US 11,815,324 B2
Rifle with shutter group
Ulrich Zedrosser, Gardone Val Trompia (IT); Fausto Caravaggi, Gardone Val Trompia (IT); and Emanuele Cecchel, Gardone Val Trompia (IT)
Assigned to FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA S.P.A., Brescia (IT)
Filed by FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA S.P.A., Gardone Val Trompia (IT)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,345.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000026651 (IT), filed on Oct. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117721 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. F41A 3/20 (2006.01); F41A 3/66 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 3/66 (2013.01) [F41A 3/20 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rifle comprising:
i) a fixed main body, comprising a barrel which extends along an axis, a receiver comprising an upper opening, a breech element positioned at an axial end of said upper opening;
ii) a trigger group at least partially housed in the receiver comprising a trigger and a hammer device operable by the trigger;
iii) a carriage assembly, comprising an assembly body and a shutter group at least partially housed in said assembly body, wherein the carriage assembly is positioned on the receiver at the upper opening and is axially movable by a user between an advanced shooting configuration, in which the shutter group engages the breech element, and a retracted rearming configuration, in which the upper opening is open, and the shutter group is spaced apart from the breech element, and vice versa;
wherein, upon axial movement of the carriage assembly between the retracted configuration and the advanced configuration, the shutter group is first moved axially in translation and then is moved in roto-translation;
wherein the shutter group comprises a central body extending axially and a command pin protruding radially from said shutter body, wherein said command pin engages the assembly body so that said reciprocal interaction drives the shutter group in rotation; and
wherein the command pin is movable between a raised position and a lowered position, in which, in said raised position, the command pin prevents relative movement of the shutter group with respect to the assembly body.