{
  "patent_number": "US 36836",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How the Gatling Gun's Rotating Barrel Mechanism Works",
  "original_title": "Improvement in revolving battery-guns",
  "summary": "Richard Gatling's 1862 patent for a multi-barrel firearm that used a hand-cranked rotating mechanism to fire bullets in rapid succession.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent describes a mechanical system where multiple barrels are arranged around a central shaft. As the operator turns a hand crank, the barrels rotate, and a cam-driven system loads, fires, and extracts cartridges sequentially. This design allowed for a much higher rate of fire than single-shot rifles, as each barrel had time to cool while the others were being cycled.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover automatic weapons that use gas pressure or recoil to cycle the action",
    "Does not cover single-barrel repeating firearms like lever-action rifles",
    "Does not cover electronic or motorized firing systems"
  ],
  "filed": null,
  "granted": "1862-11-04",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Richard J. Gatling",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/richard-j-gatling",
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 7,
  "tags": [
    "mechanical",
    "automotive"
  ],
  "abstract": null,
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/36836/gatling-gun",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/36836/gatling-gun/md",
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