EP1650525A1 - Schusseinheit - Google Patents

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EP1650525A1
EP1650525A1 EP05077280A EP05077280A EP1650525A1 EP 1650525 A1 EP1650525 A1 EP 1650525A1 EP 05077280 A EP05077280 A EP 05077280A EP 05077280 A EP05077280 A EP 05077280A EP 1650525 A1 EP1650525 A1 EP 1650525A1
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Xavier Robert Paul Gavage
Philippe Désiré Odiel Reinaers
Alain Albert Anne Vincent Malpas
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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
    • F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/38—Loading arrangements, i.e. for bringing the ammunition into the firing position
    • F41A9/47—Loading arrangements, i.e. for bringing the ammunition into the firing position using forwardly-sliding barrels or barrel parts for loading
    • 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
    • F41A35/00—Accessories or details not otherwise provided for
    • F41A35/02—Dust- or weather-protection caps or covers
    • 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
    • F41A5/00—Mechanisms or systems operated by propellant charge energy for automatically opening the lock
    • F41A5/02—Mechanisms or systems operated by propellant charge energy for automatically opening the lock recoil-operated
    • F41A5/16—Mechanisms or systems operated by propellant charge energy for automatically opening the lock recoil-operated having a barrel moving forwardly after the firing of a shot
    • 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
    • F41A9/61—Magazines
    • F41A9/64—Magazines for unbelted ammunition
    • F41A9/65—Box magazines having a cartridge follower
    • F41A9/70—Arrangements thereon for discharging, e.g. cartridge followers or discharge throats
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B5/00—Cartridge ammunition, e.g. separately-loaded propellant charges
    • F42B5/02—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile
    • F42B5/045—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile of telescopic type

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  • the invention relates to a firing device comprising a firearm and its ammunition.
  • the invention relates to a semi-automatic firearm and its ammunition for launching a projectile reduced lethal projectile to be propelled at low pressure to not break.
  • a firearm usually includes a barrel with a chamber, an extraction, ejection and feeding mechanism.
  • the present invention provides a firing device comprising a firearm with a chamberless barrel, and without extraction or ejection mechanism, the extraction being unnecessary and the ejection being provided by the ammunition present in the barrel. charger.
  • the ammunition is removed from the magazine and is fed into the weapon.
  • the ammunition does not leave the charger during the supply phase and there is no power cycle itself.
  • the invention provides a firing device comprising a firearm and its ammunition, the firearm comprising a carcass, a barrel, a magazine, a firing mechanism and the ammunition comprising one or more cartridges each. in the form of a socket with a projectile and a propellant charge, the device being characterized in that the firearm comprises means for bringing a cartridge into the magazine in front of the entry of the barrel and bearing against an element of carcass support that includes the firing mechanism and that the barrel is slidable in the carcass between at least one advanced position for the emplacement and ejection of a cartridge and a retracted firing position in which the barrel abuts under the action of a return spring against the front portion of the cartridge sleeve which is in front of the barrel entrance, and in that each cartridge is provided with propulsion means for, after having actuated l firing mechanism, projecting the bushing and barrel forward to move the barrel to its forward position, the ammunition socket being provided with external protuberances for activating part of the firearm mechanism .
  • the sleeve of the cartridge forms, so to speak, an extension of the barrel of the firearm and thus fills the function of the barrel chamber in a conventional weapon as well as a part of the barrel.
  • the ammunition is made to withstand the pressures that result from the firing of the propellant charge.
  • the invention also relates to a firearm and ammunition that can be used in a firing device according to the invention.
  • Figures 1 to 6 show a cartridge 1 of the ammunition of the firing device according to the invention.
  • This cartridge 1 consists of a sleeve 2 which contains two chambers 3 and 4 which are separated from each other by means of a partition wall 5.
  • the chamber 3 at the front of the cartridge 1, called the low pressure chamber, is a cylindrical chamber which is open at the front and which houses a projectile 6 which is crimped in this chamber against the partition wall 5.
  • front and back are defined relative to a user of a firearm targeting a target in front of him.
  • the chamber 4 in the rear part of the cartridge 1, called the high pressure chamber, comprises means for projecting the bushing 2 which are formed by a piston 7 which is fitted into this chamber, this piston 7 being able to slide in the longitudinal direction of the bushing 2 and being provided with a propulsive charge 8 crimped in a longitudinal passage 9 passing through the piston 7.
  • the two chambers 3 and 4 are interconnected through at least one vent hole or series of vent holes.
  • the propellant charge is contained in an annular or center-fire percussion firing cartridge (or alternatively a primer optionally provided with an additional load).
  • the cartridge is made to withstand the maximum pressure in the high pressure chamber 4 which results from the firing of the propellant charge 8 in the event of firing, which makes it possible to produce a firearm whose barrel does not have bedroom.
  • the bushing 2 and the piston 7 are made of plastic.
  • the projectile 6 In order to protect the projectile 6 from external shocks, it is preferably placed entirely inside the low pressure chamber 3.
  • the edge of the front portion 15 of the sleeve 2 is chamfered so that this portion is slightly conical.
  • the bushing 2 of the cartridge 1 comprises two lateral faces 11 and 12 which are provided with external protuberances called forward lugs 13 and rear lugs 14, with the aim of holding it in the weapon and activating part of the mechanism of the firearm.
  • FIGS 6 and 7 show a firearm 16 according to the invention, this firearm 16 comprising a carcass 17 with a handle 18, a barrel 19, a loader 20 housed in the handle 18, a firing mechanism 21 who is housed in a bearing element 22 for the munition forming part of the carcass 17 and which is controlled by a trigger 23, and an ejection window 24 for the ammunition which is positioned in the extension and in front of the outlet 25 of the magazine 20 and which is covered with a pivotable flap 26 which at the same time serves as a lateral deflector for the ejected munition.
  • the barrel 19 is mounted in the casing 17 in a sliding manner in the axial direction of the barrel 19.
  • a return spring 27 is mounted between the front end of the carcass 17 and a shoulder 28 of the barrel 19 located at a distance from the mouth 29 of the barrel 19.
  • the rear portion of the barrel 19 is provided with a second shoulder 30 located at a distance from the inlet 31 of the barrel 19.
  • the inlet 31 of the barrel 19 is provided with a concentric ring 32 having an inside diameter that is equal to or slightly larger than the outside diameter of the front portion 15 of a bushing 2 of a cartridge 1 as described.
  • This ring is slightly chamfered so as to obtain a conical entry.
  • the inner diameter of the barrel 18 is equal to or slightly greater than the inside diameter of the low pressure chamber of a cartridge 1.
  • the magazine 20 of the firearm 16 is integrated in the handle 18, although it is not excluded to provide a separate magazine 20.
  • the magazine 20 is provided with means for bringing a cartridge into the magazine 20 in front of the entry 31 of the barrel 19 and bearing against the support element 22 of the carcass 17, these means being formed, on the one hand, by a conveyor 33 which pushes the munition towards the outlet 25 of the magazine 20 and, on the other hand, by one or two stops 34 mounted at the exit of the magazine 20, more especially on the inside faces of two elongated lateral sides 35 of the magazine 20 these stops 34 being able to cooperate with the rear lugs 14 of the cartridges 1.
  • the stops 34 are positioned so that a cartridge 1 which is brought in front of the barrel 19 is aligned therewith and so that the propellant charge is in front of the firing mechanism 21.
  • the lateral flanks 35 are provided at the front of two additional stops 36.
  • the firearm 16 is provided with a stop for locking the barrel 19 in an advanced position, this stop being made in the form of a rocker lever 37 which is provided with a return spring 38 and whose first end can cooperate with the shoulder 30 of the barrel 19.
  • the other end 40 of the rocking lever 37 can cooperate with a release mechanism controlled by the movement of a new cartridge when it is put in place in front of the inlet 31 of the barrel 19.
  • This locking mechanism is made for example by a pusher 41 slidable in the carcass 17 in the direction of transport of the munition in the magazine 20, the pusher being provided with a notch 42 which houses the second end 40 of the rocking lever 37 of the stop and which is provided with a cam 43 which can cooperate with a front pin 13.
  • FIG. 10 shows a firearm 16 comprising a few cartridges 1 in the magazine 20, a cartridge 1 of which is ready to be drawn and which is embedded between the support element 22 and the inlet 31 of the barrel 19, the piston 7 bearing against this element 22 with the propellant charge in front of the firing mechanism 21.
  • the gun 19 is in this situation in a retracted firing position in which the barrel 19 abuts against the front portion 15 of the bushing 2 of the cartridge 1 under the action of the return spring 27.
  • the front lug 13 raises the pusher 41 which tilts the lever 37 to move the end 39 away from the barrel 19.
  • FIG. 13 shows that in this situation the front part of the bushing 2 is fitted into the ring 32 of the inlet 31 of the barrel 19 and is centered in this ring 32.
  • the firing mechanism 21 When the firing mechanism 21 is actuated by the trigger 23 to fire, the propellant charge 8 is initiated and pressurized gases will fill the high pressure chamber 4.
  • the high pressure gases can escape through the vent holes 10 to the low pressure chamber 3, to propel the projectile 6 via the barrel 19 as in FIG.
  • the seal between the barrel 19 and the sleeve 2 is achieved inter alia by the overlap between the barrel 19 and the front portion 15 of the sleeve 2 and in that this front portion 15 is made of plastic material which is pushed against the barrel 19, the inertia of the barrel 19 to create a significant contact pressure entered the front portion 15 and the barrel 19, creating the desired seal.
  • the rocking lever 37 serves as a stop for the shoulder 30 when the barrel 19 moves back forward under the action of the spring 27 and stops the barrel 19 in an advanced position as shown in FIG. allow the ejection of the cartridge 1 fired.
  • the empty cartridge 1 is no longer held by the stops 34, it is ejected through the ejection window 31 under the action of the conveyor 33 of the magazine 20 which pushes the following cartridges 1 to the output 21 of the magazine 20 as shown in Figures 18 and 19.
  • the invention is not only limited to firearms with a munition for launching a reduced lethal projectile, but can also be applied for other types of ammunition.
  • sockets 2 and the pistons 7 of the cartridge 1 are preferably made of plastic, it is not excluded to manufacture them in other materials.
  • a firearm according to the invention can also be made in the form of a rifle, grenade launcher, or other types of weapons.
  • the projectile 6 is preferably completely housed in the low pressure chamber 3 of the cartridge 1, but may also at least partially extend beyond the front opening of the low pressure chamber 3 of the cartridge 1.
  • the gun stop and the locking mechanism of this stop can of course be realized in another way than described.
  • the seal between a cartridge 1 and the barrel 19 can be made in other forms than by the interlocking of the front portion 15 of the sleeve 2 in the entry of the barrel 6.

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US20060207463A1 (en) 2006-09-21
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ATE408114T1 (de) 2008-09-15
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