Patents Assigned to Fabrique Nationale Herstal S.A. en abrege FN
  • Patent number: 4112817
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a device for supplying portable arms by means of cartridge belts and by means of rifle magazines using the same ammunition, characterized by the fact that the weapon is provided with a lateral opening, extended by a sleeve which can serve the purpose of guide for a magazine, aforesaid sleeve being fitted with a flap which is conditioned in such a manner that it can close aforesaid sleeve and be used as guide for the cartridge belt, the bolt having two tenons, one of which is used to act upon the cartridges of a belt, one by one, and the other operating to act, one by one, upon the cartridges of a magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: Fabrique Nationale Herstal S.A. en abrege FN
    Inventor: Maurice V. Bourlet
  • Patent number: 4094086
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an adjusting device for double-barrelled guns, characterized by the fact that it consists principally of two elements provided with accessory parts located between the barrels, one of these parts forming an incline for the other which acts as a wedge, one at least of aforesaid elements being capable of being moved wth respect to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Assignee: Fabrique Nationale Herstal S.A. en abrege FN
    Inventor: Georges A. Gevers
  • Patent number: 4086881
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a rotary engine characterized by the fact that it consists of a cylindrical outer shell and of a concentric internal cylindrical body, between which operates a coaxial rotary piston which is also cylindrical, and of a chamber for air or carburetted fuel mixture under pressure, for feeding the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: Fabrique Nationale Herstal S.A., en abrege FN
    Inventor: Jean J. Rutten
  • Patent number: 4080147
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a device for the fabrication of hollow plastic bodies, of the type comprising a core carrying plate, a double mould plate, means to inject plastic material into said mould plate and means to press said three plates against each other at the proper time, characterized in that it further comprises a metering plate fixed to one of said mould plates, as well as a hydraulic metering control plate facing said metering plate, said metering plate and hydraulic control plate being so conditioned to introduce, in a first step, a metered quantity of material in said metering plate and to transfer, in a second step, this quantity of material from the metering plate into the mould carrying plate, before the force-dieing resulting from pressing said plates together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1978
    Assignee: Fabrique Nationale Herstal S.A., en abrege FN
    Inventor: Thierry M. Dumortier
  • Patent number: 4035944
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an improvement to gun barrels of the type provided with a fixing and guiding ring having a base which is brazed or welded on to the barrel, wherein the aforesaid base has, on at least one of its transverse faces (with respect to the axis of the barrel), a groove or chink near said base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Fabrique Nationale Herstal S.A. en abrege FN
    Inventor: Georges A. Gevers
  • Patent number: 3960084
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a fuse for rifle-grenades and similar, wherein means are provided to visually indicate whether the first element of the pyrotechnic claim of the fuse, for instance a detonator, is live or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Assignee: Fabrique Nationale Herstal S.A. en abrege FN
    Inventor: Rene M. Chavee