Ordnance – Barrels – Silencers
Patent
1989-10-25
1990-12-04
Jordan, Charles T.
Ordnance
Barrels
Silencers
F41A 2100
Patent
active
049744895
ABSTRACT:
A suppressor for reducing the muzzle blast and noise of firearms or like devices. Several specially configured baffles are aligned serially with intervening expansion chambers within a square tubular housing. The housing containing the baffles is aligned axially within a larger round tubular housing and held in place by an encapsulator at each end. The suppressor assembly has an internal axial passage which permits unobstructed passage of projectiles from the firearm during firing. The specially configured baffles are made of heat absorbent and heat conductive material. The serially disposed baffles shear propellant gases at differing angles forcing them away from the bullet path through openings or ports into the outer housing. The arrangement of the baffles within the square tubular inner housing provides tortuous paths for flow, dispersion and controlled expansion of gases into and along spaces between the inner and outer tubular housings and lowering the temperature of the gases to reduce audible noise and observable signature of the muzzle blast. Variant construction and assembly provides for coupling additional suppressor tube sections to extend suppressor size to accommodate additional or modified internal components to include insertion of absorbent elements of knitted, woven, sintered or compressed ferrous or nonferrous material, preferably thermally absorbent wire mesh or similar honeycombed material, in a portion of the spaces within the inner square tubular housing or between the inner and outer housings, or both, and insertion of elastic "wipes", to further control dispersion of gases, absorb heat, and moderate muzzle blast and noise.
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Johnson Stephen
Jordan Charles T.
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