Military bayonet and scabbard
AssigneePhrobis III, Ltd.
InventorCharles A. Finn
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Abstract
A bayonet and scabbard are capable of being pivotally connected to constitute a wire or metal tape cutting implement having a recess shaped to capture the wire or tape before such cutting begins. The bayonet blade has a tang extending into the bayonet handle which is of a yield strength greater than that of the handle but less than that of the bayonet blade. A finger guard is provided with notches adjacent the blade for engaging an edge of the cap of a receptacle for removing the same.
Claims31
A bayonet comprising:
- a blade;
- a tang having an inner end secured to said blade;
- said tang having a modulus of elasticity lesser than the modulus of elasticity of said blade whereby said tang exhibits greater deformation under loading than said blade;
- a handle securable to said blade and means securing said handle to said blade and to the outer end of said tang with clearance between said handle and said tang;
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- means for attaching said bayonet to the muzzle region of a firearm barrel.
A bayonet comprising:
- a blade including a blade portion and a tang portion
- a handle including an elongated opening therein dimensioned to receive the tang portion of said blade;
- means tensioning said tang portion within said handle;
- said handle having a yield strength less than the yield strength of said blade portion whereby on deformation loading applied to said bayonet, said handle deforms prior to deformation of said blade.
A bayonet-scabbard wire cutter comprising
- a bayonet including a blade and handle
- said bayonet blade including a wire or cable cutting blade surface and a opening therein in the region of the tip of said blade;
- a rigid scabbard including a cutter plate secured thereto in the region of one end of said scabbard;
- an upstanding pin secured to said cutting plate;
- an edge opening recess in said cutter plate dimensioned to receive a wire or cable to be cut and including an edge of said edge opening recess as a cutting surface for such wire or cable;
- said upstanding pin located on said cutter plate with respect to the cutting surface of said edge opening recess whereby the wire cutting blade surface of said blade engages said cutting surface of said cutter plate when said elongated opening encloses said upstanding pin;
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- an arm secured to said cutter plate overlying said blade when in engagement with said cutting surface whereby said arm engages the blade on the opposite side from said cutter plate and insures close contact between said blade and cutter plate during wire cable cutting.
A bayonet-scabbard wire cutter comprising
- a bayonet including a blade and handle;
- said bayonet blade including a wire or cable cutting blade surface and a opening therein in the region of the tip of said blade;
- a rigid scabbard including a cutting plate having a surface thereon located in the region of one end of said scabbard;
- an upstanding pin secured to said cutting plate;
- an edge opening recess in said cutter surface including a protruding portion and a recess portion, said recessed portion dimensioned to receive a wire or cable to be cut and wherein the edge of said edge opening recess including said protruding portion constitutes a cutting surface for such wire or cable;
- said upstanding pin located on said cutter plate with respect to the cutting surface of said edge opening recess whereby the wire cutting blade surface of said blade engages said protruding portion of said edge opening recess surface of said cutter surface when said elongated opening of said blade encloses said upstanding pin.
In a bayonet-scabbard wire cutter, comprising a bayonet blade having a cutting edge adjacent one edge and a handle at the opposite end, a scabbard having a cutting plate portion adjacent one end thereof, means for pivotally joining said bayonet and scabbard adjacent said one ends thereof for scissor-like movement with respect to each other during which said cutting edge moves across the surface of said cutting plate portion, the improvement comprising a wire-receiving recess extending inwardly from a constricted opening in one edge of said cutting plate portion in the path of the scissor-like movement of said cutting edge;
- additionally including a tang having an inner end secured to said blade, a handle securable to said blade and means securing said handle to said blade and to the outer end of said tang with clearance between said handle and said tang;
- said tang having a modulus of elasticity lesser than the modulus of the elasticity of said blade whereby said tang exhibited greater deformation under loading than said blade.
In a quick detachable bayonet and scabbard assembly including a scabbard and a bayonet removably received therein with a handle projecting from one end thereof, the improvement comprising an attachable clip assembly having means thereon for detachably securing said clip assembly to the projecting handle of the said bayonet and means thereon for detachably securing said clip assembly to said scabbard in which said last mentioned means comprises a fastener including a socket member having oppositely disposed lateral openings, and a clip member receivable within said socket member and having oppositely disposed resilient fingers engageable with said lateral openings and releasable by compressing said resilient fingers of the said oppositely disposed resilient fingers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.