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US 7,690,144 · App. 10/838,565 · Granted Apr 6, 2010

Safety device for shooting mechanism of double-action semi-automatic striker fired pistols

Assignee: Forjas Taurus, S.A.
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Patent No.
US 7,690,144
App. No.
10/838,565
Granted
Apr 6, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Safety Device for a Shooting Mechanism of Double-Action Semi-Automatic Pistols Striker Fired The present application refers to a safety device for a shooting mechanism of semi-automatic guns, more specifically double action semi-automatic pistols striker fired, composed of a trigger support, a trigger body, a hinging axle for the two components, a small spring that acts between them and a trigger bar joined to the body of the trigger, with the addition of a firing pin lock located besides the front part of it and lodged in the breechblock.

Claims (7)

1. Safety device for shooting mechanism of semi-automatic striker fired pistols, comprising:

a trigger assembly comprising a trigger support ( 11 ) and a trigger body ( 1 ) hinged to the trigger support around a common axle ( 5 ) allowing relative angular displacement of the trigger body relative to the trigger support, and a trigger spring ( 10 ) located between the trigger body and the trigger support, wherein the trigger assembly is pivotable about a main axle ( 20 );

a lock ( 6 ) joined to the trigger body ( 1 ) so that in a rest position of the trigger body relative to the trigger support, the lock ( 6 ) immobilizes the shooting mechanism, the trigger assembly being biased forwards around the main axle ( 20 ) by a trigger return spring ( 25 ), whereby application of a turning force to the trigger body toward a shooting position first causes pivot around the common axle, which releases the lock and the shooting mechanism, and then fires the shooting mechanism.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a trigger bar ( 26 ) having a vertical projection ( 28 ), the trigger return spring also acting on the vertical projection ( 28 ), and wherein the shooting mechanism has a firing pin ( 32 ) and a lock ( 39 ) which blocks any advance of the firing pin ( 32 ) until deactivated by a protuberance ( 38 ) of the trigger bar ( 26 ) when the trigger bar ( 26 ) moves by action of the trigger body ( 1 ) and the trigger support ( 11 ) when deliberately pressed to a shooting position.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the trigger body is made of plastic and the trigger support is made of metal.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein further pivot of the trigger assembly after release of the lock ( 6 ) is around the main axle.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the shooting mechanism comprises a trigger bar and a firing pin, and wherein the trigger body ( 1 ), when pressed toward the shooting position, initially executes a small angular backwards movement relative to the trigger support ( 11 ), thereby releasing the lock ( 6 ), and then executes movement of the trigger bar ( 26 ), which will move the firing pin ( 32 ) backwards for firing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2004
From: FAGUNDES DE CAMPOS, ALGEU JOSE
To: FORJAS TAURUS, S.A.
Reel/Frame 015304/0408 →
Priority Claims (1)
BR 0301483 · May 23, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050011098A1 · Jan 20, 2005