Training round for firearm

• US 4,899,660 A
• Filed: 04/11/1988
• Issued: 02/13/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Rainier International Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Rainier International Incorporated
• Inventors: Brighton, Richard W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tudor, Harold J.
• Application Number:
  US07/179,680
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: 102/430, 102/464-472, 102/444-447, 102/502, 102/513, 102/529, 102/530, 42/96
• US Class Current: 102/447
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/36 for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/40 of target-marking, i.e. impact-indicating type F42B12/48, F42B12/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/46 for dispensing gases, vapours, powders or chemically-reactive substances F42B12/70 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 8/02 Cartridges F41A33/02, F42B7/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 8/14 disintegrating in flight or upon impact
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 8/16 containing an inert filler in powder or granular form

Abstract

A practice round [10] for use in firearms including a casing [11] holding a projectile [16]. A standard primer cap [20] is detonated to propel the projectile forward. A vent hole [40] in the casing limits the pressure buildup in the casing cavity [17].

Claims

1. A non-lethal training round for use in a revolver type weapon comprising:

a non-lethal projectile;

a casing having walls forming a cavity to receive said projectile, said casing having a first opening in a first wall to allow exiting of said projectile and having a second wall forming an end wall;

a primer cap in said end wall communicating with said cavity and energizeable as the sale source to cause a gas pressure increase in said cavity and drive said projectile from said casing out through said first opening; and

said casing walls including means to limit the pressure buildup in said cavity to thereby limit the force exerted on said projectile including at least one vent opening in said end wall communicating with said cavity.

2. A non-lethal training round as defined in claim 1, wherein said non-lethal projectile comprises a capsule having walls forming a second cavity filled with a material.

3. A non-lethal training round as defined in claim 2, wherein said capsule has forward rear walls aligned to face said first and second walls respectively of said casing and wherein said rear wall faces said casing cavity and is reinforced to withstand the force of the gas pressure within said casing cavity.

4. A non-lethal training round as defined in claim 3, wherein said forward wall of said capsule is weaker than said rear wall to allow the capsule to rupture when it hits a target.