ACCESSORY FOR INSTALLING, POSITIONING AND ATTACHING A TELESCOPIC SIGHT OR ANY OTHER AIMING ACCESSORY ON A SPORTING GUN OR FIREARM

Abstract

Accessory for the installation, positioning and fixing of a telescopic sight or any other aiming accessory on an air rifle or firearm. The referred rifle or firearm comprises a series of longitudinal grooves (11) on its upper part, facing said accessory (10) and characterised in that said accessory comprises: first longitudinal support (14), with at least one orifice (17) perpendicular to the air rifle (12) or firearm, through which positioning means (16) pass that are housed on the rifle (12) or firearm, defining a firm supporting position between chamber (26) of said firearm and said first longitudinal support (14).

Claims

1-10. (canceled)

11. An accessory for installing, positioning, and attaching a telescopic sight or any other aiming accessory on a sporting gun or firearm, said sporting gun or firearm comprising on an upper portion thereof a series of longitudinal grooves facing said accessory, the accessory comprising: a first longitudinal support with at least one hole perpendicular to the sporting gun or firearm, a positioning means passing through the at least one hole of the first longitudinal support, the positioning means being housed in the sporting gun or firearm, defining a rigidly connected position between a chamber of the sporting gun or firearm and said first support, a second longitudinal support situated after the first longitudinal support and connected to said first longitudinal support by at least one set of damping means arranged between both longitudinal supports and attached to said supports, said second longitudinal support comprising: means for attaching a telescopic sight or any other aiming accessory on a upper portion of the second longitudinal support, longitudinal guides on a lower portion of the second longitudinal support, at least partly attached to the sporting gun or firearm and suitable for fitting in grooves of said sporting gun or firearm, and a plurality of through-holes the pass from one side to the other of the accessory perpendicular to a longitudinal axis or the accessory and for the housing of attachment means, such that when the attachment means is inserted in the through-holes, the attachment means compress the accessory about the longitudinal axis, applying pressure on the guides against the grooves of the gun like a clamp, attaching and immobilizing the accessory in position on the gun or firearm.

12. The accessory of claim 11, wherein the damping means are made of a polymer.

13. The accessory of claim 12, wherein said damping means are at least one cylinder that enters partly into each of the longitudinal supports and separates the longitudinal supports by a predetermined distance.

14. The accessory of claim 12, wherein said polymer is a polyamide.

15. The accessory of claim 14, wherein said damping means are at least one cylinder that enters partly into each of the longitudinal supports and separates the longitudinal supports by a predetermined distance.

16. The accessory of claim 11, wherein said damping means are at least one cylinder that enters partly into each of the longitudinal supports and separates the longitudinal supports by a predetermined distance.

17. The accessory of claim 16, wherein the two longitudinal parts are both longitudinally asymmetric and both comprise a larger asymmetric part.

18. The accessory of claim 17, wherein the at least one cylinder is situated between the larger asymmetric parts of the supports.

19. The accessory of claim 11, wherein at least one of the longitudinal supports is produced in two longitudinal parts connected to each other by said attachment means.

20. The accessory of claim 19, wherein the two longitudinal parts are both longitudinally asymmetric and both comprise a larger asymmetric part.

21. The accessory of claim 20, wherein the at least one cylinder is situated between the larger asymmetric parts of the longitudinal supports.

22. The accessory of claim 21, wherein the means for attaching a telescopic sight are situated in the larger asymmetric part of the second longitudinal support.

23. The accessory of claim 22, wherein the means for attaching a telescopic sight are in the form of a dovetail and are situated along the larger asymmetric part of the second longitudinal support.

24. The accessory of claim 23, further comprising a third longitudinal support situated between the first longitudinal support and the second longitudinal support, connected to the respective supports by the corresponding damping means.

25. The accessory of claim 11, further comprising a third longitudinal support situated between the first longitudinal support and the second longitudinal support, connected to the respective supports by the corresponding damping means.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] For easier explanation, the eight drawings which accompany the present description show a practical embodiment, which is given as a non-limiting example of the scope of the present invention:

[0018] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the accessory fitted to a sporting gun,

[0019] FIG. 2 is a view in part of the gun with the accessory,

[0020] FIG. 3 is an exploded view of an accessory of a first embodiment,

[0021] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an accessory in a second embodiment with three longitudinal supports and

[0022] FIG. 5 is a cross section along the line V-V of FIG. 4,

[0023] FIG. 6 is a general view of a gun with the accessory according to the first embodiment,

[0024] FIG. 7 is a cross section along the line VII-VII of FIG. 6,

[0025] FIG. 8 is a cross section, without the barrel, along the line VIII-VIII of FIG. 6.

PRACTICAL EMBODIMENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

[0026] First of all, when the expression sporting gun is mentioned, it means what in English is named as an air rifle or gas rifle, depending on the projectile or pellet supply system.

[0027] Similarly, in this embodiment the expressions sight or telescopic sight are used as equivalents, even when the reference may relate to any other aiming accessory.

[0028] Thus, in FIG. 1 a sporting gun 12 is shown with longitudinal grooves 11 and an accessory 10.

[0029] FIG. 2 shows the accessory 10, the longitudinal grooves 11, a first longitudinal support 14, a second longitudinal support 13, centring attachment means 16, attaching holes 18 for a sight, a chamber 26 and attachment means 6.

[0030] FIG. 3 shows a large asymmetric part 3 and a small asymmetric part 4 belonging to the first longitudinal support 14, a large asymmetric part 1 and a small asymmetric part 2 belonging to the second longitudinal support 13, damping means 5, through-holes 9 with attachment means 6, centring attachment means 16 and a centring hole 17.

[0031] FIG. 4 illustrates the large asymmetric part 3 and the small asymmetric part 4 belonging to the first longitudinal support 14, the large asymmetric part 1 and the small asymmetric part 2 belonging to the second longitudinal support 13, the attachment means 6, the centring hole 17, the holes for positioning 18 the sight, means for attaching 7 the sight or telescopic sight, longitudinal guides 8, and a third longitudinal support 19.

[0032] FIG. 5 shows the large asymmetric parts 1,3, the attachment means 6, the means for attaching 7 a telescopic sight, the centring hole 17 and the holes for positioning 18 the sight.

[0033] FIG. 6 shows the first longitudinal support 14, the second longitudinal support 13, a telescopic sight 25, the chamber 26 and the centring attachment means 16.

[0034] FIG. 7 shows the first longitudinal support 14, the telescopic sight 25, the chamber 26, centring holes 17,24, the longitudinal guides 8, the longitudinal grooves 11 and the centring attachment means 16.

[0035] Finally, FIG. 8 shows the first longitudinal support 14, the second longitudinal support 13, the telescopic sight 25, means for attaching 27 the telescopic sight, the chamber 26 and the centring attachment means 16.

[0036] Thus, in a first embodiment (FIG. 3), the damping means 5 would be arranged between the first longitudinal support 14 and the second longitudinal support 13. In a second embodiment, the damping means 5 would be arranged between the first longitudinal support 14 and the third longitudinal support 19 and between the third longitudinal support 19 and the second longitudinal support 13 (FIG. 5).

[0037] Next, said accessory 10 is installed on the sporting gun 12 in the following manner.

[0038] The longitudinal guides 8 are passed along the longitudinal grooves 11 until the centring hole 17 faces a centring hole 24 (FIG. 7) in said chamber 26 of the sporting gun 12.

[0039] Next, the second longitudinal support 13 is attached to the gun 12 using centring attachment means 16, for example a screw, through said holes 17 and 24.

[0040] Then the attachment means 6 are secured, through the through-holes 9, in such a way that the longitudinal guides 8 catch the longitudinal grooves 11 and the accessory 10 is completely immobilised, the longitudinal grooves 11 therefore facing the longitudinal guides 8 (FIG. 7). The attachment means 6, in this embodiment screws (although they could be other attachment means such as pins, etc.), therefore compress the accessory about its longitudinal axis, applying pressure on the guides 8 against the grooves 11 of the gun like a clamp, attaching and immobilising the accessory 10 in position on the gun 12 or firearm.

[0041] In this embodiment, the second longitudinal support 13 is the only one that has means for attaching 7 a telescopic sight on the upper portion thereof.

[0042] The second longitudinal support 13, which is situated directly (FIGS. 1 to 3) or indirectly (FIGS. 4 and 5) after the first longitudinal support 14, is connected to the first support 14 by at least one set of damping means 5, which in this embodiment are two cylinders, arranged between both longitudinal supports 13,14 and attached to said supports 13,14.

[0043] The damping means 5 are made of a polymer, for example a polyamide, which gives a small amount of resilience to the assembly, while at the same time maintaining rigidity, as explained earlier.

[0044] The cylinders 5 are situated partly on each of the supports 13,14, leaving a predetermined distance which separates both supports and which will serve to damp the impact.

[0045] This embodiment has been produced so that each one of the supports 13,14 is manufactured in two longitudinal parts 1,2 and 3,4, which are connected to each other by said attachment means 6. In this case both supports are attached, and this structure therefore makes the work of assembly and disassembly easier, allowing better attachment of the accessory 10 to the gun 12.

[0046] In this embodiment, the parts 1,2,3,4 are longitudinally asymmetric. This means that the entire structure can be maintained attached in the same part 1,3, in other words, the cylinders 5 are fitted together in the larger asymmetric parts 1,3 and the means for attaching 7 a telescopic sight are situated in the larger asymmetric part 1 of the second longitudinal support 13, and damping therefore works much better.

[0047] The means for attaching 7 a telescopic sight are in the form of a dovetail in this embodiment (although they could take another form, such as a Picatinny rail, etc.) and are situated along the larger asymmetric part 1 of the second longitudinal support 13. The first longitudinal support 14 should not have elements for attaching 7 to the telescopic sight 25. This is to ensure that the telescopic sight 25 cannot be partly attached to the first longitudinal support 14, and therefore ensures that the damping is not negated.

[0048] As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a third longitudinal support 19 may be provided, situated between the first longitudinal support 14 and the second longitudinal support 13, connected to the respective supports 13,14 by the corresponding damping means 5. Said third longitudinal support 19, like the first longitudinal support 14, would not have attachment means 7 for the telescopic sight, to ensure that the damping is not negated.

[0049] As explained earlier, when the gun 12 is fired, due to the forward propulsion of the piston (not illustrated), the chamber 26 and in turn the gun 12, have a tendency to move backwards, towards the shoulder of the shooter. As disclosed earlier, the sight 25 is rigidly connected to the second longitudinal support 13 and, in turn, said longitudinal support 13 is rigidly connected to the first longitudinal support 14. Due to the first longitudinal support 14 is connected to the chamber 26, both supports 13,14 and the sight 25 also have a tendency to move backwards.

[0050] When the piston impacts against the chamber 26 a high frequency impact is produced. Due to this impact, the backwards movement of the chamber 26, and therefore the gun 12, supports 13,14 and sight 25 is suddenly interrupted.

[0051] The polyamide cylinders 5 are responsible for absorbing the high-frequency impact produced.

[0052] It is this combination of slight or low resilience conferred by the cylinders 5, due to the rigidity of the accessory 10, which means that although the sight 25 does not move, at the same time said sight does not receive the impact or spikes of high-frequency energy which are absorbed by the cylinders 5.

[0053] Similarly, as there is no spike of high-frequency energy, scarcely any loosening or wear occurs to the parts, either to the sight 25 or to the attaching thereof, and the telescopic sight 25 therefore remains unchanged for longer.

[0054] In this embodiment, the example of a sporting gun has been given, although it is equally possible to consider its use in a sporting pistol or firearm.

[0055] The present invention describes a novel accessory for installing, positioning and attaching a telescopic sight or any other aiming accessory on a sporting gun or firearm. The examples mentioned here do not limit the present invention, which could therefore have other applications and/or adaptations, all within the scope of the following claims.