SILENCER

• US 20150362276A1
• Filed: 08/21/2015
• Published: 12/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andreas Steindl
• Original Assignee: Andreas Steindl
• Inventors: FISCHER, Oliver
• Granted Patent: US 9,784,519 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 21/30 Silencers
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 21/325 Mountings for muzzle attachments
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 33/02 Light- or radiation-emitting guns ; Light- or radiation-sensitive guns; Cartridges carrying light emitting sources, e.g. laser
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/003 Mountings with a dove tail element, e.g. "Picatinny rail systems"

Abstract

A silencer for a gun, in particular a handgun, is provided, comprising a silencer housing with a rear end wall which faces the barrel of the gun and with a front end wall which lies opposite the rear end wall. The silencer also comprises an attachment rail for attaching the silencer to the gun, said attachment rail being arranged on the rear end wall of the silencer housing. The silencer can also be used as a duel simulator. Furthermore, a holster is also provided for holstering the firearm according to the invention.

Claims

1. A silencer (10) for a gun (90), comprising

a silencer housing (11) with a rear end wall (HE), which faces a gun barrel (91) of the gun, and with a front end wall (VE) opposing the rear end wall, and

a fixation rail (30) for fixing the silencer to the gun,

wherein the fixation rail (30) is arranged at the rear end wall (HE) of the silencer housing.

2. The silencer of claim 1, wherein the fixation rail (30) extends parallel to the longitudinal axis (LA) of the silencer housing (11).

3. The silencer of claim 1, wherein the fixation rail (30) has at least one longitudinal guide (32).

4. The silencer of claim 3, wherein the at least one longitudinal guide (32) runs parallel to the longitudinal axis (LA) of the silencer housing (11).

5. The silencer of claim 1, wherein the fixation rail (30) has a substantially U-shaped profile.

6. The silencer of claim 3, wherein the at least one longitudinal guide (32) comprises a first longitudinal guide and a second longitudinal guide, and wherein

the first longitudinal guide is formed at the inner surface of a first side wall of the U-shaped profile, and

the second longitudinal guide is formed at the inner surface of a second side wall of the U-shaped profile.

7. The silencer of claim 1, wherein at least one partially open transverse channel (33) is formed in the fixation rail (30) for receiving a locking and/or arresting means.

8. The silencer of claim 1, wherein the rear end wall (HE) has a receiving aperture (25), with which a front end of the gun barrel (91) can be brought into engagement, and wherein the fixation rail (30) is arranged below the receiving aperture (25).

9. The silencer of claim 1, wherein the internal profile of the U-shaped profile of the fixation rail (30) substantially corresponds to an external profile of a mounting rail (94) of the gun (90), in order to bring the fixation rail into engagement with the mounting rail, in order to fix the silencer releasably to the gun.

10. The silencer of claim 1, wherein a mounting rail (34) is provided at the lower side of the silencer.

11. The silencer of claim 10, wherein the mounting rail (34) extends substantially over the entire length of the fixation rail (30) and the silencer housing (11).

12. The silencer of claim 1, wherein the front end wall (VE) is configured as a cover (40) being releasable from the silencer housing (11).

13. The silencer of claim 12, wherein the cover (40) is formed trough-shaped.

14. The silencer of claim 1, wherein, in the silencer housing (11) between the rear end wall (HE) and the front end wall (VE), a light channel (20) running parallel to the longitudinal axis (LA) of the silencer housing is arranged with an inlet opening (71) at the rear end wall and an outlet opening (72) at the front end wall.

15. The silencer of claim 14, wherein the light channel (20) is configured pressure and/or air-tightly against a gas chamber (15) of the silencer.

16. The silencer of claim 1, wherein an illuminant (80), preferably, a laser diode, is arranged in the front end wall (VE).

17. The silencer of claim 16, wherein control electronics (81) and/or a power supply (82) for the illuminant (80) is/are provided in the silencer housing (11).

18. The silencer of claim 17, wherein the illuminant (80), the control electronics (81), and the power supply (82) are arranged within a preferably air- and/or pressure-tight housing (83), wherein the illuminant (80) is arranged in a side wall of the housing, and wherein the housing and the components (80, 81, 82) arranged therein together form an illuminant module.

19. The silencer of claim 18, wherein a recess (85) is provided in the silencer housing (11) in the area of the front end wall (VE) for receiving the illuminant module.

20. The silencer of claim 16, wherein the control electronics (81) or the illuminant module comprise a sensor unit (84) for detection of a firing off of ammunition, in particular, of blank and/or maneuver ammunition.

21. The silencer of claim 20, herein the sensor unit (84) comprises a pressure sensor and/or acoustic sensor.

22. The silencer of claim 1, wherein the silencer is embodied as duel simulator, wherein in the silencer housing (11), an expansion chamber (16) is formed, into which an overpressure channel (18) leads for discharging of gases expanding in the expansion chamber.

23. The silencer of claim 22, wherein in the silencer housing (11), there is arranged a receiving channel (21) between the rear end wall (HE) and the front end wall (VE), wherein the expansion chamber (16) is formed within the receiving channel, wherein a bulkhead (17) is formed in the receiving channel, which delimits the expansion chamber (16) towards the front end wall (VE), preferably pressure-tightly, and wherein the expansion chamber is arranged coaxially to a gun barrel (91), and on the gun side, can be coupled to the gun barrel substantially pressure-tightly.

24. The silencer of claim 23, wherein the expansion chamber (16), on the gun barrel side, can be closed by a reducer (19) being arranged at the muzzle opening of the gun barrel (91), wherein the reducer has a longitudinal channel (19a), which connects the expansion chamber to the gun barrel.

25. The silencer of claim 23, wherein the illuminant module is arranged behind the bulkhead (17).

26. The silencer of claim 23, wherein the bulkhead (17) is movable within the receiving channel (21) in longitudinal direction relative to the receiving channel (21).

27. The silencer of claim 20, wherein the control electronics (81) is adapted to, after a detection of a firing off of ammunition, instruct the illuminant (80) to emit a light ray, preferably, a laser beam, particularly preferred, an encoded laser beam.

28. The silencer of claim 1, wherein a cover plate (60) is arranged in front of the rear end wall (HE) and substantially parallel to the rear end wall, which can be moved in vertical direction relative to the rear end wall.

29. The silencer of claim 28, wherein the cover plate (60) has an opening or recess (61) concentrically with respect to the receiving aperture (25) of the silencer housing (11), which substantially has the same size and shape as the receiving aperture.

30. The silencer of claim 28, wherein a spring member (64) is arranged at the lower side of the cover plate (60).

31. The silencer of claim 28, wherein at the side of the cover plate (60) facing the rear end wall (HE), guide rails or guide gaps (62) are provided, which engage with the guide gaps or guide rails at the rear end wall.

32. The silencer of claim 31, wherein the guide gaps and guide rails (62) are formed according to a dovetail guide.

33. The silencer of claim 28, wherein a hole (63), preferably, an elongated hole, is provided in the cover plate (60) below the opening or recess (61).

34. The silencer of claim 1, wherein an upper wall (12) of the silencer housing (11) running between the rear end wall (HE) and the front end wall (VE), after being mounted to the gun, is flush with the breech (93) of the gun.

35. The silencer of claim 1, wherein an upper portion (OS) of the silencer housing (11) substantially has the same external profile or the same dimensions as the upper portion (OV) of the breech (93) of the gun (90).

36. The Silencer of claim 1, wherein the silencer housing (11) and the fixation rail (30) are formed as one part.

37. A gun (90) comprising a silencer (10), the silencer comprising:

a silencer housing (11) with a rear end wall (HE), which faces a gun barrel (91) of the gun, and with a front end wall (VE) opposing the rear end wall, and

a fixation rail (30) for fixing the silencer to the gun,

wherein the fixation rail (30) is arranged at the rear end wall (HE) of the silencer housing.