This application is the U.S. national phase of International Application No. PCT/FI2020/000013 filed 7 Jul. 2020, which designated the U.S. and claims priority to FI Patent Application No. 20197102 filed 8 Jul. 2019, the entire contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The invention is related to a safety device arrangement for firearms with a magazine well, and is intended to be used in storage, transport and demonstration of such firearms. This kind of firearms are, for example, many rifle-type arms today.
Safety device arrangements in which the use of a firearm is prevented by placing and locking in the magazine well an insert adapted to its dimensions and shape and provided with a locking arrangement and a lock are as such known.
The publication EP 2365272 B1 presents one such solution for rifle-type arms. It includes also other features than the closing of the magazine well, but the effects and benefits of the solution are limited to preventing the use of the firearm. As an alternative locking embodiment a rotating locking bar or equivalent operating inside the insert is presented.
The solution of U.S. Ser. No. 10/203,176 B1 is a support leg the bottom end of which is securable to a suitable mounting surface and the top end of which is adaptable and may be locked to a magazine well of a firearm. For a certain firearm there is at a certain place a support leg on which the firearm may by means of the magazine well be positioned and locked if desired. The locking arrangements inside the insert may include a bar working as a lever or sliding and having a wedge end for forcing a pin or equivalent to locking position.
The publication US 2018238650 A1 presents a rack element to which is by means of a hinge connected a lock latch provided with a hole, the latch being reversible through a slot inside the magazine well and the top end of an insert. The top end of a pin or equivalent brought under the rack element through the insert extends to attach to the hole of the latch, and the bottom end of the pin is provided with a tab with a hole by means of which the pin may be locked by means of a padlock, for example, to an analogous tab extending downwards from the rack element.
A purpose of the invention is to present a remarkably more versatile safety device arrangement for storage, transport and demonstration of firearms. Another object is a solution the realisation of which is possible to standardize so that same elements may be used in safety devices for different types of firearms and different firearm brands.
To accomplish the above objects and purposes, a safety device arrangement for a firearm with a magazine well according to the invention comprising an insert which is adapted to the dimensions and shape of the magazine well and is lockable therein and a rack element for carrying the firearm, whereupon the body of the insert exposed from the magazine well is adapted in dimensions and shape to fit against the carrier part of the rack element, is characterised in that which is defined in the characterising part of the independent claim 1 of the appended claims. Other claims define various embodiments of the invention.
The solution according to the invention may be used as a gunlock, only, for example to close and lock the magazine well of a firearm for transport.
The locked firearm may be placed loosely on a rack. As the carrying rack element is adapted to the dimensions and shape of the protruding part of the insert, the firearm is also without locking there well supported and stable.
The insert may also be locked to the carrying rack element so that the same lock is locking the insert to the magazine well and protects locking between the insert and the rack element. The locking of the insert to the rack element may be automatically operating or selectable to operate as such, and may also then be opened manually when the locking between the insert and the firearm is opened and the insert is available.
The solution also enables the arrangement in which a tether wire which is securely attached at both ends connects the insert locked to the magazine well but not to the rack element and the rack element. In this way, for example, demonstration of the firearm can be done securely and in a controlled manner.
The dimensions and shape of the protruding part of the insert and respectively the rack element may be identical for a very wide range of different firearms. The same racks are thus well suited for efficient and secure storing of different firearms.
The solution may be realised also so that there is an adaptation part conforming to the dimensions and shape of the magazine well and having a space shaped in a certain way for a special locking body. Then also the locking body may be largely similar for several firearm types and brands, which improves the usability of the solution and makes it even more cost effective. It is also possible to make a magazine so that it may be converted with certain accessories to an insert of a safety device arrangement and then reconstituted by removing the accessories.
An advantage of the invention is also that the lock used in the arrangement may be an ordinary lock used in many other applications, for example a suitable padlock.
The invention and some embodiments thereof are described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
In the safety device arrangement of
At the bottom of the body there is a hollow cylindrical protrusion 7 the walls of which are provided with holes 8 for e.g. locking by means of a padlock in the way described below. An essential part in the locking mechanism between the insert and the magazine well and by way of it the firearm is a rotating locking bar 9, the base part 10 of which is adapted to fit in the hollow protrusion 7 and is provided with holes 14 which in size and shape are analogous to the holes 8. The locking bar extends forward from the base part 10 as a thinner rod 11 to the end of which a locking latch 12 is attached and secured with a screw 13. When the locking bar 9 assembled in this way is in place in the insert 3A, the latch 12 is targeted at the opening 20 in the top part 6A. The opening 20 is dimensioned and positioned so that, when the insert 3A is set in the magazine well, it is targeted at the opening 21 in the side wall of the magazine well. The locking bar 9 is rotated by means of the base part 10 suitably exposed from the protrusion 7, and when it is rotated (
A rack element 4A, which is essential in the safety device arrangement, includes part 17 for carrying a firearm and side plate part 15 and there holes 36 for attaching the element with screws or the like in a suitable position to a carrier frame or other platform. When the firearm 1A is placed and locked in the rack, as in
The carrier part is provided also with plate-shaped projections 19 with holes, the projections being adapted to be set inside the insert body 5A so that said holes are aligned with the corresponding holes 24 in the side walls of said insert body. So the insert 34 may by means of the pins 25 be fastened to the carrier part 17, if desired. When the firearm is then locked to the insert, it is locked also to the rack and at the same time covers said pins. The lockings may be released only by releasing first the firearm from the locking to the insert and then the fastening of the insert to the rack.
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In the solution according to
The safety device arrangement may also be provided with various accessories. For example, there may be a wireless alarm device 26 for operation of which a magnetic chip 27 is attached to the latch (
For mounting the tether wire 28, the carrier part 17B of the rack element has a suitable hole through which the end to be connected to the insert 3B can be threaded through until the base, knob or equivalent 29 at the other end comes against the carrier part to hold the wire therein. At the other end of the wire there is a smaller knob 31 which can be inserted through the downwardly shrinking opening 30 at the end of the locking body 5B, and after attaching the fitting shell 16B, its edge and the protrusion 32 therein will press the end of the wire and hold it in place.
The example shown in
The locking mechanism implemented in connection with the insert 3C is as follows. The insert comprises the locking body 5C, the cylindrical protrusion 38 at the bottom 51 of which is fitted to the dimensions of the circular opening 18A of the carrier part 17 of the rack element 4A. The cylindrical lock 37 fitted to the inner dimensions of the protrusion 38 is threaded and secured in place by a threaded ring 39 which is tightened from the inside against the bottom 51 of the locking body 5C. A latch 41 is secured to the top end of the locking shaft 40 by means of a threaded ring 42.
In this case, the side walls of the magazine well 2A of the rifle gun 1A are provided with grooves 48 for locking the magazine in place. On the other hand, the side walls of the locking body 5C of the insert are provided with slots 43 being parallel to and targeted at the grooves 48, wherein the latch 41 is turned through the slots to reach the grooves 48 and secure locking.
In this case, the lock or parts of the lock cannot fasten the insert 3C to the rack element 4A. This is done by placing the insert 3C in place on the rack element 4A, whereby its exposed part, the base 51 with the protrusion 38 and openings 47, comes against the carrier part 17 of the rack element. The projections 19 of the carrier part enter through the openings 47 into the locking body 5C and are targeted at the openings 24 in its side wall (
If it is not desired to lock the insert 3C locked to the gun 1A to the rack element 4A, then it is also in this case possible to use a tether wire 28 fastened at one end to the insert and at the other end to the rack element to ensure that the gun is kept close to the rack although it is possible, for example, to take it from the rack for demonstration and inspection. A possible fastening method was described above with reference to
Inside the locking body there is also space for a lock alarm device 45. The insert is protected from the top by a cover plate 46.
In the safety device arrangement of a handle rifle 1B shown in
The lower part 66 of the locking body is the part of the insert 3D protruding from the magazine well, and the base of it is adapted to fit against the carrier part 17C of the rack element 4C.
The base part 10A of the locking bar is fixed to the lower end of the rod 11A by screwing, and the fastening is secured with a screw 49. A pin 50 passing through the rod 11A ensures that the locking bar passing through the hole 57 in the locking body remains in its position in the body. The latch 12 is attached by screwing to the upper end of the rod 11A, and the attachment is secured with a screw 13. The latch has space for a magnetic chip 27 required for alarm operation to be placed therein.
The locking bar extends through the insert above the fitting part 16D. The side wall of the magazine well 2B of the handle rifle 1B has an opening 21B to which the latch 12 is aligned and dimensioned to be turned in locking. The cylindrical protrusion 7 of the locking body, the base 10A of the locking arm and the lock 22 with the shackle 23 function as described in connection with
The rack element 4C is made of a suitable plate material. The side part 15C is as shown above, as well as the slot 18 open at the side of the carrier part 17C. For fastening the locking body 5D to the rack element 4C the carrier part is now provided with pegs 52 to which e.g. the pivot bushing 54 may be locked.
The connections of the tether wire 28 to the carrier part 17C and the insert 3D formed by the locking body 5D and the fitting part 16D, respectively, are as described in connection with
The cartridge lifter 68 now acts by the force of the spring 69 on the magazine body 5D, which is realised as already shown in
Extending vertically from the bottom of the body is a tubular passage 57 sized to fit the cylindrical extension 70 of the locking protrusion 7A needed in the body. The extension and with it the protrusion 7A is locked by means of the recess 71 and the pin 56A to the body, and at the same time also the fitting part 16D is locked to the body part through the respective holes 55D and 55. A channel 72 for the locking bar rod 11B passes through the extension 70.
Through the bottom of the locking body 5D, for example, the channel 73 for the locking peg 52 as shown in
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In the example of
The base part 10 of the locking bar is fixed to the lower end of the rod 11A by screwing, and the pin 50 passing through the rod ensures that the locking bar remains inserted into the body. The latch 12A is screwed to the upper end of the rod 11A.
The locking bar extends through the insert above the fitting portion 16E, and the latch engages in rotation against the body structure of the gun. The cylindrical protrusion 7 of the locking body, the base part 10 of the locking arm and the lock 22 with the shackle 23 function as described in connection with
The rack element 4C is similar to that described above, and the same applies also to the connections of the tether wire 28 to the carrier part 17C of the rack element and the insert 3E formed by the locking body 5E and the fitting part 16E, respectively.
In
In this solution, the protrusion 7B of the insert locking body 5F has a square or rectangular cross-section with rounded corners, and the slot 18B of the rack element has a corresponding shape and dimensions. The slot is at the front edge of the carrier part 17D of the rack element open for part of its width. The holes 8A for locking in the walls of the protrusion 7B are equivalent to those previously described.
In this implementation, both the rack element and the locking bar 9C are suitable for being made of plate material. The base 10C of the locking bar is located inside the protrusion 7B and then functions as in the alternatives described previously. In contrast to cylindrical embodiments, the hollow space 80 of the protrusion is shaped so that the locking bar base 10C can be rotated there from the open position to the locking position and back, respectively, by about 90 degrees, and the base has a hole 14C for securing the locking by a lock.
The rod part 11C of the locking bar rises through the hole 57 through the locking body 5F, and is supported by a pin or the like 50 passing through the rod and being targeted at the upper surface of the body. A locking latch 12C provided with a hole corresponding to the dimensions and shape of the rod is fitted to its upper end and is held in place by a tightening screw 13 applied to the recess 82 of the rod.
At the end of the locking plate there is a spring 91 which fits into the recess 90, the protruding end of the spring coming against the wall of the space 86. When the insert is placed on the carrier part 17G, the bottom of the slot 88 of the locking plate comes against the oblique surface 85 of the projection 83, and the plate moves in space against the force of the spring 91 until it reaches the slot 84 of the projection. By the force of the spring, the plate 87 moves backwards, and the slots 84 and 88 of the projection and the plate engage in a locking state (
This or a solution of this kind is one possible way of realizing the automatic locking of the insert to the rack element. The locking can then be opened by opening the locking between the firearm and the insert and by means of the lever 89 moving the locking plate against the force of the spring 91, so that the locking between the slots is released and the insert is released from the rack element.
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The invention is not limited to embodiments such as those described above, but may vary within the scope of the accompanying claims.
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