWISBURGH, W.VA. (*)
      Machine gun 130,098 30 July 1872 (Wood)

MAUSER A. G. See WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER A. G.

MAUSER, PAUL--OBERNDORF, GERMANY
      Breech--loading firearm 78,603 2 June 1868 (Norris & Mauser)

Recoil--operated firearm 584,479 15 June 1897

Recoil--operated firearm 639,421 19 Dec 1899

Automatic gun 1,014,660 16 Jan 1912

Ejector device for automatic firearm 1,035,210 13 Aug 1912

Automatic firearm 1,091,857 31 Mar 1914

Device for automatic firearms for shooting with blanks 1,092,157 7 Apr 1914

Automatic firearm 1,107,815 18 Aug 1914

Automatic firearm 1,125,578 19 Jan 1915

Automatic firearm 1,130,312 2 Mar 1915

Automatic firearm 1,131,721 16 Mar 1915

Firing mechanism for automatic firearms 1,150,611 17 Aug 1915

Rotatable breech bolt for automatic firearms 1,180,784 25 Apr 1916 (Assigned to Waffenfabrik Mauser Aktiengesellschaft)

Rotatable lug bolt firearm 1,180,785 25 Apr 1916 (Assigned to Waffenfabrik Mauser Aktiengesellschaft) Firearm 1,217,974 6 Mar 1917 (Assigned to Waffenfabrik Mauser Aktiengesellschaft)

Means for combining the barrel with the receiver in connection with firearSocietà4,783 31 July 1917 (Assigned to Waffenfabrik Mauser Aktiengesellschaft)

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MAUSER, WILHELM--WURTEMBURG, GERMANY
      Breech--loadiSocietàarm 78,603 2 June 1868 (Norris & Mauser)

MAXIM, HIRAM PERCY--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Silencer for firearm 880,386 25 Feb 1908

Silencer for firearm 916,885 30 Mar 1909 (Assigned to Maxim Silent Firearms Co.)

Silent firearm 958,934 24 May 1910 (Assigned to Maxim Silent Firearms Co.)

Silent firearm 958,935 24 May 1910 (Assigned to Maxim Silent Firearms Co.)

Silencer or device 1,018,720 27 Feb 1912 (Assigned to Maxim Silent Firearms Co.)

Silencer for guns 1,482,805 5 Feb 1924

MAXIM, HIRAM STEVENS--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Automatic machine gun 551,779 24 Dec 1895 (Maxim & Silverman)

Machine gun 317,161 5 May 1885 (Assigned to Vickers & Symon)

Machine gun 319,596 9 June 1885

Machine gun 321,513 7 July 1885

Machine gun 321,514 7 July 1885

Machine gun 367,825 9 Aug 1887

Automatic gun 430,210 17 June 1890

Machine gun 439,248 28 Oct 1890

Machine gun 395,791 8 Jan 1889

AutoMATTHEWSachine gun 430,211 17 June 1890

Automatic gun 593,228 9 Nov 1897 (Assigned to Maxim--Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co. Ltd.) Automatic gun 436,899 23 Sep 1890

Recoil--operated gun 579,401 23 Mar 1897

Automatic gas--operated gun 577,485 23 Feb 1897

Gas--operated gun 586,362 13 July 1897

MAXIM MUNITION CORP.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Recoil--operated firearm 1,228,827 5 June 1917 (Saalfield)

MAXIM--NORDENFELT GUNS & AMMUNITION CO. LTD.--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
      Automatic gun 593,228 9 Nov 1897 (Maxim) Gas--operated automatic gun 577,485 23 Feb 1897 (Maxim) Gas--operated gun 596,362 13 July 1897 (Maxim)

MAXIM SILENT FIREARMS CO.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Silent firearm 916,885 30 Mar 1909 (Maxim, H. P.)

Silent firearm 958,935 24 May 1910 (Maxim, H. P.)

Silent firearm 958,935 24 May 1910 (Maxim, H. P.)

Silencing device for firearms 1,018,720 27 Feb 1912 (Maxim, H. P.)

Gun silencer 2,375,617 8 May 1945 (Bourne)

MAYALL, THOMAS J.--ROXBURY, MASS.
      Improvement in breech--loading ordnance 30,335 9 Oct 1860

Improvement in ordnance 30,742 27 Nov 1860

Improvement in ordnance 32,376 21 May 1861

MCABOY, ISAAC E.--HUNTINGTON, W.VA.
      Automatic rapid--firing gun 566,214 18 Aug 1896

MCALLISTER, ALBERT H.--COTTON PLANT, MISS.
      Machine gun 201,810 26 Mar 1878

Machine gun 674,811 21 May 1901 (Assigned to Mc Allister Machine Gun Co.)

MCALLISTER MACHINE GUN CO.--MEMPHIS, TENN. (*)
      Machine gun 674,811 21 May 1901 (McAllister)

MCCARTY, ROBERT--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Machine for throwing balls, shot etc. 1,049 31 Dec 1838

MCCLEAN ARMS & ORDNANCE CO.--CLEVELAND, OHIO (*)
      Gas--operated automatic firearm 816,591 3 Apr 1906 (McClean)

One--pounder machine gun 859,745 ,2 July 1907 (McClean)

MCCLEAN, SAMUEL NEAL--CLEVELAND, OHIO
      Gas--actuated magazine gun 785,971 28 Mar 1905 Gas--operated gun 785,974 28 Mar 1905

One--pounder machine gun 858,745 2 July 1907 (Assigned to McClean Arms & Ord. Co.)

Gas--operated gun 1,003,632 19 Sep 1911 (Assigned to Automatic Arms Co.)

Gas--operated machine gun 1,005,263 10 Oct 1911 (Assigned to Automatic Arms Co.)‘

Automatic machine gun 1,042,135 22 Oct 1912 (Assigned to Automatic Arms Co.)

Breech--loading and discharge--actuated firearm 1,042,363 22 Oct 1912 (Assigned to Automatic Arms Co.)

Gas--operated firearm 783,453 28 Feb 1905

Gas--operated automatic firearm 816,591 3 Apr 1906 (Assigned to McClean Arms and Ordnance Co.)

MCCLURE, ADOLPHUS C.--KEITHVILLE, LA.
      Automatic repeating firearm 1,075,431, 14 Oct 1913

MCCORD, WILLIAM--SING SING, N.Y.
      Improvements in firearms 31,933 2 Apr 1861 (McCord, Cox & Woodward)

Improvement in repeating ordnance 33,813 26 Nov 1861 (McCord & Maher)

MCCRUDDEN, JOHN CHARLES R.--HURSTVILLE, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
      Machine gun 1,406,404 14 Feb 1922

Machine gun 1,452,123 17 Apr 1923

MCCULLOCH, THOMAS--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Machine gun 446,807 17 Feb 1891 (Armit)

MCLAIN, ROBERT M.--HUNTSVILLE, ALA.
      Machine gun 1,375,653 19 Apr 1921 (McLain & Quick) (Assigned to the Quick--McLain Machine Gun CO.)

MCLEAN, JAMES HENRY--ST. LOUIS, MO. (*)
      Machine gun 225,462 16 Mar 1880 (Coloney)

Machine gun 225,466 16 Mar 1880 (Coloney)

Machine gun 231,653 31 Aug 1880 (Coloney)

Machine gun 282,549 7 Aug 1883 (Coloney)

Machine gun 231,652 31 Aug 1880 (Coloney)

MCLEAN, JAMES HENRY--ST. Louis, MO.
      Machine gW. VA82,551 7 Aug 1883

Machine gun 282,553 7 Aug 1883

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MCMANUS, LUIS M.--HOUSTON, TEX.
      Machine gun 1,273,078 16 July 1918 (Assigned to Warner, James H.)

MCNAIER, JOSEPH TREANOR--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Centrifugal machine gun and method for feeding same 1,472,080 30 Oct 1923

MEINERSMANN, WILLIAM--ELIZABETH, N.J.
      High velocity gun 1,326,763 30 Dec 1919

MEJEAN, JACQUES G.--GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
      Gun actuator 2,341,641 15 Feb 1944 (Assigned to General Aircraft Equipment Co.)

MEJIA, ENRIQUE A.--MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
      Improvement in many--barreled guns 62,281 19 Feb 1867

MENDOZA, RAFAEL--MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
      Machine gun bolt mechanism 2,031,383 18 Feb 1936

MENTEYNE, PAUL MARIE--PARIS, FRANCE
      Automatic firearm 1,059,680 22 Apr 1913 (Menteyne & Degaille)

Automatic firearm 981,210 10 Jan 1911 (Menteyne & Degaille)

Cartridge belt 1,150,435 17 Aug 1915 (Laird, Menteyne & Degaille)

MERCIE, HENRI A.--PARIS, FRANCE
      Automatic machine gun 564,043 14 July 1896 (Benét & Mercié) (Assigned to Hotchkiss Ordnance Co. Ltd.)

Gas--operated gun 588,380 17 Aug 1897 (Benét & Mercié)

(Assigned to Hotchkiss Ordnance Co. Ltd.)

GEORGE--BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND3 8 May 1900 (Benét & Mercié)

Automatic gun 696,306 25 Mar 1902 (Benét & Mercié)

Gas--operated gun 861,939 30 Jan 1907 (Benét & Mercié)

Semi--automatic gun 852,253 30 Apr 1907 (Benét & Mercié)

Firing gear 854,557 21 May 1907 (Benét & Mercié) Automatic shoulder rifle 1,125,937 26 Jan 1915 (Benet & Mercié)

Automatic firearm 1,317,633 30 Sep 1919 (Squire & Mercié) (Assigned to Hotchkiss Ordnance Co. Ltd.)

MERSHON, RALPH S.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Self--cocking firearm 39,835 8 Sep 1863 (Hollingsworth)

MERTENS, LUDWIG--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Non--recoiling firearm 891,778 23 June 1908

METALLURGICA BRESCIANA GIA TEMPINI--BRESCIA, ITALY (*)
      Automatic firearms actuated by compressed air 1,803,946 5 May 1931 (Revelli)

Device for loading firearms 1,812,363 30 June 1931 (Orlando)

METHLIEN, NICOLAS E.--PARIS, FRANCE
      Multibarrel gun 1,535,619 28 Apr 1925 (Assigned to Schneider & Cie)

MEYER, FRANCIS ED.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Machine gun 208,203 17 Sep 1878 (Schultze)

Machine gun 208,204 17 Sep 1878 (Schultze)

MICHAL, CHARLES J.--HINSDALE, ILL.
      Machine gun 2,139,691 13 Dec 1938

Machine gun 2,223,380 3 Dec 1940

MICLAUS, ALEXANDER, JR.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Automatic gun 1,136,695 20 Apr 1915

MILG, ARMAND--HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
      Recoil--operated firearm 533,911 12 Feb 1895

MILBURN, NATHAN L.--ST. LOUIS, MO.
      Improvement in revolving ordnance 57,751 4 Sep. 1866

MILES, W. A.--SALISBURY, CONN. Machine gun 129,976 30 July 1872

MILLER, JOHN A.--PADUCAH, KY.
      Improvement in breech--loading ordnance 46,257 7 Feb 1865

MILLS, MORGAN R.--RICHMOND, VA. (*)
      Machine gun 1,698,228 8 Jan 1929 (Harring)

MILTIMORE, ALONZO E.--U.S. ARMY
      Improvement--in battery guns 145,224 2 Dec 1873 Improvement in battery guns 181,093 15 Aug 1876

MIBenétS GLESBY, ILL.
      Machine gun 1,441,517 9 Jan 1923

MONFORT, EDGAR A.--NEW. YORK, N.Y.
      (Benétic cartridge 365,842 5 July 1887 (Assigned to Universal Electric Arms & Ammo. Co.)

Electric breech--loading firearm 365,843 5 July 1887 (Assigned to Universal Electric Arms & Ammo. Co.)

MONGARDI, GIOVANNI--SOMERVILLE, MASS.
      Automatic firearm 1,296,204 4 Mar 1919

MONNER, RAY J.--DENVER, COLO.
      Machine gun cooling means 2,416,768 4 Mar 1947 (Assigned to Sorensen)

MONTIGNY, JOSEPH--BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
      Machine gun 121,277 28 Nov 1871 (Christophe)

MOORE, FREDERICK T.--EAST HARTFORD, CONN.
      Magazine feed mechanism for machine guns 1,719,126 2 July 1929 (Pfeiffer & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.)

Gas--operated automatic firearm 1,738,501 3 Dec 1929 (Pfeiffer & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's Co.)

Barrel mounting for firearms 1,738,500 3 Dec 1929 (Pfeiffer & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.)

Trigger mechanism for machine guns 1,738,502 31 Dec 1929 (Pfeiffer & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.)

Reversible feed mechanism for machine guns 1,803,351 5 May 1931 (Pfeiffer & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.)

Firing mechanism for machine guns 1,966,592 17 July 1934 (Pfeiffer & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's)

Automatic firearm 2,050,538 11 Aug 1936 (Pfeiffer & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's)

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Firing mechanism for machine guns 2,050,539 11 Aug 1936 (Tansley & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's)

Machine gun & attachment therefor 2,061,313 17 Nov 1936 (Assigned to Colt's)

Machine gun 2,110,165 8 Mar 1938 (Assigned to Colt's)

Machine gun 2,140,809 20 Dec 1938 (Assigned to Colt's)

Firing mechanism for automatic firearms 2,335,688 30

Nov 1943 (Assigned to Colt's)

MOORE, HERBERT P.--NORWALK, OHIO
      Silencer for firearms Improvement inc 1913

MOORE, ROBERT A.--CHICAGO, ILL.
      Silencer for firearms 956,717 3 May 1910 (Assigned to Moore Silencer Co.)

Silencer for firearms 1,021,742 26 Mar 1912

Automatic firearm 1,376,456 3 May 1921

MOORE SILENCER CO.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Silencer for firearms 956,717 3 May 1910 (Moore)

MORRIS, RICHARD--BLACKHEATH, ENGLAND
      Machine gun 353,231 23 Nov 1886

MOTTIN, WILLIE F.--NOEL, MO.
      Machine gun 1,290,842 7 Jan 1919

MOSES, H. O.--LYNN, MASS. (*)
      Machine gun 563,701 7 July 1896 (Wilder)

MÜHLEMANN, ERNST--ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
      Bearing surface for breech bolts in automatic firearms 2,509,043 23 May 1950 (Assigned to Oerlikon Co.)

Automatic firearm breech bolt lock 2,512,027 20 Jun 1950 (Lippert & Mühlemann) (Assigned to Oerlikon Co.)

MULLER, BERNHARD--WINTERTHUR, SWITZERLAND
      Automatic firearm 802,582 24 Oct 1905

MULNO, LESTER F.--WORCESTER, MASS.
      Safety device for firearms 2,495,383 24 Jan 1950 (Assigned to Harrington & Richardson Arms Co.)

MITRPFIY, JOHN L.--SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
      Machine gun 427,239 6 May 1890

MUSITELLI, ROBERTO--BRESCIA, ITALY
      Automatic firearm 1,455,503 15 May 1923

NARDIN, CELESTIN F.--WOODHAVEN, N.Y.
      Automatic firearm 1,067,054 8 July 1913

NATCHER, GABRIEL--SIDNEY, OHIO
      Improvement in many--barreled cannons 45,623 27 Dec 1864

NAUGLER, WALTER E.--BEVERLY, MASS.
      Gun charging mechanism 2,411,934 3 Dec 1946 (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

Ammunition feeder 2,524,132 3 Oct 1950 (Naugler and Stacey) (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

NEAL, ERNEST C.--CHICAGO, ILL.
      Automatic firearm 2,436,175 17 Feb 1948

NEILS, FRANK--DAVENPORT, IOWA
      Machine gun 562,846 30 June 1896

NELSON, ADOLPH L.--INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
      Control mechanism for machine guns (aircraft) 1,562,424 17 Nov 1925

NELSON, CHARLES A.--UTICA, N.Y.
      Machine guns 1,256,923 19 Feb 1918 (Assigned to Savage Arms Corp.)

Gas--operated firearm 1,388,879 30 Aug 1921 (Assigned to Savage Arms Corp.)

NETTLES, ISAAC--DETROIT, MICH.
      Gun with reciprocal breech and rotary feeder 2,483,837 4 Oct 1949

NEWTON, CLARK A.--NEW YORK, N.Y. Automatic gun 1,307,594 24 June 1919

NEWTON, FREDERICK P.--NEW HAVEN, CONN. (*)
      Machine gun 430,206 17 June 1890 (Garland) Machine gun 479,799 2 Aug 1892 (Garland)

NOBLE, ANDREW--NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND
      Automatic gun 70MOTTIN10 June 1902 (Assigned to Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd.)

NOBLE, JOHN C.--WASHINGTON, PA.
      Improvement in magazine gun 34,126 14 Jan 1862 (Brady)

NORDENFELT, THORSTEN--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
      Machine gun 218,190 5 Aug 1879 (Palmcrantz)

Machine gun 220,545 14 Oct 1879 (Palmcrantz)

NORDENFELT, THORSTEN--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Machine gun 298,493 Muhlemann)Machine gun 303,879 19 Aug 1MÜLLERachine gun 340,725 27 Apr 1886

NORMAN, GEORGE--BIRMINGHAM,ENGLAND
      AutomaticMULNOarm 1,637,234 26 July 1927 (Assigned to Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd.)

Automatic firearm 1,637,235 26 July 1927 (Assigned to MURPHYam Small Arms Co.)

Automatic firearm 2,053,489 8 Sep 1936 (Assigned to Auto--Ordnance Corp.)

NORRIS, SAMUEL--SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
      Breech--loading firearm 78,603 2 June 1868 (W. & P. Mauser)

NORTH, THOMAS KEPPEL--WESTMINSTER, ENGLAND
      Feed system 723,719 24 Mar 1903

NORTH AMEERICAN AVIATION, INC.*
      Gun blast seal 2,514,495 11 Jul 1950 (Johnson)

NORTHOVER, HARRY ROBERT--WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA
      Gas cylinder for machine guns 1,234,071 17 July 1917

Retracting assembly 1,207,612 5 Dec 1916

Flash absorber attachment for machine guns 1,242,843

9 Oct 1917

NYVALL, YNGVE J.--SAN PEDRO, CALIF.
      Firing mechanism for rifles 2,441,029 4 May 1948 (Nyvall & Chapman)

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OBREGON, ALEJANDRO--MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
      Automatic loading firearm 2,115,041 26 Apr 1938

ODKOLEK, ADOLF--VIENNA, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
      Magazine firearm 422,327 25 Feb 1890

Quick--firing gun 486,938 29 Nov 1892

Recoil--operated machine gun 452,403 16 June 1891 Automatic firearm 799,884 19 Sep 1905

OERLIKON, See WERKZEUG--MACHINENFABRIK OERLIKON

OESTERREICHISCHE WAFFENFABRIKSGESELLSCHAFT -- STEYR, AUSTRIA (*)
      Gun lock for automatic firearms 1,387,369 9 Aug 1921 (Duffek)

OLIN INDUSTRIES INC.--NEW HAVEN, CONN. (*)
      Piston means for gas--operated firearms 2,376,466 22 May 1945 (Williams)

Gas--operated self--loading firearm 2,394,986 19 Feb 1946 (Crockett)

Cartridge extracting mechanism for firearms 2,412,663 17 Dec 1946 (Williams)

OLIVER, M. W.--LOWELL, MASS. (*)
      Improved automatic cannon 15,315 8 July 1856 (Barnes)

OLIVER, STACY--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Automatic rifle 1,383,966 5 July 1921

O'MALLEY, JOHN F.--MERIDEN, CONN.
      Machine gun 1,307,316 17 June 1919

Machine gun 1,329,922 3 Feb 1920

Machine gun 1,366,210 18 Jan 1921

ONDERDONK, JOHN P.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Recoil mechanism for firearms 294,402 4 Mar 1884

ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT CO.--GORTON, CONN. (*)
      Aeroplane gun 1,108,714 25 Aug 1914 (Davis)

Apparatus for firing projectiles from aeroplanes 1,108,715 25 Aug 1914 (Davis)

Apparatus for firing projectiles from aeroplanes 1,108,716 25 Aug 1914 (Davis)

Fixed ammunition for use in aircraft 1,108,717 25 Aug 1914 (Davis)

ORLANDO, LUIGI--MILAN, ITALY
      Device for loading firearms 1,812,363 30 June 1931 (Assigned to Metallurgica--Bresciana Gia Tempini)

ORMAN, BAN JAMIN--BELVEDERE, ENGLAND
      Automatic firearm 1,128,180 9 Feb 1915

OVER, EWALD--INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (*)
      Machine gun 560,842 26 May 1896 (Cook)

PAGE, J. H. W.--BOSTON, MASS. (*)
      Improvement in repeating cannons 46,762 7 Mar 1865 (Tufts)

PALMCRANTZ, HELGE--STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
      Machine gun 218,190 5 Aug 1879 (Assigned to Nordenfelt)

Machine gun 220,545 14 Oct. 1879 (Assigned to Nordenfelt)

PALMER, CHARLES H.--LAKEVILLE, CONN.
      Repeating gun 37,052 2 Dec 1862

PALMER, CHARLES H.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Machine gun 332,741 OBREGON1885

PALMER, WILLIAM--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Improvement in revolving firearms 41,857 8 Mar 1864

PARKER, WILLIAM H.--MILLVILLE, N.J.
      Chamber loader indicator for firearms 2,416,712 4 Mar 1947

PARKHURST, EDWARD G.--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Machine gun 228,777 15 June 1880 (Assigned to self and Pratt & Whitney Co.)

Machine gun 231,607 24 Aug 1880 (Assigned 1/2 to Pratt & Whitney Co.)

PARSONS, JOHN AUSTRIAY PARK, PA.
      Centrifugal gun 1,408,137 28 Feb 1922 (Assigned to Runnell & Normoyle)

PATCHETT, GEORGE W.--CHIGWELL, ENGLAND
      Fire controlling mechanism for automatic firearms 2,432,486 9 Dec 1947

Cartridge magazine for automatic firearms 2,510,831 6 June 1950

PATRICK, LIDO J.--SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
      Machine gun 27 July 1920

PAULSON, SIVIL--RED WILLOW, ALBERTA, CANADA
      Automatic firearm 950,576 1 Mar 1910

PAULUS, CHARLES LEIGH--DAYTON, OHIO
      Automatic advance for synchronizing gun control 1,471,359 23 Oct 1923 (Russell & Paulus)

Charging device for machine guns 1,471,348 23 Oct 1923

Control for synchronized guns 1,504,712 12 Aug 1924 (Russell & Paulus)

Automatic cocking attachment for machine guns 1,504,714 12 Aug 1924 (Russell & Paulus)

Synchronized gun control 1,528,952 10 Mar 1925 (Russell & Paulus)

Feed box for cartridge belts for machine guns 1,541,282 9 June 1925 (Russell & Paulus)

Machine gun synchronizer 1,592,500 13 July 1926 (Paulus & Kauch)

Lock mechanism for machine gun 1,427,855 5 Sep 1922 (Russell & Paulus)

PAUMIER, EMILE LOUIS ALBERT--PARIS, FRANCE
      Machine gun 1,444,849 13 Feb 1923

PEARSON, HAROLD C.--DAYTON, OHIO
      Bolt mechanism 2,503,575 11 Apr 1950 (Anderson & Pearson) (Assigned to General Motors Corp.

PECK, HELEN R.--WASHINGTON, D.C. (*)
      Attachment for machine guns 1,320,711 4 Nov 1919 (Rasmussen)

PEDERSEN, JOHN D.--JACKSON, WYO.
      Auto--loading firearm 1,348,733 3 Aug 1920

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PEDERSON, SIVERT--MENOMONEE, WISC.
      Machine gun 264,897 26 Sep 1882

PEGNA, GIOVANNI--REGGIO EMILIA, ITALY
      Gun barrel 2,238,670 15 Apr 1941 (Travers & Pegna) (Assigned to Compagnia Commerciale Caproni)

PELO, CARL--TAVASTEHUS, FINLAND
      Light machine gun 1,897,710 14 Feb 1933

PERINO, GIUSEPPE--ROME, ITALY
      Machine gun 682,230 10 Sep 1901

PERMENTIER, PAUL R.--CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
      Thermostatically controlled firearm cooling system 2,428,359 7 Oct 1947

PETERSEN, CHARLES--SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
      Automatic gun 754,691 15 Mar 1904

PFEIFFER, CHRISTIAN--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Feed mechanism for machine guns 1,719,126 2 July 1929 (Pfeiffer & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.)

Trigger mechanism for machine guns 1,738,502 31 Dec 1929 (Pfeiffer & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's)

Speed regulator for machine guns 1,741,534 31 Dec 1929 (Pfeiffer & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's)

Reversible feed mechanism for machine guns 1,803,351 5

May 1931 (Moore & Pfeiffer) (Assigned to Colt's)

Automatic firearm 1,803,349 5 May 1931 (Moore &

Pfeiffer) (Assigned to Colt's)

PHELAN, JOHN--PITTSBURGH, PA.
      Machine gun 249,204 8 Nov 1881 (Assigned 1/2 to Richardson, Ralph J.)

PHILLIPS, HARRY--BEVERLY, MASS.
      Firing mechanism for guns 2,440,381 27 Apr 1948 (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

PODRABSKY, ANTONIN--BRUNN, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
      Automatic gun 1,926,816 12 Sep 1933 (Assigned to Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka)

POTTER, LOUIS K.--WARWICK, R.I. (*)
      Automatic firearm 515,526 27 Feb 1894 (King)

POTTS, ALBERT--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Centrifugal battery 17,339 19 May 1857

PRATHER, ANDREW T.--RODEO, N. MEX.
      Attaching means for gun silencers 1,171,242 8 Feb 1916

PRATT & WHITNEY CO.--HARTFORD, CONN. (*)
      Machine gun 228,777 15 June 1880 (Parkhurst)

Machine gun 231,607 24 Aug 1880 (Parkhurst)

PRIDEAUX, WILLIAM DE COURCY--WEYMOUTH, ENGLAND
      Construction of links for ammunition belts for machine guns 1,305,160 27 May 1919

Ammunition belt for machine guns 1,315,742 9 Sep 1919

Ammunition belt for machine guns 1,305,161 27 May 1919

PRINKS, CARL H.--BALTIMORE, MD.
      Automatic firearm 875,209 31 Dec 1907

Automatic firearm 904,646 24 Nov 1908

PRITCHETT, WILLIAM H.--CARTERSVILLE, GA.
      Automatic machine gun 1,297,240 11 Mar 1919

PULLOCK, GRANVILLE ALEXANDER--PARIS, FRANCE
      Means for cooling machine guns 1,527,585 24 Feb 1925 (Hamilton, Joly & Pullock)

PUTNAM, BURLEIGH--PASADENA, CALIF.
      Machine gun 1,334,052 16 Mar 1920 (Assigned to John T. Thompson)

Machine gun 1,429,370 19 Sept 1922

QUICK--MCLAIN MACHINE GUN CO.--HUNTSVILLE, ALA.(*)
      Machine gun 1,375,653 19 Apr 1921 (McLain & Quick)

QUICK,. WILLIAM M.--HUNTSVILLE, ALA.
      Machine gun 1,375,653 19 Apr 1921 (McLain & Quick) (Assigned to Quick--McLain Machine Gun Co.)

QUISLING, R. H.--CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY
      Portable gun for throwing grenades and the like 1,087,608 17 Feb 1914

RAINES, RICHARD--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Machine gun 965,538 26 July 1910

RAKULA, THEODOR--DUSSELDORF, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm 1,709,399 16 Apr 1929 (Herlach & Rakula) (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren und Machinenfabrik)

Automatic firearm with two cartridge magazines 1,784,355 9 Dec 1930 (Herlach & Rakula) (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik)

Automatic firearm 2,015,908 1, Oct 1935 (Rakula & Solothurn H.) (Assigned to Waffenfabrik Solothurn A. G.)

Automatic gun 2,067,322 12 Jan 1937 (Herlach & Rakula) (Assigned to Waffenfabrik Solothurn A. G.)

RAMSAY, JAMES--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Muzzle attachment for automatic guns 870,497 5 Nov 1907 (Dawson & Ramsay) (Assigned to Vickers Sons & Maxim Ltd.)

RASMUSSEN, JULIUS ALEXANDER NICOLAI--COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
      Automatic firearm 701,815 3 June 1902 (Assigned to Dansk Rekyl--Riffel Syndicate)

RASMUSSEN, ERNEST J.--U.S. ARMY
      Attachments for machine guns 1,320,711 4 Nov 1919 (Assigned 1/2 to Peck, H. R.)

RAUCHFUSS, KURT V.--CUXHAVEN, GERMANY
      Lateral dispersion device for machine guns 1,413,936 25 Apr 1922 (Rauchfuss & Jaeschke)

RAY, EUGENE J.--BEVERLY, MASS.
      Gun ammunition magazine 2,447,092 17 Aug 1948 (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

RECHEL, ERNEST R.--HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA.
      Method for making incendiary bullets 2,425,005 5 Aug 1947

REDFIELD, EDWARD E.--GLENDALE, ORE.
      Automatic firearm 984,489 14 Feb 1911

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REDPATH, ROBERT--COVENTRY, ENGLAND
      Feed mechanisms for automatic machine guns 1,289,091 (Redpath & Hellberg) (Assigned to Coventry Ordnance Works Ltd.)

Automatic gun 1,315,329 9 Sep 1919 (Assigned to Coventry Ordnance Works Ltd.)

REED, C. E.--HOUSTON, TEX. (*)
      Recoil--operated firearm 1,453,439 1 May 1923 (Cedillo)

REEK, ROYAL J.--SOUTH BEND, IND.
      Gun feed mechanism 2,379,185 26 June 1945 (Assigned to Bendix Aviation Corp.)

REIFGRABER, JOSEPH J.--ST. LOUIS, MO.
      Automatic firearm 729,413 26 May 1903

Automatic firearm 834,753 30 Oct 1906

Automatic firearm 929,491 27 July 1909

Automatic firearm 1,418,021 30 May 1922

REMINGTON ARMS CO. INC.--BRIDGEPORT, CONN. (*)
      Gun barrel straightness testing apparatus 2,422,294 17 June 1947 (DuPont)

REPUBLIC AVIATION CORPORATION (*)
      Automatic locking ammunition container 2,506,409 2 May 1950 (Baumwart)

REINHOLD, FRANK W.--BEVERLY, MASS.
      Ammunition feeder 2,494,728 17 Jan 1950 (Stacey & Reinhold) (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

REQUA, J.--ROCHESTER, N.Y.
      Improvement in battery or platoon weapons 36,448 16 Sep 1862 (Billinghurst & Requa)

REVELLI, BETHEL ABIEL--ROME, ITALY
      Automatic gun 1,073,709 23 Sep 1913

Automatic firearm 1,159,417 9 Nov 1915 (Assigned to Officine di Villar Perosa)

Machine gun 1,286,884 3 Dec 1918 (Assigned to Officine di Villar Perosa)

Automatic firearm 1,759,277 20 May 1930 (Assigned to Armamenti Militari S.A.)

Automatic firearm actuated by compressed air 1,803,946 5 May 1931 (Assigned to Metallurgica Bresciana Gia Tempini)

Automatic rifle 1,854,064 12 Apr 1932

REVELLI, GINO--ROSIE, ITALY
      Firing mechanism for automatic arms 2,356,615 22 Aug 1944 (Assigned to Alien Property Custodian)

REYNOLDS, JOHN A.--ELMIRA, N.Y.
      Improvement in firearms 13,292 17 July 1855

Improved apparatus for cooling repeating firearms 13,294 17 July 1855

Improvements in firearms 13,293 17 July 1855

RHEINISCHE METALLWAREN UND MASCHINENFABRIK--DaSSELDORF, GERMANY (*)
      Gun with recoiling gun barrel 855,366 28 May 1907 (Voller)

Breech mechanism for self--loading firearm 909,233 12 Jan 1909 (Schmeisser)

Automatic firearm 956,430 26 Apr 1910 (Schmeisser)

Automatic firearm 956,431 26 Apr 1910 (Schmeisser)

Breech operating mechanism for automatic firearms 1,002,764 5 Sep 1911 (Schmeisser)

Automatic gun 1,033,625 23 July 1912 (Schmidt) Gun with long recoil 1,151,476 14 Aug 1915 (Klette)

Automatic firearm 1,709,399 16 Apr 1929 (Herlach & Rakula)

Automatic firearm 1,755,034 15 Apr 1930 (Stange)

Automatic firearm with two cartridge magazines 1,784,355 9 Dec 1930 (Herlach & Rakula)

Automatic firearm 1,801,179 14 Apr 1931 (Stange)

Automatic firearm 1,846,156 23 Feb 1932 (Stange)

Automatic firearm 1,825,904 6 Oct 1931 (Heinemann)

Firearm with exchangeable barrel 2,014,184 10 Sep 1935 (Linder)

Automatic gun 2,113,202 5 Apr 1938 (Stange)

Automatic firing mechanism 887,713 12 May 1908 (Voller)

RHEINMETALL--BORSIG A. G.--DUSSELDORF, GERMANY (*)
      Gun--loading device 2,151,288 21 Mar 1939 (Wagninger)

Automatic firearm 2,133,661 18 Oct 1938 (Engel Winter)

Gun which fires during forward movement of the gun 2,218,877 22 Oct 1940 (Ernesti & Herlach)

Automatic gun 2,202,201 28 May 1940 (Henning)

Automatic gun 2,230,328 4 Feb 1941 (Krum & Herlach)

RICE, EDWARD E.--BOSTON, MASS. (*)
      Automatic firearm 2,215,470 24 Sep 1940 (Johnson)

RICE, WALTER J.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Gas--operated automatic machine gun 1,294,892 18 Feb 1919 (Fox & Rice) (Assigned to Ansley Fox Co.)

RICE, WAYNE H.--WINDSOR, CONN.
      Self--loading firearm 38,604 19 May 1863

RICHARDS, FRANCIS H.--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Gun, Straight--pull bolt 506,339 10 Oct 1893 (Assigned to James Paris Lee)

RICHARDSON, RALPH J.--PITTSBURGH, PA. (*)
      Machine gun 249,204 8 Nov 1881 (Phelan)

RICHAY, DAVID M.--DEVON, CONN.
      Gun charger installation 2,431,079 18 Nov 1947 (Assigned to United Aircraft Corp.)

RICHMOND, ROMULUS R.--CHARITON, IOWA
      Automatic machine gun 572,771 8 Dec 1896

RICKENBACHER, ROBERT J.--COLUMBUS, OHIO
      Machine gun 2,039,930 5 May 1936 (Assigned to Kilgore Mfg. Co.)

RIGSBY, VIRGIL--VEACH, TEX.
      Machine gun 1,959,737 22 May 1934 (Assigned 1/2 to Ben G. Lindsey)

RIPLEY, EZRA--TROY, N.Y.
      Gun batteries, Improvements in repeating 33,544 22 Oct 1861

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ROBERTS, FRED T.--Los ANGELES, CALIF.
      Remote--control gun charger 2,397,507 2 Apr 1946 (Assigned to Interstate Aircraft & Engineering Corp.)

ROBERTS, MILTON--CHICAGO, ILL. (*)
      Recoil control of firearms 2,184,595 26 Dec 1939 (Hughes)

ROBINSON, CHARLES--CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS. (*)
      Improvements in centrifugal guns 21,109 3 Aug 1858 (Thayer, C. B.)

ROCKWELL, HUGH M.--BRISTOL, CONN.
      Automatic gun 1,565,756 15 Dec 1925 (Assigned to Marlin Firearms Corp.)

Automatic gun 1,558,566 27 Oct 1925 (Assigned to Marlin Firearms Corp.)

ROEMER, WILLIAM C.--NEW HAVEN, CONN.
      Self--loading firearm 2,372,339 27 Mar 1945 (Assigned to Western Cartridge Co.)

ROHN, WILLIAM C.--SOUTH BEND, IND.
      Automatic machine gun charger 2,410,767 5 Nov 1946 (Wiseman & Rohn) (Assigned to Bendix Aviation Corp.)

ROSEBUSH, WALDO E.--SPOKANE, WASH.
      Composite automatic firearm 1,377,629 10 May 1921

ROSENBERG, ABRAHAM--SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. (*)
      Machine gun 207,747 3 Sep 1878 (Leonard)

ROSENGREN, OVAR E.--HAMDEN, CONN.
      Machine gun fire retarder 2,509,530 30 May 1950

(Rosengren & Sunderland)

ROSIER, HENRY--LOWELL, MASS.
      Automatic firearm 1,520,671 23 Dec 1924

ROSNER, KARL--PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
      Aircraft gun 1,510,109 30 Sep 1924

Ross, CHARLES H. A. F. L.--BALNAGOWAN CASTLE, SCOTLAND
      Recoil--operated firearm 643,983 20 Feb 1900

Automatic firearm 958,545 17 May 1910

Breech--closing mechanism for automatic firearm 954,543 12 Apr 1910

Ross, OSCAR A.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Synchronized machine gun for aeroplanes 1,454,137 8 May 1923

Synchronized machine gun 1,782,148 18 Nov 1930

ROSSMANITH, WOLFGANG--SOLOTHURN, SWITZERLAND
      Automatic shoulder firearm 2,376,726 22 May 1945 (Assigned to Alien Property Custodian)

Cocking mechanism for automatic firearms 2,202,232 May 28 1940 (Assigned to Rheinmetall--Borsig)

ROTH, GEORGES--VIENNA, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
      Automatic firearm 616,260 20 Dec 1898

Recoil--operated firearm 616,261 20 Dec 1898

Recoil--operated firearm 634,913 17 Oct 1899 (Krnka & Roth)

Automatic firearm 676,995 25 June 1901 (Krnka & Roth)

Automatic firearm 681,737 3 Sep 1901

Automatic firearm 683,072 24 Sep 1901 (Krnka & Roth)

RUGER, WILLIAM B.--GREENSBORO, N.C.
      Machine gun 2,388,291 6 Nov 1945

RUNDQUIST, HENNING W.--EAST LANSING, MICH.
      Cartridge feeding mechanism 2,418,428 1 Apr 1947 (Assigned to General Motors Corp.)

RUSSELL, HERBERT O.--Los ANGELES, CALIF. & DETROIT, MICH.
      Lock mechanism for machine guns 1,427,855 5 Sep 1922 (Russell & Paulus)

Automatic advance for synchronizing gun control 1,471,359 23 Oct 1923 (Russell & Paulus)

Control for synchronized guns 1,504,712 12 Aug 1924 (Russell & Paulus)

Machine gun & hopper feed box, 1,504,714 12 Aug 1924 (Russell & Paulus)

Automatic cocking attachment for machine guns 1,504,717 12 Aug 1924 (Russell & Paulus)

Cocking handle for aerial guns 1,528,950 10 Mar 1925 (Russell & Eyler)

Synchronized gun control 1,528,952 10 Mar 1925 (Russell & Paulus)

Electrical synchronizer and trigger motor for automatic machine guns 1,530,700 24 Mar 1925 (Russell & Fletcher)

Sear and sear release for machine gun's 1,530,702 24 Mar 1925

Feed box for cartridge belts of machine guns 1,541,282 9 June 1925 (Russell & Paulus)

RUSSELL MFG. CO.--MIDDLETOWN, CONN. (*)
      Beltlike cartridge carrier for machine, guns 1,168,876 18 Jan 1916 (Frissell)

Machine gun feed belt 1,258,553 5 Mar 1918 (Frissell)

Cartridge feed belt for machine guns 2,422,898 24 June 1947 (Hendley)

RYAN, LESTER R.--PLYMOUTH, CONN.
      Cartridge belt link 2,423,346 1 July 1947 (Assigned to Autoyre Co.)

SAALFIELD, OLIVER BERRY--WEST HOBOKEN, N.J.
      Recoil--operated firearm 1,228,827 5 June 1917 (Assigned to Maxim Munitions Corp.)

SAFAT (SOCIETA ANONIMA FABRICA ARMI--TORINO)--TURIN, ITALY (*)
      Automatic firearm with recoiling barrel and without moveable breech 1,733,231 29 Oct 1929 (Mascarucci) Device for reducing the rate of fire of automatic firearms 1,771,132 22 July 1930 (Mascarucci)

SAIVE, DIEUDONNE J.--WANDRE, BELGIUM
      Tilt locking breechblock for automatic firearms 2,515,315 18 Jul 1950

SALIGER, ALIOS B.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Centrifugal gun 1,311,465 29 July 1919 (Assigned to Intercontinental Co. of Calif.)

SAN FRANCISCO ARMS CO.--SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. (*)
      Recoil operated firearm 574,189 29 Dec 1896 (Carr)

Recoil--operated firearm 574,350 29 Dec 1895 (Catlin)

Recoil--operated firearm 584,153 8 June 1897 (Carr)

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SANDERS SMALL ARMS LTD.--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
      Recoil--loading firearm 2,101,957 14 Dec 1937 (Sanders)

SANDERS, THOMAS F.--SLOUGH TRADING ESTATE, ENGLAND
      Recoil--loading firearm 2,101,957 14 Dec 1937 (Assigned to Sanders Small Arms Ltd.)

SANFORD, ROY S.--WOODBURY, CONN.
      Cartridge feeding mechanism 2,501,143 21 Mar 1950 (Assigned to Autoyre Co.)

Feeding mechanism for automatic guns 2,502A91 4 Apr 1950 (Assigned to Autoyre Co.)

SAVAGE ARMS CORP.--UTICA, N.Y. (*)
      Machine gun 1,256,923 19 Feb 1918 (Nelson)

Automatic firearm 2,357,047 29 Aug 1944 (Horan)

Gas--operated firearm 1,388,879 30 Aug 1921 (Nelson)

SAVAGE, HAROLD ARTHUR--BEXLEY--HEATH, ENGLAND
      Automatic gun 1,298,887 1 Apr 1919 (Challenger & Savage) (Assigned to Vickers Ltd.)

SAYLER, DANIEL--ORLAND, CALIF.
      Gas gun 1,164,876 21 Dec 1915

SCARFF, FREDERICK WILLIAM--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Machine gun mountings 1,364,525 4 Jan 1921 (Assigned to Vickers Ltd.)

Gun mounting for use on aircraft 1,628,068 10 May 1927 (Assigned to Vickers Ltd.)

SCHELLENGER, NEWTON C.--SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
      Automatic firearm 1,029,720 18 June 1912

SCHIRGUN CORP.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Gun barrel lock 2,345,833 4 Apr 1944 (Schirokauer)

Gun mechanism 2,378,331 12 June 1945 (Schirokauer)

SCHIROKAUER, HENRY--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Gun barrel lock 2,345,833 4 Apr 1944 (Assigned to Schirgun Corp.)

Gun mechanism 2,378,331 12 June 1945 (Assigned to Schirgun Corp.)

SCHMEISSER, LOUIS--MANNHEIM, GERMANY
      Recoil--operated firearm 547,454 8 Oct 1895 (ASOLOTHURN Theodor Bergmann)

Breech mechanism for self--loading firearm 909,233 12 Jan 1909 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik)

Automatic firearm 956,340 26 Apr 1910 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren u. Maschinenfabrik)

Automatic firearm 956,431 26 Apr 1910 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren u. Maschinenfabrik)

Automatic firearm 989,432 11 Apr 1911

Breech operating mechanism for automatic firearms 1,002,764 5 Sep 1911 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren u. Maschinenfabrik)

Automatic firearm 1,077,760 4 Nov 1913

SCHMIDT, FRANZ--DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY
      Automatic gun 1,033,625 23 July 1912 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik)

SCHNEIDER, ALOIS--SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
      Rifling, Guns 300,515 17 June 1884

SCHNEIDER & CIE.--PARIS, FRANCE (*)
      Apparatus for lubricating the bore of firearms during firing 1,481,930 29 Jan 1924 (Schneider)

Multibarrel Gun 1,487,695 18 Mar 1924 (Schneider)

Multibarrel Gun 1,535,619 28 Apr 1925 (Methlien)

SCHNEIDER, CHARLES P. E.--LECREUSOT, FRANCE
      Recoil apparatus for guns 713,691 18 Nov 1902 (Schneider & Canet)

SCHNEIDER, EUGENE--PARIS, FRANCE
      Apparatus for lubricating the bore of firearms during firing 1,481,930 29 Jan 1924 (Assigned to Schneider & Cie.)

Multibarrel Gun 1,487,695 18 Mar 1924 (Assigned to Schneider & Cie.)

SCHNEIDER, P. F.--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Cartridge box, Revolving 56,804 31 July 1866

SCHOUBOE, THEODOR JENS--RUNGSTED, DENMARK
      Automatic firearm 733,681 14 July 1903

Trigger mechanism for athmnatic firearms 1,230,930 26 June 1917

SCHULTZE, FREDERICK E.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Machine gun 208,203 17 Sep 1878 (Assigned 1/2 to F. E. Meyer)

Machine gun 208,204 17 Sep 1878 (Assigned 1/2 to Meyer)

SCHWARZLOSE ANDREAS WILHELM--SUHL, GERMANY
      Recoil--operated firearm 712,730 4 Nov 1902

Recoil--operated firearm 712,972 4 Nov 1902

Automatic gun 863,101 13 Aug 1907

Automatic firearm with forward sliding barrel 918,380 13 Apr 1909

Lock mechanism for automatic firearm 932,183 24 Aug 1909

Automatic firearm with fixed barrel and breech locked 1,026,609 11 May 1912

SCHWEIZERISCHE INDUSTRIE GESELLSCHAFT -- SCHAFFHAUSEN, SWITZERLAND (*)
      Automatic firearm 1,518,498 9 Dec 1924 (Furrer)

Automatic firearm 2,031,305 18 Feb 1936 (End & Gaetzi)

Automatic firearm 2,130,383 20 Sep 1938 (End)

Automatic firearm 2,052,287 25 Aug 1936 (End)

SCOTT, CHARLES B.--LAS VEGAS, N.MEX.
      Machine gun 299,686 3 June 1884

SCOTT, J. Q. A.--PITTSBURGH, PA.
      Magazine firearm 36,174 12 Aug 1862

SCOTT--PAINE, HUBERT--HYTHE, ENGLAND
      Air--cooled gun 2,337,840 28 Dec 1943 (Scott--Paine & Jaggard, W.)

SEARLE, ELBERT H.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Recoil--operated firearm 804,984 21 Nov 1905 (Assigned 3/4 to W. D. Condit)

FRANZ--DÜSSELDORFLADELPHIA, PA.
      Machine gun 2,029,839 4 Feb 1936

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SEELY, SAMUEL--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
      Improvement in portable body batteries 33,854 3 Dec 1861

SEVERANCE, GLEN R.--DETROIT, MICH.
      Electrically operated gun 2,340,991 8 Feb 1944 (Assigned to Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co.)

SHARP, JOHN F.--LOUISVILLE, MISS. (*)
      Machine gun 282,787 7 Aug 1883 (Shields)

SHEPPARD, CREEDY C.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Automatic firearm 1,376,834 3 May 1921 (Assigned to United States Ordnance Co.)

SHERMAN, THOMAS H.--WASHINGTON, D.C. (*)
      Machine gun 430,206 17 Julie 1890 (Garland, F. M.)

Machine gun 479,799 2 Aug 1892 (Garland, F. M.)

SHIELDS, FRANCIS M.--COOPWOOD, MISS.
      Machine gun 282,787 7 Aug 1883 (Assigned to Shields, Cornwell, Liebenfield, Herman, Connor, Sharp & Woodward)

SHIELDS, SARAH T.--LOUISVILLE, MISS. (*)
      Machine gun 282,787 7 Aug 1883 (Shields)

SILLOWAY, FREDERICK D.--SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
      Steam escape for machine guns with water jackets 1automatic11 Feb 1919

SILVERMAN, LOUIS--CRAYFORD, ENGLAND
      Automatic machine gun 551,779 24 Dec 1895 (Maxim & Silverman)

Automatic gun 644,969 6 Mar 1900 (Dawson & Silverman) (Assigned to Vickers Sons & Maxim, Ltd.) Automatic gun 772,700 18 Oct 1904 (Dawson & Silverman) (Assigned to Vickers Sons & Maxim Ltd.)

SIMPSON, CLARENCE E.--SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
      Machine gun 1,994,489 19 Mar 1935

Machine gun 1,982,699 4 Dec 1934

Machine gun 2,108,817 22 Feb 1938 (Hoppert, Bull & Simpson)

Firing rate reducer 2,384,854 18 Sep 1945

Machine gun trainer 2,516,926 1 Aug 1950

SIMPSON, WILLIAM EDMUND--MANSFIELD, ENGLAND
      Gas--operated gun 589,822 8 Feb 1898

S JOGREN, THEODOR AXEL CARL--STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
      Automatic gun 739,732 22 Sep 1903

SKODA, EMIL--PILSEN, BOHEMIA, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
      Automatic quick--firing gun 429,819 10 June 1890

Quick--firing gun 448,841 24 Mar 1891

SLIWINSKI, ALBIN--PITTSBURGH, PA.
      Trigger mechanism for automatic firearms and pistol--swords 1,221,616 3 Apr 1917 (Solomon & Sliwinski)

SMITH, A. B.--CLINTON, PA.
      Improved machine gun for throwing projectiles 15,529 12 Aug 1856 (Smith & Weaver)

SMITH, DAVID J.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Motor--operated gun 1,352,319 7 Sep 1920

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SMITH, MORRIS F.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Machine gun 548,096 15 Oct 1895

Gas--operated machine gun 784,966 14 Mar 1905 (Assigned 3/4 to W. D. Condit)

Gas--operated machine gun 81MICH. 10 Apr 1906

Gas--operated gun 1,291,690 14 Jan 1919 (Assigned to Driggs Ordnance Co. Inc.)

Firearm, Automatic gas--operated 814,242 6 Mar 1906

SMITH, WILLIAM D.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Means for preventing erosion and over heating of firearms 1,189,011 27 June 1916

SOCIETA ITALIANA ERNESTO BREDA--MILAN, ITALY (*)
      Device for lubricating automatic firearms 1,656,960 24 Jan 1928 (Soncini)

Machine gun and other automatic firearms 1,773,441 19 Aug 1930 (Soncini)

SOCIETE ANONYME DES ANCIENS ETABLISSEMENTS HOTCHKISS & CIE.--SEINE, FRANCE (*)
      Accelerating device for automatic firearms 1,568,005 29 Dec 1925 (Sutter)

Combined loader ejector and safety mechanism for automatic firearms 1,656,845 17 Jan 1928 (Sutter) Gas--controlled automatic firearm 2,052,368 25 Aug 1936 (Sutter)

Automatic firearm 2,108,026 8 Feb 1938 (Sutter & Boussel)

Automatic firearm 1,317,633 30 Sep 1919 (Squire & (Mercié)

SOCIETE ANONYME DES ETABLISSEMENTS DELAUNAY--ST. DENIS, FRANCE (*)
      Automatic firearm 1,382,058 21 June 1921 (Bourdelles)

Machine gun 1,402,564 3 Jan 1922 (Bourdelles)

SOLMS, WILLY J.--PARIS, FRANCE (*)
      Multibarreled machine gun 1,319,882 28 Oct 1919 (Luciani)

SOLOMON, ANTON--PITTSBURGH, PA.
      Trigger mechanism for automatic firearms and pistol--swords 1,221,616 3 Apr 1917 (Solomon & Sliwinski)

SOI.OTHURN A. G. See WAFFENFABRIK SOLOTHURN A. G. SONCINI, CESARE--BRESCIA, ITALY
      Cartridge feed device for automatic firearms 1,611,289 21 Dec 1926 (Soncini & Castelli)

Automatic firearms with recoiling barrel 1,613,205 4 Jan 1927 (Soncini & Castelli)

Device for lubricating automatic firearms 1,656,960 24 Jan 1928 (Assigned to Società Italiana Ernesto Breda)

Machine gun and other automatic firearms 1,773,441 19 Aug 1930 (Assigned to Società Italiana Ernesto Breda)

SORENSEN, CHRISTIAN A.--LINCOLN, NEBR. (*)
      Machine gun cooling means 2,416,768 4 Mar 1947 (Monner, R. J.)

SPATZ, ED AND JOHN (*)
      Automatic firearm 747,073 15 Dec 1903 (Huntley)

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SPECIALTIES DEVELOPMENT CORP.--BLOOMFIELD, N.J. (*)
      Gun charger 2,411,877 3 Dec 1946 (Heizler) Gun charger 2,409,623 22 Oct 1946 (Grant)

SPENCER, CHRISTOPHER M.--SOUTH MANCHESTER, CONN.
      Firearm, Breech--loading 34,319 4 Feb 1862

SPILMAN, J. H.--ATLANTA, GA. (*)
      Machine gun 664,952 1 Jan 1901 (Blackburn, Spilman & Bickart)

SQUIRE, WILLIAM H.--ST. DENIS, FRANCE
      Gas--operated gun 1,082,916 30 Dec 1913

Automatic firearm 1,317,633 30 Sep 1919 (Squire & Mercie) (Assigned to Hotchkiss & Cie.)

STACEY, ERNEST W.--BEVERLY, MASS.
      Ammunition feeder 2,494,728 17 Jan 1950 (Stacey & Reinhold) (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

Ammunition feeder 2,524,132 3 Oct 1950 (Naugler & Stacey) (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

Charger for automatic guns 2,529,822 14 Nov 1950 (Stacey & Willhauck) (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

STAMBAUGH, HENRY J.--TROY, N.Y.
      Automatic gun 1,648,469 8 Nov 1927 (Adamson & Stambaugh)

STAMM, HANS--ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND
      Automatic loading firearm 1,096,324 12 May 1914

SWISCE, LOUIS--SOMMERDA, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm 1,755,034 15 Apr 1930 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik) Automatic firearm 1,801,179 14 Apr 1931 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik) Automatic firearm 1,846,156 23 Feb 1932 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik) Automatic gun 2,113,202 5 Apr 1938 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik)

STAVE, C.--ST. LOUIS, MO.
      Improvement in portable battery or platoon guns 34,017 24 Dec 1861 (Stauf & Steinbach)

STECKE, EDWARD--WARSAW, POLAND
      Automatic firearm 2,089,671 10 Aug 1937

STEINBACH, C. J.--ST. LOUIS, MO.
      Improvement in portable battery or platoon guns 34,107 24 Dec 1861 (Stauf & Steinbach)

STEINBERGER, LOUIS--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
      Noiseless, smokeless rapid fire gun 1,316,397 16 Sep 1919

STENSLAND, CORNELIUS--NAGAUNEE, MICH.
      Machine gun 143,729 14 Oct 1873

STEVENS, JORDAN & HARRISON, INC.--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Gun 2,387,199 16 Oct 1945 (Vang)

STINSON, JAMES HENRY--COOKE, MONT.

Gun muffler 959,400 24 May 1910

STOCKHOLMS VAPENFABRIK, AKTIEBOLAGET See AKTIEBOLAGET STOCKHOLMS VAPENFABRIK

STODDARD, VAUGHN--CHELSEA, IOWA
      Machine gun 1,242,068 2 Oct 1917

STONE, BERKLEY C.--MIDDLETOWN, CONN. (*)
      Automatic firearm 1,226,479 15 May 1917 (Diehm)

STONE, J. AUSTIN--WASHINGTON, D.C. (*)
      Fire control means for aircraft machine guns 1,466,951 4 Sep 1923 (Edwards)

STORLE, OLE O.--TACOMA, WASH. Machine gun 1,342,358 1 June 1920

STOW, A. H.--HUNTER, W. VA.
      Automatic firearm 726,109 21 Apr 1903

STRASBURG, ALVIN CHARLES--CRIDERSVILLE, OHIO
      Automatic firearm 854,771 28 May 1907

STUCKEY, A. J.--GALVESTON, TEX.
      Machine gun 1,869,738 2 Aug 1932 (Davis, Halett & Stuckey)

STUDLER, RENE R.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Blank ammunition firing attachment for automatic guns 2,075,837 6 Apr 1937

STURGEON, JOHN C.--ERIE, PA.
      Automatic gas--operated firearm 1,290,849 7 Jan 1919

Automatic gas--operated firearm 1,290,850 7 Jan 1919

Automatic gun--cartridge supply and feed mechanism 1,290,851 7 Jan 1919

Cooling barrel mechanism for firearm 1,290,853 7 Jan 1919

Automatic rapid--fire gun 1,290,854 7 Jan 1919

SUMMERBELL, WILLIAM--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Sub--caliber auxiliary barrel and extractor 2,423,471 8 Jul 1947

SUNDERLAND, OSWALD O.--FAIRFIELD, CONN.
      Machine gun fire retarder 2,509,530 30 May 1950 (Rosengren & Sunderland)

Machine gun fire retarder 2,509,540 30 May 1950

SUNNGARD, HARALD--CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY
      Automatic firearm 972,087 4 Oct 1910

SUSSMAN, WLADYSLAW--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
      Automatic rifle 1,367,996 8 Feb 1921

SUTTER, CHARLES--SURESNES, FRANCE
      Accelerating device for automatic firearms 1,568,005 29 Dec 1925 (Assigned to Hotchkiss & Compagnie) Automatic machine gun 1,431,057 3 Oct 1922

Combined loader, ejector and safety mechanism for automatic firearms 1,656,845 17 Jan 1928 (Assigned to Societe Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss R. Co.)

Gas--controlled automatic firearm 2,052,368 25 Aug 1936 (Assigned to Hotchkiss & Co.)

Automatic firearm 2,108,026 8 Feb 1938 (Sutter & Bonssel, A.) (Assigned to Hotchkiss & Co.)

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SUTTON, HARRY A.--DAYTON, OHIO
      Synchronizing gun control 1,496,749 3 June 1924 Cartridge mechanism for automatic guns 1,504,393 12 Aug 1924

Synchronizing gun control 1,504,394 12 Aug 1924

SWAHN, ALFRED F.--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
      Machine gun 928,344 20 July 1909

SWARTZ, WILLIAM L.--WETHERSFIELD, CONN.
      Automatic firearm 2,169,083 8 Aug 1939 (Assigned to Colt's Patent Fire Arms Co.)

SWEBILIUS, CARL G.--HAMDEN, CONN.
      Gas--operated self--loading firearm 2,373,204 10 Apr 1945 Belt holding pawls for machine guns 2,392,012 1 Jan 1946 (Assigned to High Standard Mfg. Corp.)

Extractor switch mechanism for machine guns 2,404,325 16 July 1946 (Assigned to the High Standard Mfg. Co.) Automatic firearm 1,402,459 3 Jan 1922 (Assigned to Marlin Firearms Corp.)

Automatic gun 1,450,653 3 Apr 1923 (Assigned to Marlin Firearms Corp.)

Automatic firearm 1,444,890 13 Feb 1923 (Assigned to Marlin Firearms Corp.)

Automatic gun 1,504,584 12 Aug 1924 (Assigned to Marlin Firearms Corp.)

Automatic firearm 1,521,730 6 Jan 1925 (Assigned to Marlin Firearms Corp.)

Automatic firearm 1,550,759 25 Aug 1925 (Assigned to Marlin Firearms Corp.)

Automatic firearm 1,550,760 25 Aug 1925 (Assigned to Marlin Firearms Corp.)

Tubular magazine automatic firearm 2,282,903 12 May 1942 (Assigned to Western Cartridge Co.)

Self--loading repeating firearm 2,342,824 29 Feb 1944 (Assigned to High Standard Mfg. Co.)

Recoil--operated self--loading firearm 2,328,108 31 Aug 1943 (Assigned to Western Cartridge Co.)

Self--loading repeating firearm 2,365,307 19 Dec 1944 (Assigned to High Standard Mfg. Co.)

Gun barrel lock 2,437,137 2 Mar 1948

Ejector detent 2,500,139 7 Mar 1950

SWENSON, ERIC A.--BEAUKISS, TEX.
      Automatic firearms 2,057,169 13 Oct 1936

SYMON, ROBERT R.--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
      Machine gun 317,161 5 May 1885 (Maxim)

TALIAFERRO, N.--AUGUSTA, KY.
      Improvement in revolBousselnance 34,171 14 Jan 1862

TANSLEY, GEORGE H.--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Automatic machine gtm 1,493,846 1 July 1924 (Assigned to Colt's Patent Mfg. Co.)

Firing mechanism for machine guns 2,050,539 11 Aug 1936 (Tansley & Moore) (Assigned to Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.)

TASKER, V. C.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
      Rapid--fire gun 613,195 25 Oct 1898 (L. L. Driggs & Tasker) (Assigned to Driggs--Seabury Gun & Ammuni--

tion Co.)

TAYLOR, HAMELIN C.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Automatic gun 823,004 12 June 1906 (Assigned to Taylor, Knox)

TAYLOR, JAMES PATTON--CARTER DEPOT, TENN.
      Gun feeder for machine guns 189,811 17 Apr 1877 Machine gun 190,645 8 May 1877

Machine gun 206,365 23 July 1878 (Assigned 1/2 to John Baxter)

Improvement in repeating ordnance 116,775 4 July 1871. (Assigned to self & N. G. Taylor)

Improvement in machine guns 174,873 14 Mar 1876 (Assigned 1/2 to J. Baxter)

Improvement in machine guns' s 177;030 2 May 1876 (Assigned 1/2 to J. Baxter)

Improvement in machine guns 174,872 14 Mar 1876 (Assigned to J. Baxter)

TAYLOR, JOHN A.--PICABO, IDAHO
      Recoil--operated firearm 1,078,224 11 Nov 1913 (Assigned 1/2 to J. H. Carpenter)

TAYLOR, NATHANIEL G.--ELIZABETHTON, TENN.(*) Improvement in repeating ordnance 116,775 4 July 1871 (Taylor, J. P.)

TAYLOR, KNOX--HIGH BRIDGE, N.J. (*)
      Automatic gun 823,004 12 June 1906 (Taylor, H. P.)

TERNSTRÖM, ERNST--PARIS, FRANCE
      Automatic machine gun 642,018 23 Jan 1900

TERREL, CHARLES C.--SHULLSBURG, WISC.
      Machine gun 14,215 5 Feb 1856 (Assigned to self and Crawford, S.)

THAYER, C. B.--BOSTON, MASS.
      Improvement in centrifugal guns 21,109 3 Aug 1858 (Assigned to Robinson, C.)

THIELE, KARL--ESSEN--ON--THE--RUHR, GERMANY
      Recoil gun 911,849 9 Feb 1909 (Assigned to Fried.

Krupp Aktiengesellschaft)

THOMPSON, EUGENE W.--NEW LONDON, CONN.
      Gun silencer and recoil reducer 1,229,675 12 June 1917

THOMPSON, JOHN T.--WASHINGTON, D.C. (*)
      Machine gun 1,334,052 16 Mar 1920 (Burleigh)

THOMPSON, JOHN T.--NEWPORT, KY.
      Automatic gun 1,425,810 15 Aug 1922 (Agungned to Auto Ordnance Corp.)

THOMPSON, WALTER--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
      Means for preventing the jamming of machine guns 1,371,527 15 Mar 1921

THORSEN, THEODORE M.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Automatic firearm 696,118 25 Mar 1902

THURLER, EUGENE--FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND
      Device for the suppression of the report of firearms 1,000,702 15 Aug 1911

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TOBORG, GEORGE--CHICAGO, ILL.
      Automatic firearm 1,017,119 13 Feb 1912

Automatic firearm 1,008,498 14 Nov 1911

Automatic firearm 1,047,337 17 Dec 1912

TOLL, HERMAN H.--CLARINDA, IOWA
      Machine gun 661,897 13 Nov 1900

TOWNSEND, ALFRED H.--GEORGETOWN, COLO.
      Improvement in repeating ordnance 115,659 6 June 1871

TRAVAGLINI, ANTONIO--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Gas--operated firearm 630,136 1 Aug 1899 (Assigned 1/2 to Benedictis, C. D.)

TRAVERSI, ROBERTO A.--REGGIO EMILIA, ITALY
      Gun barrel 2,238,670 15 April 1941 (Traversi & Pegna) (Assigned to Compagna Commerciale Caproni)

TREVAMaschinenfabrikIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
      Solenoid 2,403,315 2 July 1946 (Assigned to Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.)

Firing mechanism for automatic gun 2,397,387 26 Mar 1946 (Assigned to Dunlop Rubber Co.)

TUCKER, LEONARD--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Trigger mechanism for machine guns and small arms 1,561,756 17 Nov 1925 (Assigne to Vickers Ltd.)

TUFTS, TIMOTHY--SOMERVILLE, MASS.
      Improvement in repeating cannons 46,762 7 Mar 1865 (Assigned to Page, J. W. H.)

TURNER, SAMUEL W.--CLEVELAND, OHIO (*)
      Centrifugal gun 37,159 16 Dec 1862 (Eaton)

TYPE RELEASE CO., INC.--WILMINGTON, DEL. (*)
      Machine gun 1,362,479 14 Dec 1920 (Dibovsky)

UMBERTO, ONORATI--TOLEDO, OHIO
      Automatic firearm 1,839,621 5 Jan 1932

UNGE, W. T.--STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
      Firearm operated by gases of explosion 515,064 20 Feb 1894

UNITED AIRCRAFT CORP.--EAST HARTFORD, CONN. (*)
      Gun charging installation 2,431,079 18 Nov 1947 (Richey)

UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORP.--FLEMINGTON, DEL. (*)
      Gun charging mechanism 2,411,934 3 Dec 1946 (Naugler) Automatic firearm 2,409,251 15 Oct 1946 (Cantley) Examining the interiors of gun barrels 2,405,245 6 Aug 1946 (Ushakoff)

Gun--loading mechanism 2,425,425 12 Aug 1947 (Jorgensen)

Firing mechanism for guns 2,440,381 27 Apr 1948 (Phillips)

Gun ammunition magazine 2,447,092 17 Aug 1948 (Ray)

Magazine for machine guns 2,489,428 29 Nov 1949 (Mariner)

Ammunition feeder 2,494,728 17 Jan 1950 (Stacey & Reinhold)

Ammunition feeder 2,524,132 3 Oct 1950 (Naugler & Stacey)

Charger for automatic guns 2,529,822 14 Nov 1950 (Stacey & Willhauck)

UNITED STATES ORDNANCE. CO.--WASHINGTON, D.C. (*)
      Automatic firearm 1,376,834 3 May 1921 (Sheppard)

Attachment for gas--operated guns 1,445,583 13 Feb 1923 (Green)

UNITED STATES ORDNANCE CO.--BOSTON, MASS. (*)
      Machine gun 1,379,339 24 May 1921 (Kaskell)

UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC ARMS & AMMUNITION CO.--NEW YORK, N.Y.(*)
      Cartridge, Electric 365,842 5 July 1887 (Monfort)
      Electrical breech--loading firearms 365,843 5 July 1887 (Monfort)

UNIVERSAL PATENTS CO.--RHODE ISLAND (*)
      Machine gun belt 1,243,686 23 Oct 1917 (Batchelder)

USHAKOFF, ALEXIS E.--BEVERLY, MASS.
      Examining the interiors of gun barrels 2,405,245 6 Aug 1946. (Assigned to United Shoe Machinery Corp.)

UTLEY, GREY--LOUISBURG, N.C.
      Improvement in repeating ordnance 20,229 11 May 1858

YANG, ALFRED--NEWARK, N.J.
      Gun 2,387,199 16 Oct 1945 (Assigned to Stevens, Jordan & Harrison, Inc.)

VANKEIRSBILCK, JOHN--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Machine gun 504,517 5 Feb 1893 (Broderick & Vankeirsbilck) (Assigned to Gatling Gun Co.)

Feed for machine guns 504,516 5 Sep 1893 (Broderick & Vankeirsbilck) (Assigned to Gatling Gun Co.)

VICKERS, ALBERT--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
      Machine gun 317,161 5 May 1885 (Maxim)

Automatic gun 690,799 7 Jan 1902 (Assigned to Vickers Sons & Maxim Ltd.)

VICKERS--ARMSTRONG LTD.--WESTMINSTER, ENGLAND (*)
      Gas--operated machine gun and automatic small arm 1,811,693 23 June 1931 (Larsson & Higson)

Drum magazine for machine guns and automatic small arms 1,811,694 23 June 1931 (Larsson & Higson)

Machine gun and automatic small arm 1,846,035 9 Feb 1932 (Larsson & Higson)

Machine gun 2,037,244 14 Apr 1936 (Larsson & Higson) Machine gun and drum magazine therefor 2,113,793 12 Apr 1938 (Larsson & Higson)

Machine gun and automatic small arm 2,137,612 22 Nov 1938 (Higson)

Automatic gun 2,347,559 25 Apr 1944 (Higson)

Machine gun 2,013,312 3 Sep 1935 (Larsson & Higson)

Machine gun 2,048,395 21 July 1936 (Larsson & Higson)

Double--barreled automatic gun 2,509,734 30 May 1950 (Higson)

VICKERS LIMITED--WESTMINSTER, ENGLAND (*)
      Automatic gun 1,262,169 9 Apr 1918 (Buckham)

Automatic gun 19 Apr 1918 (Dawson & Buckham)

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Bullet deflector for the propellers of aeroplanes and similar aircraft provided with machine guns 1,298,886 1 Apr 1919 (Challenger)

Automatic gun 1,298,887 1 Apr 1919 (Challenger Sc Savage)

Machine gun 1,312,106 5 Aug 1919 (Dawson & Buckham)

Machine gun 1,314,734 2 Sep 1919 (Dawson & Buckham)

Machine gun 1,327,086 6 Jan 1920 (Dawson & Buckham)

Machine gun mounting 1,364,925 4 Jan 1921 (Scarff)

Machine gun 1,447,246 6 Mar 1923 (Hazelton)

Machine gun 1,453,974 1 May 1923 (Dawson, Buckham & Haskell)

Machine gun 1,479,138 1 Jan 1924 (Hazelton)

Machine gun 1,456,625 29 May 1923 (Dawson & Buckham)

Automatic gun 1,468,262 18 Sep 1923 (Dawson, Buckham & Larsson)

Means for controlling the rate of fire of automatic guns carried by aircraft 1,486,909 18 Mar 1924 (Lucas) Articulated link for the cartridge belts of machine guns 1,550,787 25 Aug 1925 (Dawson, Buckham & Larsson)

Automatic gun 1,553,992 15 Sep 1925 (Dawson, Buckham & Larsson)

Trigger mechanism for machine guns and small arms 1,561,756 17 Nov 1925 (Tucker)

Gun mounting for use in aircraft 1,628,068 10 May 1927 (Scarff)

VICKERS, SONS & MAXIM, LTD.--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
      Automatic gun 644,969 6 Mar 1900 (Dawson & Silverman)

Automatic machine gun 687,130 19 Nov 1901 (Dawson & Buckham)

Automatic gun 690,799 7 Jan 1902 (Vickers)

Automatic gun 772,700 18 Oct 1904 (Dawson & Silverman)

Muzzle attachment for automatic guns 870,497 5 Nov 1907 (Dawson & Ramsay)

Automatic gun 920,832 4 May 1909 (Dawson & Buckham)

Automatic gun 942,167 7 Dec 1909 (Dawson & Buckham)

Cartridge feed mechanism of Maxim guns 951,999 15 Mar 1910 (Buckham)

Automatic gun 926,052 22 June 1909 (Dawson & Buckham)

Cartridge feed mechanism for automatic guns 1,091,640 31 Mar 1914 (Dawson & Buckham)

Automatic gun 1,077,680 4 Nov 1913 (Dawson & Buck--ham)

VICTOR P. DE KNIGHT GUN CO.--WASHINGTON, D.C. (*)
      Rapid--fire automatic gun 698,107 22 Apr 1902 (De Knight)

Rapid--fire automatic gun 709,880 30 Sep 1902 (De Knight)

Rapid--fire automatic gun 709,881 30 Sep 1902 (De Knight)

Rapid--fire automatic gun 709,883 30 Sep 1902 (De Knight)

VILLAR PEROSA, OFFICINI DI--VILLAR PFROSA, ITALY (*)
      Automatic firearm 1,159,417 9 Nov 1915 (Revelli) Machine gun 1,286,884 3 Dec 1918 (Revelli)

VINCON, GUSTAVO--TURIN, ITALY
      Automatic firearm 1,464,276 7 Aug 1923

VINSON, NEAL L.--MILL VALLEY, CALIF.
      Air--cooled gun barrel 2,363,563 28 Nov 1944

VOLLER, KARL--DUSSELDORF, GERMANY
      Gun with recoiling barrel 855,366 28 May 1907 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren u. Maschinenfabrik)

Recoil mechanism for guns 1,034,171 30 July 1912 Automatic firing mechanism 887,713 12 May 1908 (Assigned to Rheinische Metallwaren u. Nlaschinenfabrik)

VOLLMER, HEINRICH--BIBERACH--RISS, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm 2,182,907 12 Dec 1939 (Assigned to Gastav Genschow & Co.)

VOLLMER, JOHN--ESSEN, GERMANY
      Composite gun barrel assembled by rotary motion of its component parts 1,400,780 20 Dec 1921 (Assigned to Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft) ,

VON JEINSEN, E.--NEW YORK, N.Y. Breech--loading firearms 84,922 15 Dec 1868

WACKERMANN, FRANK--PITTSBURGH, PA.
      Recoil--operated firearm 516,417 13 Mar 1894

WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT -- OBERNDORF, GERMANY (*)
      Rotatable breech bolt for automatic firearm 1,180,784 25 Apr 1916 (Paul Mauser)

Rotatable lug bolt firearm 1,180,785 25 April 1916 (Paul Mauser)

Firearm 1,217,974 6 March 1917 (P. Mauser)

Means for combining the barrel with the receiver in connection with firearms 1,234,783 31 July 1917 (Mauser, Paul)

WAFFENFABRIK SOLOTHURN A. G.--SOLOTHURN, SWITZERLAND (*)
      Automatic firearm 2,015,908 1 Oct 1935 (Rakula & Her-- lath)

Automatic gun 2,067,322 12 Jan 1937 (Heilach & Rakula)

WAGNER, PAUL G.--Los ANGELES, CALIF.
      Machine gun starter & recharger 2,180,751 21 Nov 1939

WAGNON, IRA W.--CASA GRANDE, ARIZ.
      Automatic rifle 1,398,452 29 Nov 1921 (Assigned 1/2 to Brown, J. F.)

WALKER, BROOKS--PIEDMONT, CALIF.
      Air--cooled gun 2,427,374 16 Sep 1947

WALL, ALEXANDER C.--INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
      Gun charger 2,389,943 27 Nov 1945 (Assigned to General Electric Co.)

WALTHER, CARL--ZELLA, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm with stationary barrel 991,398 2 May 1911

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WALTHER, FRITZ--ZFLLA--MEHLIS, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm 1,457,477 5 June 1923 (Walther, F. & Walther, G.)

Automatic firearm 1,481,042 15 Jan 1923 (Walther, F. & Walther, G.)

Automatic firearm 2,145,328 31 Jan 1939

WALTHER, GEORG--ZELLA--MEHLIS, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm 1,457,477 5 June 1923 (Walther, F. & Walther, G.)

Automatic gun 1,481,042 15 Jan 1924 (Walther, F. & Walther, G.)

WANINGER, CARL--DiESSELDORF, GERMANY
      Gun loading device 2,151,288 21 MarLA39 (Assigned to Rheinmetall--Borsig Aktiengesellschaft)

WARNER, JAMES HAROLD--NEW YORK, N.Y. (*)
      Machine gun 1,273,078 16 July 1918 (McManus, L. M.)

WATSON, GLENN C.--CLEVELAND, OHIO
      Automatic rifle 1,377,236 10 May 1921

WATT, ANDREW K.--LANSING, MICH.
      Feed mechanism for machine guns 2,519,947 22 Aug 1950 (Assigned to General Motors Corp.)

WEAVER, WM.--CLINTON, PA.
      Improved machine for throwing projectiles 12,529 12 Aug 1856 (Smith & Weaver)

WEBB, GEORGE--HARTFORD, CONN.
      Automatic firearm & combined accessories 2,359,263 26 Sep 1944 (Assigned to Colt's Firearms Mfg. Co.)
      Automatic firearm 2,375,452 8 May 1945 (Assigned to Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co.)

WEBB, HARRY C.--TACOMA, WASH.
      Machine gun 569,899 20 Oct 1896

WEED, JAMES--RAWLINS, WYO.

Automatic gun 718,062 6 Jan 1903 (Assigned to Lewis, J. & Brown, A. A.)

WELIN, ERNST A. M.--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Quick--firing gun 614,414 15 Nov 1898

WERKZEUG MASGHINENEABRIK OERLIKON--OERLIKON, SWITZERLAND (*)
      Automatic gun 1,556,225 6 Oct 1925 (Kung)

Bearing surface for breech bolts in automatic firearms 2,509,043 23 May 1950 (Muhlemann)

Automatic inertia--locked firearm with automatic hammer 2,512,014 20 Jun 1950 (Eglin)

Automatic firearm breech bolt lock 2,512,027 20 Jun 1950 (Lippert & Miihlemann)

Automatic FRITZ--ZELLA--MEHLISt locking mechanism 2,523,704 26 Sep 1950 (Lippert & Hepperle)

Trigger mechanism for automatic firearms 2,524,258 3 Oct 1950 (Hepperle)

WESTERN CARTRIDGE CO.--DELAWARE (*)
      Gas--operated firearm 2,211,405 13 Aug 1940 (Browning) Tubular magazine automatic firearm 2,282,903 12 May 1942 (Swebilius)

Gas--operated automatic firearm 2,252,754 19 Aug 1941 (Browning)

Gas--operated actuating mechanism for firearms 2,340,962 8 Feb 1944 (Humeston)

Recoil--operated self--loading firearm 2,328,108 31 Aug 1943 (Swebilius)

Gas--operated self--loading firearm 2,346,954 18 Apr 1944 (Williams)

Gas--operated self--loading firearm 2,355,768 15 Apr 1944 (Williams)

Gas--operated self--loading firearm 2,370,233 27 Feb 1945 (Crockett)

Self--loading firearm 2,372,339 27 May 1945 (Roemer)

WESTFALL, WALTER E.--MARYVILLE, MO.
      Silencer for construction firearms 1,111,202 22 Sep 1914

WHALEN, JAMES A.--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
      Improvement in revolving firearms 25,052 22 Apr 1862

WHITCOMB, JAMES O.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
      Improvement in magazine field batteries 38,350 28 Apr 1863

WHITE AUTOMATIC GUN CORP.--PORTLAND, ME. (*)
      Automatic gun 1,907,163 2 May 1933 (White)

Automatic gun 1,907,164 2 May 1933 (White)

WHITE, HARRY K.--ANNAPOLIS, MD.
      Recoil--operated magazine firearm 488,409 20 Dec 1892 (Assigned to the White Magazine Rifle Co.)

WHITE, JOSEPH C.--WAKEFIELD, MASMASCHINENFABRIK

Automatic gun 1,907,163 2 May 1933 (Assigned to White Automatic Gun Corp.)

Automatic gun 1,907,164 2 May 1933 (Assigned to White Automatic Gun Corp.)

WHITING, WILLIAM JOHN--HANDSWORTH, ENGLAND
      Automatic revolver firearm 688,216 2 Dec 1901

Automatic revolver firearm 688,217 3 Dec 1901

Automatic firearm 803,948 7 Nov 1905

Automatic firearm 804,694 14 Nov 1905

Automatic firearm 827,488 31 July 1906

Automatic firearm 863,770 30 Aug 1907

Automatic fireman 896,496 18 Aug 1908

Automatic firearm 939,882 9 Nov 1909

WHITNEY, JAMES S.--LOWELL, MASS.
      Machine gun 311,551 3 Feb 1885

WHITTIER, WALTER H.--GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
      Automatic firearm 1,019,937 12 Mar 1912

Automatic firearm 1,034,750 6 Aug 1912

WIKANDER, OSCAR R.--PITTSBURGH, PA.
      Automatic gun 2,370,835 6 Mar 1945 (Bell & Wikander) (Assigned to Edgewater Steel Co.)

Automatic gun 2,395,211 19 Feb 1946 (Bell & Wikander) (Assigned to Edgewater Steel Co.)

WILDER, ELIHU--MANCHESTER, N.H.
      Machine gun 182,729 26 Sep 1876

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Machine gun 563,701 7 July 1896 (Assigned to Moses, H. O.)

Improvement in machine guns 182,729 26 Sep 1876

WILDNER, FRANZ--BOHEMIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
      Silencer for firearms 1,462,158 17 July 1923

WILLIAMS, DAVID M.--GODWIN, N.C.
      Automatic firearm 2,090,656 24 Aug 1937

Automatic firearm 2,090,657 24 Aug 1937

Belt--feeding means for guns 2,027,893 14 Jan 1936

Gas--operated self--loading firearm 2,346,954 18 Apr 1944 (Assigned to Western Cartridge Co.)

Gas--operated self--loading firearm 2,355,768 15 Aug 1944 (Assigned to Western Cartridge Co.)

Piston means for gas--operated firearms 2,376,466 22 May 1945 (Assigned to Olin Industries, Inc.) Cartridge--extracting mechanism for firearms 2,412,663 17 Dec 1946 (Assigned to Olin Industries, Inc.)

WILLIAMS, EDGAR A.--UPPER BLACK EDDY, PA.
      Interchangeable barrel for guns 1,760,731 27 May 1930

WILSON, ELIJAH--FRENIER, LA. (*)
      Machine gun 1,174,923 7 Mar 1916 (Woodson)

WILSON, THOMAS--BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
      Revolving magazine gun 481,452 23 Aug 1892

WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.--NEW HAVEN, CONN. (*)
      Magazine for firearms 285,284 18 Sep 1883 (Mason)

Gas--operated gun 525,151 28 Aug 1894 (Mason)

Automatic gun 636,196 31 Oct 1899 (Burgess)

Automatic firearm 681,481 27 Aug 1901 (Johnson)

Automatic firearm 694,157 25 Feb 1902 (Johnson)

Automatic firearm 695,784 18 Mar 1902 (Bennett & Mason)

Recoil--operated firearm 768,665 30 Aug 1904 (Johnson)

Locking block for automatic guns 760,871 24 May 1904 (Johnson)

Tubular magazine automatic gun 874,856 24 Dec 1907 (Mason)

Gas--operated gun 877,657 28 Jan 1908 (Mason)

Gas--operated gun 885,166 21 Apr 1908 (Mason)

Automatic firearm 846,591 12 Mar 1907 (Mason)

Automatic firearm 854,707 21 May 1907 (Mason)

Recoiling barrel gun 941,006 23 Nov 1909 (Burton)
      Automatic firearm 933,254 7 Sep 1909 (Knous)

Recoiling barrel firearm 945,328 4 Jan 1910 (Johnson)
      Recoiling barrel gun 946,134 11 Jan 1910 (Johnson)

Cartridge--ejecting mechanism for firearms 2,101,236 7 Dec 1937 (Burton)

WINKS, JOHN O.--SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
      Automatic firearm 1,104,947 28 July 1914

Automatic firearm 1,190,352 11 July 1916

WINTER, ALFRED--DiiSSELDORF, GERMANY
      Automatic firearm 2,133,661 18 Oct 1938 (Engel & Winter) (Assigned to Rheinmetall--Borsig Aktiengesellschaft)

WISMAN, FRANKLIN O.--SOUTH BEND, IND.
      Automatic machine gun charger 2,410,767 5 Nov 1946 (Wisman & Rohm) (Assigned to Bendix Aviation Corp.)

WOOD, MARSHALL--LEWISBURGH, W.VA.
      Machine gun 130,098 30 July 1872 (Assigned to self and Mathews)

WOOD, STEPHEN W.--CORNWALL, N.Y.
      Improvement in field artillery 126,607 7 May 1872

WOODGATE, HERBERT FERDINAND--LONDON, ENGLAND
      Recoil--operated gun 512,437 9 Jan 1894 (Griffiths & Woodgate)

WOODSON, HENRY D., JR.--FRENIER, I.A.

Machine gun 1,174,923 7 Mar 1916 (Assigned 15/100 to Elijah Wilson)

WOODWARD, JAMES N.--LOUISVILLE, MISS. (*)
      Machine gun 282,787 7 Aug 1893 (F. M. Shields)

WOODWARD, R.--NEW EGYPT, N.J.
      Improvement in firearms 31,933 2 Apr 1861 (McCord)

WOODY, GEORGE A.--TILDEN, TEXAS
      Operating mechanism for machine guns 1,897,099 14 Feb 1933 (Woody & Coupland)

WRIGHT, ROBERT LEE--LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
      Machine gun 1,444,768 6 Feb 1923

WRIGHT, JOSEPH--ENGLAND
      Firing device for automatic guns -- 2,135,688 8 Nov 1938 (Wright, Park & Trevaskis) (Assigned to Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.)

WURTZEBACH, L. E.--LEAD, S.D.
      Silencing device for firearms 1,525,846 10 Feb 1925

WURZER, MARTIN--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
      Machine gun 2,029,839 4 Feb 1936

YOUNG, FRANKLIN K.--BOSTON, MASS. Automatic firearm 624,145 2 May 1899

YOUNG, LAUTT F.--CHAFFEE, MO.
      Buffer spring assembly for automatic firearms 2,504,958 25 Apr 1950 (Botts & Young)

Gun clearing device 2,495,800 31 Jan 1950

Z. B., See CESKOSLOVENSKA ZBROJOVKA AKCIOVA--SPOLECNOST

ZBROJOVKA BRNO NARODNI PODNIK -- PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (*)
      Inertia member for retarding breechblock movement in automatic firearms 2,495,460 24 Jan 1950 (Koucky)

Cartridge feeding means for automatic firearms 2,519,582 22 Aug 1950 (Koucky)

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