GB370900A - Improvements in or relating to automatic firearms - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to automatic firearms

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Publication number
GB370900A
GB370900A GB502/31A GB50231A GB370900A GB 370900 A GB370900 A GB 370900A GB 502/31 A GB502/31 A GB 502/31A GB 50231 A GB50231 A GB 50231A GB 370900 A GB370900 A GB 370900A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
sear
lever
breech
block
trigger
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB502/31A
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Colts Manufacturing Co Inc
Original Assignee
Colts Manufacturing Co Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority to US407522A priority Critical patent/US1803349A/en
Application filed by Colts Manufacturing Co Inc filed Critical Colts Manufacturing Co Inc
Priority to GB502/31A priority patent/GB370900A/en
Priority to DEC44455D priority patent/DE576421C/en
Priority to NL56157A priority patent/NL36959C/xx
Priority to BE379093D priority patent/BE379093A/xx
Priority to FR715554D priority patent/FR715554A/en
Publication of GB370900A publication Critical patent/GB370900A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • 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
    • F41A3/00—Breech mechanisms, e.g. locks
    • F41A3/12—Bolt action, i.e. the main breech opening movement being parallel to the barrel axis
    • F41A3/36—Semi-rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements movably mounted on the bolt or on the barrel or breech housing
    • F41A3/44—Semi-rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements movably mounted on the bolt or on the barrel or breech housing having sliding locking elements, e.g. balls, rollers
    • 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
    • F41A17/00—Safety arrangements, e.g. safeties
    • F41A17/46—Trigger safeties, i.e. means for preventing trigger movement
    • 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
    • F41A19/06—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/10—Triggers; Trigger mountings
    • 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
    • F41A19/06—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/25—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins
    • F41A19/27—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block
    • F41A19/29—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block propelled by a spring under tension
    • F41A19/30—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block propelled by a spring under tension in bolt-action guns
    • 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
    • F41A19/06—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/25—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins
    • F41A19/27—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block
    • F41A19/29—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block propelled by a spring under tension
    • F41A19/30—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block propelled by a spring under tension in bolt-action guns
    • F41A19/31—Sear arrangements therefor
    • 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
    • F41A35/06—Adaptation of guns to both right and left hand use
    • 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
    • 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
    • F41A5/08—Mechanisms or systems operated by propellant charge energy for automatically opening the lock recoil-operated having an accelerator lever acting on the breech-block or bolt during the opening movement
    • 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
    • F41A9/29—Feeding of belted ammunition
    • F41A9/32—Reciprocating-slide-type belt transporters
    • 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
    • F41A9/29—Feeding of belted ammunition
    • F41A9/32—Reciprocating-slide-type belt transporters
    • F41A9/33—Reciprocating-slide-type belt transporters with cartridge stripping means
    • 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
    • F41A9/37—Feeding two or more kinds of ammunition to the same gun; Feeding from two sides

Abstract

370,900. Automatic guns. WHITE, A. E., 5, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London.-(Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. ; Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.) Jan. 6, 1931, No. 502. [Class 92 (ii).] Relates to automatic guns of the kind having a longitudinally sliding breech-block 17 carrying a spring-actuated firing-pin 30 which is cocked automatically during recoil by a lever 32 carried by the breech bolt and engaging a recess in the fixed gun casing. According to the invention, a sear 46 carried by the breech block is adapted for horizontal transverse movement for engaging and releasing the firing-pin. The invention is shown applied to a recoil-operated gun of the Colt type as described, for example, in Specifications 133,329, 133,351, and 133,352, [all in Class 92 (ii), Ordnance &c.], and the horizontally-movable sear is shown arranged for operation, synchronously with the rotation of an aircraft propeller, by a trigger-motor M, Fig. 11, capable of being attached at either side of the gun casing. To facilitate the change from one side of the gun to the other certain parts of the sear-mechanism are reversible and the trigger-motor is interchangeable with the guide bracket 40 of a longitudinal rod 42 which serves for hand-operation of the breech-block through a pin 38 thereon, as shown in Fig. 2. The sear shown in Fig. 11 is connected by a bell-crank lever 47 with a vertically movable spring plunger 51 which keeps the sear in engagement with a notch 30c in the firing-pin 30 as shown in Fig. 12. The sear is released when the breech-block is in the forward locked position either by the member m of the triggermotor or by upward pressure on the lever 47 by a trigger-lever 53 operated by a pressbutton 58a arranged on the handle-block, as shown in Fig. 21. The sear and its operating- lever are reversed when the trigger-motor is arranged on the side opposite to that shown in Fig. 11. In a modification the lever 47 is dispensed with, the sear being biased by a horizontal spring plunger and moved horizontally by cam surfaces on a vertical spring- controlled slide. Specifications 365,315 and 365,787 also are referred to.
GB502/31A 1929-11-15 1931-01-06 Improvements in or relating to automatic firearms Expired GB370900A (en)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US407522A US1803349A (en) 1929-11-15 1929-11-15 Automatic firearm
GB502/31A GB370900A (en) 1929-11-15 1931-01-06 Improvements in or relating to automatic firearms
DEC44455D DE576421C (en) 1929-11-15 1931-02-27 Automatic firearm
NL56157A NL36959C (en) 1929-11-15 1931-03-23
BE379093D BE379093A (en) 1929-11-15 1931-04-16
FR715554D FR715554A (en) 1929-11-15 1931-04-16 Automatic Firearms Improvements

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US407522A US1803349A (en) 1929-11-15 1929-11-15 Automatic firearm
GB502/31A GB370900A (en) 1929-11-15 1931-01-06 Improvements in or relating to automatic firearms
DEC44455D DE576421C (en) 1929-11-15 1931-02-27 Automatic firearm
NL56157A NL36959C (en) 1929-11-15 1931-03-23
BE379093T 1931-04-16
FR715554T 1931-04-16

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GB370900A true GB370900A (en) 1932-04-06

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BE (1) BE379093A (en)
DE (1) DE576421C (en)
FR (1) FR715554A (en)
GB (1) GB370900A (en)
NL (1) NL36959C (en)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2504994A (en) * 1942-10-30 1950-04-25 Us Sec War Reversible feed mechanism for machine guns
US2689504A (en) * 1950-12-15 1954-09-21 Us Sec War Sear locking device for automatic firearms
US2750841A (en) * 1953-03-24 1956-06-19 Borde Frank C La Extractor spring retainer for a firearm
DE1191260B (en) * 1958-08-22 1965-04-15 Rudolf Geipel Emergency device with insert barrel for automatic weapons
GB1124890A (en) * 1966-09-27 1968-08-21 Rheinmetall Gmbh Improvements in or relating to machine guns with raisable cartridge feeder covers
CH666741A5 (en) * 1985-05-31 1988-08-15 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag CARTRIDGE FEEDER FOR AN AUTOMATIC FIREARM.
US4942802A (en) * 1987-09-24 1990-07-24 Ares, Inc. Convertible, belt/clip-fed automatic gun with positive shell casing ejection
ATE98013T1 (en) * 1989-03-10 1993-12-15 Eidgenoess W & F Bern TRIGGER SAFETY ON A FIREARM.

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Publication number Publication date
FR715554A (en) 1931-12-05
US1803349A (en) 1931-05-05
BE379093A (en) 1931-05-30
NL36959C (en) 1935-12-16
DE576421C (en) 1933-05-31

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