The Patents

Date:
​03/07/1850

Patent No.:
​13161

​Class:
​199 Small Arms

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
​​Oval bore rifling

Date:
16/01/1851

Patent No.:
​13454

​Class:
​199 Small Arms

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Inter alia improvements for oval boring, driving bands for shells and exploding shells

Date:
07/01/1853

Patent No.:
47

​Class:
​199 Small Arms

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Improved bullet mould

Date:
27/08/1853

Patent No.:
1988

​Class:
​199 Small Arms

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Machinery for rolling barrels with oval boring

Date:
28/09/1854

Patent No.:
2089

​Class:
​199 Small Arms

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Inter alia breech loading mechanism and base fire principle cartridge

Date:
16/09/1857

Patent No.:
2400

​Class:
​199 Small Arms

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Improvement on his own Patent No. 2089 - 1854​

Date:
16/06/1858

Patent No.:
1361

​Class:
9 Ammunition

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Table mounted cartridge loading machine

Date:
08/10/1858

Patent No.:
2243

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Design for copper/aluminium alloyed rifle barrels

Date:
05/12/1859

Patent No.:
2753

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Alfred Lancaster
Revolving breech block

Date:
05/12/1860

Patent No.:
2983

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Long range side mounted rifle sights

Date:
06/08/1864

Patent No.:
1960

​Class:
9 Ammunition

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Steel faced projectile with wrought iron base

Date:
03/12/1864

Patent No.:
3015

​Class:
9 Ammunition

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Fuse for projectiles ignited by air forced through small aperture

Date:
24/02/1865

Patent No.:
518

​Class:
9 Ammunition

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Central fire cartridge with pinfire type pin to indicate when gun is loaded

Date:
05/04/1865

Patent No.:
969

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
​​Charles William Lancaster
Extractor for sliding breech block

Date:
03/06/1865

Patent No.:
1525

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Alfred Lancaster
Extractor for drop down barrels and retractable striker

Date:
16/01/1867

Patent No.:
112

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Charles William Lancaster
Extractor/ejector for cartridges

Date:
23/12/1867

Patent No.:
3642

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Charles William Lancaster
Oval boring for rifle barrels

Date:
15/02/1869

Patent No.:
462

​Class:
9 Ammunition

Patentee:
Charles William Lancaster
Shot concentrator of paper or similar tube in cartridge closed at one or both ends

Date:
14/05/1869

Patent No.:
1479

​Class:
9 Ammunition

Patentee:
Charles William Lancaster
Shot concentrator with charge partially enclosed in hollow cylindrical wad

Date:
08/03/1872

Patent No.:
718

​Class:
9 Ammunition

Patentee:
Charles William Lancaster
Method of expanding projectile into rifling using rods and hard and soft metals

Date:
05/02/1878

Patent No.:
468

​Class:
9 Ammunition

Patentee:
Charles William Lancaster
Soft metal driving bands for large projectiles which are tapered to receive them

Date:
05/03/1878

Patent No.:
869

​Class:
9 Ammunition

Patentee:
E. Lancaster (administrator of Charles William Lancaster)
Improvement in shot concentrator, refers to his own Patent No. 1479 of 1869

Date:
05/02/1881

Patent No.:
499

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn
Barrel extension for cocking and automatic safety on drop down guns

Date:
21/03/1881

Patent No.:
1242

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn
Single trigger for two or four barrelled guns

Date:
16/01/1882

Patent No.:
213

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn
Split/double trigger for four barrelled guns, refers to his own Patent No. 1242 of 1881

Date:
30/06/1882

Patent No.:
3089

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn
Hinged/jointed external hammers for four barrel cape/shotguns or single hammer for o/u guns

Date:
11/01/1883

Patent No.:
161

​Class:
9 Ammunition

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn
Cartridge loading apparatus for crimping or corrugating mouths of cases

Date:
28/11/1887

Patent No.:
16343

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn (Charles Lancaster)
Stock mounted game counter

Date:
15/04/1890

Patent No.:
5688

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn (Charles Lancaster)
Adjustable try-gun

Date:
11/04/1894

Patent No.:
7242

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn & W F Wilkinson
Opening cocking drop down gun mechanism

Date:
01/12/1894

Patent No.:
23367

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn & W Bodin
Ejector mechanism for drop down guns

Date:
15/03/1895

Patent No.:
5517

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn
Single trigger for double drop down guns

Date:
26/03/1903

Patent No.:
7046

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn (Charles Lancaster)
Single trigger for double barrel guns, refers to his own Patent No. 5517 of 1895 and F Beesley's Patent No. 26749 of 1898 (single trigger for double barrel guns, improvements on two of Beesley's own previous patents)

Date:
14/05/1910

Patent No.:
12057

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn
Roll-over hammer type ejector mechanism for o/u guns

Date:
14/03/1911

Patent No.:
6413

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn
Lock plate attachment by spring clip instead of screw thread

Date:
unknown

Patent No.:
11369

​Class:
199 Small Arms

Patentee:
Henry A A Thorn
Means for cleaning breech loading rifles and firearms