Mechanism for controlling the firing rate of an automatic weapon

Details Mechanism for controlling the firing rate of an automatic weapon Mechanism for controlling the firing rate of an automatic weapon

1994-10-13

1996-01-23

Bentley, Stephen C.

Ordnance

Automatic

Regulation of speed or rate of automatic fire

89135, F41A 1904

Patent

active

054857767

ABSTRACT:
A gun capable of fully automatic firing having a trigger mechanism comprising; an arrest mechanism operable to interrupt ammunition discharging mechanism, the arrest mechanism comprising a cam element which cooperates with a complementary cam element of a timing device, and wherein the timing device comprises an electric motor operable to drive the complementary cam element when a physically displaceable trigger of the trigger mechanism is moved to a firing position and when the gun is in a fully automatic mode of operation, the timing device being operable to effect cyclical release of the discharge mechanism by said arrest mechanism.

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