Closure for break-action firearms
AssigneeBenelli Armi S.P.A.
InventorLuigi Moretti
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Abstract
A closure for break-action firearms which includes a barrel assembly which is hinged to a break-action assembly so as to form a closed position and an open position of the firearm; the barrel assembly has a breech end which is opposite with respect to a breech face of the break-action assembly when the firearm is in the closed position. The structure is characterized in that it includes a plate which is associated with the break-action assembly and is interposed between the breech end of the barrel assembly and the breech face of the break-action assembly in the closed position, in which the plate closes the breech end by virtue of a means for the temporary locking of the plate on the barrel assembly.
Claims11
A closure for break-action firearms, comprising a barrel assembly which has a longitudinal dimension and is hinged to a break-action assembly so as to define a closed position and an open position of the firearm;
- said barrel assembly has a breech end that extends substantially perpendicularly to said longitudinal dimension which is opposite with respect to a breech face of said break-action assembly when said firearm is in the closed position;
- said closure further comprising a monolithic plate which is associated with said break-action assembly and is interposed between said breech end of said barrel assembly and said breech face of the break-action assembly in said closed position;
- said plate closing said breech end by a temporary locking mechanism that temporarily locks said plate to said barrel assembly in said closed position, said temporary locking mechanism including a pair of upper lateral plugs on said plate, each of which has a rounded surface that arcs about an axis parallel to said breech end and transverse to said longitudinal dimension in the closed position of the firearm and engages a respective lug provided on said barrel assembly at said breech end of said barrel assembly, said temporary locking mechanism further including on said barrel assembly, at said breech end, a pair of lower lateral shoulders that engage respective lobes of a hook provided monolithically with said plate.
A closure for break-action firearms, comprising a barrel assembly which is hinged to a break-action assembly so as to define a closed position and an open position of the firearm;
- said barrel assembly has a breech end which is opposite with respect to a breech face of said break-action assembly when said firearm is in the closed position;
- said closure further comprising a monolithic plate which is associated with said break-action assembly, extends in a plane parallel to said breech end in said closed position of said barrel assembly, and is interposed between said breech end of said barrel assembly and said breech face of the break-action assembly in said closed position;
- said plate closing said breech end by a temporary locking mechanism that temporarily locks said plate to said barrel assembly in said closed position, said temporary locking mechanism including a pair of upper lateral plugs on said plate, each of which has a rounded surface that arcs about an axis parallel to or in said plane and engages a respective lug provided on said barrel assembly at said breech end of said barrel assembly.
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