US 11,740,042 B2
Gas tube supports for post barrel plenum operated gas cycling system for automatic firearms
Klint Mclean Kingsbury, Dripping Springs, TX (US); Clayton Warren Reinarz, New Braunfels, TX (US); and Ronald Christopher Snider, New Braunfels, TX (US)
Assigned to RHINO PRECISION, LLC, Dripping Spring, TX (US)
Filed by RHINO PRECISION, LLC, Dripping Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/686,930.
Application 16/149,040 is a division of application No. 14/681,031, filed on Apr. 7, 2015, abandoned.
Application 16/686,930 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/149,040, filed on Oct. 1, 2018, granted, now 10,488,130.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/975,987, filed on Apr. 7, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0263943 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. F41A 5/26 (2006.01); F41A 5/28 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 5/26 (2013.01) [F41A 5/28 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gas-actuated firearm comprising:
a radially imperforate barrel having a barrel bore, a chamber end, and a muzzle end;
a plenum forward of the muzzle end and through which a projectile passes when fired, said plenum having a plenum tube and a plurality of baffles separate from said plenum tube and assembleable therein forming multiple chambers through which the projectile passes successively, each said baffle comprising a wall having a central opening through which the projectile passes, said baffle wall extending from said central opening to said plenum tube, said plenum having a pair of end caps separate from said plenum tube and assembleable onto opposite ends of said plenum tube, each said end cap comprising a wall having a central opening through which the projectile passes, said end cap wall extending from said central opening to said plenum tube;
a gas tube in fluid communication with said plenum, said gas tube having a first end and a second end; and
a bored housing fixed to said firearm,
wherein said gas tube extends at least partially into and is fixed within said bored housing.