3-cycle 2-stroke damper
View Patent ↗A trigger activated arm may use a piston moving within a cylinder to dampen gun bolt speed. In some embodiments, gun bolt motion increases pressure within the cylinder bore to dampen rearward gun bolt speed. The pressure may be high enough to unseat the cylinder creating a vent that cylinder fluid exits. In other embodiments, gun bolt motion decreases pressure within the cylinder bore to dampen forward gun bolt speed.
1. An arm comprising:
a frame;
a trigger that is depressible to fire the arm once per operating cycle;
a gun bolt that is movable rearward and forward with respect to the frame;
a surface that: 1) has a port; and 2) is supported to the frame;
a piston supported to the gun bolt;
a cylinder that: 1) defines a cylinder bore; 2) has cylinder fluid within the cylinder bore; and 3) is supported to the surface with the port communicating with the cylinder bore; and,
a biasing device that biases the gun bolt forward;
wherein on firing the arm, the arm is operable to:
1) move the gun bolt rearward to cause the piston to move with respect to the cylinder to: (a) compress cylinder fluid within the cylinder bore to dampen rearward gun bolt speed; and (b) force cylinder fluid to exit through the port to an exterior of the cylinder bore; and
2) move the gun bolt forward to cause the piston to move with respect to the cylinder to reduce the pressure of cylinder fluid within the cylinder bore to dampen forward gun bolt speed.
2. The arm of claim 1 wherein the biasing device:
exerts a biasing force to hold the piston to the one of the gun bolt and the surface; and
exerts a biasing force to hold the cylinder to the other of the gun bolt and the surface.
3. The arm of claim 1 wherein when the piston forces cylinder fluid to exit through the port to an exterior of the cylinder bore:
the piston forces cylinder fluid to an exterior of the surface.
4. The arm of claim 1 wherein:
the surface lies on a bolt stop;
the piston is supported to the gun bolt;
the cylinder is supported to the bolt stop;
the bolt stop has a gun bolt contact surface; and
when the gun bolt is at the end of a rearward stroke: the gun bolt contacts the gun bolt contact surface of the bolt stop.
5. The arm of claim 1 wherein:
when the gun bolt moves rearward and the piston moves with respect to the cylinder to compress cylinder fluid within the cylinder bore: cylinder fluid pressure rises above atmospheric pressure; and
when the gun bolt moves forward and the piston moves with respect to the cylinder to reduce the pressure of cylinder fluid within the cylinder bore: cylinder fluid pressure falls below atmospheric pressure.