Priority is claimed of German Patent Application No. DE102020113538.6, filed May 19, 2020, and entitled “Extractor Device for Torqueless Extraction of a Cartridge Case”, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety as if set forth at length.
The invention relates to an extractor device mounted in a breech (namely a breech section of a slide) with a lower part with functional elements for interaction with an upper area of a handle part of a firearm with an extractor rotatably mounted around a pivot point with an extractor claw provided in the region of an end of the extractor near the barrel of the firearm and a contact element arranged in the region of the end of the extractor remote from the barrel of the firearm and interacting with the biasing extractor spring.
Extractor devices of the type mentioned above are used in the prior art to remove the case of a fired cartridge from the cartridge chamber of the barrel prior to inserting a new cartridge. The known extractor devices, however, have the disadvantage that the process of extracting a cartridge case is associated with a spring-loaded torque of the extractor, whereby an increased exertion of force is required when pulling the breech by hand.
The object of the invention is therefore to create an extractor device in which a process of extracting a cartridge case is not associated with any spring-loaded torque of the extractor, in order to minimize the exertion of force when pulling the breech by hand.
For an extractor device of the aforementioned type, this object is achieved according to the invention in that the extractor has a protrusion mounted in a pot of the breech, wherein a leading edge of the protrusion adjacent to an undersurface of the protrusion and mounted on a bottom surface of the pot is supported on a leading edge of the pot near the barrel and forming the transition from the bottom surface to a boundary wall of the pot close to the barrel and forms a rotation axis of the extractor, which allows a rotation of the extractor relative to the breech.
Preferred embodiments of the invention are the subject matter of the subordinate claims, the elements of which act in the sense of a further improvement of the approach to achieving the object underlying the invention.
In the case of the extractor device according to the invention, by means of the combination of features, wherein the extractor has a protrusion mounted in a pot of the breech, wherein a leading edge of the protrusion adjacent to an undersurface of the protrusion and mounted on a bottom surface of the pot is supported on a leading edge of the pot near the barrel and forming the transition from the bottom surface to a boundary wall of the pot close to the barrel and forms a rotation axis of the extractor, it is achieved that a process of extracting a cartridge case with no spring-loaded torque of the extractor is possible, and thus the exertion of force when pulling the breech by hand is minimized.
In the extractor device according to the invention, the depth of the pot and thus the position of the axis of rotation of the extractor within the breech is dimensioned such that pulling a cartridge case in the aftermath of firing a shot is carried out by means of the extractor claw as a rotation-free linear movement.
In an equivalent manner, the depth of the pot is dimensioned such that, in a basic position of the extractor determined by the extractor claw contacting the edge of a cartridge located in the barrel, both the axis of rotation of the extractor and the extractor claw are arranged at the same distance from the breech center line, which is aligned collinearly with the longitudinal axis of the barrel.
The leading edge of the protrusion is preferably formed on a first cam which is formed in the region of an end of the protrusion near the barrel.
According to a further preferred embodiment of the extractor device according to the invention, the undersurface of the protrusion is of concave form, wherein the first cam formed in the region of the protrusion end near the barrel is opposite a second cam formed in the region of the protrusion end remote from the barrel.
The undersurface of the protrusion is preferably designed in such a way that, in a basic position of the extractor predetermined by the extractor claw contacting the edge of a cartridge in the barrel, the second cam is arranged at a predetermined distance from the bottom surface of the pot to enable the extractor claw to swing forward in connection with a rotation of the extractor about its axis of rotation when a cartridge edge of a cartridge located in the cartridge chamber of the barrel slides over.
According to a further preferred embodiment of the extractor device according to the invention, a width of the pot is dimensioned to allow a free rotation of the second cam inside the pot around the axis of rotation of the extractor which is caused by a pretension on the extractor spring or which is forced against the force of the extractor spring.
The extractor is preferably provided with a vertical bore in a hand-held weapon, through which a vertically aligned retaining pin is guided which is vertically movable in the breech.
According to an important preferred embodiment of the extractor device according to the invention, the bore is designed as a curved elongated hole, the curvature of which is dimensioned to allow a displacement of the breech relative to the retaining pin during rotation of the extractor around its axis of rotation. The retaining pin is typically cylindrical and mounted in a vertically arranged hollow cylindrical bore of the breech.
Furthermore, the retaining pin is preferably provided with a groove in the region of its outer surface, in which one end of a coil spring mounted in a vertically arranged recess of the extractor engages to hold the retaining pin in a predetermined longitudinal axial vertical position within the elongated hole.
The contact element typically has a contact surface with which one end of the extractor spring is in contact to bias the extractor claw in a predetermined end position when the cartridge chamber is empty by means of rotation around the extractor rotation axis.
Following the firing of a shot, the rear face of the cartridge striking an ejector pin fixedly arranged in the handle part of the firearm in combination with a rearward movement of the breech due to the recoil pulse of the cartridge case relative to the handle part, as in the extractor devices known in the prior art, causes a release of a cartridge case from the extractor claw.
The extractor device according to the invention is explained below on the basis of a preferred embodiment, which is shown in the figures of the drawing. In the figures:
The extractor device 100 according to the invention is attached to a breech (shown as a breech section of a pistol slide) 200 with a lower part with functional elements for interaction with an upper region of a handle (frame) part 300 of a firearm and contains an extractor 110 mounted rotatably around a pivot axis with an extractor claw 111 provided in the region of an end of the extractor 110 close to the barrel 250 of the firearm and a contact element 112 arranged in the region of an end of the extractor 110 remote from the barrel 250 of the firearm, which works together with an extractor spring 120 that biases the extractor 110.
The extractor 110 has a protrusion 140 mounted in a pot or pocket 210 of the breech 200, the leading edge 1411 of which, which adjoins an undersurface 143 of the protrusion 140 and which is supported on the bottom surface 213 of the pot 210 and which is close to the barrel, is supported on a leading edge 2133, which is close to the barrel, of the pot 210 forming the transition from the bottom surface 213 to a boundary wall 211, which is close to the barrel, of the pot 210 and forms a rotation axis 1411 of the extractor 110, which allows a rotation of the extractor 110 relative to the breech 200.
The depth of the pot 210 and thus the position of the axis of rotation 1411 of the extractor 110 is dimensioned within the breech 200 so that pulling a cartridge case 400 by means of the extractor claw 111 in the aftermath of a shot being fired is carried out as rotation-free linear movement.
The depth of the pot 210 is dimensioned so that, in a basic position of the extractor 110 predetermined by the extractor claw 111 contacting the edge of a cartridge located in the barrel 250, both the axis of rotation 1411 of the extractor 110 and the extractor claw 111 are arranged at the same distance from the breech center line which is aligned collinearly with the longitudinal axis 251 of the barrel 250.
The leading edge 1411 of the protrusion 140 is formed on a first cam 141 that is formed in the region of an end of the protrusion 140 near the barrel, wherein the undersurface 143 of the protrusion 140 is of concave form, wherein a second cam 142 formed in the region of the protrusion 140 remote from the barrel is formed opposite the first cam 141 in the region of the end of the protrusion 140 near the barrel.
The undersurface 143 of the protrusion 140 is designed such that, in a basic position of the extractor 110 predetermined by the extractor claw 111 contacting the edge of a cartridge located in the barrel 250, the second cam 142 is arranged at a predetermined distance from the bottom surface 213 of the pot 210 to allow swinging forward of the extractor claw 111 in connection with a rotation of the extractor 110 around its axis of rotation 1411 in the event of sliding over by a cartridge edge 410 of a cartridge located in the cartridge chamber of the barrel 250.
The pot 210 has a width which is dimensioned to enable free rotation of the second cam 142 within the pot 210 about the axis of rotation 1411 of the extractor 110 which is caused by pretensioning of the extractor spring 120 or which is forced against the force of the extractor spring 120.
The extractor 110 is provided with a vertical hole 150 in the case of a hand-held weapon, through which a vertically aligned retaining pin 160 can be guided in the breech 200, wherein the hole 150 is designed as a curved elongated hole, the curvature of which is dimensioned to allow a displacement of the breech 200 in relation to the retaining pin 160 during rotation of the extractor 110 about its axis of rotation 1411.
The retaining pin 160 is of cylindrical form and mounted in a vertically arranged hollow cylindrical bore 220 of the breech 200. The retaining pin 160 is further provided with a groove 161 in the region of its outer surface, in which an end 171 of a spiral spring 170 mounted in a vertically arranged recess of the extractor 110 engages to hold the retaining pin 160 in a predetermined longitudinal axial vertical position within the elongated hole 150.
The contact element 112 has a contact surface 113, which one end of the extractor spring 120 adjoins to bias the extractor claw 111 in a predetermined end position in the case of an empty cartridge chamber by means of rotation around the extractor's axis of rotation 1411.
Following the firing of a shot, the rear surface 420 of the cartridge striking an ejector pin 310 shown in
The exemplary embodiment of the invention explained above only serves the purpose of a better understanding of the teaching according to the invention prescribed by the claims, which as such is not restricted by the exemplary embodiment
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