PROCEDURE FOR MANUFACTURING A PELLET FOR SPORTING RIFLE OR SPORTING GUN AND PELLET FOR SPORTING RIFLE OR SPORTING GUN THUS OBTAINED

• US 20090217838A1
• Filed: 12/30/2008
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gamo Outdoor
• Original Assignee: Industrias El Gamo SA
• Inventors: SALVA, Francisco Casas
• Granted Patent: US 7,975,590 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 102/508
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 33/001 Devices or processes for assembling ammunition, cartridges or cartridge elements from parts
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/10 Air gun pellets ; Ammunition for air guns, e.g. propellant-gas containers

Abstract

A pellet for a sporting rifle or a sporting gun includes a body and a tip that are joined together. A lower portion of the body includes a first internal cavity, and a head of the body includes a second internal cavity. The tip includes an upper part ending in at least one vertex and a lower part, the upper and lower parts being joined at their bases. The lower part of the tip is received in the second internal cavity. A portion of the head may be crimped around the tip to hold the tip inside the second internal cavity of the body. An outer hoop may be formed on the tip, and the portion of the head that is crimped may be crimped above the hoop to securely hold the tip in the body.

Claims

1. A procedure for the manufacture of a pellet for sporting rifles and pistols, comprising:

arranging a tip over a support, the support comprising a body with a first internal cavity and a head with a second internal cavity, the second internal cavity having sufficient size to house at least part of the tip, wherein the tip comprises an upper part ending in a upper vertex and a lower part ending in a lower vertex, wherein the upper and lower parts are joined by their bases, and wherein the lower part faces the second internal cavity;

inserting the tip into the second internal cavity so that the lower part of the tip impacts on an inside of the second internal cavity and a portion of the tip is positioned inside the second internal cavity; and

crimping a portion of the head of the body to fix the tip to the head.

2. A procedure in accordance with claim 1, characterised in that the tip comprises an outer hoop and the second internal cavity comprises an internal neck in the form of a hoop so that during the inserting step, the hoop of the tip fits into the neck.

3. A procedure in accordance with claim 2 characterised in that during the crimping step, a portion of the head is crimped around the hoop of the tip.

4. A procedure in accordance with claim 2 characterised in that the second internal cavity of head has substantially the same shape as the lower part of the tip.

5. A procedure in accordance with claim 1 characterised in that the upper part of the tip and the lower part of the tip are symmetrical.

6. A pellet for a sporting rifle or a sporting gun, comprising:

a body having a first internal cavity and a head with a second internal cavity, wherein the second internal cavity has the form of a solid mould or a revolution solid, the faces of which converge at a point or a trunk of said solid mould or revolution solid;

a tip having an upper part ending in at least one vertex and a lower part, wherein the upper part and lower part are joined at their bases, and wherein the lower part of the tip is received in the second internal cavity.

7. A pellet in accordance with claim 6, characterised in that the tip comprises an outer hoop and the second internal cavity comprises an internal neck in the form of a hoop such that the outer hoop of the tip is received in the internal neck.

8. A pellet in accordance with claim 7, wherein a portion of the head is crimped around a portion of the tip located above the hoop of the tip.

9. A pellet in accordance with claim 7, wherein the second internal cavity has substantially the same shape as the lower part of the tip.

10. A pellet in accordance with claim 6, wherein the upper part of the tip and the lower part of the tip are symmetrical.

11. A pellet in accordance with claim 6, wherein the upper part of the tip and the lower part of the tip adopt the configuration of two cones joined at their bases.

12. A pellet in accordance with claim 6, wherein the upper part of the tip and the lower part of the tip adopt the configuration of two pyramids joined at their bases.