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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:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rheinmetall Industrie GmbH, Ratingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
42 78 ; 42 7602 ; 42 7601 ;
Abstract
A weapon barrel includes a muzzle, a breech, a chamber at the breech and a rifling, formed of alternating lands and grooves, extending along an interior of the weapon barrel. The lands have a hardened surface to a depth of 0.3 to 0.5 mm. The hardened surface extends along a barrel length portion which includes the muzzle.