Case discharge device

US10228203B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Hubert Schneider · Rottweil, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 10, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 12, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 10, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41A15/16
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A case discharge device having a case ejector for ejecting a case or a misfire for a weapon having a bolt with a bolt head, wherein a munition is supplied to a weapon barrel of the weapon by the bolt and the case or the misfire is pulled out of the weapon barrel. The case discharge device is characterized in that, now, in the bolt head, there is situated a groove into which a case ejector which is static with respect to a weapon housing engages. During the return of the bolt, the case ejector which is static with respect to the weapon housing slides within the groove and engages on the bottom of the case in order to release the latter from the bolt and, after the release, discharge said case.