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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ernst Johann Heinrich Müller, Pretoria, ZA;
Assignee:
Denel (Proprietary) Limited, , ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 3/10 ;
Abstract
According to the invention there is a provided an obturation assembly for a gun of the type comprising a barrel of which a rear end defines a firing chamber having an obturation seat and the gun further having a breechblock, the obturation assembly comprising: an obturation set including an annular obturator pad for sealing against the obturation seat; an obturation spindle having a shaft and a head, the shaft extending coaxially through the obturator pad; a first shim for location between the obturation set and the breechblock, and a second shim for location between the obturation set and the head of the obturation spindle.