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US 7,832,323 B1Granted
Firearm suppressor
OwnerRobert B. Daviesinventor
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Abstract
A suppressor for use with a firearm having a barrel with a muzzle and a bore, the suppressor includes an outer casing having a rearward end and a forward end, an evacuator assembly for receiving the muzzle of the firearm carried by the outer casing, and an expansion chamber defined between the outer casing and the evacuator assembly in gaseous communication with an interior volume of the evacuator assembly.
Claims17
A suppressor for use with a firearm having a barrel with a muzzle and a bore, the suppressor comprising:
- an outer casing having a rearward end and a forward end;
- an evacuator assembly for receiving the muzzle of the firearm carried by the outer casing;
- an expansion chamber defined between the outer casing and the evacuator assembly;
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- the evacuator assembly including:
- a nozzle having a rearward end for receiving and engaging the muzzle of the firearm and a forward end having a bore for alignment with the bore of the firearm;
- an evacuator defining a central chamber at a rearward end thereof and a bore extending forwardly through a forward end thereof;
- a plurality of slots formed in the evacuator proximate the rearward end establishing gaseous communication between the central chamber of the evacuator and the expansion chamber;
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- the nozzle is received within the central chamber of the evacuator and positioned with the bore at the forward end of the nozzle extending forwardly past the plurality of slots formed in the evacuator.
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A firearm comprising:
- a firearm having a barrel with a muzzle and a bore therethrough;
- a suppressor coupled to the muzzle of the firearm, the suppressor comprising:
- an outer casing having a rearward end closed by a rearward end cap having an aperture therethrough and a forward end closed by a forward end cap;
- an evacuator assembly carried by the outer casing;
- an expansion chamber defined between the outer casing and the evacuator assembly in gaseous communication with an interior volume of the evacuator assembly and the bore of the firearm;
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- the evacuator assembly including a nozzle having a rearward end receiving and engaging the muzzle of the firearm and a forward end having a bore aligned with the bore of the firearm, an evacuator defining a central chamber at a rearward end thereof and a bore extending forwardly through a forward end thereof, and a plurality of slots formed in the evacuator proximate the rearward end establishing gaseous communication between the central chamber of the evacuator and the expansion chamber, the nozzle is received within the central chamber of the evacuator and positioned with the bore at the forward end of the nozzle extending forwardly past the plurality of slots formed in the evacuator.
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A firearm comprising:
- a firearm having a barrel with a muzzle and a bore therethrough;
- a suppressor coupled to the muzzle of the firearm, the suppressor comprising:
- an outer casing having a rearward end closed by a rearward end cap having an aperture therethrough and a forward end closed by a forward end cap;
- an evacuator assembly carried by the outer casing;
- an expansion chamber defined between the outer casing and the evacuator assembly in gaseous communication with an interior volume of the evacuator assembly and the bore of the firearm;
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- the evacuator assembly including a nozzle having a rearward end receiving and engaging the muzzle of the firearm and a forward end having a bore aligned with the bore of the firearm, an evacuator defining a central chamber at a rearward end thereof and a bore extending forwardly through a forward end thereof, and a plurality of slots formed in the evacuator proximate the rearward end establishing gaseous communication between the central chamber of the evacuator and the expansion chamber;
- a coupling assembly carried by the outer casing proximate the rearward end thereof, the coupling assembly including a barrel receptacle having a forward end in engagement with the rearward end of the nozzle, the barrel receptacle receiving the muzzle therethrough and supporting the barrel therein, the coupling assembly further includes a support collar engaging the rearward end of the nozzle, the support collar retaining the rearward end of the evacuator assembly and the forward end of the barrel receptacle centrally within the outer casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.