Air gun with cocking linkage shoe
AssigneeSig Sauer, Inc.
InventorsKrzysztof J. Kras, Justin D. Heckert
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Abstract
Techniques and componentry are disclosed for an air gun with a cocking linkage shoe. The air gun includes a barrel pivotally attached to a cylinder. Attached to the barrel is a linkage. The linkage is operatively coupled to a piston within the cylinder and includes a lever and a shoe. The lever has a first end attached to the barrel and a second end that includes a first surface having a concave or convex shape. The shoe is attached to the lever and operatively connected to the piston. The shoe includes a second surface having a concave or convex shape in tangential contact with the first surface of the lever. The air gun further includes a trigger mechanism configured to release the piston in response to operating the trigger mechanism.
Claims23
An air gun comprising:
- a barrel pivotally attached to a cylinder;
- a linkage attached to the barrel and operatively coupled to a piston within the cylinder, the linkage including
- a lever having a first end and a second end, the first end of the lever attached to the barrel, and the second end including a first surface having a concave or convex shape, and
- a shoe operatively connected to the piston and attached to the lever, the shoe including a second surface having a concave or convex shape to receive the first surface of the second end of the lever;
- a trigger mechanism configured to release the piston in response to operating the trigger mechanism;
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- wherein the shoe is configured to move with the lever through an entire stroke of the lever.
An air gun comprising:
- a barrel pivotally attached to a cylinder;
- a linkage attached to the barrel and operatively coupled to a piston within the cylinder, the linkage including
- a lever with a first end and a second end, the first end of the lever attached to the barrel, and
- a shoe disposed within the cylinder and attached to the second end of the lever, the shoe includes a curved surface in contact with a portion of an outer surface of the piston such that the piston can be rotated along the curved surface of the shoe;
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- a trigger mechanism disposed on the cylinder and configured to release the piston in response to operating the trigger mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.