EP0344520B1 - Patronenhülsensammler für Feuerwaffen mit Schulterstütze - Google Patents

Patronenhülsensammler für Feuerwaffen mit Schulterstütze Download PDF

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EP0344520B1
EP0344520B1 EP89108897A EP89108897A EP0344520B1 EP 0344520 B1 EP0344520 B1 EP 0344520B1 EP 89108897 A EP89108897 A EP 89108897A EP 89108897 A EP89108897 A EP 89108897A EP 0344520 B1 EP0344520 B1 EP 0344520B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41C—SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • F41C27/00—Accessories; Details or attachments not otherwise provided for
    • 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
    • F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/60—Empty-cartridge-case or belt-link collectors or catchers

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  • the subject of the present invention is a device for recovering cartridge cases for a long gun, such as an automatic or semi-automatic assault rifle, having a charging handle and a case ejection window. cartridges fired.
  • the support is screwed onto the carcass of the weapon and the container is removable and adaptable to the support by an elastic bolt locking system which can be engaged in a keeper of the support.
  • a part of the wall of the container situated on the side of the ejection window rises towards and under the latter and rests on the carcass, while the locking by bolt and strike is located at the upper part of the container, and this done that the container is held against the ejection window by simple gravity.
  • the cases collected are recovered by detaching the container from its support, by manual pressure on the elastic bolt.
  • the support has the form of an open bottom case, having a lateral opening situated opposite the ejection window. of the weapon, and the container consists of a removable mesh bag which is fixed by a clipping system on the periphery of the open bottom of the support.
  • the support is removably fixed to the weapon by a system of angle iron and elastic gripping collar coming to be caught respectively on the top and the periphery of the carcass of the weapon.
  • the cases collected are also recovered by detaching the container from its support.
  • the container consists of a flexible bag attached to a pivoting frame giving shape to its entry opening, and this frame is connected by a hinge to a support intended to be removably attached to the weapon, and in such a way that in the high position, the opening thus constituted is presented in front of the ejection window of the cartridge cases in order to be able to collect them, and that in the low position this opening facilitates the removal of the cartridge cases collected in the bag in question.
  • Means for immobilizing the pivoting frame are provided in order to be able to temporarily hold it in these two positions by a retaining force capable of being overcome manually, which allows access to the ejection window without either requiring disassembly and removal of the device.
  • the object of the invention is to avoid the aforementioned drawbacks by making it possible to simplify and make easier the handling of the case container as well as the controls and handling of the weapon which is equipped with it.
  • the device for recovering cartridge cases according to the invention is as defined in claim 1.
  • the device comprises means for immobilizing the container provided for maintaining it in an intermediate position situated between its high position and its low position, and the container comprises a wall for retaining the cases collected intended to prevent them from falling into this intermediate position.
  • the intermediate position of the container is here chosen so as to completely free access to the load handle. This means that the charging handle can be manipulated to reload the weapon while firing without dropping the already collected cases.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the first embodiment.
  • Figures 2 and 3 are two median cross sections, along the cutting axis I-I of Figure 1, of the first embodiment.
  • Figure 4 is a median cross section of the second embodiment.
  • the device In its first embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 3, the device is shown associated with an assault rifle 1, drawn in thin mixed lines, having a charging handle 2 and an ejection window 3 of the holsters of cartridges drawn located on the same side of the carcass of the weapon and close to each other.
  • This device comprises a support 4 and a container 6 connected by a hinge 5 for permanent connection, as well as means for temporarily immobilizing the container with respect to the support constituted here by a latching member 12 centered on the axis of the hinge 5 and secured to the container 6, and by a retaining pawl 11 pressed by means of a spring leaf 10 against the latching member 12, the spring leaf 10 being fixed to the support 4.
  • the support 4 is a part having an angle part 8 intended to be fixed by elastic gripping of the curved ends of its two wings on natural grips of the carcass of the weapon formed here by uneven walls 14 and 15.
  • the support 4 comprises two parallel brackets 9 at the end of which the axis of the hinge 5 is articulated, forming two bearings of the latter. Between these two brackets and on the angle iron 8 is fixed the leaf spring 10 carrying the retaining pawl 12.
  • the container 6 is a quadrangular box including the load handle 2 and having an inlet opening 7 intended to be in front of the window 3 for ejecting the cases.
  • the front wall 16 of the container 6 substantially forms a dihedral whose inclined upper part is articulated at its end to the hinge 5, between the two brackets 9 of the support 6.
  • the rear wall 13 of the container 6 intended to adjoin the carcass of the weapon 1 on the side of the ejection window 3 of the cases goes up to the bottom of the latter and has an internal return 17 in the form of a trihedral projection whose function is explained below.
  • the container 6 comprises, integral with its front wall 16, the latching member 12 already mentioned and which has, as clearly visible in Figures 2 and 3, three latching grooves 18, 19 and 20 distributed over its periphery and intended to allow the immobilization of the container 6 in three different positions, by engagement of the pawl 11.
  • the retaining force of this immobilization system is provided to be able to be overcome by manual rotation of the container 6, and also so as not to trigger, once the container is loaded with holsters, during normal handling of the weapon, in all shooting positions.
  • the engagement of the pawl 11 in the first groove 18 of the latching member 12 ensures the immobilization of the container 6 in its low position, as shown in FIG. 2, by which it is applied against the carcass of the weapon and by which the cases ejected through the ejection window 3 pass the opening 7 and fall to be collected in the container.
  • the container 6 In a normal firing situation, the container 6 is left in this low position until filling, its capacity being advantageously provided for example to ensure the storage of a number of cases corresponding to at least the quantity of cartridges of a magazine. high capacity.
  • the charging handle 2 can therefore be used for manual reloading of the weapon and the cases already collected are retained in the container 6 by the obstacle constituted by the trihedral interior return 17 of the interior wall 13.
  • the trihedral projection 17 of the wall 13 of the container no longer constitutes a retainer, due to its change of orientation, and releases the cases 21 which fall by gravity to be recovered.
  • the immobilization of the container in the high position also allows easy control of the cartridge chamber of the weapon, as well as all the manipulations required for example by a clutch, without constituting discomfort for the shooter.
  • the shooter can raise and immobilize the latter in its intermediate position and actuate these organs of one hand without dropping the cases already collected.
  • the recovery device is adapted to an assault rifle having a charging handle 2 and a window 3 for ejecting cartridge cases spaced apart from one another. other, the charging handle 2 being here on the top of the weapon while the ejection window 3 is on the side thereof.
  • This device also consists here of a container 60 and a support 40 joined by a hinge 50.
  • the container 60 and the support 40 are here spaced in the longitudinal direction of the weapon.
  • the support 40 shown in dashed lines, consists of an elastic gripping collar taken around a part of the carcass of the weapon surrounding the barrel, in front of the space occupied by the ejection window 3 and of the load handle 2, and it carries in overhang, in the manner of a bayonet, the axis of the hinge 50, between these two elements.
  • the container 60 is here deprived of an inner wall and carries by its side walls against the carcass of the weapon, in the lower position shown, its inlet opening 70 being extended over its entire surface on the side of the weapon.
  • the container 60 is here immobilized in its low position by a magnet 110 fixed to its wall opposite a metal element of the carcass of the weapon which can of course be simply formed by it.
  • the hinge 50 is thus disposed between the ejection window 3 and the load handle 2 and the container does not interfere with the handling thereof.
  • the recovery of the cases collected is done by a single gesture of the hand to tilt the container 60 in the high position, which can be left free and undefined when the tilting of the container has no other purpose than that of dropping the cases.
  • a simple solution suitable for this second embodiment consists in providing the hinge 50 d 'A sufficient stiffness to be able to maintain the latter, empty, in a raised position chosen to allow this control and these manipulations.
  • the retaining force of the magnet 110 is also provided here to be overcome by manual rotation of the container 60 and to be able not to be triggered, once loaded with cases, by normal handling of the weapon in a shooting situation. .
  • the structures of the two embodiments are not limiting and variants may be made, in particular in the type of hinge between the support and the container and in the means of temporary immobilization of the latter relative to the support, as well as in the means for fixing the support to the carcass of the weapon.
  • the dimensions, and in particular the length of the container can vary depending on whether or not the load handle is attached to the breech of the weapon.
  • the shape of the container can be adapted to the surrounding configuration of the weapon, in particular for weapons fitted with multiple magazines attached to each other, in which case the container may be provided with appropriate notches.
  • the immobilization of the latter in the high position can be deleted.
  • the two low and intermediate positions can be ensured by a magnet system, between the container and the carcass of the weapon for the low position, like the magnet 110 of the second embodiment, and between the container and the support for the intermediate position.
  • the attachment systems of the supports 6 and 60 are particularly suitable to existing weapons, because they do not involve modifications of these.
  • this part of the hinge connected to the weapon fixed to the latter either permanently or by screwing, this part of the hinge constituting the support according to the invention in its most reduced form.
  • This part of the hinge can also, in this same spirit, be an integral part of the weapon. A significant saving can thus be obtained on the cost of the recovery device.
  • Another advantage of this last design adapted to new weapons lies in the fact that, by the necessarily reduced size of the part of the hinge forming the support of the container, it is easier to provide an installation which does not interfere with possible fixing. of a rifle scope.

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  1. Patronenhülsensammel-Vorrichtung für eine Schulterwaffe mit einem Ladehebel (2) und einem Auswerffenster (3) für abgeschossene Patronenhülsen, welche einen mit Mitteln (4,40) zu seiner Befestigung an der Waffe versehenen Träger (9), einen beweglichen, mit dem Träger verbundenen Behälter (6,60) mit einer Eintrittsöffnung (7,70), die in eine Position gegenüber dem Auswerffenster für Patronenhülsen zum Einsammeln derselben und in eine andere Position für die Entnahme derselben bringbar ist, und Mittel zum vorübergehenden Feststellen dieser Eintrittsöffnung in mindestens diesen beiden Stellungen mittels einer von Hand überwindbaren Haltekraft umfaßt,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Behälter ein Kasten (6,60) ist, der eine Eintrittsöffnung (7,70), ein Scharnier (5,50) zur Verbindung mit dem Träger (4,40), das ihm die Möglichkeit zur Drehung gibt, ausgehend von einer unteren Stellung, in der seine Eintrittsöffnung sich vor dem Auswerffenster (3) für die Hülsen befindet, zu einer oberen Stellung, in der die gesammelten Hülsen zu deren Entnahme aufgrund der Schwerkraft durch diese Eintrittsöffnung fallen, und Mittel zum Feststellen (11-12, 18, 19, 20, 110) aufweist, damit der Behälter vorübergehend in mindestens einer seiner beiden Stellungen - oben und unten - haltbar ist.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie weiterhin Mittel (11,12,19) zum Feststellen des Kastens (6) umfaßt, die den letzeren vorübergehend in einer Zwischenstellung halten können, die zwischen seiner oberen Stellung und seiner unteren Stellung liegt, und daß die Wand des Kastens, die zum Anlegen an das Waffengehäuse auf der Seite des Auswerffensters (3) für die Hülsen vorgesehen ist, bis unterhalb desselben ansteigt und eine abschnittsweise innere Rückstülpung (17) zum Zurückhalten der gesammelten Hülsen aufweist, die das Herausfallen der Hülsen in dieser Zwischenstellung verhindert.
EP89108897A 1988-06-01 1989-05-18 Patronenhülsensammler für Feuerwaffen mit Schulterstütze Expired - Lifetime EP0344520B1 (de)

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