Firearm with barrel state verification device
AssigneeFabbrica D'Armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A.
InventorsEugenio Righi, Simone Dalola, Vittorio Ferrari
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Abstract
The invention is a. firearm (1) comprising a verification device (10) suitable for verifying and detecting an anomaly of the state of the barrel (2), such as the presence of partial or total occlusions or variations of cross-section. The device (10) comprises receiver means (200), on the firearm (1), suitable for detecting a detected signal (R) derivable from an emitted signal (E), influenced by said anomaly.
Claims12
A firearm comprising a main body and a barrel, wherein said barrel extends starting from said main body, and a verification device suitable for verifying and detecting the presence of partial or total occlusions in the barrel or variations of cross-section, such constituting an anomaly of the barrel status, wherein the device comprises receiver means, on the firearm, suitable for detecting a detected signal derivable from an emitted signal, influenced by said anomaly;
- wherein the verification device comprises control means, operatively connected to the receiver means and/or to emitter means suitable for producing the emitted signal,
- wherein the control means are suitable for detecting and measuring a variation of the detected signal from an expected signal, deriving from the emitted signal in predefined conditions of the firearm, due to the presence of said anomaly;
- wherein the firearm further comprises signalling means, on the firearm, operatively connected to the control means in such a way that, in a configuration in which said control means detect a variation of the detected signal compared to the expected signal, the signalling means signal said detection to the user and/or prevent use of the firearm.
A method for verifying the presence of partial or total occlusions or variations of cross-section in or on the barrel of a firearm, such constituting an anomaly of the state of said barrel by means of a verification device, comprising the steps of:
- detecting, by means of receiver means, a detected signal derived from an emitted signal influenced by said anomaly;
- detecting and assessing a possible variation of the detected signal from an expected signal, deriving from the emitted signal in predefined conditions of the firearm, due to the presence of said anomaly;
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- signalling said variation to the user of the firearm by sending a luminous and/or acoustic warning signal;
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- preventing the functioning of the firearm following detection of said variation.
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