Dust control device in a mobile weapon discharge station
OwnerCody B. Jonesinventor
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Abstract
A modular mobile shooting station having a HVAC system, and air filtration unit, and a dust control device for use in hot desert and cold areas. A dust control device has an open and a closed position. When it is in the closed position, it forms a compartment around a weapon. The compartment forms a trap to preventing the discharged dust (muzzle blast) from escaping towards a shooter behind a shield, and instead directs the dust out through a shooting opening. The shield is part of the dust control device. The dust control device can be utilized in a mobile station or a stationary firing ground.
Claims20
A dust control device (110) for use in a weapon discharge station (100), the dust control device (110) comprising:
- (a) a window frame (400) with a shooting opening (104), the window frame (400) has a first vertical edge (410), a second opposing vertical edge (415), a first horizontal edge (420) and a second opposing horizontal edge (425);
- (b) a first flap (430) with a first flap proximal edge (432) and a first flap distal edge (434), wherein the first flap proximal edge (432) is pivotally connected to the first vertical edge (410) of the window frame (400);
- (c) a second flap (435) with a second flap proximal edge (437) and a second flap distal edge (439), wherein the second flap proximal edge (437) is pivotally connected to the second vertical edge (415) of the window frame (400);
- (d) a first shield (440) with a first shield proximal edge (442) and a first shield distal edge (444), wherein the first shield proximal edge (442) is affixed to the first flap distal edge (434), the first flap (430) and the first shield (440) thereby forming an angle θ1 at where they meet, wherein θ1 is defined as 0°≤θ1≤90°;
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- (e) a second shield (445) with a second shield proximal edge (447) and a second shield distal edge (449), wherein the second shield proximal edge (447) is affixed to the second flap distal edge (439), the second flap (435) and the second shield (445) thereby forming an angle θ2 at where they meet, wherein θ2 is defined as 0°≤θ2≤90°;
- wherein, the dust control device (110) has an open position and a closed position, the dust control device (110) is at the open position when the first shield distal edge (444) and the second shield distal edge (449) swing away from each other to a degree that the first shield distal edge (444) and the second shield distal edge (449) have a maximum distance;
- wherein the dust control device (110) is in the closed position when the first shield distal edge (444) and the second shield distal edge (449) swing towards each other to a degree that the first shield distal edge (444) and the second shield distal edge (449) have a minimal distance;
- wherein when the dust control device (110) is in the closed position, the dust control device forms a compartment to contain a discharged dust (130) from escaping towards a shooter positioned behind the first and second shield.
A low-noise, low-dust weapon discharge station (100) comprises:
- (a) a modular container (101) that has a front wall (500), an opposing back wall (502), a first side wall (504), an opposing second side wall (506), a roof (508), and a floor (510);
- (b) a shooting opening (104) in the front wall (500), having a window frame (400);
- (c) a dust control device (110) disposed around the window frame (400);
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- (d) a bench (106) adjacent to and beneath a first horizontal edge (420) of the window frame (400);
- wherein the weapon discharge station (100) is configured to direct dust and sound through the shooting opening (104) so as to reduce dust and noise levels inside the container (101).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.