EP2959253A1 - Silencieux - Google Patents

Silencieux

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EP2959253A1
EP2959253A1 EP13705501.8A EP13705501A EP2959253A1 EP 2959253 A1 EP2959253 A1 EP 2959253A1 EP 13705501 A EP13705501 A EP 13705501A EP 2959253 A1 EP2959253 A1 EP 2959253A1
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muffler
end wall
silencer
silencer according
housing
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Oliver Fischer
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Steindl Andreas
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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
    • F41A21/00—Barrels; Gun tubes; Muzzle attachments; Barrel mounting means
    • F41A21/30—Silencers
    • 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
    • F41A21/00—Barrels; Gun tubes; Muzzle attachments; Barrel mounting means
    • F41A21/32—Muzzle attachments or glands
    • F41A21/325—Mountings for muzzle attachments
    • 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
    • F41A33/00—Adaptations for training; Gun simulators
    • F41A33/02—Light- or radiation-emitting guns ; Light- or radiation-sensitive guns; Cartridges carrying light emitting sources, e.g. laser
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41C—SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • F41C33/00—Means for wearing or carrying smallarms
    • F41C33/02—Holsters, i.e. cases for pistols having means for being carried or worn, e.g. at the belt or under the arm
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G11/00—Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
    • F41G11/001—Means for mounting tubular or beam shaped sighting or aiming devices on firearms
    • F41G11/003—Mountings with a dove tail element, e.g. "Picatinny rail systems"

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a silencer for a handgun and a handgun with a silencer according to the invention.
  • handguns is understood to be a handgun, such as a recoil loader, a gas pressure gun, a gun, etc.
  • the invention is described using the example of a handgun, although the present invention is not limited thereto and can also be applied to long guns equipped with a silencer to reduce the noise emitted by the high pressure and explosively expanding gases emitted by the muzzle when shooting out of the muzzle, and mufflers can be screwed onto the front of the gun barrel via a screw thread DE 42 31 183 Cl known.
  • handguns with a fixed barrel of the muffler prepares only minor problems in terms of the self-loading function of the weapon.
  • One solution to this problem is not to rigidly connect the muffler and the gun barrel, but to arrange a so-called pulse generator between the muffler and the gun barrel, which is connected on the one hand to the muffler and on the other hand to the weapon barrel and an axial movement of the gun barrel relative to the silencer.
  • the pulse generator so the gun barrel is mechanically decoupled from the muffler, so that the self-loading function of the firearm is largely guaranteed despite the muffler.
  • the use of pulse generators has the disadvantage that they can easily contaminate and / or damage to the threads of the pulse generator can lead to impairment of the function of the firearm.
  • the production of the pulse generator is relatively complex and expensive, which has a negative effect on the price of a muffler.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a silencer for a handgun, which allows a simple, safe and fast assembly or disassembly of the silencer on the handgun and the hand85waf- fen with a self-charging function or with a moving barrel also used without pulse generator can be used without affecting the self-loading function.
  • a muffler housing having a rear end wall, which faces the weapon barrel of the firearm, and one of the rear end wall opposite the front end wall, and
  • mounting rail is arranged on the rear end wall of the silencer housing.
  • the muffler can be attached to a mounting rail of the weapon or firearm, without the muffler having to be screwed to the weapon barrel of the weapon or firearm.
  • the silencer can simply be pushed onto the mounting rail. This allows a particularly simple and fast assembly and disassembly of the muffler to or from the weapon.
  • the muffler housing may be formed between the rear end wall and the front end wall, a shot channel for a projectile.
  • the firing channel can run parallel to the longitudinal axis of the muffler housing.
  • the mounting rail may extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the muffler housing, that is, it extends at the rear end wall of the muffler housing substantially perpendicular to the rear end wall.
  • the fastening rail has at least one longitudinal guide.
  • the at least one longitudinal guide can run parallel to the longitudinal axis of the muffler housing or the mounting rail.
  • the longitudinal guide can also extend transversely to the longitudinal axis of the muffler housing or the fastening rail.
  • the fastening rail advantageously has a substantially U-shaped profile.
  • the at least one longitudinal guide may comprise a first longitudinal guide and a second longitudinal guide, wherein
  • an at least partially open transverse channel may be formed, for receiving a locking and / or locking device.
  • the rear end wall may have a receiving opening into which a front end of a gun barrel can be engaged.
  • the mounting rail can be arranged below the receiving opening.
  • the inner profile of the U-shaped profile of the fastening rail largely corresponds to an outer profile of a mounting rail of the firearm so that the mounting rail can be brought into engagement with the mounting rail to releasably secure the muffler to the firearm.
  • a mounting rail is provided on an underside of the muffler.
  • the mounting rail may extend substantially over the entire length of the mounting rail and the muffler housing.
  • the front end wall of the silencer housing may be configured as a cover detachable from the silencer housing.
  • the cover may be designed trough-shaped.
  • the muffler may be arranged in the muffler housing between the rear end wall and the front end wall extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the muffler housing light channel having an inlet opening at the rear end wall and an outlet opening at the front end wall.
  • the light channel is preferably designed pressure and / or airtight against a gas chamber of the muffler.
  • a light source preferably a laser diode, may be arranged.
  • the muffler housing may be provided control electronics and / or a power supply for the lighting means.
  • the lighting means, the control electronics and the power supply can be arranged in a preferably air- and / or pressure-tight housing, wherein the lighting means is arranged in a side wall of the housing, and wherein the housing and the components arranged therein (lighting means, control electronics and power supply) together form a light bulb module.
  • the muffler housing may be provided in the region of the front end wall a recess for receiving the lamp module.
  • control electronics or the lighting module can comprise a sensor unit for detecting a firing of an ammunition, in particular blast and / or maneuver ammunition.
  • the sensor unit comprises a pressure sensor and / or an acoustic sensor.
  • the muffler may be configured as duel simulator, wherein in the muffler housing, an expansion chamber is formed, into which an overpressure channel opens, which is provided for discharging expanding gases in the expansion chamber.
  • duel simulator the muffler can be used as duel simulator, which can be attached to a mounting rail of the weapon particularly simple and secure. Screwing the duel simulator with the weapon barrel is not necessary.
  • a receiving channel can be arranged between the rear end wall and the front end wall, wherein the expansion chamber is formed in the receiving channel.
  • a bulkhead may be arranged, which limits the expansion chamber in the direction of the front end wall, preferably limited pressure-tight.
  • the expansion chamber may be arranged coaxially to a weapon barrel and the weapon barrel side largely pressure-tight with the gun barrel is coupled.
  • the expansion chamber may be closable on the weapon barrel side by a reducer arranged at the mouth opening of the gun barrel, the reducer having a longitudinal channel connecting the expansion chamber with the gun barrel, ie, with the interior of the barrel barrel.
  • the illuminant module can be arranged.
  • the bulkhead may be movable in the receiving channel in the longitudinal direction relative to the receiving channel. This allows the volume of the expansion chamber to be adjusted.
  • the control electronics can be adapted to cause the light source to emit a light beam, preferably a laser beam, particularly preferably a coded laser beam, after a detection of a firing of an ammunition.
  • a cover plate which is movable in the vertical direction relative to the rear end wall.
  • the cover plate can be provided both in a silencer according to the invention and in a silencer provided as a duel simulator.
  • the cover plate preferably has an opening or recess concentric with the receiving opening of the muffler housing, which completely penetrates the cover plate and which has substantially the same size and shape of the receiving opening.
  • a spring element On the underside of the cover plate, a spring element may be arranged.
  • guide rails or guide joints On the side of the cover plate facing the rear end wall, guide rails or guide joints may be provided (only one guide rail may be provided). ment rail or guide joint be provided), which engage in guide joints or guide rails on the rear end wall.
  • the guide joints and guide rails can be designed in the manner of a dovetail guide.
  • cover plate may be provided below the opening or recess a hole, preferably a slot. It is particularly advantageous if a top wall of the silencer housing which extends between the rear end wall and the front end wall is aligned with the closure of the weapon after being mounted on the weapon.
  • an upper section of the muffler housing has substantially the same outer profile and / or the same dimensions as an upper section of the closure of the weapon.
  • the muffler housing and the mounting rail can be configured in one piece or in one piece.
  • a duel simulator for a firearm comprising
  • a housing with a rear end wall, which faces the weapon barrel of the firearm, and one of the rear end wall opposite the front
  • the duel simulator can be attached to a mounting rail of the weapon or firearm in a particularly simple and secure manner. Screwing the Duelsimulators with the gun barrel is not necessary.
  • an expansion chamber may be formed, in which an overpressure channel opens, which is provided for discharging expanding gases in the expansion chamber.
  • the housing of the may be disposed between the rear end wall and the front end wall, a receiving channel, wherein the expansion chamber is formed in the receiving channel.
  • a bulkhead may be arranged, which limits the expansion chamber in the direction of the front end wall, preferably limited pressure-tight.
  • the expansion chamber may be arranged coaxially to a weapon barrel and the weapon barrel side largely pressure-tight with the gun barrel is coupled.
  • the expansion chamber may be closable on the weapon barrel side by a reducer disposed at the mouth of the gun barrel, the reducer having a longitudinal channel connecting the expansion chamber to the barrel, i.e., to the interior of the barrel.
  • a lighting module can be arranged behind the bulkhead, i.e. in the direction of the front end wall.
  • the bulkhead may be movable in the receiving channel in the longitudinal direction relative to the receiving channel. This allows the volume of the expansion chamber to be adjusted.
  • An electronic control unit of the lighting module can be adapted to detect an ammunition (eg blast and / or maneuver ammunition) for detection, preferably with a pressure sensor and / or an acoustic sensor.
  • the control electronics can be further adapted, after detecting a firing of a munition, to cause a luminous means of the luminous module to emit a light beam, preferably a laser beam, particularly preferably a coded laser beam.
  • a firearm in particular a handgun, comprising a silencer according to the invention or a duel simulator according to the invention.
  • a holster is provided for holstering a firearm, in particular a handgun, wherein the holster is adapted to holster a firearm with a silencer according to the invention attached thereto or with a duel simulator according to the invention attached thereto.
  • Figure 1 shows a silencer according to the invention in a perspective view, and two alternative profiles of a mounting rail of the silencer according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a silencer according to the invention in a sectional view along the longitudinal axis of the silencer and a view of the front end and the rear end of the silencer.
  • Fig. 3 is a cover for covering the front end of the muffler; 4 shows an insert of the silencer in a view from the front and in a sectional view along the longitudinal axis.
  • 5 shows a perspective sectional view along the longitudinal axis of the silencer according to the invention
  • 6 shows an alternative embodiment of a silencer according to the invention with a cover plate, as well as two possible embodiments of the cover plate;
  • FIG. 7 shows a further embodiment of a silencer according to the invention in a view from behind, in a sectional view along the longitudinal axis and in a perspective view;
  • FIG. 8 shows the front end of a silencer according to the invention with a lighting device arranged therein;
  • FIG. 10 shows a silencer according to the invention, which according to the invention is designed as a duel simulator.
  • the silencer according to the invention described below has the significant advantage that it can be mounted or dismounted and disassembled particularly simply, safely and quickly, in particular without screwing on the weapon.
  • a further significant advantage of the silencer according to the invention is that it can also be used for handguns which have a movable barrel or a self-loading function without having to use a pulse generator for this, while still maintaining the self-loading function of the handgun.
  • Particularly advantageous is the use of the silencer according to the invention for handguns has proven that have a returning and tipping barrel.
  • Fig. 1 shows a silencer 10 according to the invention in a perspective view.
  • the muffler comprises in the embodiment shown here a substantially cuboid muffler housing 11 and a mounting rail 30th
  • the silencer housing has a rear end wall HE, which in the assembled state faces the gun barrel of the firearm, and a front end wall VE opposite the rear end wall. Between the rear end wall and the front end wall, an upper wall 12 of the muffler housing is formed.
  • the muffler housing 11 may also have a different shape than the cuboid shape shown here.
  • the muffler housing may have a substantially cylindrical shape, wherein even with a cylindrical muffler housing a mounting rail can be arranged according to the invention.
  • a receiving opening 25 is provided, in which engages the front end of a gun barrel or can be brought into engagement.
  • an axially or parallel to the longitudinal axis LA extending shot channel 20 is formed for a projectile.
  • the fastening rail 30 is arranged in the lower region of the silencer housing 11 and below the receiving opening 25 and extends in the longitudinal direction, ie, beyond the rear end wall HE, parallel to the longitudinal axis LA of the silencer housing 11.
  • the mounting rail has in the shown here Embodiment of a silencer according to the invention a U-shaped profile.
  • Longitudinal guides 32, which run parallel to the longitudinal axis LA of the muffler 10, are provided on the two side walls 31 of the U-shaped fastening rail 30.
  • each side wall 31 has an axially extending guide groove 32 which extends substantially over the entire length of the fastening rail 30.
  • the mounting rail 30 of the muffler 10 is attached to a mounting rail of a firearm, so that a front end of the gun barrel comes into engagement with the receiving opening 25 of the muffler.
  • the inner profile of the mounting rail 30 is adapted to the outer profile of the mounting rail of the firearm.
  • a transverse channel 33 is formed, which runs essentially parallel to the transverse axis QA of the muffler 10.
  • the transverse channel 33 is provided for receiving a locking or locking device, which is not shown here, for locking the silencer to the mounting rail of the firearm. With the locking or locking device ensures that the muffler 10 can not solve independently of the weapon.
  • a mounting rail 34 which may be used to mount additional accessories, such as an additional handle or a tactical light.
  • the mounting rail 34 extends in the embodiment of a silencer according to the invention shown here over the entire length of the muffler 10, ie from the rear end of the mounting rail 30 to the front end or to the front end wall VE of the muffler housing 10th
  • the silencer according to the invention can be fastened to a mounting rail of a handgun, wherein the longitudinal guides or guide joints 32 are brought into engagement with correspondingly designed longitudinal guides of the mounting rail of the handgun on the mounting rail of the handgun.
  • locking or locking device of the muffler can be locked to the handgun, so as to prevent an independent or unintentional axial movement of the muffler relative to the handgun.
  • the locking or locking device can be configured as a passive or active locking or locking device.
  • a groove of a dovetail guide can be provided at the bottom of the mounting rail, which can be brought into a corresponding with the groove spring of a dovetail guide of the mounting rail in engagement.
  • a spring of a dovetail guide can be provided at the bottom of the mounting rail, which can be brought into a groove corresponding to the groove of a dovetail guide of the mounting rail in engagement.
  • the longitudinal guides 32 shown in Fig. 1 may extend over the entire length of the mounting rail. But it is also possible that the longitudinal guides extend only over a certain area, which ultimately of the specific embodiment of the corresponding longitudinal guides the mounting rail of the weapon depends. It is only important that the longitudinal guides 32 of the mounting rail correspond to corresponding longitudinal guides on the mounting rail of the handgun and allow movement of the muffler along the longitudinal axis LA relative to the handgun, provided the muffler is not locked to the mounting rail.
  • the silencer shown here is a particularly quick and easy installation of the muffler on a handgun possible. Because the muffler must be pushed only on the mounting rail of the handgun, which is provided below the barrel until the front end of the barrel is brought into theconcentröffhung 25 of the muffler engaged or until the locking or locking device in the transverse channel 33rd Locked the muffler on the weapon or on the mounting rail of the weapon. Also, a particularly simple and quick disassembly of the muffler of the handgun is possible. It only needs the locking or locking device to be solved and the muffler can be deducted from the mounting rail of the handgun.
  • the barrel can move independently of the muffler backwards, so that a self-charging function of the weapon is not affected by the muffler. Because the front end of the barrel into thefractionöffhung 25 of the muffler is engaged and because the muffler is not attached to the barrel, but attached to the frame of the weapon, no encoder must be provided.
  • the silencer according to the invention can also be used in weapons with a so-called tipping barrel, whereby there is no pulse generator is necessary.
  • FIG. 2 shows a silencer according to the invention in a sectional view along a longitudinal axis LA of the silencer and a view of the rear end HE and a view of the front end VE of the silencer.
  • a longitudinal section of the muffler 10 is shown, wherein the mounting rail in the axial direction, ie, parallel to the longitudinal axis LA, extends beyond the rear end or on the rear end wall HE of the muffler housing 11 addition.
  • the receiving opening 25 is provided for receiving the front end of a gun barrel.
  • a gas chamber 15 is formed inside the muffler housing 11.
  • a rear view of the muffler 10 is shown. Visible here is the design of the longitudinal guides or guide joints 32, which have a substantially wedge-shaped profile. Also visible here is the design of the provided on the underside of the muffler 10 mounting rail for receiving additional accessories on the underside of the muffler.
  • Figure (c) of Fig. 2 is a front view of the muffler 10 is shown. In the view shown here, the muffler is open and can be closed with a cover, as shown in Fig. 3. Inside the muffler housing a structured insert 50 is arranged, with which the expansion of the explosively expanding gases can be controlled.
  • the specific embodiment or form of the insert 50 is not relevant to the present invention and is shown here by way of example only.
  • the muffler housing 11 has at the front end VE in the embodiment shown here four holes 41, on which the cover shown in Fig. 3 can be screwed with mounting screws. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the muffler housing 11 may also be completed on the front side VE.
  • FIG. 3 shows in illustration (a) a cover 40 for closing or covering the front end VE of the silencer housing 11, provided that the silencer housing is not closed at the front end.
  • the cover 40 has an orifice 23 through which the discharged projectile can escape.
  • the cover 40 has boreholes 42 which correspond to the boreholes 41 of the silencer housing and via which the cover 40 can be secured to the silencer housing 11.
  • FIG. 3 a section of the cover 40 along the cutting axis A-A is shown. It can be seen here that the cover 40 has a substantially trough-shaped form, which has the advantage that by attaching the cover 40 to the muffler housing 11, the volume of the gas chamber 15 can be increased. With different deep trough-shaped covers different volumes of the gas chamber 15 can be realized. Furthermore, differently structured inserts 50 -as for example shown with reference to FIG. 5 -can thereby be used.
  • the cover 40 may also be flat, i. not trough-shaped, be configured.
  • FIG. 4 shows an example of a structured insert 50 for a silencer 10 according to the invention.
  • the insert 50 is in a front view and in Figure (b) of Figure 4, the insert 50 is shown in a sectional view along the longitudinal axis LA.
  • the outer profile of the insert 50 corresponds essentially borrowed the réelleprophil the gas chamber 15 of the muffler 10 so that the insert 50 can be inserted into the gas chamber 15 of the muffler 10 substantially flush with the shape.
  • the insert 50 here has a number of fins 51, which are inclined at least partially obliquely to the rear and wherein some of the fins longitudinal bores 52 have. In the upper region of the fins, a shot channel 20 is formed, so that the projectile can pass unhindered through the insert.
  • the structure, number and configuration of the fins 51 may differ from the fins shown in Fig. 4 and depends essentially on the specific requirements of the damping properties of the muffler.
  • FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a silencer 10 according to the invention in a sectional view along the longitudinal axis LA of the silencer. Also visible here is the silencer housing 11 with the cover 40 attached to the front end of the silencer housing 11 and with the insert 50 arranged inside the silencer housing 11, which has a number of slats 51 has to see.
  • a firing channel 20 is formed, which extends between the receiving opening 25 and the mouth opening 23 of the muffler or the silencer housing 11.
  • Visible here is also arranged on the underside of the muffler 10 mounting rail 34 having a number of transverse ribs, wherein the transverse ribs are provided substantially for locking an attached to the mounting rail 34 accessories.
  • the muffler housing 11 and the mounting rail 30 protruding at the rear end or at the rear end wall HE of the muffler housing and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis LA can be designed in one piece.
  • the muffler housing 11 and the mounting rail 30 may also be designed in two parts, wherein the mounting rail 30 on the back ren end of the muffler can be attached.
  • the mounting rail 30 and the mounting rail 34 can be configured in one piece, wherein the muffler housing 11 can be releasably secured to the top of the mounting rail 34. This makes it possible to mount one and the same muffler housing on different mounting rails, which are adapted to different mounting rails of a weapon.
  • FIG. 6 shows a development according to the invention of a silencer 10 according to the invention.
  • a cover plate 60 is provided, which is arranged or applied to the rear end wall HE of the muffler housing 11.
  • the cover plate 60 is movable relative to the muffler housing 11 upwards.
  • an opening or recess 61 is provided in the cover plate 60, which has substantially the same shape and the same size, preferably slightly larger, as the receiving opening 25 of the muffler. Through the opening 61 of the cover plate 60, the front end of the gun barrel can be brought into engagement with the receiving opening 25 of the muffler.
  • cover plate 60 shown here is particularly advantageous when the silencer according to the invention is used for firearms, which have a movable and rear tipping barrel.
  • the front end of the gun barrel after dispensing a projectile from the receiving opening 25 of the muffler in the axial direction moved out.
  • the rear end of the gun barrel is then tilted slightly downwards for the purpose of reloading, with the front end of the gun barrel tilting slightly upwards, resulting in a relatively large area of the receiving opening 25 being completely open and gases being able to escape through this opening.
  • the cover plate 60 is now provided to substantially prevent during loading that a larger portion of the receiving opening 25 is opened at an upwardly tilted front end of the barrel.
  • the cover plate 60 is configured or arranged on the muffler housing 11 so that the cover plate 60 also moves upwards at an upwardly tilting front end of the gun barrel - synchronously with the front end of the barrel, so that the upwards moving cover plate 60 again closes the opening of the receiving opening 25 resulting from the upward tilting of the front end of the weapon barrel.
  • the front end of the gun barrel moves back down and into the receiving opening 25, wherein at the same time the cover plate 60 is moved down again.
  • Figure (b) of Figure 6 shows a first embodiment of a cover plate 60.
  • the cover plate 60 consists of a substantially flat plate having an opening or recess 61.
  • the diameter of the opening or recess 61 substantially corresponds to the diameter of the receiving opening 25, so that the front end of a gun barrel can pass unhindered through the opening 61.
  • the edge of the opening 61 may be slightly bevelled.
  • two perpendicular guide rails 62 are provided here, which are formed here as a groove of a dovetail guide.
  • a first of the two guide rails 62 extends to the right of the opening 61 and a second of the two guide rails 62 extends to the left of the opening 61.
  • Corresponding guide rails, into which the guide rails 62 of the cover plate 60 are brought into engagement, are likewise provided on the rear end wall HE of the silencer housing 11.
  • 11 may be provided at the rear end wall of the muffler housing two vertically extending and corresponding to the guide rails 62 of the cover plate 60 springs a dovetail. The cover plate 60 can then be moved up and down along the guide rails on the rear end wall of the silencer housing 11.
  • FIG. 6 of Figure 6 an alternative embodiment of a cover plate 60 is shown.
  • the cover plate 60 has at the upper end an edge-side semicircular recess 61, whose radius corresponds substantially to the radius of the receiving opening 25 of the muffler and the radius of the front end of the gun barrel.
  • a spring element 64 is provided at the lower end of the cover plate 60. The spring element 64 presses the cover plate from below against the gun barrel, so that when tilting the front end of the gun barrel up the cover plate 60 is also moved upward due to the spring force of the spring element 64 and thus resulting during the loading opening in the receiving opening 25th closes.
  • cover plate 60 shown in Figure (c) has the advantage over the cover plate 60 shown in Figure (b) that not the Wafers fenfen the cover plate must push upwards, but the spring element 64, the cover plate pushes upwards, so that the gun barrel unhindered and without resistance can tilt upwards.
  • guide rails 62 may also be provided, as shown in Figure (b).
  • a spring element 64 may be provided, with which a movement of the cover plate can be supported upwards.
  • a hole 63 is provided in a lower portion of the cover plate, which is formed here as a slot.
  • the cover plate with the oblong hole 63 is advantageous when the cover plate is used together with a silencer as described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 9.
  • the design of the hole 63 as a slot is advantageous in order not to interrupt a passing through the hole 63 light beam during movement of the cover plate 60 upwards.
  • a corresponding hole or oblong hole 63 can also be provided in the case of a cover plate 60 as shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 7 shows an inventive development of a silencer 10 according to the invention, wherein in figure (a) the rear end HE, in figure (b) a sectional view along the longitudinal axis of the muffler and in Figure (c) is shown a perspective view of the muffler.
  • a light channel 70 is arranged, which has an inlet opening 71 and an outlet opening 72 and which extends from the rear side wall to the front side wall of the muffler housing.
  • the light channel 70 is designed here as a cylindrical channel through which a light beam can pass unhindered from the inlet opening 71 to the outlet opening 72.
  • a designed according to FIG. 7 muffler with a light channel 70 may be used, for example, when the handgun at the front end or below the gun barrel has a light source, such as a laser pointer.
  • the laser pointer can be arranged approximately at the front end of the closing or return spring or on or in the spring sleeve of the closing or return spring of the weapon.
  • a corresponding embodiment is shown with reference to FIG. 9.
  • the light channel or light cylinder 70 may be made of a stable plastic, such as metal, which is air or pressure-tight attached to the front and rear end wall of the muffler housing.
  • the light channel or light cylinder 70 may be passed through the blades 51 of the insert.
  • the fins 51 can then provide additional stability of the light channel 70.
  • the light channel 70 may be provided as part of the insert 50 and be firmly connected to the insert 50, so that the light channel 70 can be removed together with the insert from the muffler housing 11. In this embodiment, it is merely necessary to ensure that the light channel 70 is sealed against the gas chamber 15 in an air-tight or pressure-tight manner after inserting the insert into the silencer housing 11.
  • Fig. 8 shows in Figure (a) the front end VE of a silencer according to the invention in a further embodiment in a sectional view.
  • a light source 80 is arranged in the front area or on the front end wall of the muffler housing, which is designed here as a laser diode.
  • the luminous means 80 can be coupled to an electronics 81, with which the function or the operation of the luminous means 80 can be controlled. For example, the intensity of the laser diode can be controlled.
  • the illuminant 80 and the electronics 81 are here coupled to a power supply 82, such as a battery.
  • the illuminant 80, the electronics 81 and the power supply 82 are housed in a housing 83, wherein the illuminant 80 is disposed in an opening of the housing, as shown in Figure (b) of FIG.
  • the housing 83 is designed to be air-tight or pressure-tight, so that it can be arranged in the interior of the muffler housing 11.
  • the muffler housing may have at the front end a receptacle 85 into which the housing 83 can be inserted and locked with the lighting means, the electronics and the power supply.
  • a modular lighting device is provided, which can be removed from the muffler if necessary or can be replaced by another lamp module.
  • the receptacle 85 is designed to be air-tight or pressure-tight relative to the gas chamber 15, then the pressure-tight or airtight configuration of the housing 83 of the luminous means module can be dispensed with, which enables a simpler production of the luminous module.
  • Fig. 9 shows in Figure (a) a muffler 10 according to the invention, which is arranged or attached to a mounting rail 94 of a weapon 90.
  • the weapon barrel or the front end of the gun barrel 91 projects into the receiving opening. 25 of the muffler 10 inside, wherein the front end of the gun barrel 91 may close the muffler housing or the gas chamber of the muffler preferably airtight or pressure-tight.
  • a laser diode 80 is provided on the weapon, whose optical axis coincides with the longitudinal axis of the light channel 70.
  • a grain 92 is provided on the closure 93, wherein due to the particular shape of the muffler housing 11 no changes to the grain 92 are necessary when the weapon is used together with a muffler according to the invention.
  • the edge sight of the weapon can also be used when using the muffler.
  • the muffler housing 11 Due to the special design of the muffler, that is, the substantially cuboid shape of the muffler housing, it is possible to design the muffler housing 11 substantially shorter than in conventional cylindrical mufflers. This has the advantage that a holstering of the weapon is also possible with a mounted muffler.
  • an upper portion OS of the muffler housing 11 of a muffler 10 has substantially the same outer profile as an upper portion OV of the closure 93 of a weapon 90, as described with reference to Figure (b ) of FIG. 9.
  • a muffler has been described which is used for the intended reduction of a noise emission when a shot of a shot is fired. weapon is provided.
  • the muffler can also be used as Duelsimulator.
  • FIG. 10 shows a further embodiment according to the invention of a silencer, which can be used as a duel simulator, for training and / or training purposes, for example, with blast or maneuver cartridges being used.
  • the problem is that the bang or maneuver cartridges usually do not generate enough pressure during firing to build up the gun fast enough and / or far enough to the rear to move so that the spent cartridge case ejected and a new cartridge can be reloaded.
  • the muffler 10 according to the invention is further developed in such a way that the muffler can be used as duel simulator.
  • the muffler used as duel simulator is inventively designed such that it is ensured that even when using blast and / or maneuver cartridges the self-charging function of the weapon is completely upheld.
  • the basic construction of a muffler 10 used as a duel simulator corresponds essentially to that shown with reference to FIG.
  • the duel simulator thus comprises a muffler housing 11 and a mounting rail 30, wherein the mounting rail 30 is configured and attached to the muffler housing, as shown with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 9.
  • the muffler housing 11 When using a muffler according to the invention as duel simulator, the muffler housing 11, however, be designed to be much shorter than the muffler shown with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9, because the volume of an expansion space for the expanding gases of the bang and / or Maneuver cartridges can or must be considerably smaller than the volume of the expansion space of a designated silencer used.
  • the expansion space of a duel simulator should therefore be chosen to be smaller than the volume of an expansion chamber of a conventional silencer, in order to provide a sufficiently large recoil force or pressure for the return movement of the closure.
  • an expansion space 16 is formed in the rear region, which adjoins the receiving opening 25 of the muffler housing 11, so that when firing a bang and / or maneuver cartridge which can be in the weapon barrel 91 expanding gases in the expansion space 16 , Due to the relatively small dimensioned expansion space 16 ensures that a pressure is built up by the gas penetrating into the expansion space, which ensures a reliable function of the Disladefunk- tion of the weapon.
  • the expansion chamber 16 may be connected to an overpressure channel 18, which is guided to the front end wall VE of the muffler housing 11. Via the overpressure channel 18, the gases expanding in the expansion space 16 are discharged to the outside, so that the pressure in the expansion space is reduced again.
  • the overpressure channel 18 is preferably dimensioned such that despite the discharge of the gases from the expansion space 16 in the expansion space 16, a sufficiently large pressure can be built up, which is sufficient for the self-loading function of the weapon, and that the pressure in the expansion space up to reduced to the delivery of the next shot to a normal level.
  • the expansion space 16 of the duel simulator is coupled pressure-tight with the gun barrel 91 after installation of the duel simulator on the weapon 90, so that as little gas as possible can escape between the expansion space and the weapon barrel.
  • a pressure-tight coupling of the expansion space with the gun barrel can be dispensed with a reducer 19 for blast and / or maneuver cartridges.
  • this can also be used together with a arranged at the mouth opening of the gun barrel 91 reducer 19.
  • the reducer 19 is screwed into the mouth opening of the gun barrel 91 and screwed to the mouth of the gun barrel and ensures that enough pressure is built up in the gun barrel 91 after delivery of a shot to a proper function of the self-charging function of the weapon even with the use of bang - And / or maneuver cartridges to ensure.
  • the reducer has a substantially conical shape in the embodiment shown here. However, the reducer can also have any other suitable form for this purpose.
  • the reducer 19 has a longitudinal channel 19a, through which the expanding in the gun barrel 91 gas can escape. When using the Duelsimulators invention protrudes the front end of the reducer 19 into the receiving opening 25 of the Duelsimulators into it. Preferably, the reducer 19 seals the expansion space 16 pressure-tight against the receiving opening 25 from.
  • the expansion space 16 When using a duel simulator according to the invention together with a reducer 19 arranged on the weapon, the expansion space 16 is primarily intended to divert the gases emerging from the reducer 19 via the overpressure channel 18. Nevertheless, the expansion space 16, when used together with a reducer 19, may be designed to establish and achieve pressure necessary to maintain the self-loading function of the weapon so that the expansion space 16 performs substantially the same function as when using the dueling simulator without a reducer 19 arranged on the barrel. In the embodiment of the muffler used as duel simulator shown here, the expansion space 16 is arranged substantially coaxially to the gun barrel 91 and has substantially the same diameter as the weapon barrel 91.
  • a receiving channel 21 is provided which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing 11 and extending from the rear end wall HE to the front end wall VE of the housing 11.
  • the expansion space 16 described above is formed, wherein in the receiving channel 21, a bulkhead 17 is arranged, the pressure and gas-tight manner separates the rear portion of the receiving channel from the front portion of the receiving channel.
  • the overpressure channel 18 opens into the rear region of the receiving channel 21, which forms the expansion space 16.
  • the bulkhead 17 can be moved in the longitudinal direction relative to the receiving channel 21 and locked to the receiving channel.
  • expansion chambers of different sizes can be formed, so that the size of the expansion space 16 can optionally be adapted to the bang or maneuver cartridges used. For example, when using a bang cartridge, which generates too low a pressure for the proper functioning of the self-loading function of the weapon, the expansion space 16 are reduced accordingly, which amounts to an effective pressure increase.
  • the receiving channel 21 is configured here cylindrical. However, the receiving channel can also have a different shape, for example a rectangular or square profile. In particular, the front region of the receiving channel 21 may have a different profile than the rear region, which forms the expansion space 16.
  • a power supply such as a battery, a sensor unit and a laser diode are arranged.
  • the battery 22 serves to supply power to the sensor unit 84 and the laser diode 80.
  • the sensor unit may comprise, for example, an acoustic sensor with which the firing of a blast or maneuver cartridge can be detected acoustically.
  • the sensor unit 84 may also include a pressure sensor with which a pressure increase in the expansion space 16, which is caused by the firing of a bomber cartridge, can be detected.
  • an evaluation or control device is arranged in the receiving channel 21, which is operatively coupled to the sensor unit 84.
  • the evaluation or control unit is adapted to evaluate the sensor signal provided by the sensor unit 84 and to control the laser diode 80 as a function of the evaluation result.
  • the evaluation or control device is adapted to cause the laser diode 80 to emit a laser beam after detection of an emitted shot.
  • an encoded laser beam is emitted by the laser diode after the detection of a firing.
  • the encoded laser beam may include, for example, an identification number of the shooter and information about the weapon and / or ammunition type used.
  • the Duelsimulator can be modular, wherein the receiving channel 21 forms together with the pressure channel 18 a module that can be inserted into the housing 11. As a result, 11 different modules can be used in the housing, which are each adapted to different requirements.
  • the use of the muffler according to the invention as a duel simulator, as described with reference to FIG. 10, has the advantage that the duel simulator is not more on the gun barrel 91 must be screwed, but can be pushed to the mounting rail 94 of the weapon, which allows a particularly fast assembly and disassembly of Duelsimulators to or from the weapon.
  • a holster is also provided for holstering a handgun, on which a silencer according to the invention is mounted.
  • the holster is preferably designed so that the weapon can be geholstert together with the muffler mounted thereon, which has the advantage that the weapon with the muffler mounted on it is always ready for use. Due to the moderate length of the silencer according to the invention, such a holster can be designed as a shoulder holster or shoulder holster, as a belt holster or as a leg hoist or as a thigh holster.
  • lamps e.g., laser diode
  • illuminant e.g., battery

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La présente invention concerne un silencieux (10) destiné une arme à feu (90), en particulier une arme de poing. Ledit silencieux comporte un boîtier (11) pourvu d'une paroi frontale arrière (HE) tournée vers le canon (91) de l'arme à feu, d'une paroi frontale avant (VE) à l'opposé de la paroi frontale arrière et d'une glissière de fixation (30) servant à fixer le silencieux à l'arme à feu. La glissière de fixation (30) est disposée sur la paroi frontale arrière (HE) du boîtier. Le silencieux peut également être utilisé comme un simulateur de duel. L'invention concerne en outre un étui destiné à ranger l'arme à feu.
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