Patents by Inventor Jeffrey R. Beals

Jeffrey R. Beals has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4344352
    Abstract: A semi-automatic firearm having a slide axially movable with respect to a frame between a forward battery position where the firearm is discharged, and a full recoil position where the spent cartridge is extracted and a new cartridge is subsequently loading. Either a pair of oppositely wound, concentric springs or a flat helical spring extends between the slide and the frame to form a recoil mechanism which resiliently biases the slide toward battery. The slide partially surrounds a barrel which is pivotally secured to the frame toward its rear end through a link. The slide contacts the barrel at a point diametrically spaced from the link when the slide is in battery thereby resiliently biasing the barrel in a forward direction which imparts a rotational moment to the barrel about the pivot axis of the link. The rotational moment forces the front end of the barrel downwardly against two distinct support areas on the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Inventors: Patrick Yates, Sydney H. Woodcock, Jeffrey R. Beals
  • Patent number: 4173169
    Abstract: A semi-automatic firearm having a slide axially movable with respect to a frame between a forward battery position where the firearm is discharged, and a full recoil position where the spent cartridge is extracted and a new cartridge is subsequently loading. Either a pair of oppositely wound, concentric springs or a flat helical spring extends between the slide and the frame to form a recoil mechanism which resiliently biases the slide toward battery. The slide partially surrounds a barrel which is pivotally secured to the frame toward its rear end through a link. The slide contacts the barrel at a point diametrically spaced from the link when the slide is in battery thereby resiliently biasing the barrel in a forward direction which imparts a rotational moment to the barrel about the pivot axis of the link. The rotational moment forces the front end of the barrel downwardly against two distinct support areas on the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1979
    Inventors: Patrick Yates, Sydney H. Woodcock, Jeffrey R. Beals
  • Patent number: D249800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1978
    Inventors: Patrick Yates, Sidney H. Woodcock, Jeffrey R. Beals