US Patent: 1,304 - Improvement in fire-arms and in the apparatus used therewith


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US Patent: 1,304

Improvement in fire-arms and in the apparatus used therewith

Patentee:

Samuel Colt (exact or similar names) - Paterson, NJ

USPTO Classifications:

42/61, 42/78

Tool Categories:

armaments : firearms : revolvers

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

L. P. Sargeant

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Aug. 29, 1839

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Description:

Samuel Colt invented the revolver. He produced 4,000 firearms from 1839 through 1842 before going bankrupt. The US Army rejected his design as being overly complex and prone to explosive failure. See also patent 9,430X