Firearm silencer
AssigneesHans Petter Hausken, Odd Helge Rosberg
InventorsHans Petter Hausken, Odd Helge Berge, Bent Arild Dueland
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AssigneesHans Petter Hausken, Odd Helge Rosberg
InventorsHans Petter Hausken, Odd Helge Berge, Bent Arild Dueland
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According to the invention a silencer for a firearm is arranged so that emitted gas, caught from the muzzle of the firearm after a shot, can both be caught and flow rearwards in the silencer after having been caught. This is accomplished in the way that the silencer comprises several separate chambers (1-5) extending longitudinally in the silencer. When the silencer is fitted to the firearm, there will be at least one chamber (1, 2) on either side of the muzzle of the weapon. The emitted gas is caught by holes (6) formed in a boundary surface between the chambers (1, 3, 4) in front of the muzzle and a central bore (16) through the silencer. The holes (6) extend radially through this boundary surface towards the bore (16) and are placed in rows which are spaced so that the holes (6) of each row will merge on the inside of the boundary surface towards the bore (16). The portion of emitted gas caught in the first chamber (1) in front of the muzzle then flows to the chambers (2, 5) behind the muzzle through openings formed in a surface (8) between the two chambers (1, 2) on either side of the muzzle, or through openings formed in a surface (9) between the chambers (2, 5) behind the muzzle.
A silencer for a firearm comprising two or more separate chambers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) formed longitudinally in the silencer, the chambers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) being defined by an outer sleeve (12) and an inner sleeve (13) which extend longitudinally in the silencer, and a number of disc-shaped surfaces (8, 9, 10, 11) which extend between the outer and inner sleeves (12, 13), a number of holes (6) formed in a boundary surface between at least one of the chambers (1, 3, 4) and a central bore (16) through the silencer, thereby allowing, after a shot, the gas emitted from the muzzle (9) of the firearm to flow into the at least one chamber (1, 3, 4), the holes (6) extending radially through the boundary surface towards the bore (16) and the holes (6) of one row being offset relative to the holes (6) of the adjacent row, and a threaded connection (15) formed on the inside of the inner sleeve (13) for the fitting of the silencer to the firearm (20), characterized in that at least one of the chambers (1, 2), when fitted to the firearm, is situated on either side of the muzzle (19), and that the at least one chamber (2, 5) behind the muzzle (19) is provided with openings (7) formed in a surface (8) between the two chambers (1, 2) on either side of the muzzle (19), thereby allowing the portion of gas received by the first chamber (1) in front of the muzzle (19) to flow rearwards into, or further rearwards into at least one further following chamber (5) through openings (7) formed in a surface (9) between the first chamber (2) and the first following chamber (5), possibly surfaces (9) between such further following chambers (5).
A silencer according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the outer sleeve (12) bears sealingly on the free ends of the disc-shaped surfaces (8, 9, 10), the outer sleeve (12) being secured by a threaded connection (18) or the like to the free end of the last disc-shaped surface (11) behind the muzzle.
A silencer according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the silencer is provided with five separate chambers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), three of the chambers (1, 3, 4) being situated in front of the muzzle.
A silencer according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the separate chambers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) are filled with a sound-reducing material (14), the outer surface of the inner sleeve (13) between the disc-shaped surfaces (10) being covered with a fine-meshed netting.
A silencer according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one of the chambers (3, 4), when fitted to the firearm, situated in front of the muzzle (19) of the firearm, can be removed from the silencer by sawing and the like.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.