Lewis Machine Gun (Patent No: 225723)

Inventor: Cooney, Michael James

Location: Irma

Comments: N/A

Description: Michael James Cooney, Irma, Alberta, Canada, 7th November, 1922. Filed 26th April, 1920. Receipt No. 326,962.

Claim.—1. The combination in a silencer, of two (2) caps A and B, having two offsets extending, with left hand thread screwed into a cylinder, with two smaller offsets supporting revolving cones, with extension offset on opposite end of cap A, having recess with left hand thread to attach to the gun barrel, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a silencer of revolving cones encased in a cylinder revolving on offsets, on caps A and B and operated by the gas formed by the explosion in the chamber of the gun, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in a silencer, two caps A and B having two offsets extending, with left hand thread screwed into a cylinder with the two smaller offsets supporting revolving cones, with extension offset on opposite end of cap A having recess with left hand thread to attach to gun barrel with revolving cones encased in a cylinder revolving on said offsets and operated by the gases formed by the explosion in the chamber of the gun, with ball bearings as an antifriction device with a cylinder having (raceway) or grooves for said bearings to work in, with revolving fans as an air cooling device working in conjunction with the silencer with projection on caps A and B acting as guides revolving fans, all substantially as set forth.

Claims allowed, 3.