EP4051977A1 - Dispositif d'entraînement pour la pratique du tir à vide - Google Patents

Dispositif d'entraînement pour la pratique du tir à vide

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EP4051977A1
EP4051977A1 EP19950399.6A EP19950399A EP4051977A1 EP 4051977 A1 EP4051977 A1 EP 4051977A1 EP 19950399 A EP19950399 A EP 19950399A EP 4051977 A1 EP4051977 A1 EP 4051977A1
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pistol
lever
magazine
dry fire
training
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Stanley Hahn Seigler
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B9/00—Simulators for teaching or training purposes
    • G09B9/003—Simulators for teaching or training purposes for military purposes and tactics
    • 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
    • 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
    • F41A33/00—Adaptations for training; Gun simulators
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B19/00—Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass
    • G09B19/003—Repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements
    • G09B19/0038—Sports

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  • Live firing is the best way to practice drawing and firing a weapon.
  • the practice process builds muscle memory, and helps the shooter develop proper techniques of delivery and complete weapon control.
  • (0002)Dry fire practice is a good substitute for live fire practice. Dry firing is another process of building muscle memory whereby a firearm, especially a pistol, is drawn, aimed, and fired without using live ammunition. This enables the practice of firing a weapon to proceed smoothly and accurately without all of the negatives of live fire practice. Because no live ammunition is used, there is no ongoing expense, there is no need to use safety equipment, a special shooting environment is not necessary, and practicing can be accomplished in much less time.
  • (0003)Dry firing also allows the shooter to practice in the actual environment where the weapon may need to be used for protection such as in the home. With complete safety, actual shooting scenarios can be practiced in and around the home.
  • (0004) Practicing at the range can also be improved. When live fire is practiced at the range, the novice shooter usually has to spend a significant amount of time and expend a lot of ammunition getting accustomed to the report and recoil of the pistol. Before live practice begins, some dry fire practicing can be done. This gets the novice shooter accustomed to the trigger feel before having to deal with the recoil and the report of live firing.
  • Negative qualities of these devices or systems are that they are either user intensive and/or expensive to purchase, but most significantly they do not allow a shooter to use a fully functioning pistol that he may already own. There is also a learning curve or training necessary to use these systems, but most of all, none of the patented devices or systems except (9,182,189) address the “hands-free” trigger reset problem and the possible firing pin damage problem of normal dry fire practice.
  • the invention that is to be described accomplishes the most important aspects of dry fire training: no live ammunition is used providing safety and no on going expense, convenience of practicing in the home environment where the protective, fully functioning pistol would most likely be used for defensive purposes, no involved disassembling and reassembling of any of the fully functional pistol's components, the realistic feel of the trigger during the firing process and the trigger reset, precise muscle memory training using only the trigger finger motion, and does not negatively affect the fully functional pistol's firing pin.
  • This invention also helps the novice shooter train with his pistol before he has to deal with the recoil and the report of firing live ammunition.
  • This invention is simple to use, provides realistic feel of the trigger operation, produces a sound that simulates the release of the pistol's firing pin, and does not require any alterations to the fully functional pistol such as disassembling and reassembling of any parts of the pistol.
  • a dry fire training device that uses a fully functioning pistol, allows for precise muscle memory training, is simple to operate, prevents the firing pin of the fully functioning pistol from being damaged, provides for safe on-site home training, inserts easily into the magazine well, and has capabilities to interact with electronic training systems.
  • This new device improves upon existing device 9,182,189 (my previous patent). This improved device addresses these situations through the pistol's magazine compartment. This invention simply slides into the magazine compartment in the pistol's handle, and practice can begin. It requires no alterations to the pistol before or after practice. This new device functions completely independent of the pistol's firing pin.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a back view of a simulated magazine case with an adjusting set screw base adhered to its back wall.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a sectional side view of said simulated magazine case showing the set screw base adhered to its back wall.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a top view of a lever.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a side view of said lever
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a top view of a swing lock.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a side view of said swing lock.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a top view of a micro switch lever.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a side view of said micro switch lever.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a top view of a set screw base.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a side view of said set screw base.
  • FIG.11 illustrates a side view of a fulcrum pin.
  • FIG. 12 illustrates a side view of a compression spring.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates a top view of a detente reed.
  • FIG. 14 illustrates a side view of a set screw.
  • FIG. 15 illustrates a top view of a micro switch.
  • FIG. 16 illustrates a side view of said micro switch.
  • FIG. 17 illustrates a side view of a micro processor.
  • FIG. 18 illustrates a top view of said micro processor.
  • FIG. 19 illustrates a sectional view of the assembled device in its resting position.
  • FIGS. 1 & 2 illustrate the simulated magazine case 1 that has six holes: a pair of holes in each side to receive the fulcrum pin 7 for the lever 2 to hinge upon; a third hole in the front of said magazine 1 to provide access to the regulating set screw 10 which is mounted in the set base 5 as illustrated in FIG.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 being adhered to the inside back wall of said magazine case 1; a forth hole beneath the previously mentioned hole which allows for adjusting the mounting screw for the detent reed 6; a fifth hole in the back of the magazine 1 for adjusting a second set screw 10 in the micro switch lever 4 to regulate the adjusting point of another training device; a sixth hole in the front of the magazine 1 to allow the swing lock 3 to interact with a member in the pistol's magazine well to lift and place the lever 2 in the proper position with the pistol's trigger mechanism when the device is inserted into the pistol's magazine well.
  • FIGS. 5&6 illustrate the swing lock 3 which is pin mounted to the lever 2 and protrudes out of the hole in the front of the magazine's 1 front side to interact with a member in the pistol's magazine well which places the lever 2 into its proper position with the pistol's trigger mechanism.
  • FIGS. 7& 8 illustrate a lever 4 which pin mounts to the lever 2, has a hole for accommodating the set screw 10 for adjustments, and provides a location for mounting a micro switch 9.
  • FIGS. 9 & 10 illustrate the set screw base 5 which is adhered to the inner front wall of the magazine 1 and accommodates the set screw 10 to adjust when the detente reed 6 snaps as the lever 2 is actuated by the pistol's trigger mechanism at point A.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a fulcrum pin 6 that allows the lever 5 to rotate to activated the detent reed 6 by the action transferred through the lever 5 at point A, moving the detent reed 6 against the set screw 10, producing the simulated tactile release and the audible response of the weapon's firing pin.
  • Another fulcrum pin 7 mounts the micro switch lever 4 onto the lever 2.
  • FIG. 12 illustrates a compression spring 8 that returns the lever 2 to its resting position against the front of the magazine 1 and resets the pistol's trigger mechanism to its resting position.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates a detent reed 6 which is mounted to the lever 2 and provides the tactile release simulating the feel of the release of the pistol's firing pin and an audible response simulating the sound of the release of the pistol's firing pin.
  • FIG. 14 illustrates the set screw 10 which is used in the set screw base 5 and the micro switch lever 4 and provides for adjustments of both as illustrated in FIG. 19.
  • FIGS.15 & 16 illustrate the micro switch 9 which is mounted to its lever 4 and presses against the inner wall of the magazine 1 to activate an electronic component for other training devices.
  • FIGS. 17 & 18 illustrate the micro processor 11 that is activated by the micro switch 9 when the lever assembly is hinged towards the back of the magazine 1 and thus provides an electrical signal received by another device for dry fire training.
  • FIG. 19 illustrates a sectional view of the assembled dry fire training device showing the lever 2 in its resting position.
  • the compression spring 8 is applying a forward force to hold the lever 2 forward.
  • This view shows the detent reed 6 resting against the set screw 10 in its “untripped” or unreleased position.
  • the set screw 10 provides adjustment to control the release of the detent reed 6 at precisely the right position in the travel of the pistol's trigger.
  • the swing lock 3 is mounted to the lever 2 so that when the device is inserted into the pistol's magazine compartment, the swing lock 3 interacts with the pistol's magazine release bar and pushes the lever 2 towards the back of pistol far enough that the lever 2 can freely move behind the pistol's trigger mechanism.
  • the swing lock 3 then swings out of the way so that the lever 2 assembly is free to interact with the pistol's trigger mechanism.
  • the pistol's trigger mechanism pressed against the lever 2 at point A
  • the lever 2 assembly swings towards the back of the magazine 1.
  • This movement compresses the coil spring 8, bends the detent reed 6 through its activation point against the set screw 10 and provides the tactile and the audible response, thus simulating the release of the pistol's firing pin;
  • the micro switch 9 is compressed against the wall of the magazine 1 completing the circuit to the micro processor which sends a signal to interact with a separate dry fire training device.
  • the coil spring 8 returns the lever 2 assembly to its resting position.
  • the previously patented device 9,182,189 had a sliding member that had to be pushed up to accomplish the positioning of the lever 2 behind the trigger mechanism. Then, after the lever 2 was in its working position, the shooter needed to pull the sliding lever lifter back to its resting position.
  • This new design accomplishes this setting action without any additional actions of the shooter.
  • the new devise also has means of interacting electronically with other dry fire training devices.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne l'entraînement de la mémoire musculaire réaliste, en incorporant un chargeur de munitions simulé dans le compartiment de chargeur du pistolet et en dupliquant l'action de la gâchette lors d'un tir à balles réelles normal, la sensation et le son de la libération du percuteur, et la réinitialisation de la gâchette pour une activation de gâchette supplémentaire. Ce dispositif ne nécessite pas que le tireur manipule des pièces afin qu'il s'interface correctement avec le mécanisme de percuteur du pistolet. Il n'interagit pas avec le percuteur du pistolet et ne nécessite aucune modification du pistolet, telle que le démontage et le réassemblage de pièces à la fin de la séance d'entraînement. Il fournit également des composants internes qui lui permettent d'être utilisé conjointement avec d'autres dispositifs d'entraînement électroniques.
EP19950399.6A 2019-10-28 2019-10-28 Dispositif d'entraînement pour la pratique du tir à vide Pending EP4051977A4 (fr)

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