Firing mechanism
AssigneeEmhart Inc.
InventorLouis Elkas
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Abstract
A firing mechanism for a gun having a safety movable to a position which blocks the firing movement of the sear. The elements of the mechanism are generally coplanar and include a hammer pivotable in one direction to fire the gun and in the opposite direction for interengagement with the sear which holds the hammer in a cocked position. The hammer is also rectilinearly movable relative to its pivot point whereby the hammer may be moved into cocked interengagement with the sear while movement of the sear is blocked by the safety.
Claims6
Firing mechanism for a gun comprising a receiver, a trigger, a pivotal hammer, a sear releasably engageable with said hammer for retaining the same in cocked position and for releasing said hammer for firing the gun in response to trigger actuation, a safety movable to and from a position for blocking firing movement of said sear, said hammer being pivotable so that its sear engaging portion moves along an arc having a given radius of curvature, said hammer being rectilinearly movable to reduce said radius when the hammer being cocked engages said sear which is blocked by said safety, whereby the hammer may be swung into cocked engagement with the sear when the safety is positioned to block movement of said sear.
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