Yes, the H.H. Fox Patent No. 767,557 covering the lock mechanism, was also granted on Aug. 16, 1904. The original patent assigned to Philadelphia Arms Co. was Ansley H. Fox's No. 714,688 for a bolting mechanism. Ansley filed the application for that patent on January 17, 1902, when he was still employed by Winchester Repeating Arms Co. which I suspect caused problems and the reason it was never used. So, Ansley filed the patent application for the lock mechanism in his brother's name, Harry Hunter Fox, and the ejector design under Max Wirsing's name. Harry still lived at home in Baltimore with their Father Addison C. Fox and his new wife. Max lived nearby in Baltimore.
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