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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul E Brouthers, Monson, MA (US);
Assignee:
Dan Wesson Arms, Inc., Monson, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 1 / ;
Abstract
A barrel and shroud construction for reducing recoil and jumping of the firearm. Gases are tapped from the rifled barrel through a plurality of radially arranged passages in the barrel into a circumferential expansion chamber defined between the barrel and shroud. The gases are vented from the circumferential expansion chamber via a pair of venting orifices disposed rearwardly of the radially arranged passages.