EP0785405A2 - Arme à gas comprimé - Google Patents

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EP0785405A2
EP0785405A2 EP97100497A EP97100497A EP0785405A2 EP 0785405 A2 EP0785405 A2 EP 0785405A2 EP 97100497 A EP97100497 A EP 97100497A EP 97100497 A EP97100497 A EP 97100497A EP 0785405 A2 EP0785405 A2 EP 0785405A2
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Jörg Ing. grad. Altenburger
Berthold Ing. Grad. Dold
Rolf Dipl. Kfm. Westinger
Bernhard Ing. grad. Knäble
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41B—WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F41B11/00—Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns
    • F41B11/60—Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns characterised by the supply of compressed gas
    • F41B11/64—Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns characterised by the supply of compressed gas having a piston effecting a compressor stroke during the firing of each shot
    • F41B11/642—Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns characterised by the supply of compressed gas having a piston effecting a compressor stroke during the firing of each shot the piston being spring operated
    • F41B11/644—Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns characterised by the supply of compressed gas having a piston effecting a compressor stroke during the firing of each shot the piston being spring operated having an additional slidable mass moving in the opposite direction to the piston, e.g. for recoil reduction

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  • the invention relates to a gas pressure weapon, in which when firing a shot a projectile is driven by gas under high pressure from a barrel of the weapon, with a storage container for carbon dioxide or for compressed air or weapon with pre-compression, with a handle for holding the weapon with at least one hand.
  • a gas pressure weapon in which when firing a shot a projectile is driven by gas under high pressure from a barrel of the weapon, with a storage container for carbon dioxide or for compressed air or weapon with pre-compression, with a handle for holding the weapon with at least one hand.
  • Such weapons also referred to simply as air pressure weapons, are used in competitions in which high accuracy is important with projectiles in diabolic shape.
  • the development has meanwhile come to constructions in which the gas under high pressure is available to drive out the projectile before the firing of a shot, whether in the form of carbon dioxide or compressed air, in a pressure container screwed onto the weapon are included, be it as a weapon with pre-compression, in which the shooter, before triggering a shot by operating a lever, generates the air required under high pressure to fire this shot.
  • the system in particular the barrel of the weapon when firing a shot, does not move relative to the handle, because the system is not designed as a mounted or return system.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a weapon of the type described above, in which the described impulse, which acts on the hand (hands) or the shoulder of the shooter, is reduced or even completely prevented.
  • the weapon has a compensation device with at least one compensation part which can be driven by the gas pressure driving the projectile relative to the handle in a direction essentially opposite to the projectile movement direction, such that the handle on the handle as a result of Movement of the projectile in the barrel impulse is reduced, and that the at least one compensation part is movable relative to the barrel.
  • the compensation part could be arranged behind the barrel precisely in the axial extension of the barrel, because then the momentum of the projectile according to the amount and Direction could be fully compensated for without difficulty. If, on the other hand, only a single compensation part is arranged laterally offset with respect to the longitudinal axis of the barrel, as is provided in one embodiment of the invention, then an angular momentum remains on the weapon as an effect of the momentum, which has no disturbing effect. However, in another embodiment of the invention, a compensation part is provided on diametrically opposite sides of the axis of the barrel.
  • the compensation part is arranged to be movable relative to the handle, only when the projectile impulse is not fully compensated is an impulse transmitted to the handle and thus to the shooter's hand.
  • Air-pressure weapons are known in which the entire shooting system, including the spring-loaded compression piston producing the high-tension air, is mounted so that it can move easily relative to the handle, as is the case with known weapons from Feintechnikbau Westinger & Altenburger GmbH & Co KG with a mounted system.
  • the present invention does not use a lacquered system.
  • the distance the compensation part travels until the projectile leaves the barrel is the smaller the larger the mass of the compensation part. It is therefore advantageous to make the mass of the compensation part many times larger than the projectile mass (a diabolo projectile with a caliber of 4.5 mm weighs about 0.5 g). It is then easier to provide a suitable path of movement for the compensation part on the weapon, whereby it should be borne in mind that for most air pressure weapons in question, insofar as they are used for competition purposes, certain dimensions and weights must not be exceeded.
  • a channel leads to the compensation device from a gas channel which guides the gas pressure into the area behind the projectile store (in which a projectile is in the position ready to fire). It is advantageous that the gas pressure for moving the compensation part is effective as soon as the firing valve has been opened when the trigger of the weapon has been actuated.
  • the airtight seal of the compensation part can act as a brake here, since this must also be moved by the gas pressure moving the projectile.
  • Such a seal like a relatively large mass of the compensation part, benefits the drive of the projectile, because only a relatively small proportion of the energy in the form of gas under pressure is then used to move the compensation part.
  • the cross section of the gas channel leading to the compensation part is at least approximately as large as the internal cross section of the barrel; if the cross section of the channel leading to the compensation part were very much smaller, this would have the effect of having the barrel at its rear end almost completely would be closed, and this would be an obstacle to effective impulse compensation.
  • the gas channel leading to the compensation part should also have a relatively small flow resistance.
  • At least one compensation part is assigned a movably arranged further compensation part which is arranged in the path of the associated compensation part, is at a distance from it at the beginning of the movement of the associated compensation part and can be driven by it, preferably by means of an elastic element such as a spring, preferably a helical compression spring, and / or by mechanical (elastic or inelastic impact).
  • the spring could also be an air cushion.
  • the mechanical shock could be brought about by cantilevers and the like protruding from one of the two parts, rather than by the direct collision of the compensation parts.
  • the first-mentioned compensation part moves and this then meets the further compensation part, which could be guided in a completely smooth manner with respect to a weapon-fixed part, for example the barrel, or else with friction.
  • the type of impact should initially be assumed to be a completely inelastic impact.
  • the mutually assigned compensation parts then move backwards in contact with one another (relative to the direction of movement of the projectile, their common speed being lower than that of the first-mentioned compensation part before the meeting).
  • the first-mentioned compensation part occurs on the further compensation part with an elastic joint (the surfaces that meet, for example, consist of high-quality steel or highly elastic plastic). After the impact, therefore, if the mass of the further compensation part is greater than the mass of the first-mentioned compensation part, the first-mentioned compensation part moves in the direction of the projectile fired. In order to make this part of the path of the first-mentioned compensation part usable for delaying the further compensation part, the first-mentioned compensation part is coupled to the further compensation part by a brake, so that finally a part of the kinetic energy of the first-mentioned compensation part and the further compensation part is converted into thermal energy.
  • an elastic joint the surfaces that meet, for example, consist of high-quality steel or highly elastic plastic.
  • the arrangement is made in such a way that the first-mentioned compensation part no longer comes into contact with a fixed stop when it moves in the weft direction, because the kinetic energy has been used up beforehand. Or the first-mentioned compensation part comes to rest at a stop with an elastic impact and bounces back again, and if its speed of movement is still greater than that of the further compensation part, it approaches it, again in the brake coupling the two parts Heat is generated. It may well be that the momentum transmitted by the first-mentioned compensation part to the weapon during the forward movement of the weapon does not have any disruptive effects for the shooter Has.
  • the described rebounding of the first-mentioned compensation part from the further compensation part in the event of elastic impact at high speed is supported in that the further compensation part has a greater mass than the assigned compensation part.
  • the above-mentioned spring can advantageously be dimensioned such that it already sets the further compensation part in motion before the first-mentioned compensation part strikes there, or it completely prevents a stop, which can be useful for reducing noise.
  • the spring can easily ensure that the compensation parts have a desired minimum distance from each other before the shot is fired.
  • the spring even if it is a compression spring, can with the parts coupled by it (namely the compensation parts) to be connected tensile to limit the maximum distance between these parts.
  • the compensation part or the compensation parts must somehow be movably guided or supported.
  • the part that performs this function is generally referred to as the housing of the compensation device; it does not necessarily have to be an additional component, but it seems possible, e.g. Drill holes for the slidable mounting of the compensation parts in an already existing weapon part.
  • a reset device expediently ensures that the compensation device is functional before the shot is fired.
  • the resetting device can advantageously be coupled to the movement of a breech part of the weapon in such a way that the compensation device becomes functional at the latest when the breech part is closed. The shooter can then bring the compensation device into its initial position even after loading a projectile simply by opening and immediately closing the lock, even if the shooter previously e.g. by a hard blow to the weapon has changed the correct starting position of the compensation device.
  • the displacement of the compensation parts into their starting position can be carried out in a particularly simple manner by means of a stationary stop on the weapon, by moving the compensation device in the direction of the stop is, the stop comes to rest on the compensation part and when moving the housing of the compensation device, the compensation part in the interior of the housing shifts relative to this.
  • the compensation part does not change its position relative to the housing as a result of frictional forces.
  • a rifle 1 namely a match air rifle with pre-compression, a handle 2, a barrel 3 with bullet bearing 4 at its rear end, and a movable breech part 5, which extends from the closed position shown to the rear (right in Fig. 1) can move to an open position.
  • a linkage 9 coupled to the tensioning lever 6 causes a loading flap 10, which can be pivoted about a pin 11, to open in a clockwise direction, as a result of which a tension spring 12 moves the closure piece 5 to the rear.
  • the shooter can open the tailgate by hand if necessary.
  • the barrel 3 and a housing part 20, in which the bolt 11 and other weapon parts are arranged cannot be moved backwards relative to the handle 2. It is a weapon without a mounted system.
  • Fig. 3 shows a view from above.
  • the barrel 3 (Fig. 1) of the weapon closes with its storey 4, into which a diabolo projectile is to be inserted by hand, to an air outlet opening 21 in the closure part 5, in which air, which is under high pressure when firing the shot the channel 19 is supplied, exits.
  • Symmetrically on both sides of the closure part 5 are two completely identical designs Pulse compensation devices are arranged, which are arranged diametrically opposite one another with respect to an axis 29 of the barrel 3.
  • Another air duct 31 goes from the air duct 19 to each pulse compensation device 27, which continues there in a duct 32 in the extension of the further air duct 31.
  • the channel 32 opens into a bore 35, which runs parallel to the axis 29 and forms a gas cylinder, in which a compensation part 37 with a rod-like end part 39 serving as a piston is slidably inserted; the end part 39 carries at its front end region a piston seal 41 designed as an O-ring, which forms the seal with respect to the wall of the bore 35.
  • the two compensation parts 37 are shown in their front end position, which is limited by the stop of a stop disk 43 on a stop surface 45 of the part 28 containing the bore 35.
  • a circular cylindrical tube 47 is fastened, which has a hole 49 on its side facing the closure part 5.
  • the compensation part 37 has a rod-shaped extension 51 which is of the same axis as the end part 39 and which, in the example, makes up the main part of the mass of the compensation part 37.
  • the extension 51 passes through a further compensation part 59, which is of essentially hollow cylindrical design and consists of two parts 53, 55 and an O-ring 57 arranged between them.
  • the parts 53 and 55 can be approached and removed relative to one another by means of a thread 61, and the O-ring 57 is inserted and lies in a cavity formed between them, which can be reduced or enlarged by mutual rotation of the parts 53 and 55 the setting of the parts 53 and 55 relative to each other with different forces on the outer wall of the outer cylindrical extension 51 and thus forms an adjustable friction brake relative to this.
  • the further compensation part 59 is in the tube 47 Slidable with little friction.
  • the compensation devices 27 When the weapon is cocked by means of the cocking lever, the compensation devices 27 have been brought into the starting position shown in FIG. 3, in which the stop disc 43 bears against the part 28 and the further compensation part 59 is at a distance a from the surface of the stop disc 43 facing it.
  • the compensation parts have been brought into this position in that when the tensioning lever is actuated, the closure piece moves backwards (because the loading flap 10 springs open) and the compensation devices are also moved backwards as a result.
  • a transverse pin 63 which is immovable with respect to the handle 2 and which extends somewhat into the interior of the tubes 47 shifts the compensation parts into their starting position.
  • the further compensation part 59 has a smaller distance from the stop disk 43 than from the free end 65 of the compensation part 37; the end 65 is located approximately where the cross bolt 63 is in the rest position of the tensioning lever.
  • the compensation element 37 has been brought into its starting position, in which the stop disk 43 bears against the part 28.
  • the cross pin 63 forms a limitation of the path which the further compensation part 59 can cover when it moves backwards (to the right in FIG. 3).
  • the arrangement is such that the further compensation part 59 either does not reach the cross bolt 63 when firing the shot, but comes to a standstill beforehand due to frictional forces, but nevertheless travels the longest possible way in order to work with a relatively low friction relative to the tube 47 can and thereby keep the effect on the shooter's hand, which is transmitted via this frictional force, low. Or else the further compensation part 59 comes to a stop on the cross bolt 63 during its backward movement.
  • the operation of the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 is as follows. Starting from the position shown in FIG. 3, in which, as already said, the weapon is cocked and ready to fire, with a projectile in the barrel, the shooter releases when the weapon is held horizontally, as is generally the case with such weapons, the shot.
  • the high-pressure air comes through the air duct 19 and flows into the barrel on the one hand to drive the projectile there, on the other hand through the further air ducts 31 and 32 into the end region of the bores 35, where it acts on the front end, which acts as a piston surface of the compensation part 37 hits. Due to its mass, which is considerably larger than that of the projectile, it is thrown backwards at a lower speed than the speed of the projectile.
  • the stop disc 43 strikes the front surface 69 of the part 53 of the further compensation part 59, in the example with an elastic impact.
  • the further compensation part 59 is provided with a larger mass than the first-mentioned compensation part 37. Therefore, the first-mentioned compensation part 37 rebounds after it has transferred part of its kinetic energy to the further compensation part 59. This moves it backwards.
  • the movement of the first-mentioned compensation part 37 just initiated is slowed down by the friction of the O-ring 57 on the extension 59, at the same time this braking counteracts the movement of the further compensation part 59. It becomes part of the kinetic energy of the Compensation part and the further compensation part converted into heat.
  • the stop disk 43 no longer reaches the part 28 during its subsequent forward movement after hitting the further compensation part 59, but that all parts have come to a standstill beforehand.
  • FIG. 4 differs from FIG. 3 only with regard to the compensation parts, the reference numerals of which are 100 higher in comparison to FIG. 3.
  • a compensation part 137 engages with a rod 139 with a gas-tight fit without a separate sealing element and is displaceable in the bore 35 of the part 28.
  • the rod-like extension 151 is shorter than in FIG. 3 and serves as a holder for a helical compression spring Spring 170, which is connected to the compensation part 137 and the additional compensation part 159 in a tensile manner.
  • the rod 151 goes without friction into a correspondingly large central recess in the further compensation part.
  • the desired friction between the further compensation part 159 and the inner surface of the tube 47 is brought about by two friction pieces 171 made of plastic, which are arranged in a transverse bore 172 of the further compensation part 159 and are acted upon by a compression spring 173.
  • the dimension a can be chosen in a suitable manner.
  • the parts Before the shot is fired, the parts have the position shown in the upper part of FIG. 4.
  • the compensation part 137 moves backward, thereby tensioning the spring 170, so that the further compensation part 159 is thereby accelerated backwards before the first-mentioned compensation part hits.
  • the spring 170 prevents such an impact.
  • the rod 139 has not completely emerged from the bore 35.
  • the parts are reset in a similar manner to that described in FIGS. 5a to 5c.
  • the spring 170 brings the compensation part 137 into its initial position shown in FIG. 4 above.
  • 5a to 5c show an arrangement with a compensation device which is only present on one side.
  • FIG. 5a shows the arrangement with the weapon under tension before delivery of a shot, a floor 200 is shown for illustration.
  • the compensation part is located at the front stop.
  • Fig. 5b shows the arrangement after the shot.
  • the compensation part has moved to the rear and has come to rest against the cross bolt 63 '.
  • Fig. 5c the breech has been opened and has moved back, whereby the weapon part 28, which is firmly connected to the breech piece 5 and which belongs to the housing of the compensation device, has also been moved to the rear.
  • the cross pin 63 'prevents displacement of the compensation part to the rear and moves it within the tube 47 until it has assumed its foremost position relative to this. If the closure is then closed, the part 28 moves forward with the closure piece 5, the position of the compensation part within the tube 47 not changing due to the frictional forces.
  • atmospheric pressure prevails at the front end of the piston rod 239, however in the area between the compensation parts.

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