Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Positional lock for carrier assembly of breech-loaded weapon
- Patent Title (中): 后膛装甲武器载体装配的位置锁定
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Application No.: US13494375Application Date: 2012-06-12
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Publication No.: US08813629B1Publication Date: 2014-08-26
- Inventor: Edward W. Holmes , Wayland P. Barber , Leslie C. Blahut , Paul J. Koelbel
- Applicant: Edward W. Holmes , Wayland P. Barber , Leslie C. Blahut , Paul J. Koelbel
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Michael C. Sachs
- Main IPC: F41A3/00
- IPC: F41A3/00 ; F41A3/06
Abstract:
A breech assembly for a weapon may include a breech ring and a carrier fixed to a shaft. The shaft may be rotatably mounted to the breech ring. A breech block may be fixed to the carrier and insertable into and out of an opening in the breech ring by rotating the shaft. A notch may be formed in an end of the shaft. A lock may be translatably disposed in the breech ring and translatable into and out of the notch in the end of the shaft. Translation of the lock into the notch may rotatably lock the shaft with respect to the breech ring.
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