ES2804153A1 - BRACKET FOR PLACING THE FLASHLIGHT ON THE STOCK OF A SEMIAUTOMATIC GUN (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Lantern support for semi-automatic weapon magazine, composed of two pieces, this one replaces the lower cover of the magazine of a semi-automatic weapon, so that any flashlight that has a Picatinny rail can be adapted to it, in this way, incorporate into said weapon a point of illumination that is not necessary to manipulate when holstering and drawing the weapon. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

BRACKET FOR PLACING THE FLASHLIGHT ON THE STOCK OF A SEMIAUTOMATIC GUN

Support for placing a tactical flashlight on the stock of a semiautomatic pistol, incorporating into the magazine of the same an adapter that will act as a connection rail between the stock and the flashlight. Given the standardized characteristics of this connection rail - known as the Picatinny rail - any lantern on the market that meets this manufacturing standard can be attached.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of this patent application is to register a support for the placement of a flashlight on the stock of a semi-automatic weapon, which incorporates notable innovations and advantages in terms of ergonomics, ease of use and improvement in the reaction capacity of the user of said weapon in dimly lit environments that in turn require proportional use of the weapon with respect to that of the attacker.

BACKGROUND

The provision of firearms by the Security Forces and Bodies is, today, undoubtedly necessary.

Any police officer faces a multitude of situations throughout his professional life in which he must evaluate the proportionality of the use of his service weapon based on the situation, the danger and the risk to his life, that of his partner (s) (s) and / or that of any person who is involved in a police action.

There are times when the agent must enter a room without adequate lighting or, simply, must act at times of the day when there is no sunlight.

In these situations it is very difficult to act in a proportionate way from the first moment. A situation that, a priori, is high risk, may turn into a situation that does not temporarily require the use of your regulation weapon. For example, if a group of agents has to enter a warehouse where there is no electricity to check if there is someone or to detain an undetermined number of people, since they cannot find out in advance the will or the number of people, or if they are armed, must enter holding their regulation weapon, next to a light source that can properly direct - and can even be useful to dazzle an alleged criminal and thus avoid using other methods of containment -, for, once the In this situation, consider whether it is necessary to continue holding your weapon or, on the contrary, holster it and use a more proportional one - the cane - or none in particular.

The main problem is when the agent has to holster his weapon, hold the flashlight and take a weapon more appropriate to the circumstances. For a few seconds this agent will be devoid of any type of means of containment, moments that the detainee can use to attack him or to flee.

The most appropriate for these cases would be to have a light source on the weapon itself, something that would significantly facilitate its use with both hands and would improve the time required to exchange it for a proportional one if necessary. The main problem is that, given the characteristics of the holster where the regulation weapon is kept, placing a flashlight in the area where it is initially planned to do so (they usually have an area designed to attach a flashlight under the barrel of the weapon), is not feasible.

The invention discussed in this specification contributes to solving this problem mentioned above.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The support for placing a flashlight on the stock of a semi-automatic weapon consists of a set of two pieces that replace the lower cover of the magazine of a semi-automatic weapon, known as the "bottom of the feeder".

A magazine for any semi-automatic pistol, also known as a "feed mechanism", consists of the following parts:

-Loader tube,

- Elevator tile

- Elevator spring

-Loader cap and its hook.

The projectiles housed in said feeding mechanism are inserted from the upper part, one by one, being these pushed towards the upper part of the magazine by the pressure exerted by the lifting spring on the lifting tile, which is the part on which the supports the first row of projectiles, which consists of two columns, one of them arranged with a height difference corresponding to half the diameter of the upper projectile, of the other column.

Said lifting tile has the appropriate shape so that the projectiles are arranged in the manner indicated above. The user of the weapon only has to place the projectiles one by one in the upper mouth of the magazine or feeder, exert pressure on said projectile and overcome the force exerted by the spring from its lower part. Once the projectile is inserted, it will be retained by the shape of the magazine body in its upper part, called "magazine lips", so that while the weapon itself does not extract the projectile once the magazine is mounted on its butt and by means of a mechanism included in the weapon itself that can be operated manually if it does not exist no bullet in its chamber, known as a slide, or automatically taking advantage of the weapon's own energy from the detonation of the previous projectile to feed its chamber.

From its lower part, the spring rests on a removable cover -loader cap by sliding it to the side and pushing it on its lower part.

Said cover is removable with the intention of being able to check and / or replace both the spring and the lifting tile mentioned above. It is to this part of the charger where the mechanism object of the invention is incorporated, which consists of two parts:

The first piece ( Figures 3 and 4 ), which we will call "adapted magazine cap". Its shape is the same as that of the cover it replaces -rectangular contour with two of its rounded corners, the contour measurements being able to vary depending on the weapon but all with similar contours-, with the particularity that it has a surface where, on its upper part - the part towards which the spring ( G ) is housed - it has a hexagonal housing ( H ) and, on its lower part, a shoulder ( J ), communicated by means of a through hole ( E ). On the face of the perimeter coinciding with the rounded corners, the piece contains a flange ( F ).

The second piece ( Figures 1 and 2 ), which we will call "Picatinny adapter". Said piece has an outer perimeter formed by three right angles and a semicircle. Two recesses run along the sides joining the semicircle ( B ). On the lower side, said recesses are parallel to the corresponding outer face. On the opposite side, the recess begins, at one end, on the upper face and, towards the end of the other end, ends its last section parallel to the other face of the recess.

On its upper face it is smooth and on its lower face, perpendicular to the recesses described in the previous paragraph, it has several grooves ( C1, C2 ).

At one of its vertices the piece has a shoulder ( D ).

Between the upper and lower face there is a hole ( A1 ). In the section of the part where the locking slots ( C1, C2 ) are located, said hole will have a larger diameter ( A2 ) .

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DESIGNS

The novel features that are considered characteristic of the invention are detailed in the appended claims. However, the invention itself, as well as the description of the preferred embodiment, will be better understood by taking as reference the accompanying drawings where:

Figure 1 consists of an isometric representation of the part where the flashlight is fitted (Part 2, Picatinny adapter) where:

• A2 is the hole where the union screw will pass and its head will be housed.

• B is the Picatinny rail.

• D is the slide stop.

Figure 2 consists of an isometric representation of the part where the flashlight is fitted (Part 2, Picatinny adapter) where:

• A1 is the hole through which the connecting screw will pass.

• B is the Picatinny rail.

• C are the anchor grooves.

Figure 3 consists of an isometric representation of the magazine spring clamping part (Part 1, adapted magazine cap), from its lower part, where:

• E is the hole through which the connecting screw will pass.

• F is the sliding stop of the part

• C are the anchor grooves.

Figure 4 consists of an isometric representation of the loader spring holding part (Part 1, adapted magazine cap), from its lower part, where:

• F is the sliding stop of the part

• G is the surface where the charger spring fits.

• H is the housing where the clamping nut is inserted between both pieces.

Figure 5 consists of an isometric representation of the complete set, where:

• A1 is the hole through which the connecting screw will pass.

• A2 is the hole where the union screw will pass and its head will be housed.

• B is the Picatinny rail.

• C are the anchor grooves.

• D is the slide stop.

• E is the hole through which the connecting screw will pass.

• F is the sliding stop of the part

• G is the surface where the charger spring fits.

• H is the housing where the clamping nut is inserted between both pieces.

DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

In view of the figures and explanations provided, a preferred but non-limiting embodiment of the invention can be seen, which consists of a torch holder for a semi-automatic weapon magazine.

First of all, we will start from the base of a semi-automatic weapon magazine. To replace the part called "lower spring cover" (magazine cap and its hook) that all chargers have, we will place a new lower cover ( Figures 3 and 4, adapted magazine cap ). Said part will be made of plastic or metallic material, by means of a 3d printer, casting or machining from a block and will have the same shape on its outer perimeter as the part it will replace, and the contour measurements may vary depending on of the weapon but all with similar contours and operation-, with the particularity that it has a surface where, by its upper part -the part towards which the spring is housed ( G ) - has a hexagonal housing ( H ) where It will insert a pressure nut and, at its bottom, it has a shoulder ( J ) that will act as a stop so that, once the two pieces are joined, there is sufficient distance between them to be able to assemble and disassemble the assembly in the magazine of the pistol -normal maintenance operation-. Said piece is fixed in its position taking advantage of the spring pressure and it is dismantled overcoming that pressure, exerting sufficient force in the opposite direction to that of the spring and sliding the thrust plate to one side until the shoulder ( F ) arranged for this purpose in the piece comes out of the matching housing in the charger itself. Once this lock is released, the piece continues to slide until it completely comes out of the magazine body, which has two tabs that prevent vertical movement of the lower spring cover, following the same operating principle as the cover it replaces.

The piece mentioned in the previous paragraph will be joined to the piece where the lantern will later be anchored ( Figures 1 and 2, Picatinny adapter ). Again, its manufacture can be done in the same way as the previous piece and in the same material. The way to join both pieces is by means of a threaded bolt, through the through holes of both pieces ( A1, E ), screwed to the nut housed in the corresponding hole ( H ) of the spring holding piece. The head of said threaded bolt will be inserted into the anchoring piece of the flashlight given the largest through hole section ( A2 ), in order not to obstruct the placement or removal of the tactical flashlight.

Once the two pieces of the invention are joined, they are assembled in the magazine of the weapon. The process is the reverse of disassembly, the part called the "adapted magazine cap" is partially inserted by sliding it through the part of the magazine body designed for this purpose, the spring is placed in its housing ( G ) and it slides completely until that the tab ( F ) is inserted into the recess of the corresponding magazine body.

The bracket is already installed on the stock of the weapon. Now it only remains to place the standardized flashlight through the picatinny rail, so that to holster and unsheathe the weapon it is not necessary to remove or place said flashlight. The lantern is placed by sliding it along the side guides ( B ) until it stops against the bracket flange ( D ) and blocking its sliding once installed thanks to the cam mechanism that these lanterns have and that will coincide with the slots of the piece of support ( C1, C2 ).

Claims (2)

1 . Lantern support for semi-automatic weapon magazine, consisting of 2 pieces, one of them replacing the lower cover and closing element of the magazine or semi-automatic weapon feeder, having through holes ( E, A1 ), a surface where to secure the spring available to all automatic weapon loaders or feeders ( G ), a support and spacing surface between both pieces ( J ), a tab ( F ), a hexagonal housing ( H ) and a circular housing ( A2 ), being able to These two pieces are manufactured in plastic material or metallic alloy, essentially characterized by the incorporation of two recesses ( B ), a flange ( D ) and grooves ( C1 , C2 ) perpendicular to said recesses that, in combination, constitute an anchoring system of tactical elements known as picatinny rail. 2. Flashlight support for semi-automatic weapon magazine, according to claim one, characterized by the possibility of incorporating a flashlight into the stock of a semi-automatic weapon by means of its charger or feeder.