Cartridge case, especially for a smooth bore gun

• US 5,969,288 A
• Filed: 05/07/1997
• Issued: 10/19/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cheddite France
• Original Assignee: Cheddite France
• Inventors: Baud, Jean-Jacques
• Primary Examiner(s): TUDOR, HAROLD JAY
• Application Number:
  US08/852,472
• Time in Patent Office: 895 Days
• Field of Search: 102/466, 102/467, 102/469, 102/470, 102/448, 102/464, 102/465
• US Class Current: 102/466
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 5/313 all elements made of plastics

Abstract

Cartridge case (1), especially for a smooth bore gun, comprising three elements made of plastic, namely a tubular body (2) with an assembly end (2a) which tapers into the shape of a cone frustum, a base (3) which has a frustoconical bore (3a) with substantially the same vertex angle as the tapering end (2a) of the tubular body, to which it is matched in order to act as a housing, and a bottom piece (4) with a frustoconical external profile of substantially the same vertex angle as the tapering end (2a) of the tubular body, and as the bore (3a) of the base (3).

Claims

1. A cartridge case, comprising:

three elements made of plastic,

a tubular body with an assembly end which tapers into the shape of a cone frustum,

a base which has a frustoconical bore with a vertex angle substantially the same as and complementary to a vertex angle of the tapering assembly end of the tubular body to which it is matched, the base acting as a housing, and

a bottom piece with a frustoconical external profile of substantially an identical vertex angle as the tapering assembly end of the tubular body and the bore of the base, wherein the frustoconical connection between the tapering assembly end and the frustoconical bore of the base in an axial direction of the tubular body comprises;

a region of sealed connection between a ring of the tapering assembly end of the tubular body and a lip of the base, the ring fitted into the lip, the sealed connection region extending from a posterior line of contact between the base and the tapering assembly end; and

a collar of welding between the tapering assembly end and the frustoconical bore of the base, the collar of welding extending from a distal boundary adjacent to or some distance from the sealed connection region to a frontal boundary adjacent to or distant from an anterior boundary of the tubular body, the anterior boundary arranged some distance from a posterior shoulder of the base.

2. The case according to claim 1, wherein an axial length of the collar of welding is at least equal to half a length of the frustoconical connection between the tapering assembly end and the frustoconical bore of the base.