Pistol having a safety for preventing firing during disassembly

US6266909A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SIG Arms International AG · CH

Inventors

• Rudolf Fuchs · Bad Liebenzell, DE
• Michael Osterrath · Jestetten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 20, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2001
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41A19/31
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pistol includes a frame; a slide mounted on the frame for forward and rearward motions relative to the frame to assume a forward, basic position and a rearward, pulled-back position; a firing pin mounted in the slide for forward and rearward motions relative to the slide; a firing pin catch affixed to the firing pin and movable therewith as a rigid unit; a firing pin spring mounted in the slide and urging the firing pin in a forward direction; a trigger movably supported in the frame; a trigger rail coupled to the trigger for executing a triggering motion when the trigger is pulled; and a sear for operatively connecting the trigger rail with the firing pin catch such that during forward motion of the slide the sear arrests and holds the firing pin catch whereby the firing pin spring is armed and that upon pulling the trigger, the sear is moved away from the firing pin catch by the trigger rail for allowing the firing pin to accelerate forwardly as urged by the firing pin spring. A manually operable safety is movable into a disassembly position for causing the sear to bypass the firing pin catch during forward motion of the slide for preventing arming of the firing pin spring duri…