EP2111525A2 - Élément de fermeture de chambre pour une mise à feu de cartouche électrique ou laser - Google Patents

Élément de fermeture de chambre pour une mise à feu de cartouche électrique ou laser

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EP2111525A2
EP2111525A2 EP08702270A EP08702270A EP2111525A2 EP 2111525 A2 EP2111525 A2 EP 2111525A2 EP 08702270 A EP08702270 A EP 08702270A EP 08702270 A EP08702270 A EP 08702270A EP 2111525 A2 EP2111525 A2 EP 2111525A2
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Prior art keywords
closure piece
chamber closure
cartridge
ammunition
chamber
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EP2111525B1 (fr
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Alfons Ruhland
Michael Obergantschnig
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Voere Holding GmbH
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41WEAPONS
    • F41AFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A3/00Breech mechanisms, e.g. locks
    • F41A3/12Bolt action, i.e. the main breech opening movement being parallel to the barrel axis
    • F41A3/14Rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements rigidly mounted on the bolt or bolt handle and on the barrel or breech-housing respectively
    • F41A3/16Rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements rigidly mounted on the bolt or bolt handle and on the barrel or breech-housing respectively the locking elements effecting a rotary movement about the barrel axis, e.g. rotating cylinder bolt locks
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41WEAPONS
    • F41AFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A19/00Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/58Electric firing mechanisms
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41WEAPONS
    • F41AFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A19/00Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/58Electric firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/63Electric firing mechanisms having means for contactless transmission of electric energy, e.g. by induction, by sparking gap

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  • the present invention relates to a chamber closure piece for firearms with an electrical and / or laser-based device for igniting a mouth side vorsehbaren before the chamber closure piece cartridge, with the features specified in the preamble of claim 1.
  • chamber fasteners for firearms with purely mechanical ignition device are known in which, for example, a firing pin spring is stretched by the opening of the chamber fastener and this firing pin spring when firing the shot beat a firing pin example on the primer of a cartridge located in the cartridge chamber, the Shot breaks.
  • Object of the present invention is therefore to provide a chamber closure piece for firearms, which allows adherence to a particularly short ignition between actuation of the trigger and ignition of the cartridge, which allows a much better shot precision of the respective firearm in comparison to a chamber closure piece with purely mechanical ignition Number of moving parts and their mass movements are particularly low, whereby the firing precision adversely affecting oscillations of the weapon system are largely excluded, which allows in its use an excellent Schus- precision whose maintenance is very low, which against a chamber closure piece with purely mechanical ignition without prior Reconstruction is quick and easy interchangeable, whose weight is less than the weight of a chamber closure piece with a purely mechanical ignition device and its manufacturing costs are lower than those production costs, which are spent on a chamber closure piece with purely mechanical ignition device.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic longitudinal section through a firearm with a chamber closure piece according to the invention, which comprises means for electrically igniting a cartridge;
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic longitudinal section through a firearm, which comprises a chamber closure piece according to the invention with a laser-based device for igniting a cartridge;
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic longitudinal section through a firearm, which comprises a chamber closure piece according to the invention, which can be secured by means of a cocking slide, wherein the securing device of the chamber closure piece comprising a spring is relaxed, so that firing of the shot is not possible;
  • Figure 4 shows a schematic longitudinal section through a firearm, which comprises a chamber closure piece according to the invention, which is securable via a clamping slide, wherein the spring comprising a securing device of the chamber closure piece is stretched, so that a shot firing is possible;
  • the chamber closure piece (1) according to the invention for firearms is generally rotatable and reversible in a closure sleeve (5) of a system box (2) in the direction of the barrel mouth (3) and in the direction of the rear shank (4).
  • the chamber closure piece (1) generally comprises one or more devices (8) for the direct or indirect ignition of a cartridge (9) which can be provided on the outlet side by the chamber closure piece (1).
  • this device (8) for igniting the ammunition (9) is based on an electrical and / or thermal and / or optical and / or laser-based active principle.
  • the device (8) for electrically and / or thermally igniting the ammunition (9) in the region of the ammunition abutment bottom (6) of the chamber closure piece (1) may, for example, comprise one or more devices (11) for delivering one or more electrical impulses to a cartridge (9) located in the cartridge chamber in the form of one or more short, electrical voltage or current surges or in the form of one or more thermal heat shocks.
  • the means (11) for delivering an electrical pulse to the bottom (10) of a cartridge or cartridge (9) located in the cartridge chamber for example, a pin-shaped or rod-shaped or tubular anode or cathode.
  • the means (11) for emitting an electrical impulse through a hole-shaped recess of the ammunition bump (6) of the chamber closure piece (1) are resiliently guided so that they in non-loaded state of the firearm amitoßoßêt (6) the chamber closure piece (1) projects at least somewhat in the direction of the muzzle (3) and is pushed back when a cartridge (9) is loaded.
  • the means (11) for emitting an electrical impulse through a hole-shaped recess of the ammunition bump (6) of the chamber closure piece (1) are reversibly guided forward and backward such that they only with the bottom (10) of the cartridge (9) comes into electrically conductive contact when the firearm is unlocked.
  • the device (8) for electrically and / or thermally igniting the ammunition (9) may, for example, comprise one or more devices (12) for generating one or more electrical and / or thermal pulses in the form of one or more several short, electrical voltage or surge or warming include (see Figure 1).
  • the one or more devices (11) for generating one or more electrical or thermal pulses for example via a on the system box (2) attachable mechanical or electronic trigger unit (13) can be activated.
  • the ammunition (9) which can be ignited with a chamber closure piece (1) with means (8) for electric ignition are preferably centerfire cartridges in which the primer is opposite the base (10) of the cartridge (9) which surrounds the edge. is electrically isolated.
  • the one or more means (8) for ignition of a mouth side before the chamber closure piece (1) vorsehbaren ammunition or cartridge (9) in place of an electrical Zündungsvorraum- a or multiple means (16) for generating one or more laser beams, wherein the laser beam (s) generated are directly or indirectly directionally and / or focusable on the bottom (10) of the ammunition or cartridge (9) centrally and / or edgewise.
  • the device (16) for generating the laser beam (s) may, for example, be one or more laser diodes, semiconductor lasers, excimer lasers, gas lasers, solid-state lasers, solid-state laser diodes, chemical lasers, molecular lasers Gas laser or optically excited molecular gas laser, act.
  • the chamber closure piece (1) according to the invention with laser ignition of the ammunition bump (6) of the chamber closure piece (1) be formed gas-tight closed and for the passage of the laser beam generated by the means (16) for generating a laser beam to the ground (10 ) of the ammunition or cartridge (9) comprise at least one transparent to the generated laser beam disc (17) or plate.
  • one or more optical or electronic converging lenses for focusing the laser beam on the central region or on the edge region of the soil ( 10) of an ammunition or cartridge (9) may be provided.
  • a particular advantage of the chamber closure piece (1) according to the invention with laser ignition can be seen in the fact that, with a chamber closure piece (1) with a device (8) for laser-based ignition ignites.
  • Baren ammunition (9) is preferably around rimfire cartridges or central fire cartridges conventional design.
  • one or more power generating devices (14) and / or one or more power storage devices (15) may be provided in the chamber plug (1) and / or shaft (4) and / or system box (2) be.
  • the means (14) for generating electricity can be based, for example, on the piezo principle or in the form of mechanical generators or in the form of photovoltaic elements.
  • the devices (15) for power storage can be designed, for example, in the form of capacitors and / or accumulators or batteries.
  • the chamber closure piece (1) according to the invention can also be part of a safety device for firearms, wherein the safety device is a safety device by means of a manually operable safety lever, a wing safety device, a sliding safety device, a pushbutton safety device, a safety valve, a magazine safety device, an internal safety catch or a firing pin fuse can act.
  • the safety device is a safety device by means of a manually operable safety lever, a wing safety device, a sliding safety device, a pushbutton safety device, a safety valve, a magazine safety device, an internal safety catch or a firing pin fuse can act.
  • a spring (18) can be provided in the chamber closure piece (1) as a safety system which can be reversibly completely or partially tensioned or relaxed by means of a system box-side and / or shaft-side cocking slide (19) and / or is reversibly changeable in their position and / or is reversibly changeable in their orientation.
  • the device (8) for igniting a mouth side of the chamber closure beforehand.
  • a particular advantage of the chamber closure piece (1) according to the invention is that the ignition time between the actuation of the trigger (13) and the electrical or laser-based ignition of the cartridge (9) is much shorter than in the prior art chamber closures and in the range of 0.1 milliseconds to 2.0 milliseconds.
  • Another serious advantage of the chamber closure piece (1) according to the invention is the fact that it despite the inclusion of a device (8) for electrical or laser-based ignition of a cartridge (9) against a chamber closure piece with mechanical ignition because of the same external dimensions without previous conversion measures quickly and is easily replaceable.
  • the device for triggering the electrical, thermal or laser-based ignition device (12, 16) of the chamber closure piece (1) may be, for example, a mechanical extraction device (13) and / or an electronic and / or electrical, with the chamber closure piece (1). wired or wirelessly related trigger device (13) act.
  • the chamber closure piece (1) according to the invention can be connected to an electronic security device wirelessly or by wire in order to prevent accidents and to prevent crime.
  • this safety device can determine, for example, the user's authorization to use by inputting or reading in a specific electromagnetic code and / or by inputting biometric data and by subsequently comparing the entered biometric data and / or the entered electromagnetic code with a firearm-internal one Storage device previously stored biometric data of a person authorized to use and / or approved for use with electromagnetic codes.
  • this safety device causes release of the device (8) for igniting the ammunition (9) against a firing triggering signal of the trigger device (13) only in the case of a match of the biometric data and / or the electromagnetic codes.
  • This securing device can be reversibly or irreversibly provided, for example, in the chamber closure piece (1) and / or in the system box (2) and / or in the shaft (4) and / or in the trigger device (13) and optionally a card reader or a card reader Include means for detecting a fingerprint or the fundus.
  • the chamber closure piece (1) according to the invention may be in wireless or wired connection with an electronic security device or comprise an electronic security device, which is designed, for example, in the form of an electrical or electronic switch.
  • This fuse switch may preferably be reversibly reciprocated at least between a fuse position and a firing position be, with only in the case of the fire position, a release of the device (8) for igniting the ammunition (9) against a firing triggering signal of the trigger device (13).
  • This switch-shaped securing device can also be reversibly or irreversibly provided in the chamber closure piece (1) and / or in the system box (2) and / or in the shaft (4) and / or in the extraction device (13).
  • a one- or multi-part device for detecting and storing the time and date of an indirect or immediate operation of the device (8) for igniting a cartridge (9) wirelessly or wired connected or a include such device.
  • the chamber closure piece (1) with a one- or multi-part device for obtaining and storing biometric data of the person who has activated the means (8) for igniting an ammunition (9) directly or indirectly, wirelessly wired or connected or comprise such a device.
  • Each of the aforementioned two devices may be reversibly or irreversibly provided in the chamber closure piece (1) and / or in the system box (2) and / or in the shaft (4) and / or in the extraction device (13).
  • the chamber closure piece (1) may comprise one or more acoustic and / or optical and / or mechanical indicators for the power state or state of charge of the power storage device (15) and / or the power generation device (14) and / or or the Readiness of the means (12) for generating an electrical pulse and / or the readiness of the means (16) for generating a laser beam, comprise, or are in wireless or wired connection.
  • the chamber closure piece (1) generally bears, protruding on its outer side, one or more locking cams or locking lugs for engagement in corresponding recesses of the system box (2).
  • the chamber closure piece (1) comprises in the lateral region of its ammunition abutment bottom (6) one or more claw-like devices for the automatic withdrawal of the empty shell from the chamber after the projectile has left the barrel.
  • a firing chamber chamber closure piece which permits compliance with a particularly short ignition time between actuation of the trigger and the firing of the cartridge, for example in the range from 0.1 milliseconds to 2 seconds , 0 milliseconds.
  • a particular advantage of the chamber closure piece according to the invention is thus to be seen in the fact that in its use basically excellent shot precision is also achievable because of the extremely short ignition time between actuation of the trigger and ignition of the cartridge.
  • a further advantage of the chamber closure piece according to the invention is its low weight, which is significantly lower than the weight of a chamber closure piece with a purely mechanical ignition device.
  • the chamber closure piece according to the invention is also advantageous because its manufacturing costs, in particular due to the small number of moving parts, are lower than those production costs which are to be spent on a chamber closure piece with a purely mechanical ignition device.

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PCT/IB2008/000111 WO2008087540A2 (fr) 2007-01-21 2008-01-18 Élément de fermeture de chambre pour une mise à feu de cartouche électrique ou laser

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