Revolver device

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6658780
  • Patent Number
    6,658,780
  • Date Filed
    Wednesday, August 7, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, December 9, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Jordan; Charles T.
    • Zerr; John W.
    Agents
    • Fasth; Rolf
    • Fasth Law Offices
Abstract
The shooting device, such as a revolver, has a housing with a barrel-receiving opening defined therein. A cylinder and a barrel are attached to the housing. The barrel has a rear section with a cylindrical segment that slidably engages the cylindrical segment. A spring has one end attached to the rear section of the barrel and a second opposite end attached to the cylindrical valve for urging the valve against a groove section of the cylinder so there is a tight fit between the valve and the cylinder during the firing of the bullet. This prevents any pressure loss when the bullet is fired.
Description




TECHNICAL FIELD




The present invention relates to a highly efficient revolver device.




BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The current design of revolvers has not changed much in the last century. Conventional revolvers have a slight gap defined between the rotatable cylinder and the back end of the revolver barrel that results in pressure losses so that the speed of the bullet is reduced. During the blast, conventional revolvers are quite noisy due to the leakage between the cylinder and the barrel so that particles may blasts out through the gap. It is often necessary to use more powder to compensate for the pressure losses. There is a need for a more efficient design that improves the performance of the revolver.




The shooting device of the present invention solves the above-outlined problems. More particularly, the shooting device, such as a revolver, has a housing with a barrel-receiving opening defined therein. A cylinder and a barrel are attached to the housing. The barrel has a rear section with a cylindrical segment that slidably engages the cylindrical segment. A spring has one end attached to the rear section of the barrel and a second opposite end attached to the cylindrical valve for urging the valve against a groove section of the cylinder so there is a tight fit between the valve and the cylinder during the firing of the bullet. This prevents any pressure loss when the bullet is fired.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of the revolver device of the present invention;





FIG. 2

is an exploded view of the revolver device of the present invention;





FIG. 3

is a detailed perspective view of rear portion of the revolver pipe of the present invention; and





FIG. 4

is a detailed view of the cylinder of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION




With reference to

FIGS. 1-4

, the high efficiency shooting device


10


of the present invention has a housing


12


with a handle


13


. The shooting device of the present invention may be any type of shooting device, such as a revolver, that has a rotatable cylinder for holding the bullets. A cylinder


14


is rotatably attached to the housing


12


. A barrel


16


is attached to the housing


12


. A special feature of the revolver device


10


is that there is a tight fit between the cylinder containing bullets and the barrel. A barrel


15


, attached to the housing


12


, has a front section


18


and a rear section


20


. The roar section


20


has a threaded portion


22


that may be screwed into a threaded portion of an opening


24


of the housing


12


. The section


20


also has a smooth cylindrical segment


26


with a round end surface


28


. The segment


25


has openings


30


, one of each side of the segment


26


, defined therein that is in fluid communication with the hollow inside of the segment


26


. An important feature is that a first end


31


of a helical spring


32


may be attached to a groove


37


in the threaded portion


22


or the segment


26


. A cylindrical valve


34


has an opening


36


extending there through and a second end


33


of the helical spring


32


may be attached to the valve


34


because the valve has a groove


35


that may snugly receive the end


33


.




Preferably, the valve


34


has an inner diameter that snugly fits an outer diameter of the segment


26


so that the valve


34


may slide along the segment


26


. The outside diameter of the valve


34


is such that the valve


34


may snugly slide inside the opening


24


. The dimensions of the valve are precisely engineered so that the valve


34


may slide in the opening


24


and on the segment


26


without allowing any or very little pressure to escape therebetween. One function of the spring


32


is to urge an inside surface


38


of the valve


34


against grooved or recessed sections


40


of the cylinder at bullet openings


39


defined in the cylinder


14


. The sections


40


are dimensioned to hold bullets


41


, including cartridges


43


, therein that are exploded when a trigger


45


is pulled so that a bullet is propelled through the barrel


16


. A detailed view of the sections


40


in shown in FIG.


4


. The sections


40


are dimensioned to receive the surface


38


to provide a tight fit between the section


40


and the surface


38


when the section


40


is lined up in front of the surface


38


so that the spring


32


may urge the surface


38


into the groove section


40


. However, the force is such that it is possible to rotate the cylinder


16


although the valve


34


bears against the recessed section


40


. In other words, it is possible to compress the section


32


slightly so that the valve


34


may snapped out of the section


40


and into the next section


40


as the cylinder


16


is rotated.




With reference to

FIG. 3

, a chamber


42


is defined between the inside of the barrel


16


and the reduced diameter segment


26


. The spring


32


is disposed in this chamber


42


and the chamber


42


may be pressurized through incoming air through the opening


30


due to the exploding powder. The sudden pressure increase in the chamber


42


further urges the valve


34


to slide on the segment


25


against the section


40


to minimize any pressure losses during the fire of the revolver device


10


that a bullet


41


may be ejected from the cylinder


14


through the valve


34


into the segment


26


of the barrel


16


without any pressure looses. An arrow


44


shows the explosion force on the valve


34


to move backwardly towards the section


40


of the cylinder


14


. This force is substantially greater than the spring force generated by the spring


32


. There is also a pressure behind the bullet as the fired bullet passes the opening


30


so that the valve


34


is continuously being pressed against the recess


40


when the bullet travels inside the barrel


16


. The pressure on the valve


34


is eased when the bullet leaves the barrel


16


and the valve is again exposed to atmospheric pressure. Because the valve


34


is tightly pressed against the recessed section


40


of the cylinder


16


during the firing of the bullet, there is virtually no loss of pressure and no particles eject between the barrel and the cylinder. There is also less noise and the speed of the bullet may be maintained without speed loss due to the pressure loss.




While the present invention has been described in accordance with preferred compositions and embodiments, it is to be understood that certain substitutions and alterations may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the following claims.



Claims
  • 1. A shooting device, comprising:a housing having a barrel receiving opening defined therein; a cylinder having a bullet opening defined therein for holding a bullet, the cylinder being rotatably attached to the housing; a barrel attached to the housing, the barrel having a rear section with a cylindrical segment; a cylindrical valve slidably engaging the cylindrical segment of the barrel, the valve having an outer diameter dimensioned to snugly fit inside the barrel receiving opening; and spring means for biasing the valve against the cylinder, the spring means having one end attached to the rear section of the barrel and a second opposite end attached to the valve.
  • 2. The shooting device according to claim 1 wherein the spring means is a helical spring that has a first end attached to a groove defined in the rear section of the barrel and a second end is attached to a groove defined in the valve.
  • 3. The shooting device according to claim 1 wherein the valve has an inner diameter dimensioned to snugly slide along the cylindrical segment.
  • 4. The shooting device according to claim 1 wherein the bullet opening has a groove section defined therein for receiving an inside surface of the valve.
  • 5. The shooting device according to claim 4 wherein the cylinder is rotatable when the valve engages the groove section of the bullet opening by compressing the helical spring.
  • 6. The shooting device according to claim 2 wherein the barrel has a chamber defined therein at the cylindrical segment and the helical spring is disposed in the chamber.
  • 7. A method of ejecting a bullet from a shooting device, comprising:providing a housing having a barrel receiving opening defined therein, a cylinder rotatably attached to the housing and a barrel attached to the housing, the cylinder having a bullet holding opening defined therein, the barrel having a rear section with a cylindrical segment, a cylindrical valve slidably engaging the cylindrical segment of the barrel, and a spring having one end attached to the rear section and a second opposite end attached to the valve; activating a trigger to fire a bullet placed in the cylinder; the fired bullet urging air in through an opening defined in the cylindrical segment and into a chamber defined between an inside of the barrel and an outside of the cylindrical segment to pressurize the chamber; and the valve, disposed in the pressurized chamber, being urged to slide on the cylindrical segment to engage a grooved section at the bullet holding opening of the cylinder to provide a tight fit between the valve and the cylinder.
  • 8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the method further comprises urging the valve in a direction that is parallel to the barrel.
  • 9. The method according to claim 7 wherein the method further comprises propelling the bullet through the valve.
  • 10. The method according to claim 9 wherein the method further comprises propelling the bullet through the spring.
PRIOR APPLICATION

This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/317,683; filed Sep. 6, 2001.

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Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
Number Date Country
2761764 Oct 1998 FR
Provisional Applications (1)
Number Date Country
60/317683 Sep 2001 US