REMOTE-ACTING ELECTROSHOCK WEAPON WITH ONE-HANDED EXTRACTION OF FIRING CARTRIDGES

Abstract

The utility model relates to a non-lethal police and civilian remote-acting electroshock weapon (DESHO). The technical result consists in developing multi-charge DESHO with an increased reloading speed, eliminating the possibility of bypassing the DESHO after the first shot, and providing the possibility of quickly reloading the DESHO with a new cartridge instead of spent one. The remote-acting electroshock weapon with firing cartridges comprises locking mechanisms for firing cartridges with the possibility to unlock the firing cartridges from the frame of the weapon using one user's hand holding the weapon, spring extractors of firing cartridges, and a selector switch for switching the sequence of the firing cartridges initiation.

Claims

1. Remote-acting electroshock weapon comprising a frame, a power source, an electronic circuit that generates a high voltage shock electrical current voltage damaging the target, a trigger element, at least one firing cartridge provided with throwable current conducting wires located in the firing cartridge, an electronic circuit responsible for the sequence of the firing cartridges initiation, wherein the weapon comprises at least one mechanical locking mechanism for the firing cartridges driven with a human-powered drive mechanism for unlocking the firing cartridge from the frame of the weapon, which is actuated by the finger of user's hand holding the weapon, and at least one spring extractor of the firing cartridge.

2. The weapon according to claim 1, wherein the electronic circuit responsible for the sequence of the firing cartridges initiation has a selector switch for switching the sequence of the firing cartridges initiation.

3. The weapon according to claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism has a drive for unlocking the cartridge from a finger lever with a pivot movement.

4. The weapon according to claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism has a drive for unlocking the cartridge from the finger slider with a longitudinal movement relative to the frame of the weapon.

5. The weapon according to claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism has a drive for unlocking the cartridge from the finger slider with a transverse movement relative to the frame of the weapon.

Description

[0016] The utility model is illustrated by drawings, which show:

[0017] FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. Appearance of DESHO charged with firing cartridges and the firing cartridges.

[0018] FIG. 3. DESHO before shots with half of the frame removed (internal wiring is not shown) with a rotary lever for forced extraction.

[0019] FIG. 4. DESHO after the second shot (one firing cartridge is extracted after the shot) with half of the frame removed and cutaway view of the trigger assembly housing.

[0020] FIG. 5. DESHO during extraction of the cartridge (with half of the frame removed), the left cartridge is almost extracted from the frame of the weapon.

[0021] FIG. 6. Firing cartridge design.

[0022] FIG. 7. General view and view with the half of the frame of the DESHO removed, with forced extraction slider with a longitudinal movement.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0023] FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. DESHO consists of a frame 1 assembled from two symmetrical halves, firing cartridges 2 fixed on the frame 1 in the process of loading, in a pocket of the frame. On each side of the frame there are pivoting levers 3 for manual unlocking the firing cartridges 2 from the frame 1.

[0024] A trigger 4 is designed to start the DESHO electronic circuit, which generates high voltage pulses of shock electrical current and initiates shots of the firing cartridges 2.

[0025] At the front end of the frame 1, there are contact electrodes 5 and 6 (electrically connected together). A removable battery 7 is in the handle of the DESHO; a safety lock 8 and buttons 9 for controlling the modes of operation of the DESHO are at the end of the frame 1, where a display-indicator 10 of the operation of electronic weapon systems can also be located.

[0026] FIG. 3. The firing cartridge 2 is fixed on the frame 1 by its protrusion 11 (see also FIG. 1 and FIG. 2) with a movable spring-loaded locking mechanism 12 (located in each half of the frame 1) moving down vertically relative to the frame of the weapon when engaging with a spring-loaded pusher-type drive 13 (which is also located in each half of the frame 1), which in turn engages the carrier 14 (which is also located in each half of the frame 1) connected by means of an axis through the wall of the frame 1 to the lever 3 (which is also located in each half of the frame 1). When the user's finger presses the lever 3 down relative to the frame of the weapon, it turns and rotates the carrier 14 connected thereto, which carrier, when engaging with the recess of the pusher-type drive 13, moves the pusher-type drive 13 forward relative to the frame of the weapon, wherein the drive engages the locking mechanism 12 moving it down relative to the frame of the weapon that results in unlocking the protrusion 11 of the cartridge 2 from the locking mechanism 12 and the cartridge is pushed out (extracted) from the frame of the weapon by one of the two spring-loaded extractors 15 located in the frame 1 (see FIG. 4), the ejection springs of the extractors are compressed by the cartridge cases when the cartridges are loaded into the pocket designed for accommodation of weapon cartridges. Therefore, when pressing the lever 3 with the finger of only the hand holding the weapon, it is possible to forcibly unload the weapon from the cartridges loaded into it if it is necessary to unload the weapon (for example, for subsequent storage), and also forced extraction of the spent cartridge after the shot is possible if it is necessary to quickly extract the spent cartridges. Therefore, using the other hand of the user to extract the cartridges is not required.

[0027] The frame 1 comprises an electronic circuit 16 that generates the high voltage shock electrical current voltage damaging the target, which circuit also includes an electronic circuit responsible for the sequence of the firing cartridges initiation, and the display indicator 10 of the operation of the electronic circuit, battery (and other information related to operation of the weapon), if necessary, and the battery 7 for the power supply of the electronic circuit 16.

[0028] FIG. 4. When the trigger 4 is pulled in its final course, it turns on, with its rear protrusion, the clock button 17, the clock button starts the electronic circuit 16 that generates the high voltage shock electrical current damaging the target and supplies the low-voltage electrical current for the initiation of the first cartridge pyrotechnic substance propellant charge (for example, the left cartridge relative to the firing line, when the appropriate sequence of the initiation of the firing cartridges to fire is set (see below)) that throws the current conducting wires at the target. After hitting the target, the user releases the trigger 4, the rear protrusion of which releases the clock button 17, and the operation of the electronic circuit 16 is stopped. To fire the next shot, the user pulls the trigger again and the cycle of switching the electronic circuit on is repeated, but the low-voltage electrical current voltage initiating the propellant charge of the pyrotechnic substance of the cartridge this time is supplied to the second cartridge (for example, the right one), i. e. the switching the electrical current voltage initiating the pyrocharge comes off to the next cartridge.

[0029] In the section of the weapon of FIG. 4, where the left cartridge is already extracted from the weapon, one of the extended extractors 15 is shown, which is designed for the extraction of cartridges with its own spring 18 when the user's finger presses the lever 3 for manual unlocking the firing cartridges 2 from the frame 1.

[0030] The loading of the DESHO is carried out by inserting the cartridges 2 into the frame pocket located at the front, while the springs of the extractors 18 are compressed, which springs ensure the extraction of the cartridges 2 from the pockets after the shot or when the DESHO is unloaded. When the cartridges are inserted into the pocket, the protrusions 11 of the cartridges press cross bars (upper ends) of the spring loaded locking mechanisms 12 down relative to the frame of the weapon, which cross bars snap onto the protrusions 11 fixing the cartridges in the frame 1 when the cartridges are fully inserted into the pockets.

[0031] FIG. 5. The extraction of the spent cartridge (or the unloading of the weapon for subsequent storage) is carried out by pressing the lever 3. In this case, the locking mechanism 12 under the action of the pusher-type drive 13, which is moved forward relative to the frame of the weapon by the carrier 14, is lowered relative to the frame of the weapon, its cross bar (upper protrusion) disengages the protrusion 11 of the cartridge 2, and the cartridge, under the action of the spring 18, which was compressed when loading the cartridge into the weapon, is vigorously pushed out from the pocket of the frame of the weapon by the extractor 15. The mechanism for the extraction of the second cartridge works in a similar way.

[0032] Therefore, the device for manual unlocking the cartridges from the frame of the weapon performs both the function of a device that accelerates the extraction during firing (and, accordingly, the speed of reloading the weapon with new ammunition) and the function of a device for unloading the weapon for subsequent storage. The required force when pressing the lever 3 is set by the force of the return springs of the locking mechanism 12 and the pusher-type drive 13.

[0033] If it is necessary to demonstrate a spark electrical discharge to an offender to remove aggression from him or to use the weapon in direct contact mode (without shots), the user disconnects the part of the electronic circuit 16, which is responsible for the sequence of the firing cartridges initiation for a shot, from operation using one of the buttons 9. In this case, when the trigger is pulled, the low-voltage electrical current voltage that initiates the firing cartridge pyrotechnic charge is not generated and is not supplied to the electrical contacts 19 (see FIG. 4) for the electrical initiation of the pyrotechnic charge of the cartridges. When the specified part of the electronic circuit is disconnected from operation and the trigger 4 is pulled, the electronic circuit 16 generates only the shock electrical current voltage, with the formation of a visible spark discharge between the electrodes 5 and 6 during the demonstration of the electrical discharge or producing an immobilizing effect on the target when electrodes 5 and 6 contact the body of the bio-target.

[0034] Unlike the prototype, in which it is impossible to reload the weapon with a new cartridge instead of spent one between shots, in the proposed weapon, reloading is possible. The electronic circuit 16 responsible for firing cartridges initiation has a selector switch for switching the sequence of the firing cartridges initiation for the first shot from the right cartridge to the left one or vice versa using one of the buttons 9. The possibility to switch the sequence of the firing cartridges initiation makes it possible for a right-handed or left-handed user to extract the spent cartridge and replace it with a new one equally conveniently, and therefore quickly. Switching the sequence depending on the user's dominant arm allows the right-handed or left-handed user to set the cartridge initiation position on the weapon, which makes it more convenient (and therefore faster) to reload a weapon having one cartridge fired and extracted with a hand that is closer to the side of the weapon with a pocket from which the cartridge has already been extracted.

[0035] FIG. 6. A power case 20 of the cartridge 2, a protrusion 11, a plug 21, split plugs of barrel channels 22, gas channels 23, a pyrotechnic charge 24 with electrical ignition, throwable probes 25 with a current conducting wire. When a low-voltage electrical current voltage is supplied from an electronic circuit 16 to the pyrotechnic charge 24, the charge is initiated and the generated combustion gases pass through the channels 23 into the barrel channels of the cartridge, throwing the probes 25 with the current conducting wire at the target.

[0036] FIG. 7. The locking mechanism 12 can be driven both from a pivot lever 3 and from a push slider (or button) with a longitudinal movement relative to the frame of the DESHO, or a push button with a lateral movement relative to the frame of the DESHO. Rotary longitudinal or transverse movement of the member (lever, slider, button) moving the pusher-type drive of the locking mechanism drive 12 relative to the frame of the weapon is determined by the designer. FIG. 7 shows a general view and a view with a half of the frame of the DESHO removed with a slider with a longitudinal movement relative to the frame of the DESHO.

[0037] A frame 26 of the DESHO, slider 27 with a longitudinal movement, pusher-type drive 28, locking mechanism 12, cartridge 2.

[0038] The operation of the cartridge extraction mechanism does not differ from those given in the description of the previous figures, except that to extract the cartridge, the finger of user's hand holding the weapon presses the slider 27, which is rigidly connected to the pusher-type drive 28 through a slot in the wall of the frame 26, longitudinally relative to the frame 26. The pusher-type drive 28 engages the locking mechanism 12 in the same way as in the above-described figures. In this case, the locking mechanism 12 is disconnected from the protrusion 11 of the cartridge 2, and the extractor pushes the cartridge out of the frame of the weapon with the spring 18, which was compressed when loading the cartridge into the weapon, performing extraction.

[0039] It is clear that the force for unlocking the locking mechanism 12 can also be transmitted to it from a lateral movement of the slider or button pressed by the finger of user's hand holding the weapon relative to the frame of the DESHO. Such a transmission is carried out by simple devices that are generally applicable and understandable to anyone, both a technical specialist and a schoolchild, in the form of levers, inclined planes, gear rack and pinion gears or their combinations. In the text of the claims of the invention, the term “finger lever or slider” is used, i. e. member of the drive of the unlocking mechanism driven by the finger of user's hand holding the weapon.

LIST OF CITED SOURCES

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