EP0415054B1 - Cartridge case collector for a shoulder firearm - Google Patents

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EP0415054B1
EP0415054B1 EP90113809A EP90113809A EP0415054B1 EP 0415054 B1 EP0415054 B1 EP 0415054B1 EP 90113809 A EP90113809 A EP 90113809A EP 90113809 A EP90113809 A EP 90113809A EP 0415054 B1 EP0415054 B1 EP 0415054B1
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    • F41AFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
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  • the present invention relates to a device for recovering cartridge cases for a long gun, such as an automatic or semi-automatic assault rifle, the carcass of which has a magazine engagement receptacle of removable cartridges and a window for ejecting the cartridges from the drawn cartridges.
  • This device is of the type comprising a container having an inlet opening intended to appear in front of the window for ejecting holsters to collect them and means for its temporary fixing to an element of the weapon.
  • the container is temporarily fixed to a support screwed onto the carcass of the weapon by an elastic bolt locking system which can be engaged in a keeper integral with this support.
  • the holding of the container against the ejection window is ensured by simple gravity, the locking by strike and bolt being located at its upper part.
  • the container is constituted by a sort of removable lattice bag which is fixed by a clipping system on the periphery of the open bottom of a support in the form of a box having an opening situated in front of the weapon ejection window.
  • the support is also detachably attached to the weapon, by a system of angle iron and gripping collar coming to be taken respectively on the top and the circumference of the carcass of the weapon.
  • the additional cartridge magazine thus located constitutes a protuberance on the side of the weapon at a place occupied by the container for the devices for recovering the aforementioned known cartridge case.
  • this protuberance is not permanent, owing to the fact that the additional magazine which constitutes it must be, after exhaustion of the cartridges of the magazine engaged in the carcass of the weapon, put in the place of the latter or, vice versa when the additional store was first engaged.
  • the holster recovery device must still be able to be used with the only cartridge magazine engaged in the carcass of the weapon, for example during firing exercises.
  • the device for recovering cartridge cases must therefore be able to perform its function at the same time in the two aforementioned spatial conformations.
  • the invention aims to solve this problem.
  • the case recovery device of cartridges according to the invention is characterized in that the container comprises a lower part provided with fixing means provided to ensure its temporary fixing to a cartridge magazine for the weapon, and an upper part provided with a retractable telescopic lateral extension having at its free end the inlet opening of the cartridge cases, this extension being of a length at least equal to the width of a cartridge magazine.
  • the container attached to a cartridge magazine becomes dependent on the positioning of the latter relative to the carcass of the weapon, and the extension of its upper part can be taken out or taken in according to this positioning in order to be able to keep its entrance opening in front of and close to the case ejection window.
  • the device thus designed can therefore ensure its function as well with a weapon equipped with magazines of conventional cartridges as with a weapon equipped with magazines of multiple cartridges, which answers well the aim of the invention.
  • the fixing means provided for temporarily fixing the lower part of the container to a cartridge store can be of different kinds, such as for example magnetic means associated with means for the relative positioning of these two elements, or even elastic gripping arms forming clips intended to grip the two sides, front and rear, of the cartridge magazine.
  • These temporary fixing means can also be advantageously constituted by the same ones which are intended to couple the magazines of the system of magazines of multiple cartridges used.
  • the means for fixing the container to a magazine of this kind are constituted by one of these two types of male or female coupling means fixed and / or integrated into its side located opposite the weapon.
  • this case recovery device in which the telescopic extension of the upper part of the container is provided retractable therein allows, also making this upper part retractable in the lower part of the container, solve the problem of the size of this device during its transport in the state not associated with the weapon, for example in the same box as those used for the transport of magazines of multiple cartridges.
  • Figure 1 is an overview showing this object in the extended configuration of its elements.
  • Figure 2 is a partial view of a weapon equipped with magazines of multiple cartridges to which this object relates.
  • Figures 3 and 4 are two front views in partial section, along the cutting axis I-I of Figure 1, of the object of the invention shown respectively in two different configurations of use.
  • Figure 5 is an overview of the object of the invention in configuration of minimum size.
  • the device for recovering cartridge cases shown in FIGS. 1, 3, 4, and 5 is composed of a lower part 1 provided with fixing means 3 and 4 designed to ensure its temporary fixing to a cartridge store such as one of the stores 7 shown in FIG. 2, and of an upper part 2 provided with a retractable telescopic lateral extension 5 having at its free end an inlet opening 6 of the cartridge cases intended to appear opposite and close to the window d ejection 8 of the weapon, also shown in FIG. 2.
  • the two upper 2 and lower 1 parts are telescopic, the upper part 2 being retractable in the lower part 1 after retraction of its lateral extension 5, to result in the configuration of minimum bulk shown in FIG. 5.
  • the lower part of the container has a bottom which is closed here by a zipper 9 intended to allow the recovery of the cases collected in an easy manner without having to necessarily detach it from the cartridge store to which it is fixed, and its side located opposite the weapon has the attachment means 3 and 4 already mentioned.
  • These fixing means 3 and 4 are here constituted by the same female members as those of the male and female coupling means of the magazine of multiple cartridges 7 of the weapon shown in FIG. 2.
  • These female members 3 and 4 two in number spaced in height on the side of the lower part 1 of the container, are buttonholes with lateral slots intended for the engagement of the two corresponding male members of a cartridge magazine 7 which are constituted by tenons with heads 30.
  • the upper buttonhole 3 has its oriented side slit upwards, however, that the slot in the lower buttonhole 4 is oriented substantially along a tangent to a fictitious arc C having as its center that of the upper buttonhole 3.
  • This is to respond to the coupling mode of this type of cartridge magazine multiple which proceeds first of all by downward engagement of the upper tenon 30 in the upper buttonhole 3 and then by pivoting along the above-mentioned arc of circle C to engage the second tenon 30 in the lower buttonhole 4.
  • a hard point 10 is provided at the end of travel of this last engagement between the buttonhole 4 and the tenon 30 to constitute a holding brake in the coupling position, this hard point being absorbed by the own elasticity of the construction material used.
  • the upper part 2 of the container has an inlet opening 6 which corresponds to that of its extension 5, and a limit switch locking system, in the extended position shown in FIG. 1 and in the retracted position shown in FIG. 5, which comprises two cylindrical fingers 11 engaged in two rectilinear slides 12 of two opposite walls of the lower part 1, a single finger 11 and a single slide 12 being visible in these Figures 1 and 5; a hard point 13 constituted by a narrowing of the slide is provided at the end of extension stroke and at the end of retraction stroke, the passage of each of these two hard points by the finger 11 being absorbed by the elasticity of the material construction worker, here too.
  • a similar end-of-travel blocking system is provided for the extension 5 of the upper part 2, by means of a cylindrical finger 14 engaged in a slide 15 of the upper wall of this upper part 2 which also has two points. hard 16.
  • two notches 18 and 19 are provided intended to allow the passage of the load handle 20 of the weapon shown, this handle being arranged on the side of this weapon.
  • the notch 18 in the upper walls of these two elements is provided to allow, when the device is mounted on the weapon, the extension in height of the upper part 2, after coupling of the lower part 1 with a cartridge magazine 7, when the weapon comprises only one of these magazines, engaged in the receptacle 21 of its carcass, as in the configuration shown in FIG. 4.
  • the notch 19 in the side walls of these two elements is provided to allow the free movement of the charge handle along its stroke, during firing, this handle 20 being integral with the movable breech of the weapon shown, and this both in the retracted position and at the outlet of the extension 5, that is to say in the two configurations of use shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • notches 18 and 19 will be suitable for any other type of weapon, or else removed for a weapon having its carrying handle on it instead of having it sideways.
  • a grab bar 22 is associated with the upper wall of the upper part 2 to facilitate its extraction from inside the lower part 1, extraction which requires the passage of the hard points 13 of the slides 12, the finger 14 can be used for a similar purpose for the extraction of the extension 5 from inside this upper part 2.
  • a bar similar to 22 is associated with the pull tab 9 for the same purpose.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 the carcass 23 of the weapon has been voluntarily shown diagrammatically to show only the window 8 for ejecting the cartridge cases, the charging handle 20 and the receptacle 21 intended for engaging the magazines of cartridges 7, the only objects useful for understanding the invention.
  • the device is shown coupled to three cartridge magazines 7, which seems to be a reasonable maximum taking into account the handicaps which can result from an increase in the weight of the assembly, especially with heavy equipment and magazines. high capacity cartridges.
  • the extension 5 of the upper part 2 of the container is removed to make up for the additional thickness of a cartridge magazine 7 which separates it from the carcass of the weapon. This shows that the length of this extension must be at least equal to this thickness, including the male coupling members 30 and female 3 and 4.
  • the third magazine After exhaustion of this store coupled to the container, the third magazine is placed in the receptacle 21, the first two empty magazines are uncoupled and the container is replaced by coupling of this third magazine, according to the configuration shown in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 5 clearly shows, by comparison with FIG. 1, the reduction in the size of the device obtained by the design of the container in two telescopic parts 1 and 2.
  • This reduction in size finds its advantage in the transport of the device which can thus be stored in the same box as those used for the transport of stores of multiple cartridges 7.
  • the two parts 1 and 2 of the container can be fixed or constitute only one body, the differentiation only relating to their different functions. .
  • the coupling means 3, 4 and 30 shown as an example are not limiting and any other system may be applied without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • a design of this kind can for example be constituted by elastic gripping arms, associated with the lower part of the container and forming clips intended to grip the two sides, front and rear, of a cartridge magazine, the latter being able to just as well being a traditional store not equipped with coupling means.

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The particular feature of the device is that it can be adapted to a firearm equipped with multiple cartridge magazines (7) connected removably by means of coupling members (3, 4, 30). It comprises, for this purpose, a lower part (1) intended to be fastened temporarily to a cartridge magazine (7) by means of coupling members (3, 4) paired with those of said magazine, and an upper part (2) provided with a telescopic lateral extension (5) retractable from its entry orifice (6) and intended to come in front of the aperture (8) for ejecting the cartridge cases from the body (23) of the firearm. To make it easier to transport the device, whilst at the same time reducing its overall size, the two parts (1, 2) of the container are telescopic. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif de récupération des étuis de cartouches pour une arme d'épaule, telle qu'un fusil d'assaut à tir automatique ou semi-automatique, dont la carcasse présente un réceptacle d'engagement d'un magasin de cartouches amovible et une fenêtre d'éjection des étuis des cartouches tirées.The present invention relates to a device for recovering cartridge cases for a long gun, such as an automatic or semi-automatic assault rifle, the carcass of which has a magazine engagement receptacle of removable cartridges and a window for ejecting the cartridges from the drawn cartridges.

Ce dispositif est du genre comprenant un conteneur ayant une ouverture d'entrée destinée à se présenter en face de la fenêtre d'éjection des étuis pour recueillir ceux-ci et des moyens pour sa fixation temporaire à un élément de l'arme.This device is of the type comprising a container having an inlet opening intended to appear in front of the window for ejecting holsters to collect them and means for its temporary fixing to an element of the weapon.

Il existe des dispositifs de ce genre qui ont déjà été conçus pour tenter de résoudre les problèmes liés à la récupération des étuis des cartouches.There are devices of this kind which have already been designed in an attempt to solve the problems associated with the recovery of cartridge cases.

Cette récupération est motivée par le coût élevé des cartouches manufacturées et par la rareté de cartouches de certains calibres, coût et rareté qui incitent la quasi-totalité des tireurs sportifs à récupérer et à recharger eux-mêmes les étuis des cartouches, avec par ailleurs un effet bénéfique sur la précision du tir.This recovery is motivated by the high cost of cartridges manufactured and by the scarcity of cartridges of certain calibers, cost and rarity which encourage almost all sport shooters to recover and refill cartridge cases themselves, with in addition a beneficial effect on the accuracy of the shot.

En l'absence d'un dispositif spécialement approprié, la récupération des étuis est souvent malaisée, ceux-ci pouvant être éjectés à plusieurs mètres du tireur, dans des directions diverses et souvent à l'avant du pas de tir.In the absence of a specially suitable device, retrieving the cases is often difficult, they can be ejected several meters from the shooter, in various directions and often in front of the launch pad.

Afin de limiter la perte d'étuis, les tireurs sont amenés à disposer des écrans de toutes sortes à proximité de la fenêtre d'éjection de l'arme, ce qui n'est guère pratique ni bien efficace du fait que les étuis éjectés ne suivent pas nécessairement la même trajectoire et peuvent passer à côté de ces écrans et ricocher dans des directions inattendues.In order to limit the loss of holsters, shooters are led to have screens of all kinds near the ejection window of the weapon, which is not very practical or very effective because the holsters ejected do not necessarily follow the same trajectory and may miss these screens and ricochet in unexpected directions.

Il est d'ailleurs habituel de voir les tireurs, dès la fin des tirs, partir à la recherche d'étuis, parfois bien loin de l'emplacement qu'ils occupaient. Les étuis retrouvés ne sont pas nécessairement ceux du tireur qui les ramasse et il est désagréable pour un tireur sérieux de recharger des étuis dont il ignore combien de fois ils ont été utilisés, ni à quelles charges ils ont déjà été soumis.It is also usual to see the shooters, at the end of the shooting, go in search of cases, sometimes very far from the location they occupied. The cases found are not necessarily those of the shooter who picks them up and it is unpleasant for a serious shooter to reload cases which he does not know how many times they have been used, or to what loads they have already been subjected.

Avec les dispositifs de récupération connus du genre précité auquel se rapporte l'invention, ces problèmes sont résolus du fait que le conteneur est associé à l'arme et que les étuis qui y sont recueillis ne peuvent être que ceux du tireur.With the known recovery devices of the aforementioned genre to which the invention relates, these problems are solved by the fact that the container is associated with the weapon and that the cases which are collected there can only be those of the shooter.

Dans l'un de ces dispositifs décrit dans le brevet US 4204353, le conteneur est fixé temporairement à un support vissé sur la carcasse de l'arme par un système de verrouillage à pêne élastique enclenchable dans une gâche solidaire de ce support. Dans ce dispositif, la tenue du conteneur contre la fenêtre d'éjection est assurée par simple gravité, le verrouillage par gâche et pêne étant situé à sa partie supérieure.In one of these devices described in US Patent 4204353, the container is temporarily fixed to a support screwed onto the carcass of the weapon by an elastic bolt locking system which can be engaged in a keeper integral with this support. In this device, the holding of the container against the ejection window is ensured by simple gravity, the locking by strike and bolt being located at its upper part.

Dans un autre dispositif, décrit dans le brevet US 4028834, le conteneur est constitué par une sorte de sac en treillis amovible venant se fixer par un système de clipage sur le pourtour du fond ouvert d'un support en forme de boîtier présentant une ouverture située en face de la fenêtre d'éjection de l'arme.In another device, described in US Pat. No. 4,028,834, the container is constituted by a sort of removable lattice bag which is fixed by a clipping system on the periphery of the open bottom of a support in the form of a box having an opening situated in front of the weapon ejection window.

De son côté, le support est fixé à l'arme de manière amovible également, par un système de cornière et de collier d'agrippage venant se prendre respectivement sur le dessus et le pourtour de la carcasse de l'arme.For its part, the support is also detachably attached to the weapon, by a system of angle iron and gripping collar coming to be taken respectively on the top and the circumference of the carcass of the weapon.

Avec l'apparition récente de systèmes de magasins de cartouches multiples, par le moyen desquels au moins un magasin supplémentaire est fixé de manière amovible à l'un des deux flancs du magasin déjà engagé dans le réceptacle de la carcasse de l'arme, un nouveau problème se pose pour la récupération des étuis de cartouches lorsque ce magasin supplémentaire est situé du côté de la fenêtre d'éjection de ces étuis.With the recent appearance of multiple cartridge magazine systems, by means of which at least one additional magazine is removably attached to one of the two sides of the magazine already engaged in the receptacle of the carcass of the weapon, a new problem arises for the recovery of cartridge cases when this additional magazine is located on the side of the ejection window of these cases.

En effet, le magasin de cartouches supplémentaire ainsi situé constitue une protubérance sur le côté de l'arme à un endroit occupé par le conteneur des dispositifs de récupération des étuis de cartouches connus précités.Indeed, the additional cartridge magazine thus located constitutes a protuberance on the side of the weapon at a place occupied by the container for the devices for recovering the aforementioned known cartridge case.

En outre, cette protubérance n'est pas permanente, du fait que le magasin supplémentaire qui la constitue doit être, après épuisement des cartouches du magasin engagé dans la carcasse de l'arme, mis à la place de ce dernier ou bien, vice versa lorsque c'est le magasin supplémentaire qui a été engagé le premier.In addition, this protuberance is not permanent, owing to the fact that the additional magazine which constitutes it must be, after exhaustion of the cartridges of the magazine engaged in the carcass of the weapon, put in the place of the latter or, vice versa when the additional store was first engaged.

Par ailleurs, le dispositif de récupération des étuis doit pouvoir être quand même utilisé avec le seul magasin de cartouches engagé dans la carcasse de l'arme, par exemple lors d'exercices de tir.Furthermore, the holster recovery device must still be able to be used with the only cartridge magazine engaged in the carcass of the weapon, for example during firing exercises.

Sur les armes équipées d'un système de magasins de cartouches multiples, le dispositif de récupération des étuis de cartouches doit donc pouvoir assurer sa fonction à la fois dans les deux conformations spatiales précitées.On weapons equipped with a multiple cartridge magazine system, the device for recovering cartridge cases must therefore be able to perform its function at the same time in the two aforementioned spatial conformations.

L'invention a pour but de résoudre ce problème.The invention aims to solve this problem.

A cet effet, le dispositif de récupération des étuis de cartouches selon l'invention est caractérisé en ce que le conteneur comporte une partie basse nantie de moyens de fixation prévus pour assurer sa fixation temporaire à un magasin de cartouches de l'arme, et une partie haute nantie d'une extension latérale télescopique escamotable présentant à son extrémité libre l'ouverture d'entrée des étuis de cartouches, cette extension étant d'une longueur au moins égale à la largeur d'un magasin de cartouches.For this purpose, the case recovery device of cartridges according to the invention is characterized in that the container comprises a lower part provided with fixing means provided to ensure its temporary fixing to a cartridge magazine for the weapon, and an upper part provided with a retractable telescopic lateral extension having at its free end the inlet opening of the cartridge cases, this extension being of a length at least equal to the width of a cartridge magazine.

De la sorte, le conteneur fixé à un magasin de cartouches devient tributaire du positionnement de celui-ci par rapport à la carcasse de l'arme, et l'extension de sa partie haute peut être sortie ou rentrée selon ce positionnement pour pouvoir garder son ouverture d'entrée devant et proche de la fenêtre d'éjection des étuis.In this way, the container attached to a cartridge magazine becomes dependent on the positioning of the latter relative to the carcass of the weapon, and the extension of its upper part can be taken out or taken in according to this positioning in order to be able to keep its entrance opening in front of and close to the case ejection window.

Le dispositif ainsi conçu peut donc assurer sa fonction aussi bien avec une arme équipée de magasins de cartouches conventionnels qu'avec une arme équipée de magasins de cartouches multiples, ce qui répond bien au but de l'invention.The device thus designed can therefore ensure its function as well with a weapon equipped with magazines of conventional cartridges as with a weapon equipped with magazines of multiple cartridges, which answers well the aim of the invention.

Les moyens de fixation prévus pour assurer la fixation temporaire de la partie basse du conteneur à un magasin de cartouches peuvent être de différentes sortes, tels que par exemple des moyens magnétiques associés à des moyens de positionnement relatif de ces deux éléments, ou bien encore des bras d'agrippage élastiques formant des clips destinés à enserrer les deux flancs, avant et arrière, du magasin de cartouches.The fixing means provided for temporarily fixing the lower part of the container to a cartridge store can be of different kinds, such as for example magnetic means associated with means for the relative positioning of these two elements, or even elastic gripping arms forming clips intended to grip the two sides, front and rear, of the cartridge magazine.

Ces moyens de fixation temporaires peuvent aussi être constitués de manière avantageuse par ceux-là mêmes qui sont prévus pour accoupler les magasins du système de magasins de cartouches multiples utilisé.These temporary fixing means can also be advantageously constituted by the same ones which are intended to couple the magazines of the system of magazines of multiple cartridges used.

C'est ainsi que pour un système de ce genre dans lequel les magasins de cartouches amovibles comportent des moyens d'accouplement mâles et femelles, répartis respectivement sur leurs deux flancs, les moyens de fixation du conteneur à un magasin de ce genre sont constitués par l'un de ces deux types de moyens d'accouplement mâles ou femelles fixés et/ou intégrés à son flanc situé en regard de l'arme.Thus for a system of this kind in which the removable cartridge magazines have male and female coupling means, distributed respectively on their two sides, the means for fixing the container to a magazine of this kind are constituted by one of these two types of male or female coupling means fixed and / or integrated into its side located opposite the weapon.

Par ailleurs, la conception de ce dispositif de récupération d'étuis, dans laquelle l'extension télescopique de la partie haute du conteneur est prévue escamotable dans celle-ci permet, en rendant également cette partie haute escamotable dans la partie basse du conteneur, de résoudre le problème de l'encombrement de ce dispositif lors de son transport en l'état non associé à l'arme, par exemple dans une même boîte que celles utilisées pour le transport des magasins de cartouches multiples.Furthermore, the design of this case recovery device, in which the telescopic extension of the upper part of the container is provided retractable therein allows, also making this upper part retractable in the lower part of the container, solve the problem of the size of this device during its transport in the state not associated with the weapon, for example in the same box as those used for the transport of magazines of multiple cartridges.

Le dessin annexé représente, à titre d'exemple, une forme d'exécution de l'objet de l'invention.The accompanying drawing shows, by way of example, an embodiment of the subject of the invention.

La figure 1 est une vue d'ensemble montrant cet objet en configuration d'extension de ses éléments.Figure 1 is an overview showing this object in the extended configuration of its elements.

La figure 2 est une vue partielle d'une arme équipée de magasins de cartouches multiples auxquels se rapporte cet objet.Figure 2 is a partial view of a weapon equipped with magazines of multiple cartridges to which this object relates.

Les figures 3 et 4 sont deux vues frontales en coupe partielle, selon l'axe de coupe I-I de la figure 1, de l'objet de l'invention représenté respectivement dans deux configurations différentes d'emploi.Figures 3 and 4 are two front views in partial section, along the cutting axis I-I of Figure 1, of the object of the invention shown respectively in two different configurations of use.

La figure 5 est une vue d'ensemble de l'objet de l'invention en configuration d'encombrement minimal.Figure 5 is an overview of the object of the invention in configuration of minimum size.

Le dispositif de récupération des étuis de cartouches représenté figures 1, 3, 4, et 5 est composé d'une partie basse 1 nantie de moyens de fixation 3 et 4 prévus pour assurer sa fixation temporaire à un magasin de cartouches tel que l'un des magasins 7 représentés figure 2, et d'une partie haute 2 nantie d'une extension latérale télescopique escamotable 5 présentant à son extrémité libre une ouverture d'entrée 6 des étuis de cartouches destinée à se présenter en face et proche de la fenêtre d'éjection 8 de l'arme, représentée également figure 2.The device for recovering cartridge cases shown in FIGS. 1, 3, 4, and 5 is composed of a lower part 1 provided with fixing means 3 and 4 designed to ensure its temporary fixing to a cartridge store such as one of the stores 7 shown in FIG. 2, and of an upper part 2 provided with a retractable telescopic lateral extension 5 having at its free end an inlet opening 6 of the cartridge cases intended to appear opposite and close to the window d ejection 8 of the weapon, also shown in FIG. 2.

Dans cette forme d'exécution, les deux parties haute 2 et basse 1 sont télescopiques, la partie haute 2 étant escamotable dans la partie basse 1 après escamotage de son extension latérale 5, pour aboutir à la configuration d'encombrement minimal représentée figure 5.In this embodiment, the two upper 2 and lower 1 parts are telescopic, the upper part 2 being retractable in the lower part 1 after retraction of its lateral extension 5, to result in the configuration of minimum bulk shown in FIG. 5.

La partie basse du conteneur a un fond qui est ici obturé par une tirette 9 destinée à permettre la récupération des étuis recueillis de manière aisée sans devoir la détacher nécessairement du magasin de cartouches auquel elle est fixée, et son flanc situé en regard de l'arme présente les moyens de fixation 3 et 4 déjà mentionnés.The lower part of the container has a bottom which is closed here by a zipper 9 intended to allow the recovery of the cases collected in an easy manner without having to necessarily detach it from the cartridge store to which it is fixed, and its side located opposite the weapon has the attachment means 3 and 4 already mentioned.

Ces moyens de fixation 3 et 4 sont ici constitués par les mêmes organes femelles que ceux des moyens d'accouplement mâles et femelles des magasins de cartouches multiples 7 de l'arme représentée figure 2. Ces organes femelles 3 et 4, au nombre de deux espacés en hauteur sur le flanc de la partie basse 1 du conteneur, sont des boutonnières à fentes latérales destinées à l'engagement des deux organes mâles correspondants d'un magasin de cartouches 7 qui sont constitués par des tenons à tête 30.These fixing means 3 and 4 are here constituted by the same female members as those of the male and female coupling means of the magazine of multiple cartridges 7 of the weapon shown in FIG. 2. These female members 3 and 4, two in number spaced in height on the side of the lower part 1 of the container, are buttonholes with lateral slots intended for the engagement of the two corresponding male members of a cartridge magazine 7 which are constituted by tenons with heads 30.

La boutonnière supérieure 3 a sa fente latérale orientée vers le haut cependant que la fente de la boutonnière inférieure 4 est orientée sensiblement selon une tangente à un arc de cercle fictif C ayant pour centre celui de la boutonnière supérieure 3. Ceci pour répondre au mode d'accouplement de ce type de magasins de cartouches multiples qui procède tout d'abord par engagement vers le bas du tenon supérieur 30 dans la boutonnière supérieure 3 et ensuite par pivotement selon l'arc de cercle C précité pour engager le second tenon 30 dans la boutonnière inférieure 4. Un point dur 10 est prévu à fin de course de ce dernier engagement entre la boutonnière 4 et le tenon 30 pour constituer frein de maintien en position d'accouplement, ce point dur étant absorbé par élasticité propre du matériau de construction employé.The upper buttonhole 3 has its oriented side slit upwards, however, that the slot in the lower buttonhole 4 is oriented substantially along a tangent to a fictitious arc C having as its center that of the upper buttonhole 3. This is to respond to the coupling mode of this type of cartridge magazine multiple which proceeds first of all by downward engagement of the upper tenon 30 in the upper buttonhole 3 and then by pivoting along the above-mentioned arc of circle C to engage the second tenon 30 in the lower buttonhole 4. A hard point 10 is provided at the end of travel of this last engagement between the buttonhole 4 and the tenon 30 to constitute a holding brake in the coupling position, this hard point being absorbed by the own elasticity of the construction material used.

La partie haute 2 du conteneur comporte une ouverture d'entrée 6 qui correspond à celle de son extension 5, et un système de blocage de fins de course, en position d'extension représentée figure 1 et en position d'escamotage représentée figure 5, qui comprend deux doigts cylindriques 11 engagés dans deux coulisses rectilignes 12 de deux parois opposées de la partie basse 1, un seul doigt 11 et une seule coulisse 12 étant visibles sur ces figures 1 et 5; un point dur 13 constitué par un rétrécissement de la coulisse est prévu en fin de course d'extension et en fin de course d'escamotage, le passage de chacun de ces deux points durs par le doigt 11 étant absorbé par l'élasticité du matériau de construction employé, ici également.The upper part 2 of the container has an inlet opening 6 which corresponds to that of its extension 5, and a limit switch locking system, in the extended position shown in FIG. 1 and in the retracted position shown in FIG. 5, which comprises two cylindrical fingers 11 engaged in two rectilinear slides 12 of two opposite walls of the lower part 1, a single finger 11 and a single slide 12 being visible in these Figures 1 and 5; a hard point 13 constituted by a narrowing of the slide is provided at the end of extension stroke and at the end of retraction stroke, the passage of each of these two hard points by the finger 11 being absorbed by the elasticity of the material construction worker, here too.

Un système de blocage de fins de courses semblable est prévu pour l'extension 5 de la partie haute 2, par le moyen d'un doigt cylindrique 14 engagé dans une coulisse 15 de la paroi supérieure de cette partie haute 2 qui présente également deux points durs 16.A similar end-of-travel blocking system is provided for the extension 5 of the upper part 2, by means of a cylindrical finger 14 engaged in a slide 15 of the upper wall of this upper part 2 which also has two points. hard 16.

Le guidage de l'extension 5 dans la partie haute 2, qui ne comporte que trois parois en forme de U, est complété par deux barrettes intérieures 17, à la manière d'un tiroir.The guidance of the extension 5 in the upper part 2, which has only three U-shaped walls, is completed by two internal bars 17, in the manner of a drawer.

Sur la paroi supérieure et sur une paroi latérale de la partie haute 2 ainsi que sur les parois correspondantes de l'extension 5, sont prévues deux encoches 18 et 19 destinées à permettre le passage de la poignée de charge 20 de l'arme représentée, cette poignée étant disposée sur le côté de cette arme.On the upper wall and on a side wall of the upper part 2 as well as on the corresponding walls of the extension 5, two notches 18 and 19 are provided intended to allow the passage of the load handle 20 of the weapon shown, this handle being arranged on the side of this weapon.

L'encoche 18 des parois supérieures de ces deux éléments est prévue pour permettre, au montage du dispositif sur l'arme, l'extension en hauteur de la partie haute 2, après accouplement de la partie basse 1 avec un magasin de cartouches 7, lorsque l'arme ne comporte qu'un seul de ces magasins, engagé dans le réceptacle 21 de sa carcasse, comme dans la configuration représentée figure 4.The notch 18 in the upper walls of these two elements is provided to allow, when the device is mounted on the weapon, the extension in height of the upper part 2, after coupling of the lower part 1 with a cartridge magazine 7, when the weapon comprises only one of these magazines, engaged in the receptacle 21 of its carcass, as in the configuration shown in FIG. 4.

L'encoche 19 des parois latérales de ces deux éléments est prévue pour permettre le libre déplacement de la poignée de charge le long de sa course, pendant le tir, cette poignée 20 étant solidaire de la culasse mobile de l'arme représentée, et ceci aussi bien en position d'escamotage que de sortie de l'extension 5, c'est-à-dire dans les deux configurations d'utilisation représentées par les figures 3 et 4.The notch 19 in the side walls of these two elements is provided to allow the free movement of the charge handle along its stroke, during firing, this handle 20 being integral with the movable breech of the weapon shown, and this both in the retracted position and at the outlet of the extension 5, that is to say in the two configurations of use shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

Bien entendu, ces encoches 18 et 19 seront adaptées à tout autre type d'arme, ou bien supprimées pour une arme ayant sa poignée de charge dessus au lieu de l'avoir de côté.Of course, these notches 18 and 19 will be suitable for any other type of weapon, or else removed for a weapon having its carrying handle on it instead of having it sideways.

Une barrette de saisie 22 est associée à la paroi supérieure de la partie haute 2 pour faciliter son extraction de dedans la partie basse 1, extraction qui exige le passage des points durs 13 des coulisses 12, le doigt 14 pouvant être utilisé dans un but semblable pour l'extraction de l'extension 5 de dedans cette partie haute 2.A grab bar 22 is associated with the upper wall of the upper part 2 to facilitate its extraction from inside the lower part 1, extraction which requires the passage of the hard points 13 of the slides 12, the finger 14 can be used for a similar purpose for the extraction of the extension 5 from inside this upper part 2.

Une barrette semblable à la 22 est associée à la tirette 9 dans le même but.A bar similar to 22 is associated with the pull tab 9 for the same purpose.

Sur les figures 3 et 4, la carcasse 23 de l'arme a été volontairement schématisée pour ne montrer que la fenêtre 8 d'éjection des étuis de cartouches, la poignée de charge 20 et le réceptacle 21 destiné à l'engagement des magasins de cartouches 7, seuls objets utiles à la compréhension de l'invention.In FIGS. 3 and 4, the carcass 23 of the weapon has been voluntarily shown diagrammatically to show only the window 8 for ejecting the cartridge cases, the charging handle 20 and the receptacle 21 intended for engaging the magazines of cartridges 7, the only objects useful for understanding the invention.

En configuration selon figure 3, le dispositif est montré accouplé à trois magasins de cartouches 7, ce qui semble être un maximum raisonnable compte tenu des handicaps pouvant résulter d'un accroissement du poids de l'ensemble, surtout avec du matériel lourd et des magasins de cartouches de grande capacité.In configuration according to FIG. 3, the device is shown coupled to three cartridge magazines 7, which seems to be a reasonable maximum taking into account the handicaps which can result from an increase in the weight of the assembly, especially with heavy equipment and magazines. high capacity cartridges.

L'extension 5 de la partie haute 2 du conteneur est sortie pour rattraper l'épaisseur supplémentaire d'un magasin de cartouches 7 qui le sépare de la carcasse de l'arme. Ce qui montre que la longueur de cette extension doit être au moins égale à cette épaisseur, y compris les organes d'accouplement mâles 30 et femelles 3 et 4.The extension 5 of the upper part 2 of the container is removed to make up for the additional thickness of a cartridge magazine 7 which separates it from the carcass of the weapon. This shows that the length of this extension must be at least equal to this thickness, including the male coupling members 30 and female 3 and 4.

Le second magasin 7 médian engagé dans l'arme étant épuisé, l'extension 5 est escamotée et le premier magasin 7 accouplé à la partie basse 1 du conteneur et mis à sa place, sans qu'il soit nécessaire de désaccoupler l'un quelconque des quatre éléments.The second median magazine 7 engaged in the weapon being exhausted, the extension 5 is retracted and the first magazine 7 coupled to the lower part 1 of the container and put in its place, without the need to uncouple any one of the four elements.

Après épuisement de ce magasin accouplé au conteneur, le troisième magasin est mis en place dans le réceptacle 21, les deux premiers magasins vides sont désaccouplés et le conteneur est remis en place par accouplement de ce troisième magasin, selon la configuration représentée par la figure 4.After exhaustion of this store coupled to the container, the third magazine is placed in the receptacle 21, the first two empty magazines are uncoupled and the container is replaced by coupling of this third magazine, according to the configuration shown in FIG. 4.

Il est cependant évident que, compte tenu de la force d'éjection suffisante des étuis de cartouches, la longueur de l'extension 5 pourrait être doublée pour éviter la dernière manipulation précitée, avec un accroissement correspondant de la largeur du conteneur pour permettre son escamotage à l'intérieur de ce dernier.It is however obvious that, given the sufficient ejection force of the cartridge cases, the length of the extension 5 could be doubled to avoid the last aforementioned manipulation, with a corresponding increase in the width of the container to allow its retraction. inside the latter.

La figure 5 fait bien ressortir, par comparaison avec la figure 1, la réduction de l'encombrement du dispositif obtenue par la conception du conteneur en deux parties 1 et 2 télescopiques. Cette réduction d'encombrement trouve son avantage dans le transport du dispositif qui peut ainsi être rangé dans une même boîte que celles utilisées pour le transport des magasins de cartouches multiples 7.FIG. 5 clearly shows, by comparison with FIG. 1, the reduction in the size of the device obtained by the design of the container in two telescopic parts 1 and 2. This reduction in size finds its advantage in the transport of the device which can thus be stored in the same box as those used for the transport of stores of multiple cartridges 7.

Mais cette particularité n'est pas indispensable en regard du but de l'invention, et les deux parties 1 et 2 du conteneur peuvent être fixes ou ne constituer qu'un seul corps, la différenciation ne se rapportant plus qu'à leurs fonctions différentes.However, this feature is not essential with regard to the aim of the invention, and the two parts 1 and 2 of the container can be fixed or constitute only one body, the differentiation only relating to their different functions. .

Les moyens d'accouplement 3, 4 et 30 montrés en exemple ne sont pas limitatifs et tout autre système pourra être appliqué sans sortir du cadre de l'invention.The coupling means 3, 4 and 30 shown as an example are not limiting and any other system may be applied without departing from the scope of the invention.

Ainsi il est possible de prévoir un système de fixation entre conteneur et magasins de cartouches composé de moyens magnétiques, tels que par exemple des aimants permanents, associés à des moyens de positionnement relatif, tels que par exemple des empreintes en creux et en bosses. Dans cette variante, comme dans les structures qui ont été illustrées en exemple, les moyens de fixation du dispositif de récupération d'étuis sont nécessairement les mêmes, mâles ou femelles, que les moyens d'accouplement des magasins de cartouches.Thus it is possible to provide a fixing system between container and cartridge stores composed of magnetic means, such as for example permanent magnets, associated with relative positioning means, such as for example hollow imprints and bumps. In this variant, as in the structures which have been illustrated as an example, the means for fixing the device for recovering cases are necessarily the same, male or female, as the means for coupling the cartridge magazines.

Mais il est également possible de prévoir un système de fixation universel, applicable à tous types de magasins de cartouches multiples, quels que soient les moyens d'accouplement de ces derniers. Une conception de ce genre peut par exemple être constituée par des bras d'agrippage élastiques, associés à la partie basse du conteneur et formant des clips destinés à enserrer les deux flancs, avant et arrière, d'un magasin de cartouches, ce dernier pouvant tout aussi bien être un magasin traditionnel non équipé de moyens d'accouplement.But it is also possible to provide a universal fixing system, applicable to all types of multiple cartridge stores, whatever the means of coupling of the latter. A design of this kind can for example be constituted by elastic gripping arms, associated with the lower part of the container and forming clips intended to grip the two sides, front and rear, of a cartridge magazine, the latter being able to just as well being a traditional store not equipped with coupling means.

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  1. A cartridge case collector for a shoulder firearm the frame of which has a receiver for the engagement of a removable cartridge magazine and a window for the ejection of the cases of the fired cartridges, and comprising a container having an entrance opening adapted to be positioned opposite the window for the ejection of the cases in order to collect them and means for its temporary attachment to an element of the firearm, characterized in that the container comprises a bottom portion (1) provided with attachment means (3, 4) intended to secure its temporary attachment to a cartridge magazine (7) of the firearm, and a top portion (2) provided with a retractable lateral telescopic extension (5) having at its free end the opening (6) for the entrance of the cases, such an extension having a length at least equal to the width of a cartridge magazine.
  2. A cartridge case collector according to claim 1, for a shoulder firearm the removable cartridge magazines of which comprise mutual mating means, male and female, respectively arranged on their two sides, characterized in that the attachment means of the bottom portion of the container to a cartridge magazine are formed by one of these two kinds of male mating means (30) to female mating means (3, 4) fastened and/or integrated to its side opposite the firearm.
  3. A cartridge case collector according to claim 2, characterized in that the male attachment means are two tenons with head (30) placed apart from each other, and the female attachment means are two corresponding button holes (3, 4) with a lateral slot for the engagement of a tenon.
  4. A cartridge case collector according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for the temporary attachment of the container to a cartridge magazine are magnetic, means for the relative positioning of these two elements being associated to these magnetic means.
  5. A cartridge case collector according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for the temporary attachment of the container to a cartridge magazine are elastic gripping arms forming clips intended to squeeze the two face and back sides of the cartridge magazine.
  6. A cartridge case collector according to claim 1, characterized in that the two portions (1, 2) of the container are telescopic, the top portion (2) being retractable into the bottom portion (1) after retraction of its lateral extension (5).
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