# US 8,783,237 B2 · Pellet-loading system for sporting rifles or pistols

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- Number: US 8,783,237 B2
- Document ID: US8783237B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/578,936
- Filed: 2010-02-16
- Published: 2013-08-15
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2010-02-16
- Assignees: Gamo Outdoor, S.L.
- Applicants: Victor Tresserras Torre; Julian Arnedo Vera
- Inventors: Victor Tresserras Torre; Julian Arnedo Vera
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783237B2

## CPC

- F41B 11/70: Details not provided for in F41B11/50 or F41B11/60
- F41A 9/38: Loading arrangements, i.e. for bringing the ammunition into the firing position
- F41B 11/62: with pressure supplied by a gas cartridge
- F41B 11/68: the gas being pre-compressed before firing (F41B11/62 takes precedence)
- F41B: WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (projectiles for fishing, e.g. fish-spears, A01K81/00; sports implements for throwing A63B65/00, e.g. boomerangs A63B65/08; stationary apparatus for projecting sports balls, e.g. tennis balls, A63B69/40; throwing or slinging toys A63H33/18; knives, axes B26B; projectiles or missiles other than those incorporating springs as projecting means F42B6/00)
- F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE

## Abstract

It comprises a barrel (1), a casing (6) joined to said barrel, with an aperture (7), a pellet-loading element (2) arranged inside the casing (6), with a notch (3) that ends facing the barrel (1) mouth (4) in the open or pellet-loading position, a handle (5) firmly joined to the pellet-loading element that protrudes beyond the casing (6) through the aperture (7) that rotates the pellet-loading element (2) from the closed position to the open position and vice versa, with referred handle (5) resting on a first side (11) of said aperture (7) and a spring pusher (8), characterised in that it comprises a spring (9) between the barrel (1) and pellet-loading element (2), and a partial necking (10) on the first side (11) of the aperture (7) along which necking (10) the handle (5) moves from the open position to closed position and vice versa, during which same time it moves the pellet-loading element (2) away from the mouth (4) by action of the spring (9), each time the handle (5) is at the necking (10).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pellet-loading system for sporting rifles and pistols of the type comprising a barrel (1), a casing (6) joined to said barrel, with an aperture (7), a pellet-loading element (2) arranged inside the casing (6), with a notch (3) that ends facing the barrel (1) mouth (4) in the open or pellet-loading position, a handle (5) firmly joined to the pellet-loading element that protrudes beyond the casing (6) through the aperture (7) that rotates the pellet-loading element (2) from the closed position to the open position and vice versa, with referred handle (5) resting on a first side (11) of said aperture (7) and a spring pusher (8), characterised in that it comprises a spring (9) between the barrel (1) and pellet-loading element (2), and a partial necking (10) on the first side (11) of the aperture (7) along which necking (10) the handle (5) moves from the open position to closed position and vice versa, during which same time it moves the pellet-loading element (2) away from the mouth (4) by action of the spring (9), each time the handle (5) is at the necking (10).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A system, in accordance with claim 1 characterised in that from the open necking (10) position, it comprises a bevelled edge (12).

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A system, in accordance with claim 2 characterised in that the moving of the handle (5) from the open position by said bevelled edge (12) coincides with the start of moving away of the pellet-loading element (2) from the mouth (4).

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A system, in accordance with claim 3 characterised in that the groove (15) comprises a blunt edge (16).

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A system, in accordance with claim 1 characterised in that the notch (3) comprises a groove (15) which, in the open position is facing the barrel mouth (4).