APPENDIX A
Patents on Machine Guns and Relating Mechanisms upon which the World's Automatic Weapons Have Been BasedThe 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 1919AGNELLI, GIOVANNI--TURIN, ITALY
Firearm, Automatic 1,187,957 20 June 1916AKTIEBOLAGET 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 1863ALESSI, FREDERICO--NEW YORK, N.Y.
Gun, Machine 672,690 23 Apr 1901
Gun, Machine 683,240 24 Sep 1901ALEXANDER, ALBERT M.--HAVRE DE GRACE, MD.
Automatic firearm feed mechanism 2,436,370 24 Feb 1948ALIEN 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 1887AMERICAN & 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 1901ANDERSON, 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 1861ANDRUS, GEORGE P.--ABERDEEN, WASH.
Bombing gun for aircraft 1,636,451 19 Jul 1927
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 1892ARMAMENTI 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 1920AUTO--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 1876BAILEY 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 1916BALL, ALBERT--WORCESTER, MASS.
Firearms, Self--loading 38,935 23 Jun 1863BANGERTER, FRIEDRICH--NEW YORK, N.Y.
Automatic rapid--fire machine gun 1,424,751 8 Aug 1922BARDELLI, ARTURO--MILAN, ITALY
Firearm, Automatic 1,355,378 12 Oct 1920
Firearm, Automatic 1,425,627 15 Aug 1922BARNES, 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 1914BARRETT, 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 1917BARTHOLMESS, 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 1915BEEBE, FRANK N.--COLUMBUS, OHIO
Extractor, Spring 230,224 20 Jul 1880BEECHER, 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)
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 1937BERGMANN, 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 1915BERTRAN, 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 1907BICKART, 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 1936BIRKIGT, 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 1911BLACKER, L. V. S.--LONDON, ENGLAND
Machine gun & small arm 1,856,022 26 Apr 1932BLACKBURN, 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 1919BOEGER, JOSEPH--DRESDEN, KANS.
Machine gun 800,062 19 Sep 1905BOCHNAK, ANDREW--BOBTOWN, PA.
Machine gun 2,024,125 10 Dec 1935BOGDONOV, 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 1862BORCHARDT, 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
Breech mechanism for automatic firearms 1,184,065 23 May 1916
Hold--back device 1,196,759 5 Sep 1916BOTTS, 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 1863BRAUNING, 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 1922BREDA--See SOCIETA ITALIANA ERNESTO BREDA BREHM, EDUARD--JERSEY CITY, N.J.
Improvement in revolving cannons 110,194 20 Dec 1870BRETT, JAMES--MATTEAWAN, N.Y.
Gun batteries, Many barrels 42,552 3 May 1864BREVETS 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 1940BROTHERSTON, 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 1917BROWN, AARON A.--RAWLINS, WYO. (*)
Automatic gun 718,062 8 Jan 1903 (Weed)BROWN, CHARLES W.--INDIANOLA, IOWA
Machine gun 1,401,667 27 Dec 1921BROWN, 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 1940BROWN, M. W.--TRENTON, N.J.
Automatic rifle 966,995 9 Aug 1910BROWN, RICHARD J. W.--LONDON, ENGLAND
Breech mechanism for automatic recoil--operated guns 1,021,130 26 Mar 1912BROWNING 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
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 1927BROWNING, 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 1886BUCK, 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
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 1897BURK, 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 1950BURTON, BETHEL--LONDON, ENGLAND
Automatic machine gun 390,114 25 Sep 1888BURTON, 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 1862CANET, 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 1933CAPALUPO, VINCENZO--E. BOSTON, MASS.
Automatic firearm 1,639,425 16 Aug 1927CARL, JOHN HOWARD--GILROY, CALIF.
Automatic firearm 1,118,330 24 Nov 1914
Automatic firearm 1,118,331 24 Nov 1914CARPENTER, 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 1935CARVEN, HARRY--PITTSFIELD, ILL.
Gun silencer 984,750 21 Feb 1911CASSETTA, 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 1891CAYLOR, 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 1926CEDILLO, 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
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 1946CHAPMAN, 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 1923CHILDRESS, GEORGE F.--WILLS POINT, TEX.
Gun muffler 953,943 5 Apr 1910CHRISTOPHE, 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 1914CLARK, ALFRED L.--DUBUQUE, IOWA
Machine gun 1,169,237 25 Jan 1916CLARK, 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 1909CLAUSIUS, CLAUS H. R.--HAMBURG, GERMANY
Firearm, Recoil--operated 593,835 16 Nov 1897CLEMENT, CHARLES P.--LIEGE, BELGIUM
Automatic firearm 976,122 15 Nov 1910COBB, 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 1932COLEMAN, BENJAMIN F.--PRENTISS, MASS.
Multibarrel machine gun 2,404,277 16 Jul 1946COLLEONI, GIUSEPPE--NEW YORK, N.Y,
Automatic gun 960,825 7 Jun 1910COLONEY, 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 1940CONLY, 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)
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 1921COOLEY, 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 1915COUPLAND, 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 1938COVENTRY 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 1868CRAWFORD, SAMUEL--SHULLSBURG, WIS. (*)
Machine gun 14,215 5 Feb 1856 (Terrel)CREON, WARNANT JULIEN--HOIGNEE--CHERATTE, BELGIUM
Automatic rifle 908,631 5 Jan 1909CROCKET'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 1919CZEGKA, VICTOR H.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
Centrifugal gun 1,404,378 24 Jan 1922DAAM, GERRIT VAN--BUFFALO, N.Y.
Gun heater 2,403,415 2 Jul 1946DANSK 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 1894DARLINGTON, 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 1938D'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 1923DAVIS, 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)
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 1861DEGAILLE, 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 1907DEKNIGHT, 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 1890DEUTSCHE 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 1915DESTREE, 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 1932DIBOVSKY, 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 1942DICKINSON, CHARLES S.--CLEVELAND, 01110
Improvement in centrifugal guns 24,997 9 Aug 1859DICKINSON, JACOB M.--CHICAGO, ILL.
Automatic firearm 1,835,286 8 Dec 1931DIEHM, 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 1915DINSMORE, 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 1857DODGE, WILLIAM W., JR.--ASHEVILLE, N.C.
Machine gun 1,551,809 1 Sep 1925DOLLEY, LEON H.--SHERMAN MILLS, ME.
Recoil--operated firearm 1,067,721 15 July 1913DOOLITTLE, JAMES B.--SEYMOUR, CONN.
Magazine firearm 35,996 29 July 1862DOUGHERTY, 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 1912DOUGLAS, WILLIAM--CORRY, PA.
Improvement in battery guns 43,903 23 Aug 1864DOVELL, HARPER H.--BALTIMORE, MD.
Machine gun 1,294,636 18 Feb 1919DRIGGS, 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)
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 1894EDGEWATER 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 1939EKLUND, 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 1946ELLOTT, 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 1924ERNESTI, 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 1876FARWELL 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
FERRANT, EMIL--MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
Automatic magazine gun 645,932 27 Mar 1900 (Beck & Ferrant)FIELDS, WILLIAM--WILMINGTON, DEL.
Gun, Battery 113,996 25 Apr 1871FISHER, GEORGE O.--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Automatic gun 1,475,761 27 Nov 1923FITTIPALDI, RAFAEL--BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
Automatic repeating firearms 1,099,245 9 June 1914FLETCHER, 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 1921FOKKER, ANTHONY H. G.--AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Breech lock for machine guns 1,426,851 22 Aug 1922FOOTE, OSCAR--WASHINGTON, D.C. (*)
Machine gun 547,717 8 Oct 1895 (Dougherty)FOSBERY, GEORGE VINCENT--LONDON, ENGLAND
Recoil--operated firearm 584,631 15 June 1897FOSKETT, 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 1923FOX, 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 1944FRANK, 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 1862FRANKS, BENJAMIN R.--SCOTTSBORO, ALA.
Extractor for revolving firearms 239,238 22 Mar 1881FREEMAN, CHARLES--Los ANGELES, CALIF.
Automatic firearm 802,033 17 Oct 1905
Automatic firearm 870,719 12 Nov 1907FRIBERG, 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 1915FROMMER, 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 1935FROST, JOSEPH W.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
Electric firearm 319,898 9 June 1885FURRER, 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 1920GAETZI, JAKOB--SCHAFFHAUSEN, SWITZERLAND
Automatic firearm 2,031,305 18 Feb 1936 (End & Gaetzi) (Assigned to Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft)
GAIDOS, ALONZO F.--REDWOOD, CALIF.
Fire control selector for automatic firearms 2,512,638 27 Jun 1950GANNOE 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 1926GARAND, 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 1876GARLAND, EDWARD E.--BELLEVILLE, N.J.
Automatic firearm 2,189,202 6 Feb 1940GARLAND, 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 1901GASS, GEORGE WILLIAM--BOLTON, ENGLAND
Machine gun 729,858 2 June 1903GAST, CARL--BARMEN, GERMANY
Double--barrel machine gun with recoiling barrels 1,477,115 11 Dec 1923GASTAV GENSCHOW & CO.--BERLIN, GERMANY (*)
Automatic firearm 2,182,907 12 Dec 1939 (Vollmer)GATES, WILLIAM H.--NORWICH, CONN.
Automatic firearm 962,137 21 June 1910GATLING 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 1865GAVITT, JAMES K. G.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Electric firearm 332,071 8 Dec 1885GEBAUER, 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 1918GESELLSCHAFT 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
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 1946GORTON, 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 1944GRANT, 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 1913GREEN, 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 1946GREENSTEIN, 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 1890GREGG, CLARENCE--PITT BRIDGE; TEX.
Machine gun 1,277,307 2 Aug 1918GRIFFITHS, 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 1927GURNEY, 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 1924HAGEN, RUDOLF A.--MASON CITY, IOWA
Machine gun 1,653,171 20 Dec 1927HALETT, 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 1906HALLE 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 1911HAMILTON, 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 1910HANSEN, 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 1945HARDY, MOSES F.--SEWARD, N.Y.
Improvement in revolving ordnance 36,148 12 Aug 1862
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 1946HASKELL, 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 1930Apparatus 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 1895HAUBROE, WERNER CHRISTIAN LASSEN--COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Machine gun with exchangeable barrels 1,588,887 15 June 1926HAYN, GEORG--ESSEN--ON--THE--RUHR, GERMANY
Recoil gun barrel 913,403 23 Feb 1909HAZELTON, GEORGE--LONDON, ENGLAND
Machine gun 1,339,390 11 May 1920Machine 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 1917HEDRICK, 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 1950HENNEVELD, 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 1911HENNING, 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.)
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 1899HOPKINS, 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)
HORAN, TIMOTHY F.--NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Automatic firearm 2,341,780 15 Feb 1944Automatic 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 1902HORTON, 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 1883Metallic 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 1917HUDSON, ROBERT F.--RICHMOND, VA.
Machine gun 1,386,872 9 Aug 1921Machine 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 1916HUGHES, 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 1923JAESCHKE, 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 1942JERVEY, 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 1920Machine gun 1,328,230 13 Jan 1920
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 1919Actuator 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 1859JUHASZ, ELEK B.--LEBANON, PA.
Automatic concealed firearm for self defense 1,726,228 27 Aug 1929JUSSELIN, LEON--MOREAUVILLE, LA.
Machine gun 861,467 30 July 1907KAUCH, 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 1936Gun 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 1912KEWISH, 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 1881KILGORE 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 1896KING, 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 1885KIRALY, 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 1911Machine 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 1916Means 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. 1906KOBER, FERDIND--ALLENTOWN, PA.
Machine gun 771,019 27 Sep 1904
KOCH, NORBERT--ESSEN--ON--THE--RUHR, GERMANY
Barrel recoil gun 913,403 23 Feb 1909KOUCHER, 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 1944Inertia 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 1933Machine 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 1938Barrel 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 1893Gun, 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)
LANG, CHARLES WELLINGTON--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Rapid--fire gun 1,329,979 3 Feb 1920Rapid--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 1929LEWIS, ISAAC NEWTON--FORTRESS MONROE, VA.
Air--cooled automatic firearm 1,004,666 3 Oct 1911Automatic 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 1948LOCHHEAD, JOHN L.--SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
Machine gun 2,205,426 2 Mar 1938Reversible 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 1919LOMBARD, 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 1909LUCAS, 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 .1923LUGER, GEORG--CHARLOTTENBURG, GERMANY
Recoil--operated firearm 839,778 25, Dec 1906Cartridge 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 1932LYMAN, 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 1917M. 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 1935Automatic firearm 2,016,646 8 Oct 1935
MANGLE, ST. OMER--BOSTON, MASS.
Automatic firearm 896,453 18 Aug 1909
MAN NLICHER, FERDINAND RITTER VON--VIENNA, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
Feed mechanism for magazine guns 518,821 24 Apr 1894 Automatic firearm 581,295 27 Apr 1897Automatic 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 1923MARINER, 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 1950MARTIN, 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 1840MARTIN, THOMAS--ST. ETIENNE, FRANCE
Automatic firearm 935,672 5 Oct 1909MARTIN, 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 1946MARTINEZ--SILVA, LUIS--BOGOTA, COLUMBIA
Automatic mechanism for firearms 1,233,096 10 July 1917MASCARUCCI, 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)
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 1908Silencer 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 1860Improvement 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 1896MCALLISTER, ALBERT H.--COTTON PLANT, MISS.
Machine gun 201,810 26 Mar 1878Machine 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 1838MCCLEAN 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 1905One--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 1913MCCORD, 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 1922Machine 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 1883Machine gun 282,553 7 Aug 1883
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 1923MEINERSMANN, WILLIAM--ELIZABETH, N.J.
High velocity gun 1,326,763 30 Dec 1919MEJEAN, 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 1867MENDOZA, RAFAEL--MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Machine gun bolt mechanism 2,031,383 18 Feb 1936MENTEYNE, 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 1908METALLURGICA 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 1938Machine gun 2,223,380 3 Dec 1940
MICLAUS, ALEXANDER, JR.--WASHINGTON, D.C.
Automatic gun 1,136,695 20 Apr 1915MILG, ARMAND--HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
Recoil--operated firearm 533,911 12 Feb 1895MILBURN, NATHAN L.--ST. LOUIS, MO.
Improvement in revolving ordnance 57,751 4 Sep. 1866MILES, 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 1865MILLS, 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 1876MIBenétS GLESBY, ILL.
Machine gun 1,441,517 9 Jan 1923MONFORT, 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 1919MONNER, 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)
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 1913MOORE, 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 1886MOTTIN, WILLIE F.--NOEL, MO.
Machine gun 1,290,842 7 Jan 1919MOSES, 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 1905MULNO, 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 1890MUSITELLI, ROBERTO--BRESCIA, ITALY
Automatic firearm 1,455,503 15 May 1923NARDIN, CELESTIN F.--WOODHAVEN, N.Y.
Automatic firearm 1,067,054 8 July 1913NATCHER, GABRIEL--SIDNEY, OHIO
Improvement in many--barreled cannons 45,623 27 Dec 1864NAUGLER, 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 1948NEILS, FRANK--DAVENPORT, IOWA
Machine gun 562,846 30 June 1896NELSON, ADOLPH L.--INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Control mechanism for machine guns (aircraft) 1,562,424 17 Nov 1925NELSON, 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 1949NEWTON, 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 1886NORMAN, 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 1903NORTH 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 1917Retracting 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)
OBREGON, ALEJANDRO--MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Automatic loading firearm 2,115,041 26 Apr 1938ODKOLEK, ADOLF--VIENNA, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
Magazine firearm 422,327 25 Feb 1890Quick--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 1921O'MALLEY, JOHN F.--MERIDEN, CONN.
Machine gun 1,307,316 17 June 1919Machine 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 1884ORDNANCE 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 1915OVER, 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 1862PALMER, CHARLES H.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
Machine gun 332,741 OBREGON1885PALMER, WILLIAM--NEW YORK, N.Y.
Improvement in revolving firearms 41,857 8 Mar 1864PARKER, WILLIAM H.--MILLVILLE, N.J.
Chamber loader indicator for firearms 2,416,712 4 Mar 1947PARKHURST, 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 1947Cartridge magazine for automatic firearms 2,510,831 6 June 1950
PATRICK, LIDO J.--SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
Machine gun 27 July 1920PAULSON, SIVIL--RED WILLOW, ALBERTA, CANADA
Automatic firearm 950,576 1 Mar 1910PAULUS, 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 1923PEARSON, 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
PEDERSON, SIVERT--MENOMONEE, WISC.
Machine gun 264,897 26 Sep 1882PEGNA, 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 1933PERINO, GIUSEPPE--ROME, ITALY
Machine gun 682,230 10 Sep 1901PERMENTIER, PAUL R.--CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
Thermostatically controlled firearm cooling system 2,428,359 7 Oct 1947PETERSEN, CHARLES--SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
Automatic gun 754,691 15 Mar 1904PFEIFFER, 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 1857PRATHER, ANDREW T.--RODEO, N. MEX.
Attaching means for gun silencers 1,171,242 8 Feb 1916PRATT & 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 1919Ammunition 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 1907Automatic firearm 904,646 24 Nov 1908
PRITCHETT, WILLIAM H.--CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Automatic machine gun 1,297,240 11 Mar 1919PULLOCK, 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 1914RAINES, RICHARD--NEW YORK, N.Y.
Machine gun 965,538 26 July 1910RAKULA, 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 1947REDFIELD, EDWARD E.--GLENDALE, ORE.
Automatic firearm 984,489 14 Feb 1911
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 1903Automatic 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 1913Automatic 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 1855Improved 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 1863RICHARDS, 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 1896RICKENBACHER, 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
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 1921ROSENBERG, 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 1924ROSNER, KARL--PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Aircraft gun 1,510,109 30 Sep 1924Ross, CHARLES H. A. F. L.--BALNAGOWAN CASTLE, SCOTLAND
Recoil--operated firearm 643,983 20 Feb 1900Automatic 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 1923Synchronized 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 1898Recoil--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 1945RUNDQUIST, 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 1950SALIGER, 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)
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 1915SCARFF, 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 1912SCHIRGUN 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 1884SCHNEIDER & 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 1866SCHOUBOE, THEODOR JENS--RUNGSTED, DENMARK
Automatic firearm 733,681 14 July 1903Trigger 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 1902Recoil--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 1884SCOTT, J. Q. A.--PITTSBURGH, PA.
Magazine firearm 36,174 12 Aug 1862SCOTT--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
SEELY, SAMUEL--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Improvement in portable body batteries 33,854 3 Dec 1861SEVERANCE, 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 1919SILVERMAN, 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 1935Machine 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 1898S JOGREN, THEODOR AXEL CARL--STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Automatic gun 739,732 22 Sep 1903SKODA, EMIL--PILSEN, BOHEMIA, AUSTRIA--HUNGARY
Automatic quick--firing gun 429,819 10 June 1890Quick--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 1920925512°--51 43
SMITH, MORRIS F.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Machine gun 548,096 15 Oct 1895Gas--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 1916SOCIETA 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)
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 1862SPILMAN, 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 1913Automatic 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 1914SWISCE, 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 1937STEINBACH, 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 1919STENSLAND, CORNELIUS--NAGAUNEE, MICH.
Machine gun 143,729 14 Oct 1873STEVENS, 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 1917STONE, 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 1903STRASBURG, ALVIN CHARLES--CRIDERSVILLE, OHIO
Automatic firearm 854,771 28 May 1907STUCKEY, 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 1937STURGEON, JOHN C.--ERIE, PA.
Automatic gas--operated firearm 1,290,849 7 Jan 1919Automatic 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 1947SUNDERLAND, 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 1910SUSSMAN, WLADYSLAW--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Automatic rifle 1,367,996 8 Feb 1921SUTTER, 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 1922Combined 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.)
SUTTON, HARRY A.--DAYTON, OHIO
Synchronizing gun control 1,496,749 3 June 1924 Cartridge mechanism for automatic guns 1,504,393 12 Aug 1924Synchronizing gun control 1,504,394 12 Aug 1924
SWAHN, ALFRED F.--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Machine gun 928,344 20 July 1909SWARTZ, 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 1936SYMON, ROBERT R.--LONDON, ENGLAND (*)
Machine gun 317,161 5 May 1885 (Maxim)TALIAFERRO, N.--AUGUSTA, KY.
Improvement in revolBousselnance 34,171 14 Jan 1862TANSLEY, 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 1877Machine 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 1900TERREL, 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 1917THOMPSON, 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 1921THORSEN, THEODORE M.--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Automatic firearm 696,118 25 Mar 1902THURLER, EUGENE--FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND
Device for the suppression of the report of firearms 1,000,702 15 Aug 1911
TOBORG, GEORGE--CHICAGO, ILL.
Automatic firearm 1,017,119 13 Feb 1912Automatic 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 1900TOWNSEND, ALFRED H.--GEORGETOWN, COLO.
Improvement in repeating ordnance 115,659 6 June 1871TRAVAGLINI, 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 1932UNGE, W. T.--STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Firearm operated by gases of explosion 515,064 20 Feb 1894UNITED 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 1858YANG, 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)
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 1923VINSON, NEAL L.--MILL VALLEY, CALIF.
Air--cooled gun barrel 2,363,563 28 Nov 1944VOLLER, 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 1894WAFFENFABRIK 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 1939WAGNON, 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 1947WALL, 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
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 1921WATT, 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 1896WEED, 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 1898WERKZEUG 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 1914WHALEN, JAMES A.--BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Improvement in revolving firearms 25,052 22 Apr 1862WHITCOMB, JAMES O.--NEW YORK, N.Y.
Improvement in magazine field batteries 38,350 28 Apr 1863WHITE 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 1901Automatic 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 1885WHITTIER, WALTER H.--GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Automatic firearm 1,019,937 12 Mar 1912Automatic 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
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 1923WILLIAMS, DAVID M.--GODWIN, N.C.
Automatic firearm 2,090,656 24 Aug 1937Automatic 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 1930WILSON, ELIJAH--FRENIER, LA. (*)
Machine gun 1,174,923 7 Mar 1916 (Woodson)WILSON, THOMAS--BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
Revolving magazine gun 481,452 23 Aug 1892WINCHESTER 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 1914Automatic 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 1872WOODGATE, 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 1923WRIGHT, 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 1925WURZER, MARTIN--PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Machine gun 2,029,839 4 Feb 1936YOUNG, 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)