US 11,747,119 B2
Harpoon tip of underwater weapon
Alexander Bek, Otepää (EE)
Assigned to Osaühing Eurad, Tallinn (EE)
Filed by Osaühing Eurad, Tallinn (EE)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/857,655.
Claims priority of application No. 21020353 (EP), filed on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009833 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 81/04 (2006.01); F42B 6/08 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 6/08 (2013.01) [A01K 81/04 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A harpoon tip of an underwater weapon, configured to be attached to a harpoon, the harpoon tip comprising:
a tip body made of heavy tungsten-based alloy and having a head with a hole;
a striker made of durable hard alloy based on tungsten or titanium carbide or their combination, and having a first and a second sharp peak at a first and a second end of the striker, respectively, and resting against the tip body along an edge of the hole;
a ring placed around the striker; and wherein
the striker is mounted in the tip body such that the striker rests along an edge of the hole and one of the first or the second sharp peaks of the striker freely located in the hole, and the striker is capable of being flipped 180 degrees such that another of the first or second sharp peaks locate in the hole.