Patents Examined by R. W. Wendtland
  • Breech mechanisms
    Patent number: 4308785
    Abstract: A sliding breech block suitable for rapid, semi-automatic operation of a bag charge gun comprises two interlinked portions mutually engageable in two dispositions at a stepped interface one of the portions being drivable in a transverse guideway by gun runout via a crank and a shaft, and the other portion being guidable by rollers engaged in cam tracks to follow a semi-arcuate path aligned at one end with the gun barrel axis and at the other with the guideway axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1982
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventor: Glyndwr T. Samuel