SILENCER

• US 20160209149A1
• Filed: 01/05/2016
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andreas Steindl
• Original Assignee: Andreas Steindl
• Inventors: FISCHER, Oliver
• Granted Patent: US 9,939,224 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: F41C 33/02 Holsters, i.e. cases for pistols having means for being carried or worn, e.g. at the belt or under the arm

Abstract

A silencer for a firearm, in particular a handgun, is provided, comprising a silencer housing with a rear end wall, which is facing the barrel of the firearm, and a front end wall, which is remote from the rear end wall, and comprising an attachment rail, arranged on the silencer housing, for attaching the silencer to the firearm. The attachment rail is arranged on a lower side wall of the silencer housing. The silencer may also be used as a duel simulator. Also provided is a firearm with a silencer or a duel simulator.

Claims

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

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

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

wherein the fixation rail (30) is arranged at a lower side wall (13) of the silencer housing extending between the rear end wall (HE) and the front end wall (VE).

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

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

4. The silencer according to 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 according to claim 1, wherein the fixation rail (30) projects beyond the rear end wall (HE).

6. The silencer according to claim 5, wherein the fixation rail (30) has a substantially U-shaped profile, in particular, in the region projecting beyond the rear end wall (HE).

7. The silencer according to claim 6, 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.

8. The silencer according to 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.

9. The silencer according to claim 1, wherein the fixation rail (30) extends substantially over the entire length of the silencer housing (11).

10. The silencer according to claim 1, wherein the front end wall (VE) is configured as a cover (40) being releasable from the silencer housing (11), wherein the cover (40) is formed trough-shaped.

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

12. The silencer according to claim 1, wherein in the front end wall (VE), an illuminant (80), preferably, a laser diode, is arranged, wherein in the silencer housing (11), control electronics (81) and/or a power supply (82) for the illuminant (80) is/are provided, wherein the illuminant (80), the control electronics (81), and the power supply (82) preferably are arranged within an 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, wherein the control electronics (81) or the illuminant module preferably comprises a sensor unit (84) for detection of a firing off of ammunition, in particular, of blank and/or maneuver ammunition, wherein the sensor unit (84) comprises a pressure sensor and/or acoustic sensor.

13. The silencer according to 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 gases expanding in the expansion chamber.

14. The silencer according to claim 13, 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, wherein the expansion chamber (16), preferably, 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, wherein the illuminant module preferably is arranged behind the bulkhead (17), wherein the bulkhead (17) is movable within the receiving channel (21) preferably in longitudinal direction relative to the receiving channel (21), and wherein the control electronics (81) preferably 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.

15. The silencer according to 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 and parallel to the rear end wall (HE), wherein the cover plate (60) has an opening or recess (61) preferably 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, wherein preferably, a spring member (64) is arranged at the lower side of the cover plate (60), wherein preferably 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, wherein the guide gaps and guide rails (62) preferably are formed according to a dovetail guide, and wherein a hole (63), preferably, an elongated hole, is provided in the cover plate (60) below the opening or recess (61).

16. The silencer according to claim 1, wherein the silencer housing (11) and the fixation rail (30) are formed as one part.

17. The silencer according to claim 1, wherein exactly one fixation rail (30) is provided.

18. A gun (90), in particular, handgun, comprising a silencer according to claim 1.

19. A holster for holstering a gun, in particular, a handgun, characterized in that the holster is adapted to holster a gun with a silencer fixed thereto according to claim 1.