EP0203034A2 - Schusszahlbegrenzer für Serienfeuer an automatischen Waffen - Google Patents

Schusszahlbegrenzer für Serienfeuer an automatischen Waffen Download PDF

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EP0203034A2
EP0203034A2 EP86830053A EP86830053A EP0203034A2 EP 0203034 A2 EP0203034 A2 EP 0203034A2 EP 86830053 A EP86830053 A EP 86830053A EP 86830053 A EP86830053 A EP 86830053A EP 0203034 A2 EP0203034 A2 EP 0203034A2
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Pier Giuseppe Beretta
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A19/00—Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/01—Counting means indicating the number of shots fired
    • F41A19/02—Burst limiters

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  • the invention relates to a device for controlling the shooting in bursts, the constituent parts of which are mounted in a support for insertion and extraction in block in the trigger box containing the trigger mechanism of the weapon intended for shooting. shot and burst fire not controlled.
  • portable automatic weapons generally include trigger mechanisms comprising at least one dog or swinging mass, a trigger and a trigger pawl, which are inter active, for shot firing, a burst lever cooperating with the hammer on one side and with the breech of the weapon on the other side for continuously triggered trigger fire, and a fire selector for define the two operating conditions of the device.
  • trigger mechanisms comprising at least one dog or swinging mass, a trigger and a trigger pawl, which are inter active, for shot firing, a burst lever cooperating with the hammer on one side and with the breech of the weapon on the other side for continuously triggered trigger fire, and a fire selector for define the two operating conditions of the device.
  • trigger mechanisms comprising at least one dog or swinging mass, a trigger and a trigger pawl, which are inter active, for shot firing, a burst lever cooperating with the hammer on one side and with the breech of the weapon on the other side for continuously triggered trigger fire, and a fire selector
  • the purpose of this invention is to provide a fire control device for automatic weapons which, in addition to agreeing to fire shot by burst and continuous bursts, also consents shooting in controlled bursts, that is to say -to say the firing in sequence of a preset and limited number of shots as long as the trigger is pressed.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a device for controlling the shooting in bursts present on a support to be inserted in a block and in a removable manner. in the trigger box of the weapon, to obtain automatic weapons either with or without control of bursts without the need to modify their parts or constituent parts.
  • the invention relates to a device for controlling the fire in bursts according to at least claim 1) ' to be inserted into and extracted from the trigger box of portable automatic weapons, this device comprising a dog, a trigger and an interactive trigger ratchet for shot firing, a burst lever cooperating with the hammer and the breech of the weapon for firing by bursts and a safety rod also acting as a selector to define the conditions for shot firing burst and burst or burst controlled fire.
  • the reference number 1) indicates the triggering box of an automatic rifle and the number 2) the breech carriage of the weapon comprising a striker 3), the breech carriage being movable, in a known manner, d 'a rear opening position to a front closing position.
  • a trigger mechanism 4) intended to command the shot shot by shot or by uncontrolled bursts; a device 5) which controls the firing in bursts and a safety rod 6) also acting as a selector pu shot, interposed between and cooperating with the trigger mechanism 4) and with the control device 5) for the choice of the conditions of single shot or burst or controlled burst, as will be explained later.
  • the trigger mechanism 4) comprises a hammer or beating mass 7), a trigger 8), a trigger pawl 9) and a burst lever 10).
  • the dog or swinging mass 7) pivoting on 7 ') is moved to the cocking position by the cylinder head carriage 2) and brought to the striker actuation position 3) by means of a pre-stressed spring 11) mounted on a spring-carrying rod 12) extending backwards.
  • the dog 7) also has a lower step 13) cooperating alternately with the trigger 8) or with the gust lever 10) and a rear hooking tooth 14) intended to cooperate with a triggering pawl 9).
  • the trigger 8) is mounted in the box 1) by means of the pivot 8 ') and it has a front extension 15) which engages with the step 13) of the dog 7) in the safety position, at the beginning and at the end of the three firing conditions, and a pair of parallel ques 16), 16 ') extending back below the safety rod 6) (see also Figures 4 and 13).
  • the trigger pawl 9) is mounted and pivoted on the same pivot 8 ') as the trigger 8) and pre-. in turn feels a front arm 17) which can rest on the front extension 15) of the trigger 8), a rear arm 18) extending between the two rods 16), 16 ') of the trigger 8), this arm ending with a nose 19) turned upwards, and an upper arm with a beak 20) intended to engage the hooking tooth 14 ) of the dog 7) to stop it in the cocking position.
  • a spring 21 ' Between the body of the trigger 8) and the trigger pawl 9) there is a spring 21 ') whose action tends to keep the trigger pawl 9) normally in the dog's hanging position while the trigger is under the action of the spring reminder 21).
  • the burst lever 10) turns on the pin 8 ') of the trigger 8) and has a first arm 22) turned towards the lower step 13) of the dog 7) and intended to engage it, and a second arm 23) turned upward and cooperating, at least during the firing in bursts, with an advance cam 2 ') provided on the carriage-breech 2), the action of which will be explained next.
  • the burst lever 10) is biased by a spring 24) acting in opposition to the action that the cam 2 ') exerts on the lever itself in order to normally move its first arm 22) in the position of interception of the lower step 13) of the dog 7).
  • All the parts constituting the burst control device 5) are pre-assembled in a support 25) for their insertion in block in the trigger box 1) in correlation with the trigger mechanism 4).
  • This support 25) comprises a wing 25 ') with a hole for the introduction and the guiding of the spring-carrying rod 12) coordinated with the hammer 7 ) and it is stopped in the triggering box 1) by means of a pin 26) and of the safety rod 6) of the mechanism.
  • control device 5) comprises a snap counter 27), a controlled burst lever 28) controlled by the dog 7) by means of the spring-carrying rod 12), a control pawl 29) connected to the lever 28) mentioned above for actuating the snap 27), a counter-pawl 30) for stopping the snap 27), and a lever 31) for excluding the. controlled burst lever 28) when the weapon is used for shot firing or in uncontrolled bursts.
  • the hit counter 27) is pendulum-mounted on a pivot 27 ') and has a part 32) facing downwards and provided with two teeth 33) -34) separated by a radiated surface spacing 35) intended to cooperate with the terminal nose 19) of the rear arm 18) of the trigger pawl 9).
  • the two teeth 33) -34) result respectively in correspondence with the control pawl 29) and the stop pawl 30) and include two, three or more teeth in operation. the number of shots to be discharged in a controlled sequence.
  • the snap 27) is provided with an arm 36) extending above the safety rod 6) and cooperating with it, this arm being biased by a spring 37) tending to move it normally towards the safety rod 6) and hence to maintain the part with the teeth 33) -34) turned back, that is to say in opposition to the action of the control pawl 29).
  • the controlled burst lever 28) is mounted on a pivot 28 ') and it has, on one side of this pivot, an upper arm 38) placed in line with the spring-carrying rod 12) and an intermediate nose 39) for engage the exclusion lever 31) and, on the opposite side, a part 40) on which is mounted, at 29 '), the pawl 29) which controls the snap 27).
  • the stop pawl 30) is mounted in the support 25) by means of a pivot 30 ') as shown in detail in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawing.
  • the controlled burst lever 28) is biased by a spring 41) capable of normally holding the upper arm 38) of the lever moved towards the spring-carrying rod 12), in opposition to the action of the lever. exclusion 31) on the intermediate nose 39).
  • the exclusion lever 31) is mounted in an axis with the snap 27) and has an arm 42) cooperating with the selection rod 6) and an arm 42 ') which engages the nose 39) to move and maintain the controlled burst lever 28) in the inoperative position when the weapon is used for shot firing or in uncontrolled bursts.
  • command pawl 29) and the stop ratchet 30) are biased by the springs 41) and respectively 44) tending to keep them in contact with the teeth 33) -34) of the snap-action ratchet 27), each having a lateral plane 45) and 46) respectively.
  • On these planes 45) -46) engage the queus 16) -16 ') of the trigger 8) when the weapon is in safety position or at the end, as we will see, of the shooting by controlled bursts, when it the pawls of the teeth 33) -34) must be moved away from the snap-fitting 27) for zeroing.
  • the safety rod 6) has cam parts 47) -48) -49) -50) (see Figure 16) intended to cooperate, in turn, with one of the lines 16) -16 ') of the trigger 8), with the rear arm 18) of the triggering pawl 9), with the exclusion lever 31) and with the arm 36) of the snap-action ratchet 27) for securing or choosing a firing conditions indicated on a disc secured to the end of the safety rod and fitted with an operating lever P.
  • Figure 1 shows the entire mechanism in safety condition, the breech cart being closed and the dog armed.
  • the trigger In this condition the trigger is in the rest position and its front extension 15) engages the lower step 13) of the dog 7) by blocking it, while the burst lever 10) is held in a position not influent by the cam 2 ') of the cylinder head carriage 2).
  • the safety rod 6) is turned in such a way that its cams 47) e 48) engage and block the tail 16 ') of the trigger 8) and the rear arm 18) of the trigger pawl 9). In this position the trigger 8) cannot be actuated and the pawl 9) is kept in an inoperative position, since its beak 20) cannot catch the rear tooth 14) of the dog 7).
  • the cam portion of the safety rod engages with the exclusion lever 31) to move and maintain the controlled burst lever 28) inoperative position, while the cam portion 50) engages the arm 36) of the hit counter 27) to block it.
  • the shanks 16) -16 ') of the trigger 8) press on the pawl 29) and on the counter-pawl 30) by moving them away from the snap counter 27) and keeping them going in an inoperative position (see also Figures 2 and 3).
  • the trigger 8) can be pressed and actuated in the direction of the arrow F (see Figures 5 e 6) to release the dog 7) from the stop operated by the front extension 15) from the trigger for the discharge the first time - lines in lines in Figure 5 -.
  • the dog 7) moves into the cocking position following the retraction of the breech carriage 2), it is hooked and stopped by the beak 20) of the trigger pawl 9) which engages with the rear tooth 14 ) of the dog 7) (see Figure 6), even if the trigger 8) is still pressed. Therefore, to unload the next shot, release the trigger and then actuate it again to move it, with the trigger pawl 9), so as to unhook the dog.
  • burst 10) remains inactive and the spring holder rod 12) of the hammer 7) exerts no action on the lever of the controlled bursts 28).
  • the selection rod 6) is rotated so as to allow the maneuver of the trigger 8) and still block in the inoperative position, as during the shot firing, the burst lever controlled 28) by means of the exclusion lever 31) - c.
  • the snap counter 27 thanks to the corresponding cam part 49) of the selection rod 6), is positioned so that it can intercept, with its radiated part 35), the nose 19) of the rear arm of the trigger pawl 9) and thus limit its movement, and this to prevent the upper beak 20) of the trigger pawl 9) from catching the rear tooth 14) of the dog 7) as long as the weapon is in the condition of firing by gusts.
  • the breech carriage 2) moves back and places the dog 7) in the rearming position where it is stopped by the first arm 22) of the burst lever 10) engaged with the lower step 13) of the dog (v Figure 8), while the trigger pawl 9) remains inactive.
  • Such stopping of the dog 7) is however simply temporary in that, with the return to the closed position of the carriage-breech 2), its tooth 2 ') acts on the second arm 23) of the lever 10) by moving it in the direction of arrow G (see Figure 8), to automatically unhook the hammer for the percussion of the striker and the automatic discharge of another blow.
  • the burst lever 10) hooks and unhooks the dog 7) in synchronism with the opening and closing movement of the breech-carriage 2).
  • the cam part 49) of the selection rod 6) is arranged so as to allow a displacement of the exclusion lever 31) in the inactive position and hence releasing the controlled burst lever 28), which can interact with the spring-loaded rod 12) of the hammer 7) and order the pawl 29) for actuating the snap-action snap 27).
  • Figure 9 shows the condition of discharge of the first shot by controlled bursts, in which, by pressing the trigger (arrow F ”) we determine the stall of the dog 7) as in the case of the discharge of the first single shot.
  • the breech carriage 2) moves back and moves the dog 7) to the rearming position, or it is temporarily stopped by the first arm 22) of the burst lever 10).
  • Such movement of the dog 7) comprises a rearward movement of the spring-carrying rod 12) which angularly displaces the lever in controlled bursts 28) on its pivot 28 ') in the opposite direction to the previous one.
  • the sequence is repeated until the snap counter 27) has moved for a number of steps corresponding to the teeth of the toothing 33) for the consecutive and automatic discharge of a corresponding number of strokes.
  • the snap counter 27 moves into a position in which its radiated part 35) has moved away from the terminal nose 19) of the trigger pawl 9 ).
  • the latter not being more limited in its movements is carried in a position of interception and stop of the rear tooth 14) of the dog 7) by means of the beak 20). Consequently, when the dog 7) goes to the rearming position after the discharge of the last blow, it is stopped by the spout 20) of the trigger pawl 9), as shown in FIG. 11. In this condition the mechanic nism is blocked automatically by interrupting continuous burst firing, also when the trigger is still depressed.
  • the shanks 16) -16 ') of the trigger 8) rest on the control pawl 29) and on the counter-pawl 30) to lower them and release the respective teeth from the ratchet ratchet 27).
  • the latter biased by the spring 37) returns to the initial position or "zero position” in which (see Figure 9) its arm 36) is supported on the selection rod 6), its teeth 33) -34) are all moved behind the pawl 29) and the pawl 30), and its part 35) intercepts the terminal nose 19) of the trigger pawl 9) to limit the movement of the latter and prevent the action of stopping its beak 20) on the dog's tooth 14).

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FR1548040A (de) * 1966-12-20 1968-11-29
US3440925A (en) * 1967-07-07 1969-04-29 Armes De Guerre Fab Nat Automatic firearm with burst control means
FR2146710A5 (de) * 1971-07-20 1973-03-02 Heckler & Koch Gmbh
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