US2715356A - Closing block with percussion safety for automatic guns - Google Patents

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US2715356A
US2715356A US148549A US14854950A US2715356A US 2715356 A US2715356 A US 2715356A US 148549 A US148549 A US 148549A US 14854950 A US14854950 A US 14854950A US 2715356 A US2715356 A US 2715356A
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Fiorini Sestilio
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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
    • F41A17/00—Safety arrangements, e.g. safeties
    • F41A17/64—Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably- mounted strikers
    • F41A17/66—Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably- mounted strikers automatically operated, i.e. operated by breech opening or closing 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
    • 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
    • F41A3/38—Semi-rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements movably mounted on the bolt or on the barrel or breech housing having rocking locking elements, e.g. pivoting levers or vanes
    • F41A3/40—Semi-rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements movably mounted on the bolt or on the barrel or breech housing having rocking locking elements, e.g. pivoting levers or vanes mounted on the bolt

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  • the present invention relates to automatic guns and more particularly to safety devices for automatic guns.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to provide a locking block for an automatic gun which will also provide a percussion safety, which will present improved features over conventional mechanisms of this nature, and which will be simple, sturdy, easy to manufacture and to mount, and safe in operation.
  • Fig. l is a fragmentary longitudinal section of a gun, showing an improved locking block made according to one embodiment of this invention in elevation in the position in which it locks the breech block of the gun to the barrel extension;
  • Fig. 2 is a similar section but with the locking block in released position
  • Fig. 3 is a section taken at right angles to Fig. 1 and looking down on the breech block;
  • Fig. 4 is a plan view showing a breech block of modified form having a somewhat difierent means from that of Fig. 3 for manually moving the locking block to released position;
  • Figs. 5 and 6 are sections corresponding to Figs. 1 and 2, respectively, and showing a somewhat different embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 7 is a section at right angles to Fig. 5, looking upon the breech block and the means for manually moving the locking block to released position.
  • 29 denotes the barrel of the gun, and 30 designates the barrel-extension.
  • the new locking block 1 is of approximately parallelpiped shape. it has a projecting tooth 1a which is adapted to engage in the slot 31 in the barrel-extension 30 to lock the barrel extension 30 to the breech block 3.
  • the locking block 1 is housed in the body of the breech block and it is hingedly connected to the breech block by means of a pin 2.
  • This pin is mounted in the breech block and extends transversely thereof, and engages in an oblong slot 32 in the locking block 1.
  • the purpose of the oblong slot 32 is to allow for a short sliding movement of the locking block longitudinally during pivotal movement thereof.
  • This rod serves to transmit percussion from the hammer 9 to the firing pin 11.
  • the pin 11 is reciprocably mounted in the breech block 3 and is constantly urged rearwardly by the coil spring 37. It is evident that if the locking block is in the unlocked position shown in Fig. 2, the percussion rod 10 assumes such a position that even if it is struck by the hammer 9 it will not strike the firing pin 11 because it is no longer aligned with said firing pin. Absolute assurance is had, therefore, that firing of the gun cannot take place if the breech block is not locked to the gun barrel.
  • a spring 5a for example, the recoil spring of the breech block, acts through a rod 5 and pin 4 to constantly urge the locking block toward locking position.
  • This spring surrounds a portion of the rod 5, which is pivoted at its front end by the pin 4 to the locking block.
  • the spring 5a is in such position as to create a leverage between the point of application of the spring and the pivot of the locking block so that the spring, as stated, always pushes the locking block toward locking position.
  • the locking block is provided with a ledge 6, and with an ear or projection 8.
  • the ear or projection 8 is to permit movement of the locking block manually to disengaged position.
  • the ledge 6 is adapted to be engaged by the cocking tooth 7 of the gun, upon return of the breech block to battery position.
  • the cocking tooth 7 is pivotally mounted by means of pin 37' in conventional manner upon a lever 38. It is constantly urged clockwise (Fig. 2) about its pivot 37 by a spring-pressed pin 39, that is housed in conventional manner in the lever 38.
  • the ear or projection 8 is pressed toward the gun stock to pivot the locking block downwardly and disengage its tooth In from the slot 31 in the barrel extension 30.
  • the pivotal motion of the locking block 1, as already stated, is possible notwithstanding the fact that it has a plane bearing surface 33, thanks to the oblong slot 32 for the pivot pin 2.
  • the breech block 3 can be made to move rearwardly to the end of its stroke by continuing the pressure upon the ear or projection 8.
  • the cocking teeth 7 will automatically engage the ledge 6 of the locking block to hold the breech block in rear position.
  • the cocking tooth 7 can be tripped through conventional means to release the breech block again to permit the breech block to return to battery.
  • the ear or projection 8 may be replaced, as shown in Fig. 4, by a small tooth 15 that is formed integral with the locking block, and that may be engaged by a block 14 on a cooking carriage 13 that is slidable in the breech block 3.
  • the sliding carriage 13 may be provided with an ear or projection 12 for manual actuation.
  • the whole system comprising the barrel 29, the barrel-extension 30, the breech block 3, and the locking block 1 which locks the breech block and barrel extension together, recoils to the end of the stroke.
  • the ledge 6 of the locking block is engaged by the cocking tooth 7, which causes the locking block to pivot on the pin 2, unlocking the breech block from the barrel and barrel-extension assembly.
  • the barrel-extension 30 and barrel 29 return to battery.
  • the empty cartridge case 40 is retained by the extractors 41, which are mounted in known manner on the breech block; and thus the empty cartridge case is extracted from the gun barrel.
  • the barrel and barrel-extension assembly Upon reaching the end of the return stroke to battery, the barrel and barrel-extension assembly operate through known means (not shown) upon the cocking tooth 7 to disengage the cocking tooth from the ledge 6 of the locking block 1, permitting the breech block3 to return to its forward position under'thrust of its own recoil spring. During this return movement anew cartridge is introduced into the gun barrel in known manner.
  • lever or detent 17 (Fig. 3 pivotally mounted by means of pin 18 on the breech block 3.
  • This lever or detent is constantly urged by a coil spring 19 counter-clockwise from the position shown in Fig. 3 so that when the tooth 1a of the locking block 1 is in disengaged position (as shown in Fig. 2), the lever or detent 17 will be moved over this tooth to retain the tooth in disengaged posiiton.
  • the lever or detent 17 after the locking block 1 has been released from the cocking tooth 7, it is still held depressed by the lever or detent 17 during the return movement of the breech block 3 to battery.
  • the tail of the lever or detent 17 travels in a slot 42 in the barrel extension 30; and when the breech block is approaching batteryv position, the tail of the lever or detent 17 rides on the cam surface 20 at the front end of the slot 42 so that the lever or detent 17 is rocked about its pivot pin 18 in a clockwise direction to disengage it from the tooth 1a of the locking block.
  • the firing pin is integral with the percussion rod 24. It is also provided with a laterally extending lug 25 for safety control.
  • the combined percussion rod and firing pin 24 is guided in the breech block 3 at front and rear of the locking block 1.
  • the locking block 1' has an opening 50 extend ing longitudinally through it for the passage of the combined percussion rod and firing pin 24.
  • the opening locking block to pivot on its pivot pin 2' without hitting the pin 24; and it is formed with an enlarged hole 26 whose bounding wall constitutes a cam surface which is adapted to engage and operate on the lug 25 of the percussion rod 24.
  • the percussion rod 24 is moved rearwardly far enough so that it cannot project beyond the front edge 45 of the breech block 3', and so that, therefore, it cannot fire.
  • the locking block 1. has no car or projection for manual operation, but has instead a recess 22 in one side surface (Fig. 7) which is engaged by a tooth 21 of the manually reciprocable slide 46.
  • This slide is mounted to slide in a guideway in the breech block 3 and is manually movable rearwardly by pressing upon the ear or projection 47.
  • the locking block 1' is mounted as in the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, a pin 2 is wide enough, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 to permit the iii being provided in the breech block 3 which extends transversely of the breech block and which engages in an elongated slot 32' in the locking block.
  • the locking block has a tooth 1a which is adapted to engage in the locking slot 31 of the barrel-extension 30.
  • the tooth la is disengaged by pressing the ear or projection 47 rearwardly to rock the locking block downwardly in a manner similar to the operation of the first described embodiment of the invention.
  • the locking block may be held in downward position by a lever, similar to the lever 17 of Fig.
  • the locking lever 17 is shown in dotted lines in Fig.7.
  • the locking lever 17 cooperates with the top of the locking tooth 1a in the same manner as in the first described embodiment of the invention, and as illustrated in Fig. 3.
  • a recoil-operated gun the combination with a recoiling barrel-extension having a locking 'slo't therein, and a breech-blockreciprocable axially in and relative to said barrel extension, of a locking block mounted in said breech block and having a locking tooth formed thereon to engage in said locking slot to lock said breechblock to said barrel extension, said locking block being mounted in said breech block for pivotal and sliding movements relative to said breech block, the pivotal and sliding mounting for the locking block comprising a pivot pin secured to one of the two named blocks and an elongate slot formed in the other named block in which said pin engages, a percussion rod slidable longitudinally in said locking block and disposed to be in operative, firing position when said locking tooth is engaged in said locking slot, resilient means for rocking said locking block in one direction about said pivot pin to move said locking tooth into locking engagement with said locking slot, and means for rocking said locking block in the opposite direction about its pivot to disengage said locking tooth

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US2863246A (en) * 1954-04-16 1958-12-09 Ithaca Gun Company Inc Bolt assembly for a firearm
US2922240A (en) * 1956-02-17 1960-01-26 Harold D Allyn Firearm with interengageable breech block and slide block and double action bars
US3736687A (en) * 1970-10-15 1973-06-05 Pulsepower Systems Lock for a reciprocating mechanism
US4161836A (en) * 1976-11-25 1979-07-24 Kabushiki Kaisha Kawaguchiya Hayashi Juho Kayaku-Ten Breechblock assembly and an operating mechanism for a fire-arm automatic loading
US4926574A (en) * 1987-10-02 1990-05-22 Dynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft Rifle with safety system
US20040200112A1 (en) * 2002-04-22 2004-10-14 Beretta Ugo Gussalli Safety device for a breechblock of a firearm

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US2922240A (en) * 1956-02-17 1960-01-26 Harold D Allyn Firearm with interengageable breech block and slide block and double action bars
US3736687A (en) * 1970-10-15 1973-06-05 Pulsepower Systems Lock for a reciprocating mechanism
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US4926574A (en) * 1987-10-02 1990-05-22 Dynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft Rifle with safety system
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