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Safety device preventing conversion to full automatic firing

US4658702A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 25, 1985
Grant dateApr 21, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41A19/45
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A firearm (10) adapted for blowback operation has a receiver incorporating a longitudinally reciprocatable bolt assembly (24) having an inertia firing pin (40) which is movable between retracted or recoil and battery positions in the receiver (14). A trigger (68), including a sear (72), is pivotally mounted in the receiver. A hammer (74) is pivotally mounted in the receiver in such a manner that movement of the bolt assembly from the battery position to the recoil position urges the hammer into a cocked position. The hammer includes a first sear abutment (82) to engage the sear on the trigger, a second sear abutment (84) and a stop abutment (86). A disconnector (76) is pivotally mounted on the trigger pin (70). The disconnector includes a hook sear abutment (88) on an intermediate portion which is adapted to engage the second sear abutment on the hammer when the trigger is in a depressed position. Should the disconnector or hook sear be removed from the firearm, the stop abutment on the hammer is adapted to engage an abutment surface (98) in bolt assembly during movement from the recoil position to the battery position for preventing the conversion of the firearm into a machine gun…

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