US2841908A - Trigger actuator for firearms - Google Patents

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US2841908A
US2841908A US508587A US50858755A US2841908A US 2841908 A US2841908 A US 2841908A US 508587 A US508587 A US 508587A US 50858755 A US50858755 A US 50858755A US 2841908 A US2841908 A US 2841908A
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Bourquin Eugene
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Brevets Aero Mecaniques SA
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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
    • F41A17/46—Trigger safeties, i.e. means for preventing trigger movement
    • F41A17/54—Protecting-caps for trigger guards; Trigger locking pieces mounted on, or within, the trigger guard
    • 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
    • F41A19/09—Auxiliary trigger devices

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  • the present 'invention relatesto firearms and in par-' ticular rifles intended to be fitted with grenade launchers.
  • the object ofmyinventionis fto provide a' firearm of this kind whi h is .better adaptedfjtol meettttei require;
  • the object of the presentinvention is to avoid d F Wb k" I, i i i, p 7
  • a trigger control device intended to be usedwhen thegun is to I launchgrenades and constitutedas' follows.
  • Such firearms include a trigger and-a trigger guard arranged in such manner thatforlnormally firing the arm,
  • a', trigger .control. device including an oblonglever. extending substantially in the.
  • Fig. l is a perspective view of a grenade launching rifle made according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are, respectively, a side View, a bottom view and a rear view of the trigger control device belonging to said rifle.
  • Figs. 5 to 8 are views similar to Figs. 1 to 4 respectively and showing a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the drawings show a rifle which may be used either for firing bullets in the usual way or for launching grenades by means of a launcher fitted on said rifle.
  • the rifle stock is designated by reference numeral 1.
  • trigger 2 is protected against accidental operation thereof by a trigger guard 3 constituted by a curved piece of metal surrounding the trigger.
  • Lever 4 may be permanently fixed to trigger guard 3.
  • the means for transmitting the transverse motion of lever 4 to trigger 2 may be made as follows:
  • lever 4 carries, rigid therewith, a kind 'ofcam 9 which cooperates with trigger 2 when lever 4 is moved in the direction of the arrow of Fig. 3 to pivot said trigger rearwardly.
  • This arrangement is advantageous when the displacement of the trigger is relatively short.
  • lever 4 carries an extension or lever arm 10 which is applied against trigger 2 and pushes it 10 in a position such that they do not exert any rearward thrust on trigger 2.
  • a firearm which comprises,in combination, a stock, Q
  • -lever 4 constitutes a kind of lever, of rounded shape in the'outward direction, which is pivoted to the trigger guard about an ax-is si. parallel to the plane of longitudinal 'symmetryof; the rifle and substantially at right angles to the line-of fire.”
  • 1A return spring-6 urges said -lever 4 -awayfrorn trigger guard3.
  • lever -4l located ongthe'left hand side of triggei guard 3 so that on the one hand it can be actuated as;
  • a trigger pivoted to said stock a trigger guard carried by said stock surrounding said trigger, an oblong lever pivoted to said trigger guard on the left hand side thereof about an axis parallel to the longitudinal plane of symmetry of the firearm and at right angles to the line of fire thereof, said lever extending-in a direction substantially parallel to said line of fire, and its dimension in this direction being greater than the Width of the palm of a human. hand, and resilient means for urging said lever away from said trigger guard; said lever including a part shaped and positioned for cooperating with said trigger to actuate it when said lever is pushed toward said trigger guard.
  • a firearm which comprises, in combination, a stock, a trigger pivoted to said stock, a trigger guard carried by said stock surrounding said trigger, an oblong lever pivoted to said trigger guard on the left hand side thereof about an axis parallel to thelongitudinal plane of'symmetry of the firearm and at right angles to the line of fire thereof, said lever extending in a direction substantially parallel to said line of fire, and its dimension in this di rection being greater than the width of the palm of a humanhand, and resilient means for urging said lever away from said trigger guard, said lever including a cam fire thereof, said lever extending in a direction substantially parallel to said line of fire, and its dimension in this direction being greater thanthe width of the palm of a human hand, and resilient means for urging said lever away from said trigger guard, said lever including an arm rigid therewith for cooperating with said trigger to actuate it when said lever is pushed toward said trigger guard;
  • a firearm which comprises, in combination, a stock, a trigger pivoted'to said stock, a trigger guard carried by said stock surrounding said trigger, an oblong lever pivoted to said trigger guard on the left hand side thereof about an axis parallel to the longitudinal plane of symmetry of the firearm and at right angles to the line of 4.
  • a firearm which comprises, in combination, a stock, a trigger pivoted to said stock, a trigger guard carried by said stock surrounding said trigger, an oblong lever pivoted to said trigger guard on one side thereof about an axis parallel to the longitudinal plane of symmetry of'the' firearm and at right angles to the line of fire thereof, said lever extending in a direction substantially parallel to said line of fire and its dimension in this direction being greater tha'rithe width'of the palm of a human handQand IesiIient means'for' urging sa'id'lever away from said trigger guard, said lever including a part shaped and positioned for co operating' with said trigger to actuate it when said lever is pushed toward said trigger guard.

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US4499683A (en) * 1983-09-26 1985-02-19 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Auxiliary trigger for firearm
US4553347A (en) * 1984-06-25 1985-11-19 Jackson Francis J Gun trigger actuator
US4803910A (en) * 1987-09-30 1989-02-14 Troncoso Vincent F Multiple firing gun trigger extension assembly
US6336283B1 (en) * 2000-08-31 2002-01-08 Julio A. Ortiz Rifle sighting apparatus
US20050121013A1 (en) * 2003-11-26 2005-06-09 Simo Miroslav A. Mechanical release or trigger device

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US4030221A (en) * 1976-10-06 1977-06-21 William Doobenen Gun lock using manual pressure
US5054222A (en) * 1990-09-17 1991-10-08 Hardy Mark L Protective device for the trigger guard of a gun
US6339892B1 (en) * 2000-08-04 2002-01-22 Israel Ramos Trigger locking mechanism with slidable plate
US6550175B2 (en) * 2000-08-07 2003-04-22 Peter Mario Parker User friendly gunlock

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GB189715065A (en) * 1897-06-23 1897-08-21 Louis Estevan Green D Woolfson Improvements in Fire Arms.
US672149A (en) * 1900-07-12 1901-04-16 Charles J Hoehn Trigger attachment for firearms.
US2383044A (en) * 1942-07-23 1945-08-21 Roscoe J Craig Trigger action
US2589227A (en) * 1949-12-27 1952-03-18 Us Army Trigger conversion device for rifles
DE760735C (de) * 1943-03-30 1953-06-15 Mauser Werke Ag Handabzug fuer Feuerwaffen
US2671287A (en) * 1951-11-24 1954-03-09 David R Hayes Auxiliary gun trigger actuating mechanism

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GB189715065A (en) * 1897-06-23 1897-08-21 Louis Estevan Green D Woolfson Improvements in Fire Arms.
US672149A (en) * 1900-07-12 1901-04-16 Charles J Hoehn Trigger attachment for firearms.
US2383044A (en) * 1942-07-23 1945-08-21 Roscoe J Craig Trigger action
DE760735C (de) * 1943-03-30 1953-06-15 Mauser Werke Ag Handabzug fuer Feuerwaffen
US2589227A (en) * 1949-12-27 1952-03-18 Us Army Trigger conversion device for rifles
US2671287A (en) * 1951-11-24 1954-03-09 David R Hayes Auxiliary gun trigger actuating mechanism

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4499683A (en) * 1983-09-26 1985-02-19 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Auxiliary trigger for firearm
US4553347A (en) * 1984-06-25 1985-11-19 Jackson Francis J Gun trigger actuator
US4803910A (en) * 1987-09-30 1989-02-14 Troncoso Vincent F Multiple firing gun trigger extension assembly
US6336283B1 (en) * 2000-08-31 2002-01-08 Julio A. Ortiz Rifle sighting apparatus
US20050121013A1 (en) * 2003-11-26 2005-06-09 Simo Miroslav A. Mechanical release or trigger device
US20050229911A1 (en) * 2003-11-26 2005-10-20 Simo Miroslav A Mechanical release or trigger device
US6957644B2 (en) 2003-11-26 2005-10-25 Simo Miroslav A Mechanical release or trigger device
US7325539B2 (en) 2003-11-26 2008-02-05 Simo Miroslav A Mechanical release or trigger device

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