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US3319862A
US3319862A US543614A US54361466A US3319862A US 3319862 A US3319862 A US 3319862A US 543614 A US543614 A US 543614A US 54361466 A US54361466 A US 54361466A US 3319862 A US3319862 A US 3319862A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01B—MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES
    • F01B23/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of engines with devices driven thereby
    • F01B23/06—Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, hand-held tools or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25C—HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS
    • B25C1/00—Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices
    • B25C1/08—Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices operated by combustion pressure
    • B25C1/10—Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices operated by combustion pressure generated by detonation of a cartridge
    • B25C1/14—Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices operated by combustion pressure generated by detonation of a cartridge acting on an intermediate plunger or anvil
    • B25C1/143—Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices operated by combustion pressure generated by detonation of a cartridge acting on an intermediate plunger or anvil trigger operated

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  • This invention relates to a powder actuated tool, and more particularly to a captive piston powder actuated tool.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a new and improved powder actuated tool.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved captive piston powder actuated tool.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a powder actuated tool having a barrel housing 4and a breech housing which are turned relative to each other from operative positions to open the tool together with a safety device preventing cooking of the tool when the housings are not in their operative positions and preventing turning of the housings from their operative positions when the tool is cocked.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a powder actuated tool having a captive piston having an intermediate portion which is substantially more ductile than end portions thereof and a die-type stop so positioned as to cause the ductile portion of the piston to be drawn therethrough to dissipate the energy of the captive piston and prevent a portion thereof breaking olf and being discharged as a projectile when the tool is red and there is insuicient opposition to the movement of the captive piston as, for example, when there is no fastening element in the tool and the tool abuts a very soft object.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a powder actuated tool which is light in weight, efficient and safe, durable7 and is simple in construction.
  • Yet another Object of the invention is to provide a powder actuated tool having a plastic barrel housing and also having a structure protecting the barrel housing from hot gases formed by firing an explosive cartridge in the tool.
  • a still further object of the invention is to provide a powder actuated tool having a minimum of fasteners, such as screws, rivets and the like.
  • the invention provides a powder actuated tool having a barrel portion and a breech portion which is movable relative to the barrel portion to open the tool to remove a fired powder load shell and reload the tool.
  • the tool is opened by turning the breech portion in one direction from an operative position thereof to unlock the barrel portion and breech portion, pulling the breech portion relative to the barrel portion to separate the breech and barrel portions and turning the breech portion in the opposite direction to move the breech portion out of alignment with the barrel portion and expose the breech end of the barrel portion.
  • the barrel portion be movable longitudinally of the tool to cock the tool, and there preferably is provided a' locking mechanism to prevent cocking movement of the barrel portion when the breech portion is not in operative position relative to the barrel portion and to prevent relative opening movement between the breech and barrel portions when the barrel portion is in a cocked position thereof.
  • a captive piston having an elongated, forward, fastening element striking plunger, an enlarged rear piston portion and a tapered portion therebetween which is substantially more Blg Patented Iii/.lay lo, i967 ductile than the plunger and is adapted to be drawn partially through a tapered, die-like stop in the barrel portion to dissipate energy when the tool is red and the 4plunger encounters substantially no resistance to movement thereof.
  • a barrel and breech block are mounted in a barrel housing and a breech housing which is mounted on the barrel housing for axial turning movement by a hinge ring assembly.
  • the breech housing is rst turned to uncouple the breech block and the barrel, is then pulled to pull the breech housing off the end of the barrel and then is turned on a hinge shaft connecting the breech housing pivotally to the hinge ring assembly on an axis parallel to and laterally offset from the barrel to provide easy access to the breech end of the barrel.
  • a chambered power plug ts removably into the breech end of the barrel and has spring ngers frictionally gripping a captive piston including a forwardly positioned plunger of hard metal joined by a tapered intermediate portion of ductile metal to an enlarged piston portion of hard metal with transition portions extending from the ends of the intermediate portion short distances along the plunger and piston portion.
  • the barrel carries a tapered, die-like, piston stop of hard metal through which the plunger slidably extends, and, when the tool is tired and the plunger meets with little or no resistance, the ductile intermediate portion of the piston strikes the piston stop and is drawn somewhat therethrough to dissipate the energy of the moving piston and prevents the plunger from breaking off and being discharged as a projectile from the tool.
  • the barrel is provided with exhaust ports extending transversely to the exterior thereof and the barrel housing is composed of plastic material and has a stainless steel erosion sleeve positioned to prevent impingernent on the plastic material of hot gases of explosion escaping from the exhaust ports.
  • the barrel housing has a transverse bore therein along which a locking ball is movable, and the barrel has a recess therein into which the ball is forced by the hinge ring assembly Whenever the breech housing is not in its operative position relative to the barrel housing so that the barrel cannot be moved to its cocking position.
  • the hinge ring assembly has a recess therein adapted to receive the ball when the breech housing is in its operative position to permit the ball to move out of the recess in the barrel and allow cocking movement or the barrel and also to lock the breech housing against movement when the barrel iS moved to its cocking position in which the recess inthe barrel is out of alignment with the ball so that the barrel holds the ball in the recess in the hinge ring assembly.
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal, vertical sectional view of a powder actua-ted tool forming one embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken along line 3-3 of FIG. l;
  • FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG, 5 is a fragmentary, longitudinal, vertical section similar to FIG. 1 but with the tool in cocked condition;
  • F-IG. 6 is a View similar to FIG. 5 but with the tool shown in a fired condition
  • FIG. 7 is a transverse, vertical sectional view taken Valong line 7 ⁇ 7 of FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the tool of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 9 is a longitudinal, vertical sectional view of the tool of FIG. "1 during the first stage of opening the tool;
  • FIG. 10 is a transverse, vertical sectional view taken along line 10-10 of FIG. 9;
  • FIG. 11 is 'a transverse, vertical sectional view taken along line 11-11 of FIG. 9;
  • FIG. 12 is a transverse, vertical sectional view taken along line 12-12 of FIG. 9;
  • FIG. 13 is a fragmentary, longitudinal, vertical sectional view of the powder actuated tool of FIG. 1 in an open condition
  • FIG. 14 is a transverse, vertical sectional view taken along line 14-14 of FIG. 13.
  • a powder actuated tool including a breech hous- ⁇ ing or handle 22 preferably composed of a strong, tough, plastic compound such as, for example, an unfilled polycarbonate, one suitable compound being that sold by the General Electric Company under the trade name Lexan
  • the tool also includes a barrel 24 of steel carrying a barrel nut 26 adapted to hold a washer 28 and 'a fastener element 30 to be driven into a wall 32 of concrete or the like to secure a sheet 34 to the wall.
  • the barrel nut 26 is threaded into a tapped counterbore 36 concentric with a bore 38 in the barrel, and the nut 26 has a bore 40 aligned with the bore 38 and forming a continuation thereof, and also includes a tapered retaining socket 42 adapted to frictionallI hold the washer 28.
  • a barrel spring 44 seated against a shoulder 46 of the barrel and against a shoulder 48 of a sleeve-like, middle housing assembly 50 urges the barrel 24 to the left, as viewed in FIG. l, and the lefthand movement of the barrel is limited by an internal shoulder 52 in a sleevelike, lower housing 54.
  • the housing assembly 50 and housing 54 form a barrel housing 5S.
  • the housing assembly 50 and housing 54 have complementary, threaded connecting portions 56 and 58, respectively, and are preferably composed of a tough plastic material which may be the same material as that forming the handle 22.
  • the barrel 24 has a cylindrical collar portion 60 slidable in counterbore 62 in the housing 54 and also has a tapered portion 64 fitting into a complementary tapered portion 66 formed in the housing 54.
  • the middle housing assembly 50 has a guide passage 68 serving to guide a cylindrical portion 70 of the barrel.
  • the user grasps a handle portion or grip 72, places the barrel nut 26 against the sheet 34 and pushes the tool 20 to the left, as viewed in FIG. 5.
  • the barrel 24, of course, remains stationary as the breech housing 22 and barrel housing 55 move to the left relative thereto. This compresses the spring 44 and the barrel holds stationary a headed power plug 74 carried in bore 75 of the barrel 24.
  • the power plug 74 abuts an end of a bore 76 of a breech block 78 and holds the breech block 78 against movement with breech housing 22 -to compress a breech block return spring 82.
  • the breech block is slidable in counterbore 80 formed in the breech housing 22, and has arcuate guiding lands 81 and 83 complementary in shape to the counterbore 80.
  • the counterbore 80 is cylindrical except for a at portion 85 (FIG. 3), and a flat bearing surface 87 on the breech block is slidable along the flat portion 85, which gives a keying action to aid in the assembly operation of the breech block with the breech housing as described hereinbelow.
  • breech housing 22 moves to the left relative to the breech block 78, it also moves to the left relative to a sleeve-like ring pin holder 84 carrying a tapered ⁇ firing pin ⁇ 86, the firing pin holder being held in a retracted position relative to the breech block 78 by a rod-like, hardened steel sear 88, which is urged at this time by a spring 90 into a hardened steel bushing 92 press fitted into a bore 93 in the breech block.
  • the movement of the breech housing 22 to the left relative to the breech block 78 also moves a ring pin return dog 94 to the left, to move an enlarged head 96 of the dog 94 against the action of and to compress a firing pin spring 98 seated between the head 96 and the end of an axial bore 100 in the ring pin holder 84.
  • the tiring pin return dog 94 has secured thereto at Ithe righthand end thereof an enlarged head or washer member 102 seated in a socket 104 at the end of bore 106 .in the breech housing 22, and is engaged by a breech block return spring 82.
  • a split spring ring 108 seated partially in a corresponding groove in the tiring pin holder 84 prevents movement of the head 96 out of the holder 84.
  • the sear 88 is slidable in a bore 110 in the firing pin holder 84, and the firing pin holder 84 is slidable along a bore 112 in the breech block 78.
  • the firing pin 86 is adapted to project through a tapered bore 114 in the breech block 78 and to strike a rim re power load 116 (FIG. ⁇ 8) held in a chamber 118 in the power plug 74.
  • the tiring pin (FIG. 5) always extends into the bore 114 to key the tiring pin holder to the breech block, sufficiently that rounded nose 140 of the sear will enter the housing 92.
  • the user pulls trigger 120 pivotally mounted in roll pin 122 carried by breech housing 22.
  • the trigger is movable in a slot 124 (FIG. l) in the grip 72 against a leaf spring 126 secured by screw 128 in the hollow grip 72 near the base of the grip.
  • the trigger may be a known tough plastic material or may be die cast from a suitable aluminum alloy.
  • a cover plate ts into counterbore 132 with spring or snap action and is removable therefrom.
  • Pulling the trigger 120 moves an 4actuator plate 134 upwardly, as permitted ⁇ by a relieved or beveled portion 136 of the breech block 78 and, only when the breech block is in the cocked position thereof, moves a ball 138 upwardly in the bushing 92 to move the sear 88 upwardly until the outer edge of the rounded nose 140 of the sear 88 is above the bushing 92.
  • the spring 98 then moves the firing pin holder 84 rapidly to the left, as viewed in FIG. 5, and the tiring pin 86 strikes and fires the power load 116 (FIG. 8.
  • the powder in the power load explodes and the combustion or explosion gases enter bore 142 in the power plug 74.
  • the piston has a tapered portion 145.
  • the tool 20 is of the captive piston type, the piston 144 having a high momentum, low velocity drive so that danger from accidental ring thereof is minimized.
  • the explosion gases from the power load 116 move an enlarged piston portion 152 of the piston 144 until it clears the unslotted portion of the power plug 74 (FIG. 6) and, as the righthand end of the piston portion 152 moves to slots 154 extending along the power plug 74 between tempered spring fingers 156, the explosion gases escape through the slots 154 from Ibehind the end of the piston.
  • the piston is provided with annular grooves 157 near the righthand end thereof. The gases travel through the slots 154 between the tapered lingers 156 into transverse bores or exhaust ports 160 and 162 (FIG. '7) formed .in the barrel 24, the hot gases impinging on an erosion protection sleeve or insert 164 embedded in the middle housing assembly 50.
  • Inner skirt 167 lof the housing assembly 50 has large, forwardly opening U-shaped notches 'or passages 166 and 168 adjacent the outlets of ports 160 and 162, respectively, to prevent the hot gases from the outlets of the ports from impinging directly on the plastic compound of the housing assembly 50.
  • the notches 166 and 168 act as passages for escape of the gases along with relieved portions 170 (FIG. 1) of the skirt. The hot gases then travel along passages 166 and 168 and the relieved portions 170 in the housing assembly 50 and along clearances between the barrel 24 and the barrel housing 55.
  • the piston 144 moves to the position thereof shown in FIG. 6 to drive the fastener element 30 completely into the wall 32 through the sheet 43. At this time the tool is fully fired, as illustrated in FIG. 6.
  • the user -then moves the tool away from the wall 32 and the springs 44 and 82 initially hold the barrel 24 and the breech block 78, respectively, against movement with the barrel housing 55 and breech housing 22 so that the parts of the tool assume the relative positions thereof shown in FIG. l. Movement ⁇ of the firing pin holder S4 with the breech ⁇ block 7 8 is prevented by the split ring 103 and the head 96, and the sear S3 drops back into the ybushing 92 to cock or reset the firing pin holder 84 relative to the breech block 7S.
  • the tool 20 is opened. This is accomplished by the user grasping the barrel housing S5 and the grip '72 with opposite hands and turning the breech housing 22 from the position thereof shown in FIG. 1 to that shown in FIG. 9. This turns a hinge ring 190 relative to the ⁇ barrel housing S5, the hinge ring 190 being yrotatable on a reduced portion 191 of the middle housing assembly S0. As the breech housing is so turned, it turns the breech block 78 therewith by means of a head of socket head screw 192 (FIG. l) projecting into a longitudinal splining notch or groove 194 in the breech block 7d.
  • a head of socket head screw 192 (FIG. l) projecting into a longitudinal splining notch or groove 194 in the breech block 7d.
  • the screw 192 is threaded into a tapped bore 196 formed in a lower, rib portion 197 of the breech housing 22 and has a pin end or shank 198 projecting into a longitudinal splining slot 200 formed in a hinge shaft 202 having a knurled end 204 anchored into the hinge ring 190.
  • the shaft 202 is slidably and rotatably mounted in a bore 206 in the rib portion 197.
  • the shaft 202 serves during this turning movement to key the breech housing 22 to the hinge ring 190.
  • the hinge ring 190 is composed of a tough, strong material, which, as shown, may be a plastic compound such as, for example, unfilled polycarbonate and, of course, may be metal such as, for example, an alum-inum alloy.
  • the ⁇ barrel 24 is provided at ⁇ opposite sides thereof with a pair of lugs 210 having camming portions 211 and the breech block 73 is provided with a pair of inwardly projecting lugs 212 on opposite sides thereof.
  • the lugs 210 and 212 form, in effect, a breech type lock, and when the handle 22 and the breech block 78 are in their operative position, as shown in FIG. 1, the barrel 24 is locked by these lugs to the breech block against longitudinal movement relative thereto.
  • the handle 22 and breech Iblock 78 are turned to the positions thereof shown in FIGS.
  • the lugs 210 are completely out of alignment with the lugs 212 and are in alignment with enlarged openings 214 in the breech block 73, and the lugs 212 are aligned with openings formed by reduced portions 213.
  • the breech block 78 then can be moved longitudinally relative to the barrel.
  • the operator grasps the barrel housing and the grip 72,;and turns the breech housing 22 counterclockwise ⁇ on the hinge shaft 202, as viewed in FIG. 14, until the breech housing is aligned with the hinge ring 190, at which time the shank 198 of the screw 192 is aligned with splining slot 200.
  • the hinge ring 190 is held against turning movement by frictional engagement therewith by an O-ring 245 seated in and projecting outwardly beyond an annular groove 247 in the middle housing assembly 50. This gives a resisting or braking action to insure that the hinge ring does not turn relative to the barrel housing 55 whenever the breech housing is turned on the hinge shaft 202.
  • the breech block 73 then is aligned longitudinally with the power plug 74 and the barrel 24.
  • the user then pushes the breech housing 22 toward the barrel 24 to put the tool 20 in the condition shown in FIG. 9, in which the forward end of the breech housing 22 engages the hinge ring 190, and the breech ⁇ block 78 extends partially over the ⁇ barrel 24 vand over the head 76 of the power plug 74.
  • the user turns the handle 22 clockwise, as Viewed in FIG. 12, to place the tool in the condition shown in FIG. 1.
  • a fastener element 30 and washer 2S then are placed in the nut 26, and the tool lis pressed against the wall into which the fastener element s tg be driven, which cocks the tool and the tool -is again
  • the hinge ring (FIGS. 9 and 1l) is held against longitudinal movement relative to the middle housing assembly 50 and the barrel 24 by headed pins 25d and 252 (FIG. 1l).
  • the heads of the pins 250 and 252 project into arcuate slots 254 and 256 (FIGS. 9 and 11) in the hinge ring to permit about 90 rotation of the hinge ring relative to the middle housing assembly 50 and barrel 24, and prevent longitudinal movement between the hinge ring and the middle housing assembly.
  • the end of the pin 250 projects into a splining slot 260 extending along lthe barrel 24 and open at the breech end of the barrel to spline the barrel 24 to the middle housing assembly 50, and is press fitted into a ⁇ bore 262 in the housing assembly 50.
  • the pin 252 is press fitted into a bore 264 in the middle housing assembly 50.
  • the hinge ring 190 is provided witli a lower rib 266 carrying the shaft 202 and the middle housing assembly 5ft has a lower projecting portion 253 blending the cylindrical portion of the middle housing itbembly 50 to the somewhat ovate shaped hinge ring
  • the headed screw 192 projects into the longitudinal slot 194 and limits the travel of the breech block 73 to the left, as viewed in FIG.
  • a hole 270 (FIG. 11) to permit a rod (not shown) t-o be pressed against the end of the pin 250 to drive out the pin 250.
  • the pin 252 may be removed from the bore 264 similarly through a service hole 272 aligned with the vbore.
  • a locking lball 280 (FIGS. 2 and 10) which is freely slidable along bore 282 extending through the middle housing assembly 50 and the protective sleeve 164.
  • the ball 280 is of a diameter substantially greater than the thickness of the portion of the middle housing assembly 50 through which the bore 282 extends.
  • the hinge ring 190 has a recess 284 aligned with and just below the bore 282 into which the ball 280 drops so that the ball is completely out iof the way of the barrel 24 to permit free axial movement of the barrel 24.
  • the breech housing 22 and the hinge ring 90 are turned from the positions thereof shown in FIG.
  • the hinge ring 190 pushes the ball 280 up into a locking recess 286 in the barrel 24, and the lball prevents longitudinal movement of the barrel 24 relative to the middle housing assembly 50.
  • the ball ⁇ also locks the barrel 24 in its extreme forward position relative to the barrel housing 55 when the tool is open and during opening and closing of the tool.
  • the ball 280 is held in the recess 284 in the hinge ring 190 to prevent rotation of the hinge ring relative to the barrel housing.
  • the tool cannot be opened when the barrel is at all near its cocked position.
  • the powder actuated tool 20 is of the captive piston type which drives the piston 144 at a rather moderate velocity such that the fastener element 30, in the event that the tool is fired without ybeing against a solid wall, leaves the barrel at a much lower velocity than fastener elements from non-piston type tools and does not act as a dangerous projectile.
  • the velocity of the piston 144 is sufficiently high that if the entire piston 144 were of hardened material, the plunger 146 would shear from the remainder thereof and would travel on out of the tool barrel and possibly do some damage.
  • the momentum of the piston is dissipated by tempering the tapered portion 145 to make it softer and more ductile than the portions of the piston 144 to the left of the line 300 and to the right of the line 302, as viewed in FIG. 8, and the insert 150 is composed of hard steel so that it acts somewhat as a drawing die.
  • the insert 150 is composed of hard steel so that it acts somewhat as a drawing die.
  • the portion of the plunger 146 between the line 300 and the adjacent end of tapered portion 145 blends in ductility from that of the main portion of the plunger at the line 300 to the higher ductility of the tapered portion at the forward end of the tapered portion.
  • the portion of the piston portion 152 to the right of the line 302 is harder and much less ductile than the tapered portion 145.
  • the portion of the piston portion 152 between the line 302 and the righthand end of the tapered portion 145 blends from the lower ductility of the main portion of the piston at the line 302 to the higher ductility of the tapered portion at the portion of the piston adjoining the tapered portion.
  • One suitable material for the insert 150 is a steel having the following composition: .60% by weight carbon, .70% by Weight manganese, 1.85% by weight silicon, .45% by weight vanadium, and remainder iron.
  • the piston 144 is made of a hardenable steel having the following composition: .50% by weight carbon, .75% by weight silicon, .20% by weight vanadium, 1.15% by weight chromium, 2.50% by weight tung sten, and remainder iron.
  • the soft or ductile tapered portion is tempered to a Rockwell C scale hardness of between about 45 and 49, While the portions of the piston assembly 144 to the left of the line 300, as viewed in FIG.
  • the plunger 156 had a diameter of about oneqnarter of an inch
  • the piston 152 had a diameter of about seven-sixteenths of an inch
  • the length of a tapered portion was about three-eights of an inch
  • the length from the line 300 to the lefthand end of the tapered portion 145 was about one-eighth of an inch
  • the length from the line 302 to the righthand end of the tapered portion 145 was about three-eighths of an inch.
  • the above-described powder actuated tool 20 is very safe and also very efficient in its operation. It also is very simple and inexpensive in its manufacture, while being a very rugged, durable tool, as well as highly dependable.
  • a hinge ring rotatable on the barrel housing between an operative position and a breaking position
  • breech block carried by the breech housing
  • hinge means mounting the breech housing rotatably relative to the hinge ring on an axis parallel to the barrel and offset laterally from the barrel and permitting such rotation only when the breech block is in said disengaged position relative to the barrel.
  • a hinge shaft carried by the hin-ge ring in a position generally parallel to the barrel and offset laterally from the barrel
  • a hinge shaft carried by the hinge ring in a position generally parallel to the barrel and offset laterally from the barrel
  • a barrel housing having a transverse bore therethrough of a predetermined length
  • the barrel being provided with a locking recess in the exterior portion thereof in such a position that the recess is aligned with the bore in the barrel housing when the barrel is in the extreme forward position thereof relative to the barrel housing,
  • hinge means mounting the breech housing rotatably relative to the barrel housing between an operative position and a second position
  • breech block means in the breech housing movable by relative axial movement of the barrel from the extreme forward position thereof to cock the firing mechanism
  • the hinge means being provided with a clearance portion in the interior thereof aligned with the bore only when the hinge means is in the operative position thereof,
  • a locking member slidably mounted in the transverse bore in the barrel housing and being of such a size relative to the length of the transverse bore as to be held in the recess in the barrel when the hinge means is not in the operative position thereof to lock the barrel and the barrel housing against relative longitudinal movement therebetween and to be held -in the clearance portion in the hinge means when the hinge means is in the operative position thereof. and the barrel is not in the extreme forward position thereof relative to the barrel housing to prevent relative rotation between the hinge means and the barrel housing.
  • a breech housing normally in an operative position relative to the barrel housing and movable to an open position relative to the barrel housing
  • a barrel mounted in the barrel housing for relative movement therealong between a forward position of the barrel relative to the barrel housing and a cocking position of the barrel relative to the barrel housing
  • the barrel housing having a transverse guide passage extending therethrough
  • the barrel being provided with an interlocking portion positioned to be engaged by the locking member when the barrel is in the forward position thereof,
  • breech housing normally in an operative position relative to the barrel housing and movable to an open position relative to the barrel housing
  • a barrel mounted in the barrel housing for relative movement therealong between a forward position of the barrel relative to the ⁇ barrel housing and a cooking position of the barrel relative to the barrel
  • the barrel housing having a transverse guide passage extending therethrough
  • the barrel being provided with an interlocking portion positioned to be engaged by the locking member when the barrel is in the forward position thereof,
  • the breech housing means being provided with an interlocking portion
  • breech housing normally in an operative position relative to the barrel housing and movable to an open position relative to the barrel housing
  • a barrel mounted in the barrel housing for relative movement therealong between a forward position of the barrel relative to the ⁇ barrel housing and a cocking position of the barrel relative to the barrel
  • the barrel housing having a transverse guide passage extending therethrough
  • the barrel being provided with an interlocking recess portion positioned to be engaged by the locking ball when the barrel is in the forward position thereof,
  • the breech housing means being provided with an interlocking recess portion
  • a barrel housing having a transverse bore therethrough of a predetermined length
  • the barrel being provided with a locking recess in the exterior portion thereof in such a position that the recess is aligned with the transverse bore in the barrel housing when the barrel is in the extreme forward position thereof relative to the barrel housing,
  • a hinge ring rotatably mounted on and covering the portion of the barrel housing having the transverse bore therein and mounting the breech rotatably relative to the barrel housing between an operative position and a second position
  • breech lblock means in the breech housing movable by the barrel to cock the firing mechanism when the barrel housing is moved forwardly relative to the barrel
  • the hinge ring being provided with a recess in the interior thereof aligned with the bore in the barrel housing only when the hinge ring is in the operative position thereof,
  • a locking member slidably mounted in the transverse bore in the barrel housing and being of such a size relative to the length of the transverse bore as to be held in the recess in the barrel when the hinge ring is not in the operative Position thereof to lock the barrel and the barrel housing against relative longitudinal movement therebetween and to be held in the recess in the hinge ring when the hinge ring is in the operative position thereof and the barrel is not in the extreme forward position thereof relative to the barrel housing to prevent relative rotation between the hinge ring and the barrel housing.
  • a barrel housing having a transverse bore therethrough of a predetermined length
  • the barrel being provided with a locking recess in the exterior portion thereof in such a position that the recess is aligned with the transverse bore in the barrel housing when the barrel is in the extreme forward position thereof relative to the barrel housing,
  • a hinge ring rotatably mounted on and covering the portion of the barrel housing having the transverse bore therein and mountin-g the breech housing rotatably relative to the barrel housing for movement between an operative position and a second position
  • breech block means in the breech housing movable by the barrel to cock the firing mechanism when the barrel housing is moved forwardly relative to the barrel,
  • the hinge ring being provided with a recess in the interior thereof aligned with the transverse bore only when the hinge ring is in the operative position thereof,
  • a locking ball slidably mounted in the transverse bore and being of such a diameter relative to the length of the transverse bore as to be held in the recess in the barrel when the hinge ring is not in the operative position thereof to lock the barrel and the barrel housing against relative longitudinal movement therebetween and to be held in the recess in the hinge ring when the hinge ring is in the operative position thereof and the barrel is not in the extreme forward position thereof relative to the barrel housing to prevent relative rotation between the hinge ring and the barrel housing.
  • breech housing having a first bore open at the front thereof and a tapped bore extending transversely from the first bore
  • breech block means slidable in the first bore and having a splining groove extending along the front portion thereof from the front end of the breech block means a predetermined distance to the rear,
  • the breech housing having a third bore parallel to the first bore and intersecting the outer end of the tapped bore
  • a hinge shaft having a groove including a splining portion extending along a portion thereof and an arcuate turning portion at one end of the splining portion and extending partially around the shaft,
  • the screw having a shank end projecting into the groove in the shaft
  • breech housing having a rst bore open at the front thereof and a tapped bore extending transversely from the rst bore
  • breech block means slidable in the first bore and having a splining groove extending along the front portion thereof from the front end of the breech block means a predetermined distance to the rear,
  • the breech housing having a third bore parallel to the irst bore and intersecting the outer end of the tapped bore
  • a hinge shaft having a groove including a splining portion extending along a portion thereof and a turning portion at one end of the splining portion and extending partially around the shaft,
  • the screw having a shank end projecting into the groove in the shaft
  • a barrel housing having a transverse bore therethrough of a predetermined length
  • the barrel being provided with a locking recess in the exterior portion thereof in such a position that the recess is aligned with the bore in the barrel housing when the barrel is in the extreme forward position thereof relative to the barrel housing,
  • a hinge shaft carried by the hinge ring in a position generally parallel to the barrel and offset laterally from the barrel
  • breech type coupling means connecting the breech block and the barrel and releasable by turning movement of the breech block relative to the barrel
  • breech block means in the breech housing movable by relative axial movement of the barrel from the extreme forward position thereof to cock the firing mechanism
  • the hinge ring being provided with a clearance portion in the interior thereof aligned with the bore only when the hinge ring is in the operative position thereof,
  • a locking member slidably mounted in the transverse bore in the barrel housing and being of such a size relative t0 the length of the transverse bore as to be held in the recess in the barrel when the hinge ring is not in the operative position thereof to lock the barrel and the barrel housing against relative longitudinal movement therebetween and to be held in the clearance portion in the hinge ring when the hinge ring is in the operative position thereof and the barrel is not in the extreme forward position thereof relative to the barrel housing to prevent relative rotation between the hinge ring and the barrel housing,
  • the breech housing having a rst bore, a counterbore open at the front thereof and a tapped bore extending transversely from the counterbore,
  • the breech block means slidable in the counterbore and having a splining groove extending along the front portion thereof from the front end of the breech block means a predetermined distance to the rear,
  • the ring pin mechanism being positioned in the rst bore in the breech housing.

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DE1964O0010305 DE1503009B2 (de) 1963-08-26 1964-07-31 Abfangeinrichtung für den Schubkolben eines Brennkraftbolzensetzers
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GB34026/64A GB1074194A (en) 1963-08-26 1964-08-20 Powder actuated tool
FR986065A FR1415665A (fr) 1963-08-26 1964-08-24 Outil à poudre
CH809767A CH458245A (fr) 1963-08-26 1964-08-25 Outil de percussion à poudre
CH1110764A CH452454A (fr) 1963-08-26 1964-08-25 Outil à percussion à poudre avec dispositif absorbeur de chocs
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