Procedure for manufacturing a pellet for sporting rifle or sporting gun and pellet for sporting rifle or sporting gun thus obtained

• US 8,037,796 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2010
• Issued: 10/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gamo Outdoor
• Original Assignee: Gamo Outdoor
• Inventors: Salva, Francisco Casas
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes; Bret
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tillman, Jr.; Reginald
• Application Number:
  US12/780,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20100224094A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• Field of Search: 86/54, 86/55, 102/502, 102/503, 102/507, 102/508, 102/517, 102/509, 102/510, 102/519, 102/529, 102/501
• US Class Current: 86/54
• 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 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 at a lower, interior portion of the second internal cavity;

a tip having an upper part ending in at least one vertex and a lower part, wherein the upper part and lower part adopt the configuration of two cones joined at bases thereof, and

wherein the lower part of the tip is received in the second internal cavity.

2. A pellet 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 such that the outer hoop of the tip is received in the internal neck.

3. A pellet in accordance with claim 2, wherein a portion of the head is crimped around a portion of the tip located above the hoop of the tip.

4. A pellet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the second internal cavity has substantially the same shape as the lower part of the tip.

5. A pellet in accordance with claim 1, wherein 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 comprising a first internal cavity and a head comprising a second internal cavity, wherein the second internal cavity comprises at least one side that is tapered such that the second internal cavity is narrower at a lower, interior portion thereof than at an upper end thereof; and

a tip comprising an upper part ending in at least one vertex and a lower part attached to the upper part, wherein the upper part and the lower part adopt the configuration of two cones joined at bases thereof;

wherein the lower part of the tip is received in the second internal cavity.

7. A pellet in accordance with claim 6, wherein the tip comprises an outer hoop and the second internal cavity comprises an internal neck, wherein 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 6, 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 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 at a lower, interior portion of the second internal cavity;

a tip having an upper part ending in at least one vertex and a lower part, wherein the upper part and lower part adopt the configuration of two pyramids joined at bases thereof, and

wherein the lower part of the tip is received in the second internal cavity.

12. A pellet in accordance with claim 11, 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.

13. A pellet in accordance with claim 12, wherein a portion of the head is crimped around a portion of the tip located above the hoop of the tip.

14. A pellet in accordance with claim 11, wherein the second internal cavity has substantially the same shape as the lower part of the tip.

15. A pellet in accordance with claim 11, wherein the upper part of the tip and the lower part of the tip are symmetrical.

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

a body comprising a first internal cavity and a head comprising a second internal cavity, wherein the second internal cavity comprises at least one side that is tapered such that the second internal cavity is narrower at a lower, interior portion thereof than at an upper end thereof; and

a tip comprising an upper part ending in at least one vertex and a lower part attached to the upper part, wherein the upper part and the lower part adopt the configuration of two pyramids joined at bases thereof;

wherein the lower part of the tip is received in the second internal cavity.

17. A pellet in accordance with claim 16, wherein the tip comprises an outer hoop and the second internal cavity comprises an internal neck, wherein the outer hoop of the tip is received in the internal neck.

18. A pellet in accordance with claim 17, wherein a portion of the head is crimped around a portion of the tip located above the hoop of the tip.

19. A pellet in accordance with claim 16, wherein the second internal cavity has substantially the same shape as the lower part of the tip.

20. A pellet in accordance with claim 16, wherein the upper part of the tip and the lower part of the tip are symmetrical.