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US 11,187,473 B1Granted
Firearm
OwnerA. W. Richeyinventor
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Abstract
A firearm includes a barrel having a breech end and a vent path through the barrel downstream from the breech end. A receiver is engaged with the breach end of the barrel and defines a chamber. A latch is connected to the receiver, and an actuator is downstream from the vent path and operably engaged with the latch. A bolt is at least partially inside the chamber. The bolt has a locked position in which the latch is engaged with the bolt to prevent the bolt from moving away from the breech end of that barrel and a released position in which the latch is not engaged with the bolt.
Claims17
A firearm, comprising:
- a barrel;
- a breech end of said barrel;
- a vent path through said barrel downstream from said breech end;
- a receiver engaged with said breach end of said barrel, wherein said receiver defines a chamber;
- a latch connected to said receiver;
- an actuator downstream from said vent path, wherein said actuator is in direct cammed engagement with said latch;
- and
- a bolt at least partially inside said chamber, wherein said bolt has a locked position in which said latch is engaged with said bolt to prevent said bolt from moving away from said breech end of said barrel and a released position in which said latch is not engaged with said bolt.
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A firearm comprising:
- a barrel;
- a breech end of said barrel;
- a receiver engaged with said breach end of said barrel, wherein said receiver defines a chamber;
- a bolt at least partially inside said chamber;
- a latch connected to said receiver, wherein said latch has a locked position in which said latch is engaged with said bolt to prevent said bolt from moving away from said breech end of said barrel and a released position in which said latch is not engaged with said bolt;
- a vent path through said barrel downstream from said breech end;
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- an actuator downstream from said vent path, wherein said actuator has a sloped surface in direct cammed engagement with a complementary surface on said latch and said actuator is configured to reposition said latch from said locked position to said released position.
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A firearm comprising:
- a barrel;
- a muzzle end of said barrel;
- a breech end of said barrel upstream from said muzzle end;
- a receiver engaged with said breach end of said barrel;
- a latch pivotally connected to said receiver;
- a bolt slidingly engaged with said receiver;
- a vent path through said barrel upstream from said muzzle end and downstream from said breech end;
- an actuator downstream from said vent path, wherein said actuator has a sloped surface in direct cammed engagement with a complementary surface on said latch;
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- wherein said latch has a locked position in which said latch is engaged with said bolt to prevent said bolt from moving away from said breech end of said barrel and a released position in which said latch is not engaged with said bolt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.