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US 6,438,886 B1Granted
Pistol locking device
AssigneeForjas Taurus S/A
InventorIngo Alberto Neumann
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Abstract
A safety device for application in pistols, which basically comprises a cylinder provided on the outer portion thereof with a helical channel, and on the upper portion thereof with a recess for the end of a key and centrally with a through hole which, in the unlocked position of pistol, is aligned with the course of stem of master spring. Such device prevents the pistol from being cocked when the safety device is in the locked position.
Claims9
Locking device for pistols, which comprises:
- a pistol frame having a lower, rear portion thereof;
- a master spring in said frame and a stem acting on said master spring;
- an orifice in said frame on said lower, rear portion thereof, and a cylinder in said orifice having an upper portion thereof, wherein said cylinder intercepts the course of said stem and includes a locked and unlocked position;
- a helical channel in said cylinder;
- a key having an end thereof;
- a recess on the upper portion of said cylinder operative to receive the end of said key, wherein said key is operative to displace said cylinder from the unlocked to locked position and from the locked to unlocked position;
- a through hole in said cylinder aligned with said stem to receive said stem when-the cylinder is in the unlocked position, and said through hole is out of alignment with said stem when the cylinder is in the locked position;
- wherein said locking device prevents the pistol from being cocked when the cylinder is displaced to the locked position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.