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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:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick Balbo, Bourges, FR;
Jean-Pierre Brauge, Bourges, FR;
Assignee:
Giat Industries, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 45 ; 89 24 ;
Abstract
A weapon (10) includes a breech block (12) moving between a closed position in which breech block (12) seals off a chamber (17) and an open position in which chamber (17) is open to receive ammunition from a loading tube (13). The means forming lock (16) is designed to hold breech block (12) open and unlocking means (14) is adapted to bring the means forming lock (16) into the unlocked position when loading tube (13) is moved away from chamber (17), and is mounted on loading tube (13).