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US 10,378,843 B2Granted
Extractor for a firearm
AssigneeApex Tactical Specialties, Inc.
InventorRandall M. Lee
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Abstract
An extractor for a firearm and method of using the same are provided. The extractor comprises a bullet casing edge including a substantially straight portion and a tab portion situated below and extending from the substantially straight portion. The substantially straight portion is configured to engage the casing and enable it to travel vertically along the substantially straight portion while maintaining engagement therewith. The tab portion is configured to engage the casing and to inhibit it from traveling downward along the casing engagement edge below the tab portion.
Claims17
An extractor for a firearm comprising:
- a casing engagement edge configured to engage at least one of a casing extractor groove and a casing rim of a bullet casing and to extract the bullet casing rearward from a barrel opening, the casing engagement edge comprising:
- an upper portion comprising a substantially straight edge;
- and
- a tab portion situated below the upper portion and extending outward from the upper portion, an edge of the tab portion comprising:
- a curved upper edge portion extending outward tangentially from the substantially straight edge of the upper portion, the upper edge portion comprising a concave arc having an arc length and radius;
- and
- a lower edge portion continuing from a lower end of the upper edge portion, wherein the lower edge portion does not include a concave curvature, whereby the tab portion is configured to inhibit the bullet casing from traveling below the tab portion during a segment of recoil of the firearm leading up to ejection of the casing.
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An extractor for a firearm comprising:
- means for exerting by an extractor a rearward force on a bullet casing to extract the bullet casing from a barrel opening of a firearm during at least a segment of a recoil action of the firearm after firing the firearm;
- means for traveling of the bullet casing vertically downward along a substantially straight edge of an upper portion of a casing engagement edge of the extractor;
- means for engaging the casing by a tab portion of the casing engagement edge, the tab portion situated below the upper portion and extending outward from the substantially straight edge of the upper portion, an edge of the tab portion comprising a curved upper edge portion extending outward tangentially from the substantially straight edge of the upper portion, the upper edge portion comprising a concave arc and an arc length, and a lower edge portion continuing from a lower end of the upper edge portion, wherein the lower edge portion does not include a concave curvature;
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- means for inhibiting, by the tab portion, the bullet casing from traveling below the tab portion during a segment of recoil of the firearm leading up to ejection of the casing.
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A firearm comprising:
- a barrel comprising a rear barrel opening;
- a casing extractor, the casing extractor comprising:
- a casing engagement edge configured to engage at least one of a casing extractor groove and a casing rim of a bullet casing and to extract the bullet casing from the rear barrel opening, the casing engagement edge comprising:
- an upper portion comprising a substantially straight edge;
- and
- a tab portion situated below the upper portion and extending outward from the upper portion, an edge of the tab portion comprising:
- a curved upper edge portion extending outward tangentially from the substantially straight edge of the upper portion, the upper edge portion comprising a concave arc having an arc length and radius;
- and
- a lower edge portion continuing from a lower edge of the upper edge portion, wherein the lower edge portion does not include a concave curvature, whereby the tab portion is configured to inhibit the bullet casing from traveling below the tab portion during a segment of a recoil action of the firearm leading up to ejection of the casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.