Recoil, sound and flash suppressor
A Recoil, Sound and Flash Suppressor that is machined from a solid metal bar of a diameter determined by weapon caliber and mechanically attached to the end of said weapon's muzzle, with a series of gas ports radially machined to vent gas and create a unique scalloped chamber that is solely held integral by the outer body of said device to sequentially dissipate gas, sound and flash and negate most muzzle movement.
Provisional Application for Patent No. 61/335,382 of 01610 with title “Recoil Suppressor” which is hereby incorporated by reference. Applicant claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Paragraph 119(c).
U.S. Pat. No. 3,707,899 issued to Walter E. Perrine and U.S. Pat. No. 4,545,285 issued to Clifford E. McLain are the muzzle brake patents that come closest to the new invention. However, neither of those muzzle brakes direct the expulsion of combustion gas toward the breech, and neither creates the internal geometry to efficiently suppress sound and flash.
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BACKGROUND OF INVENTION1. Field of Invention This invention relates to a Recoil, Sound and Flash Suppressor such as would be usable for a firearm such as, but not restricted to, a rifle.
2. Background Information
Firearms, including but not limited to rifles, cause a recoil when fired due to the violent release of combustion gases. As will be seen from the subsequent description, the present invention successfully suppresses recoil adequately enough to comfortably shoulder-fire certain firearms such as, but not limited to .50 caliber rifles that could not be shoulder-fired comfortably, as well as providing significant noise suppression for the shooter and flash suppression for combat situations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe embodiment of this invention, a Recoil, Sound and Flash Suppressor overcomes the present ineffectiveness in attached muzzle devices by using combustion gas thrust through the vents to effectively negate what escapes the muzzle while at the same time diminishing sound and flash through the unique geometry formed by the machining of said vent ports, which heretofore provides a sequential dispersant of the aforementioned gases.
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At each row of ports 9 which encircles the Recoil, Sound and Flash Suppressor 1, there is formed on the inside bore a cavity which captures the combustion gas that follows the bullet 10 as it travels along barrel 5 (barrel 4 for the permanently attached embodiment of the current invention). These cavities on the inside of the Recoil, Sound and Flash Suppressor 1 greatly increase the amount of gas that is captured and redirected out of ports 9 and thus increases the recoil, Sound and flash reduction of the weapon 2. The diameter of these ports 9, the angle at which these ports 9 are bored and the spacing of these ports 9 is a precise calculated value based on the caliber of the weapon for which Recoil, Sound and Flash Suppressor 1 is being designed. The Recoil, Sound and Flash Suppressor 1 would be adapted to weapons using different caliber ammunition by taking the figures used for a .50 caliber ammunition and precisely scaling them down for a weapon using smaller caliber ammunition and scaling them up for a weapon using larger caliber ammunition.
“a” is the angle at which the ports 9 are machined;
“b” is the linear spacing for the ports 9;
“c” is the circumference angle around the Recoil, Sound and Flash Suppressor 1; and
“d” is the diameter of ports 9.
The resulting scalloped area 11 will capture the escaping combustion gasses and redirect the gasses out ports 9 at an angle away from the end of barrel 5 and slightly toward the shooter.
The ratios of these values to each other would change depending on the caliber of the ammunition. As stated above, the Recoil, Sound and Flash Suppressor 1 would be adapted to weapons using different caliber ammunition by scaling up or down to match the size of the weapon and the ammunition it uses.
Description of Operation:
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Although the description above contains many specificities, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, but as merely providing illustrations of some of the preferred embodiments of the invention.
It will be obvious to those skilled in the art, that modifications may be made to the embodiments of the invention described above without departing from the scope of the present invention. Thus, the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims in the formal application and their equivalents rather than by the examples given.
Claims
1. A Recoil, Sound, and Flash Suppressor for firearms comprising: a generally cylindrical body formed about a longitudinal axis, said body having a first end adapted for connection to a firearm and contained within said body and disposed between said first end and second end defining an axial aperture and a scalloped wall formed by radial geometry of gas ports intersecting the bullet exit port suspended by the outer body wall extending radially outward from said aperture to said body, said wall having at least a portion thereof angularly disposed relative to said axis.
2. A Recoil, Sound, and Flash Suppressor according to claim 1, wherein said angularly scalloped disposed portion of said internal wall defines an acute angle relative to said axis.
3. A Recoil, Sound, and Flash Suppressor according to claim 1, wherein said angularly disposed scalloped chambers define an acute angle relative to said axis.
4. A matched expansion Recoil, Sound, and Flash Suppressor aligned with the forward end of a firearm barrel and bore including:
- (a) a tube having a uniform diameter through bore equal to and coincident with said barrel bore;
- (b) a plurality of outwardly diverging gas ports opening into said through bore forming unique scalloped chambers;
- (c) said gas ports each including suspended chambers adjacent said opening into said through bore;
- (d) the combined entrance area of all of said suspended chambers means having a cross sectional area substantially equal to the cross-sectional area of said through bore so that the mass flow of the propellant gases flowing through said gas ports is substantially matched to that available through said barrel bore.
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 1, 2011
Publication Date: Oct 4, 2012
Inventor: Stephen D. Anthony (Madisonville, KY)
Application Number: 13/065,943
International Classification: F41A 21/36 (20060101); F41A 21/34 (20060101);