US1771132A - Device for reducing the rate of fire of automatic firearms - Google Patents

Device for reducing the rate of fire of automatic firearms Download PDF

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US1771132A
US1771132A US277701A US27770128A US1771132A US 1771132 A US1771132 A US 1771132A US 277701 A US277701 A US 277701A US 27770128 A US27770128 A US 27770128A US 1771132 A US1771132 A US 1771132A
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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
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  • the subject of-the present invention is a device for reducing the rate of fire in automatic firearm, of the type in which the reduction is obtained by means of an escapement mechanism comprising a toothed wheel adapted to be put into rotation intermittently by a reooiling part of the mechanism of the firearm, and an oscillating anchor adapted to be actuated bythe said wheel and to determine, by inertia, a braking or retarding action upon the movement of the said recoiling part.
  • the device for reducing the rate of fire is character ized by the feature that the escapement wheel is provided with a-diametral controlling cam disposed upon the path-of a recoiling part of the mechanism of the firearm in such a way as to be struck eccentrically by the said recoiling part during its travel, for the purpose of producing a'parti-al rotation always in the same direction, of the escapement wheel, means being provided for returning the said cam automatically into the working position for being struck after each actuation, while the whole of the rate of fire reducing device is removably mounted upon the firearm so that it can be removed if desired in order to cut out its operation.
  • Fig. 'l' shows an application of a first 'form of the rate of fire reducing device to-ahau'tomatic firearm, shown in vertical longitudinal section.
  • Fig. 2 shows the rate of fire reducing device in plan.
  • Figs. 8 and 4 which are similar to'the two preceding figures show the members in another working position.
  • Fig. 5 is a plan View of a modification of this first form of the rate of fire reducing device.
  • F igs. 6 and 7 show inelevation and plan respectively another modification of the said first form of the rate'of fire reducing device.
  • Fig 8 is a detail to a larger scale
  • Fig.9 is'a verticalsection through'a second form of the rate of fire-reducing device fitted upon an automatic firearm.
  • Figs. 10, 11, and 12 are vertical sections taken along the lines lO 10 ll"1l' and 12 12 in Fig. 9, respectively.
  • the device for reducing the rate of fire comprises a parallelipiped shaped box l-open at the top, in which are mounted the toothed escapemen't wheel 3adapted to turn upon the pivot 2 and the corresponding anchorioscillating upon the pivot 5.
  • the wheel 3 for the purposes hereinafter stated, is bare of teeth-over two-diametrically opposed arcs, 3", of suitable length; This wheel is further provided with a diametral controlling cam 6 projecting from the box, in which latter is mounted so that it can slide longitudinally, a slide block 7 provided with a ta'ppet 7 also projecting from the box.
  • the whole of the box 1 is removably mounted in-place through a suitable aperture 9 in one of the walls of the frame of the automatic firearm, which may be of any type, in the interior of which frame the obtura't'or 12 and the corresponding striker 13 slide longitudinally under the action oi the recoil.
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  • This assembly is preferably effected by means. of a'kind o'f bay'o'net joint formed by tongues 1 projecting laterally 'fromthe body of the box 1 and passing through the :notches 9 in the aperture 9 in order to engage from the inside, by means of an axial displacement of the box, upon the corresponding wall of the frame 10.
  • the box lies in the longitu v dina'l direction of the firearm with the cam 6 and the :tappe't 7 projecting towards the inside ofthe frame 10 and over the pathof the obtu'rator 12 and the corresponding striker 13.
  • the o'btura'tor 12 is provided with'a' stop shoulder 12" adapted to act upon 'which is thus held in the position shown in Figs. 1 and'2.
  • the shoulder 12 of the obturator strikes against the tappet 7 so that the slide block is moved forward and the cam 6 remains free (Figs. 3 and 4).
  • the preliminary displacement of the slide block 7, eilected by the obturator 12 by means of its impact shoulder 12, for the purpose or liberating the cam 6 is not essential.
  • This displacement may be efiected automatically by the same cam by suitably modifying the shape of the shoulder 7 of the slide block, that is to say by reducing it in amplitude and terminating it in a connection 7" as shown 13 of the striker to be of such amplitude as to maintain the cam aligned in the axial position as shown in Fig. 4:, after the impact and the partial rotation.
  • This tooth 13 may have a limited amplitude as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, so as to pass beyond the cam after having actuated it. In such a case, however, it is necessary, in order to permit the successive recoil of the obturator and of the striker, for the cam to be adapted to yield elastically.
  • the cam as shown in Figs. 6, 7 and in detail in Fig. 8, is formed at the top with two sliding teeth 6, 6 pushed upwards by elastic means 16 and each provided with a bevel 6 with which engages the tooth 18 of the striker during the return stroke, producing the momentary lowering of the corresponding tooth 6 and then passing beyond it.
  • the device for reducing the rate of fire according to the second embodiment shown in Figs. 9 to 12 instead of exerting its retaining action upon the striker, as in the form described above, exerts it on the contrary upon the obturator always during the return stroke.
  • the device for reducing the rate of tire is still composed of a box 1 in which is rotatably mounted the escapement wheel 8 engaging with the oscillating anchor 4.
  • the cam 6 controlling the wheel 3 is rigid with a pin 17 passing axially through the wheel 8, rotatably mounted in suitable holes in the end of the box 1 and the end of the other superposed box 18 closed by the cover '18 secured in place by the nut 19 screwed upon the said pivot 17.
  • the said pin 17 is positively secured to the wheel 3 for one direction of rotation only, by means of a free wheel device, while it is free to rotate in the opposite direction.
  • This free wheel device is formed, for example, by spring pawls 19 rigid with the pin 17 and in engagement with the internal toothed crown 3 of the wheel 3.
  • the disc 20 Upon the prismatic portion 17 of the pin 17, situated in the interior of the box 18, is keyed the disc 20 on the opposite sides of the radial toot-h 20 of which disc bear the springs 21, 22 hearing at the other end upon the radial projection 18" of the box 18 and serving for establishing by means of their opposing action, a determined position of rest for the radial tooth 20 and consequently for the pin 17 and the cam 6.
  • the whole of the device is removably mounted from the side through a suitable aperture in one of the walls of the frame 10 of the firearm, preferably by means of a bayonet joint formed by tongues 1' on the box passing through the notches 9' of the aperture in the wall.
  • the cam 6, the position of rest of which is established by the opposed springs 21, 22, is arranged in an inclined position as shown in full lines in Fig. 11 and in dotted lines in Figs. 10 and 12, and on the path of an impact shoulder 12 of the obturator 12.
  • the device for reducing the rate of fire described above is, as hereinbefore stated, removably mounted upon the frame of the firearm so that it can be removed when desired for the purpose of cutting out its operation and, as it does not interfere in any way with the mechanism of the firearm itself, the latter can then work at its normal rate of fire.
  • the recoiling' part acts upon the device for reducing the rate of fire during its return stroke, but it is obvious, however,for the same purposes and with the same effects, the recoiling part may be made to act during its recoil stroke.
  • a device for reducing the rate of fire of automatic firearm of the type in which the reduction in rate is obtained by means of an anchor escapement mechanism characterized by the feature that the escapement wheel isprovided with a diametral control cam arranged-uponthe travel of the recoilng part of the mechanism of the firearm in order to be struck eccentrically by the said recoiling part during its travel, for the purpose of producing a partial rotation always in the same uated, together with the anchor, in a box ,r
  • control cam of the escapement wheel is adapted to be struck by striking means, rigid with the striker, during the return stroke of the latter.
  • a device for reducing the rate of fire of automatic firearm as claimed in claim 1 characterized by the feature that the slide block servingfor fixing the position of the cam isdisplaced by sliding from its working position, under the action of an impact shoulder on the obturator acting upon the slider before the cam has been actuated by the striker.
  • A1 device for reducing the rate of fire of automatic firearm as claimed in claim 1 characterized by the feature that the shoulder with whichthe block or slider presses against the cam is so shaped that the cam itself, when it operates, produces automatically the displacement of the slider from its effective position.
  • control cam is adapted to yield elastically in order to permit the passage of the abutment tooth of the striker above the cam itself during the movement of recoil of the said striker.
  • a device for reducing the rate of fire of automatic firearms having a frame, an obturator and a striker; comprising a box, an escapement wheel in the box, an anchor for the wheel and pivoted in the box, a cam rigid with the wheel and projecting into the path of the striker, spring-actuated slide means projecting into the path of the obturator for restoring the position of said cam and wheel, and operated by the obturator to release said cam and wheel for actuation by the striker.
  • a device for reducing the rate of fire of automatic firearms having a frame, an obtura-tor and a striker; comprising a box, an esca pement wheel in the box, an anchor for the wheel and pivoted in the box, a cam rigid with the wheel and projecting into the path of the striker, and spring-actuated slide means projecting into the path of the obturator for restoring the position of said cam and wheel, and operated by the obturator to release said cam and wheel for actuation by the striker, said wheel being free of teeth at diametric zones thereof for rapid restoration of the wheel and its attached cam to initial position.

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