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Automatic firearm gas feed apparatus

US10830546B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HECKLER & KOCH GmbH · DE

Inventors

Uwe Fleiner · Stuttgart, DE
Stefan Doll · Obermoschel, DE
Daniel Kohler · Obermoschel, DE
Wilhelm Fischbach · Laufen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2018
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 7, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41A5/26
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Example apparatus are disclosed for a gas feed for an automatic firearm, the gas feed comprising a mounting portion to fasten the gas feed on a firearm barrel, the gas feed comprising a gas cylinder connectable to a barrel bore inside the firearm barrel via a gas channel, a gas piston disposed inside the gas cylinder to drive a gas operated reloading mechanism, wherein the gas piston is displaceable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the firearm, and a closure element that can be detachably coupled to an end of the gas cylinder adjacent a stock of the firearm, wherein the closure element comprises a passage through which a gas piston can be disposed.

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